News Letter -- April 2003

Greetings from the President,

By the time everyone reads this it will be spring according to the calendar. If we keep having the weather that we have had the past few days it will be spring before we know it. Now with the nice weather I'm sure there will be antenna projects jumping up all over. As always just give a shout on the radio and I'm sure you can find plenty of help.

As many of you already know I have moved or am in the process of moving to a new place. I purchased a house the end of February and will be moved in by the end of March. Once I get moved in I will hold a get together at my place so everyone can come over and visit. Now that I have my own place I can put up a tower and some antennas! That should be fun!

Tech classes are going well. We only have one student this year and he is doing great. I'm sure he will have no problem passing the test when the time comes. It's good to see young individuals involved with Ham radio. It is fun to hear their voices on the air waves that you get used to hearing older, more mature voices on. Good luck Luke with your test! Hopefully next year we can get more people interested in amateur radio and get them in the class.

Again I want to remind everyone that ARES net is on Tuesday nights at 6:30. Now that we are getting into the spring and summer weather seasons, I will try my hardest to remember to run the net. If I forget, as always go ahead and pick it up. If I can call the net any one can call it.

I am just about finished with my classes and will be done by the April meeting. I will see you all at the meeting on the 7th. Remember the SKYWARN meeting is going to be that night. Hopefully everyone can make it. It is always very interesting and informational. It's open to all Hams and the general public. Let everyone know and maybe we can fill the classroom. See you then.

Enjoy the weather and have fun "Hamming it up!"

Theodore Roosevelt Amateur Radio Club

Congratulations to Luke Shields

for passing his test to become a

Technician class radio operator.

CHECK YOUR CALENDAR

April 7........................TRARC Meeting @ LEC 7 PM

April 19......................Deadline for News Letter

May 5.........................TRARC Meeting @ LEC 7 PM

Spring work party's at repeater sites are coming.

Please listen for them and help if you can. It is this

help that keeps the repeaters operating for the

upcoming spring and summer Skywarn season.

TEST SESSIONS

If you are in need of a test session, contact either Bill Bosch, KØUB or Emil Wieglenda, NØDK. Bill is associated with ARRL VEC and Emil is W5YI. They will let you know when the next test session will be held.

Bill 701-483-3869 Emil 701-483-4953

BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL

Glenn Nickel WDØDAI 4 - 4

Dan Walz KØDLW 4 - 5

Richard Wehner KCØGJG 4 - 6

Gordon Pavlicek KBØNBX 4 - 11

Curtis Freeman KCØJVJ 4 - 12

George Grassel KBØRXI 4 - 12

Charlie Alpert WØBHF 4 - 19

Cindy Kirschemann ??????? 4 - 20

Darryl Wehner KCØEWH 4 - 21

Rebekah Schields KCØHXF 4 - 23

Don Senescall NØFLY 4 - 25

Randy Hanrahan K7PGL 4 - 26

Wake Forest University club honors Riley Hollingsworth

The Wake Forest University Amateur Radio Club (WF4DD) honored FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth March 6. Hollingsworth is a 1973 graduate of the WFU School of Law. Formed in 2001, the Wake Forest ham club recently created a chapter for WFU alumni, and Hollingsworth was initiated as the inaugural member of the alumni chapter. Following presentation of a commemorative plaque, Hollingsworth spoke on the importance of Amateur Radio and its role in the community, calling it "the only fail-safe method of communication." Hollingsworth also called on amateurs to bring new hams into the service and praised amateur innovation on the digital front, including Internet linking of repeaters. "Riley Hollingsworth has become an icon within the amateur community because of his dedicatiion to making Amateur Radio a service of which anyone can be proud to be a member," said club president Chris Plumblee, KG4CZU.