[HCARC] South Texas ARRL Section News
Harry Folk
hankfolk at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 1 12:26:39 EST 2013
Gary,
Recently I saw an article mentioning that Scouting has now added a badge for Licensed Ham Radio operators. It is apparently also retroactive.
HankKF5QBF
> From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:58:52 -0600
> Subject: [HCARC] South Texas ARRL Section News
>
> I am not sure if something like this belongs on the Reflector or on the Website as a link. Advise me for next time please.
>
> It appears from the comments by the STX Section Manager that one of the pushes from ARRL will be in getting YOUTH involved more in Ham Radio. As such there is a lot we can do, and one of the things would be to either make a presentation about Field Day to each local Boy Scout Troop with hope that they will attend Field Day as part of their activities.
>
> "CQ CQ,
>
> We have kicked off the New Year with the annual San Antonio Fiesta
> hamfest in Schertz. This is a great event to start off the year with.
> During the ARRL forum I proposed that STX dedicate this to be the year
> we bring even more youngsters into the hobby. There are many ways this
> can be done and two of the ways are through scouting programs or Civil
> Air Patrol programs.As such I want to focus on some of the following:
>
> Year of the Youth
>
> . Scouting
> Last year I announced a new position of Assistant Section Manager for
> Scouting. This role is to focus on working with various scouting
> organizations within STX and with organizers of ham events
> (particularly hamfests) to include more scout friendly activities such
> as Radio merit badges. The position is currently vacant, but I am
> hoping to fill it soon and resume focusing on these goals.
>
> . ASM for Youth
> One of the priorities I would like to accomplish this year is also to
> appoint an ASM for Youth to lead the effort to provide more youth
> oriented activities at the club and hamfest level.
>
> . ARISS
> Have you ever worked on an ARISS project? Working with the kids and
> watching them talk to the Space station via radio is a very rewarding
> effort. I have done two now and enjoyed both events tremendously. The
> ARRL newsletter recently had an article that indicated NASA was looking
> to book events for this year. If you know of a school or scout group
> that would like to do this, contact the league and ask to be considered
> for a time slot.
>
> CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> Pete Jordahl, K5GM
> From ARRL ARES eletter on line publication:
> K5GM Honored for Nearly 30 Years of Service to NTS, TCC
>
> Pete Jordahl, K5GM, of Austin, Texas, who recently retired as the ARRL
> National Traffic System, Cycle 4, Transcontinental Corps Director in
> the Central Area, was honored recently by the ARRL NTS Central Area
> Staff and ARRL Headquarters for his 29 plus years of service as a TCC
> Director.
>
> The duties of this position include assuring that Transcontinental
> Corps stations are available seven days a week to make schedules with
> TCC stations in other parts of the United States and Canada to
> facilitate the movement of third party messages in service to the public. Pete has
> been a faithful and reliable member of the staff, and he made sure these
> positions were covered every day. He often covered positions himself
> when operator power was short. Pete retired from his position on August
> 1, 2012.
>
> Jordahl received a plaque for his diligent and reliable service to ARRL
> and the public. Thank you, Pete! -- Richard Webb, NF5B, Chair, NTS
> Central Area Staff
>
> PIO
>
> During the January board meeting the league appointed members to the
> ARRL Public Relations Committee. Congratulations to STX's Steven
> Polunsky, W5SMP for being selected to represent PIO's in WGD and the
> OK Section Manager, Kevin O'dell as Chairman. WGD is well
> represented!
>
> Public Relations: Chairman Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW (chair); Don Carlson,
> KQ6FM; Steven Polunsky, W5SMP; Mark Kraham, W8CMK; Ed Tyler, N4EDT;
> Bill Morine, N2COP; John Sovik, KB8WPZ; Alan Bauld, VE3CBR (RAC); Vice
> Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ (Roanoke -- Board liaison), and Allen Pitts,
> W1AGP (interim staff liaison),
>
> Club Events
>
> 100th Anniversary
> Is your club approaching its 100th anniversary? As you know the ARRL
> is getting ready to celebrate its centennial in 2014, but we have
> several local clubs in South Texas also approaching their centennial.
> I talked to two such clubs at the San Antonio hamfest two weeks ago.
> If you are interested in discussing celebration ideas or maybe
> coordinating events between clubs and have appointed an event
> coordinator, please let me know who they are and I will publish it in
> future newsletters so you will all know who your counterparts are.
>
>
> The Woodlands Marathon
> Event: The Woodlands Marathon
> Type Of Event: Full and Half Marathon.
> About the event: aside from having about 4000 participants to keep
> watch of, it also pours funds back into the community.
> http://www.thewoodlandsmarathon.com/documents/2013%20Press%20Release%20Charity%20Challenge%20Sponsor.pdf
>
> . Where: Roadways within The Woodlands, TX
> . When: Saturday 2nd of March. Early Start, anticipate latest
> release around 3pm.
> . Equipment: 2m/70cm hand-held and/or mobile. Single or Dual band is
> ok!
> . Duration: both Full Event and Early Start / Late Start options are
> possible.
> More details and to register to help:
> http://www.woodlands-event-comms.info/the-woodlands-marathon
> Questions: Peter Belbin ke5stl at gmail.com
>
> ARES
>
> We had 4 emergency ops reported this month. Leon County was on call to
> provide backup communications for an oil well fire. Walker county had 3
> emergency ops that are great examples of agencies using ARES members as
> force multipliers: They were dispatched after a wind event to check on
> limbs on power lines and road right of ways. An operator was dispatched
> to check status on a controlled burn and teams were sent out to look for
> high water and wind damage after a fast moving storm.
>
> A few highlights from reported public service events: Houston county
> installed lights for the Incident Command vehicle. Burnet/Llano
> counties prepared their EMCOMM trailer for a planned Bandera county
> event. La Salle county worked with the Laredo Red Cross and also did
> followup for a prior exercise. Harris NE reported HSMM Mesh efforts and
> significant planning hours for a wide area net.
>
> This report marks my last duty as South Texas Section Emergency
> Coordinator. Jim Russell NQ5L took over as SEC January first and I look
> forward to working with him in his new role. - Tom, N5TW
>
> Rick Murray K6WXA recently let me know about some new courses that FEMA
> has released or updated. These are:
>
> IS-319 Tornado Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
> IS-320 Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
> IS-321 Hurricane Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
> IS-322 Flood Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
> IS-323 Earthquake Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
> IS-453 Introduction to Homeland Security Planning
>
> Public Service Honor Role December 2012 (reported by STX STM Rodney
> Baker W5DY)
>
> Call Total Messages handled
> W5DY 160
> N5OUJ 100
> KT5SR 120
> W5GKH 61
> KK5NU 109
> K5AXW 95
> AE5VY 91
> KB5PGY 112
>
> Upcoming events
>
> Additional Volunteer Opportunities
> . Woodlands Marathon March 2nd 2013
> . CB&I Triathlon May 4th 2013
> . Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas May 18th 2013
> . 10 for Texas October 12, 2013
> (Contact Peter Belbin ke5stl at gmail.com for additional information on
> above)
>
>
> (Pulled from N5MNW Swapnet Newsletter)
>
> Feb 2 Rocky Raccoon 100 Ultra-Marathon
> Needed: Volunteers with Medical Training to assist with the Rocky
> Raccoon 100 Ultra-Marathon!
> 5AM Sat, 2 Feb thru 12 Noon Sun, 3 Feb
> Event Website: www.tejastrails.com/Rocky.html
> K5STX at arrl dot net or 830-305-2889
>
> Feb 9 Harris County CERT Rodeo
> Harris County Fire & Sheriff's Training Academy
> 2318 Atascocita Road in Humble, Texas 77396
> www.harriscountycitizencorps.com/news/certrodeo.asp
> Christine Smith, N5CAS 2013 CERT Rodeo Communications Chairman
> ARRL ARES® STX District 1 Emergency Coordinator
> To volunteer, please send an e-mail to: n5cas at earthlink.net
>
> Feb 10-17 Ham Radio Cruise 2
> Reservation deadline has passed, plan on contacting the ship on HF!
> (80-10m)
> Departs Galveston, tours Eastern Caribbean, Returns to Galveston
> Group has special permission to operate two HF stations installed
> by
> ships Engineers!
> Listen for "Carnival Magic- Maritime Mobile" on/near any of
> these:
> 3.873 7.285 7.290 14.300 18.160 21.280 24.960 28.400 (all in MHz)
> For general information- Lori KM5MQ at arrl.net
>
> Feb 23 Orange Hamfest
> Orange, TX
> Orange ARC & Jefferson County ARC
> http://www.qsl.net/w5nd/
>
> Mar 16 WCARC Hamfest
> Georgetown Community Center
> Rick W5NR rhtrommer at suddenlink.net
>
> Mar 22-23 Greater Houston Hamfest *note date change*
> ARRL South Texas Section Convention - pending -
> Ft. Bend County Fairgrounds 4200 Highway 36 Rosenberg, TX 77471
> Co-Chair: John K5IZO at yahoo.com
> Matt K5NGU matttatro at gmail.com (281) 905-1008
> Table Sales & Commercial: Kirk KK2Z kmkendrick at gmail.com
> 281-639-5088
> www.houstonhamfest.org
>
> Lee, W5LHC"
>
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