January 1999 South Texas PIO Report

This report is much too late for January, but I wanted to get something to
you since it had been so long since the last report.

                             Media Hits

Lee Evans (AC5GG) reports that a plug for an Amateur Radio theory class in
southeast Texas appeared in Ja. 6, 1999's edition of the Port Arthur News.
Great work Lee!

                             Media Traffic

John Hall (KC5OFV) reports that he:

   * Provided several Radio Shack stores with updated listings of
     repeaters, nets and club meetings in the Corpus Christi area.
   * Is considering taking on more responsibility as the STARC club
     Vice President.

John also reports that the STARC club and the Armadillo Gang met with
Corpus Christi emergency management in January to work towards an
official relationship with the city for emergency communications.
Thanks John!

Lee Evans also reports taking on greater responsibility with his new
post of RACES District Radio Officer for District 22.

Thanks also to Roger Wines (W5WIA) for checking in this month.

                                Misc.

I'm updating the STX PIO web page:
  * Fixed some broken links.
  * Will add a list of STX PIO's with contact information.
  * You can also find a copy of this report and all previous reports.

http://www.qsl.net/ka5wss/stxpio/

If you received this PIO report via regular mail I'd like to invite you to
get an email address and join in the faster communications.  Email addresses
can now be had for free either through 1-800 dial-in, or even if you don't
own a computer through a computer account at your local library.  Please
consider joining in, it makes communications much more easy.

                            Upcoming Events

Feb 27    Orange ARC Hamfest
Mar 6     Skywarn Class at 3M Austin
Mar 29    Airport Disaster Exercise (Austin)
Apr 11    Capital 10K (Austin)
Jul 26-27 Field Day
Oct ??    Simulated Emergency Test (More on this next month)

Please send me your comments and suggestions!

73,

Robert Barron, KA5WSS