12/20/2010
News
From Around
Hello
Neighbors,
In
October of 2002, I became your ARRL Section Manager. In the first three months
of that term, I traveled 3500 miles, made ten club visits, and saw many
Duties
of the SM http://www.arrl.org/section-manager
Election
Process http://www.arrl.org/section-terms-nomination-information
Nomination
Form http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field%20Org/FSD-129.pdf
In
short, you need to get a minimum of five WTX ARRL members to sign your petition
and forward it to HQ. Deadline for nominations is March 4, 2011. Ballots will
be mailed to the membership on April 1, 2011 and are due back at HQ by May 20,
2011. The term is for two years, running
from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013.
Last
month’s WTX News included a bit of trivia from amateur radio’s past that
generated many emails. The first person to email with the correct answer was
Lynn Bailey (K5AVJ) of Buffalo Gap. Hedy Lamarr was the
WTX
SEC WA5ZHF recently announced two new appointments to our ARES organization.
Mike Dominy (KD5URW) is our new District Emergency Coordinator for District 4.
We now have a DEC in all five WTX ARES Districts. The first time since I have
been SM that we have been fully staffed. The other new appointment is D. J. Ray
(N5FRN) as Jones County Emergency Coordinator. D. J. recently moved to
In a
separate email, you received the information regarding the special Limited
Edition of the 75th Anniversary patch. This is a once-in-a-lifetime patch and
is only available to
The
ARRL 10 Meter contest was this month. In the past, most of our WTX activity was
in the Midland/Odessa area but thanks to K5BZH, interest in the contest has
taken off in the Panhandle. Jim has been researching WTX activity in the
contest and we could have sat a record for participation in this year’s
event….if all or you remember to send in your logs. K5BZH is a major supporter
of Straight Key Night (SKN) and has done research on our WTX participation in
SKN. It is a lot of fun to break out the old J-38 or mechanical bug and try
your hand (fist) at operating without the aid of all the fancy electronics.
Some even carry the event a bit further by operating with vintage equipment. The
event begins at 0000Z on Jan 1 (6:00 PM New Year’s Eve) and runs for 24 hours.
OK,OK…Yes I know it is different with you guys out in El Paso but you know what
I mean J
Jim has put together an excellent write-up on Straight Key Night 2011
that I will forward to you in a separate mailing after we get all the presents
unwrapped and turkey devoured.
Before
I sign off, here is
“In
1947, a team of explorers on a raft began a 101-day voyage across the
The
first reader with the correct answer will get to pick next month’s question.
Merry
Christmas, Happy Holidays, and do not call me after about 2:30PM Christmas Day.
I will be taking a nap
John
Dyer
AE5B
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Monthly
Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL Headquarters
ARRL
Section:
AMATEUR
RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total
# of ARES members: 310 Change since last month: 0
DEC's/EC's
and Net reporting this month 17: ARES nets active: 14 Number with NTS liaison:
3
Calls
of DEC's/EC's reporting: W5NPR, KM5VM, W5ZOX, KD5HYB, KE5UAL, NL7C,
KD5KBU,
KJ5DX, KC5NHV, KD4LXC, KE5OG, KE5NYB, KE5GRQ, WA5NBP, KD5DWS,
N5SQK,
N5DO
Number
of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 14 Man Hours: 111
Number
of public service events this month:0 Man hours: 0
Number
of emergency operations this month: 0 Man hours: 0
Total
number of ARES operations this month: 14 Total Man hours 111
Comments
SEC:
November
found most of us enjoying the Holidays, family, stuffing ourselves and giving
thanks for all we have.
I
want to welcome Mike Dominy KD5URW of San Angelo as our District 4 Emergency
Coordinator. The WTX area is comprised of five districts and with Mike’s
appointment we now have a full complement of District Emergency Coordinators.
Since my next report will not come before January I want to wish everyone a
Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..
J.T.
Caldwell WA5ZFH
Following
Comments taken from EC Monthly Reports:
Lubbock,
County:
Lubbock
County Sheriff Office asked for volunteers for operation St Nick. They would
like hams to volunteer for neighborhood watch during working hours 9:00 AM to
3:30 PM. Many of the ARES members responded to RACES call. They are using
simplex 2 meter frequency of 146.00 Mhz. The City health department is planning
a RBOC regional communications exercise. And has requested help for Friday 10
at 9:300 AM. We have had requests from Yoakum, Castro and a State Health
department for operators. A few member have started restarted the net on Hub
Link 147.00 Mhz. Signature: James Hargrave Title: Lubbock County EC/DC Call
sign: K5DWS
Signature:
J.T. Caldwell WTX Section Emergency Coordinator Call Sign:WA5ZFH
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Silent Key
Report
CSM (Ret)
Pat Sirois KM5RO of Killeen formerly of
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