American Radio Relay League

Los Angeles Section LAX

Los Angeles ARRL Section News for QST

Los Angeles: SM, Phineas J. Icenbice, Jr., W6BF

ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service is a great organization operated in our LA Section, by SEC, Hank Magid, K6YMJ and (A)SEC/DEC, Dennis Smith, KA6GSE. We have received several donations this month for our Emergency Van. Anyone who would like to donate equipment or money for our ARES Van Project can receive an (IRS) Charitable Contribution Certificate from Hank. The ARRL Section volunteers would like to send our appreciation to all of those Amateurs who have contributed to our ARES program. Thank you! Thank you again!

Our new ACC (Affiliated Club Coordinator) Bill Leslie, WA6POK, would like you to know that the LAACARC has purchased the ARRL set of 11 Educational Videotapes for use of LAACARC member Clubs. Bill is the custodian of these great ARRL videotapes. These are just what the Doctor ordered when your Club Program fails to show or you need a good training aid. All you need to do is, contact, Bill at wa6pok@moonlink.net for action and service. Bill might even deliver the tapes if you buy his lunch or dinner.

The web sites provided by our Section are qsl.net/arrlsw/lax. This will link you to the Division web site and the Division (Fried) which in turn will link you to ARRL HQ. You will be excited when you find out just how much information is available on these web sites. We are always looking for more information. So don't be bashful email us your new information or interests.

The ARRL convention in Scottsdale, AZ, was great, we were able to spend a lot of time with our new go-go ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, who I assure you is working the Washington Circuit for the benefit of us all. (u-all) I am convinced that we have a real winner with W5JBP, and we should be very proud that, "Jim was nominated for President by our own Director Fried Heyn." We stopped in Quartzsite for re-fueling on the way home where we were accosted by a group of extremely friendly local Hams at one of their favorite eateries. The first words that I heard were, "we know you and we read, your QST column every month and love it." Now you know anyone who reads my column must be listed. They are WA7HIF, Jim, KC7BUC, Elmer, WB6WYU, Bill, and KA7DSC, Mel. These rock hounds appear to eat, drink, dig and communicate with each other on a regular daily basis. The Quartzsite ham population, they told me, sometimes during the winter months, explodes to an estimated 300 hams, many are also rock hounds.
Vy 73 de Phineas, W6BF

Phineas J. Icenbice Jr, W6BF, Section Manager
19323 Halsted St Northridge, CA 91324	818-349-3186 e-mail: w6bf@arrl.org

14 September 2001 maintained by KK6WO kk6wo@arrl.net
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