[AReU] W4BYG

[w4tas]

To all of you AREU folks, the “Big Daddy” of AREU is planning on being 
present at the meeting tonight. The group was his idea and, in my humble 
opinion, is probably the best idea he ever had, bar none. 

Ray, W4BYG, hosted the first meeting of AREU at his house in 
1996 as I remember. 

The name of the group was pondered and the purpose of the group 
was defined at this meeting. 

The purpose was to meet regularly and encourage activities to 
increase technical activity and competency in the Brandon area. 
The meetings were to be informal affairs (that has been a great 
success) with folks from the amateur community presenting 
projects and presentations for the information and enjoyment 
of the attendees. 

Maybe Ray or Ron (another founding member) can shed some light 
on the first meetings and discuss the activities of AREU through the 
years. 

With the great support of a few hams in the area, myself not 
included at present, a lot of information has been presented 
and much-much enjoyment has been had by both presenters 
and attendees. 

I look forward to the AREU meetings and attend as often as 
I can. 

AREU continues to survive and will hopefully continue for 
many years in the future. 

Tony
W4TAS