South Texas PIO Homepage

This page is to provide the Public Information Officers of the South Texas Section of the ARRL with a place to locate resources and information that will help them perform their duties of promoting knowledge of Amateur Radio to the public. If you would like to help promote Amateur Radio please send email to the section's Public Information Coordinator, Robert Barron (KA5WSS).

What's New: Added June PIC report, added links to newspaper hits accomplished by Lee Evans, added links to the STX PIO Handbook page. Part of a process to turn it into a purely web based resource.

Upcoming Events

August - Summerfest (Austin)
Oct ?? - Simulated Emergency Test

Section PIO Reports

1999	1998
June 1999 May 1999 April 1999 March 1999 February 1999 January 1999	July 1998 May 1998 April 1998 March 1998 February 1998 January 1998

South Texas PIO Roster

Amateur Radio can use more dedicated individuals who promote and defend Amateur Radio. Here is a list of the current PIO's in South Texas and how to reach them.

URL's to recent media hits

Here are some web pages of recent media hits that mention Amateur Radio:

Media Outlet	Date	Link	PIO Responsible
Port Arthur News	Oct. 3, 1998	Page1 Page2	Lee Evans (AC5GG)
Port Arthur News	June 21, 1999	Story	Lee Evans (AC5GG)

Press Releases

Feel free to use these as is or as templates for your own press releases. Just be sure to supply your own name and contact information at the top.

Skywarn Training (March 7, 1998)

Simulated Emergency Test (1997)

Amateur Radio Backgrounders

Most of these are based on the backgrounders available from the ARRL web page. They have been formatted with Word 7.0, including the ARRL logo and in some cases including local (Austin) information.

What Is Amateur Radio? (Word 7.0)
Amateur Radio Licenses (Word 7.0)
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (Word 7.0)
Using Amateur Radio in an Emergency (Word 7.0)
News Gathering and Amateur Radio (Word 7.0)