[HCARC] Fwd: South Texas News

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Fri Apr 21 13:38:48 EDT 2017



 
  
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CQ CQ,

Greetings to all here in the South Texas  Section.  I have not written
for a while and want to catch everyone up  on various activities and
actions within the Section. We are full swing  into the Hamfest season
although commitments meant I have not been able to  make several that I
normally do.  

I was able to make it Shertz  and Orange this year and both of them were
great events and had good  turnouts.  As usual the Friday night BBQ in
Orange was up to its  typical great standards.  Sadly I missed the
Section Convention in  Rosenberg this year but have been told it too was
a great event. I have  heard rumors that some changes are coming to it
next year and it should be  even better.

Looking ahead, of course is the Dayton Hamvention and then  Hamcom up in
Irving. Both great events. Then we will start to wrap up the  year with
the Austin Summerfest.  While unable to make Dayton, I hope  to see many
of you in Irving and Austin this year.  

West Gulf  Division Communications Task Forces

As I stated in an article last year  in the West Gulf Division
newsletter, there were concerns that the WGD  Rapid Response Teams,
formed several years ago to support the States Rapid  Response Task
Forces, was showing signs of neglect with some of our key  leadership
having retired and started travelling and seeing the  world.  Dr.
Woolweaver and I discussed at length and came up with a  plan of action
to reenergize the teams and ensure they are ready to respond  if this
should be the year that the major storms, or other disaster  events,
return. 

I am pleased to announce that a new leadership team  has been formed and
are working to grow the strength and participation on  the teams.  We
currently plan on Four teams -same as previously – with  a Dallas
Team, an Austin Team, a San Antonio Team and a West Texas  Team.  They
also have a new name: West Gulf Division Communications  Task Forces. 

Dr. Woolweaver has appointed WGD Assistant Director Dave  Martin, K5YFO
to lead this effort.  Joining the team to assist with  logistics,
Operation and Training are John Galvin, N5TIM and Scott Hamende,  KD5JX.
They have gotten off to a running start and I want to thank them  much. 
Interested in participating? Please reach out to any of them for  details
and thank them for taking this important assignment on.

New  Section Assistant Manager for Education

I would also like to welcome to  the Section, Tommy Gober N5DUX as our
new Assistant Manager for  Education.  Tommy has been serving this role
in the North Texas  Section for several years and has recently moved to
Galveston.  If you  are interested in developing more education
initiatives between your group  and the local school systems, either in
seeking scholarship opportunities,  informing your school administrators
and teachers of free training offered  by the league or simply discussing
the benefits of adding Amateur Radio to  the school curriculum, reach out
to Tommy. If he cannot help, he will know  who might be able to.  We have
several success stories in the Section,  such as the Student club at LBJ
High School in Austin who has won awards  during School on-the-air
contests. N5DUX at arrl.net

Btw, The ARRL  ARISS program is always looking for new schools to
schedule on-the-air  contacts with the International Space Station.  If
you think your  local school would be interested let us know and we will
discuss the  process.

Scouting Activity Increasing

Much thanks to our  Assistant Manager for Scouting Les Mignerey KB0MEF
who has been working  closely with the various scouting councils to grow
the relationship and  encourage more ham radio activates amongst the
Scouting organization.   There are several events being planned in the
Houston area as I type  this.
Les would love to work to keep this momentum going and is seeking  hams
across the section that would like to work with him as  Assistants
Scouting Coordinators that would focus on your area.   Needless to say,
he will welcome any assistance with the ongoing events in  the Houston
area.  KB0MEF at arrl.net

Texas Division of Emergency  Management Conference

There are several events coming up, COMEX’s ,  FEMA Conferences and
the Annual Division of Emergency Management Conference  in May.  As is
usual, we will have a booth setup and a local response  trailer from SA
ARES group also on display. There are several great  presentations, of
which we will be one on Friday morning the  19th.   Volunteer admission
rates are just $35.

In  closing, I would like to recognize and congratulate the Williamson
County  ARES group for having recently completed a multi-day training
event where  they supported  local Emcom officials by practicing
providing  communication to support 911 dispatch functions in the event
of a loss of  normal 800 mhz trunked operations.  The event was so
successful that  they were asked to activate and be on standby during a
recent Motorola  cutover of 911 consoles and were onsite and ready to
support throughout the  change over.   Great Work team! This shows what
ARES and the  ongoing training efforts are all about.

Lee,  W5LHC

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