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Hams answer the call - Amateur radio operators in East Texas and from elsewhere in Texas and the nation were quick to respond to the call for communications assistance. The dense canopy of the East Texas forest made the use of traditional cell phones and satellite phones useless. Plus, the inter-agency communications gap once again reared its ugly head and Hams came to the rescue. (see "Shuttle Recovery")
Meeting Announcement - The next regular GMM will be held February 25, 2003 at WorldCom in Richardson.
AARA Business Meeting at 1730h CST (Motion to revise address and add "Former Member" category as Associate Member in AARA Constitution will be voted on).
Telecom Corridor Joint Meeting 1800h CST. PROGRAM: Internet Repeater Linking Project (IRLP), presented by Roy Rabey, AD5KZ. Complementary pizza and soft drinks available about 1730h CST in the main meeting room.
Letter from the President by Mark Dempsky, N5MD - I keep getting signs that I'm not properly prepared. When I can across a car accident last month, I realized I should have a first-aid kit in my car. When I saw bulletins about the Hams helping out with the Challenger disaster in Hacogdoches, I realize I don't have the equipment I should have to help in a communications disaster. When the word came out that we should have three days worth of supplies in our houses, again I found I wasn't properly prepared. (see "President")
Another update of HOWIH (Heard, Overheard, Wish I'd Heard) by KR1ZAN is here (see "HOWIH") as are minutes of recent GMM/BOD meetings. (see "Minutes").
Articles by "The Old Man" - [Say, fellows, here's the old man again. This time he's all excited and boiling over. In fact he's so wild about some "Rotten" subject that he has fallen back to some queer dialect and shots about "wouff hong's", "rettsnitches", and some disorder known to the trade as "ugerumf". What do all these mean? Better read the article and see. --Editor.] [from the January 1917 QST] (See "The Old Man")
Discount New ARRL Memberships for AARA Members - Would you like a $15 rebate? Be our guest! If you're a member of AARA, you can join the ARRL as a NEW member and we will process your application at $15 below the regular rate. (see "ARRL Membership Discount")
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