[HCRA] Fw: REPLY TO NO RESPONSE

[Daniel J. Sullivan]

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From: "Arthur Z Rowe" <n1orc@surfgate.net>
To: "Daniel Sullivan" <djs13@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: REPLY TO NO RESPONSE


>
>      BOSTON-AREA PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MAY BE FEATURED on a
>     late-night talk
>     show to promote Amateur Radio. Bill McIninch, KA1MOM phoned in to
Jordan
>     Rich's show on WBZ radio to "put in a plug" for ham radio. "I
>     received back
>     two e-mails. The first was a 'thanks' for the information. The
>     second was this
>     invitation to spend 1-2 hours as an in-studio guest talking and
>     answering
>     questions about ham radio," McIninch said. KA1MOM plans to come
>     well-armed
>     with materials he's prepared. "Some of the topics I plan to discuss
>     include,
>     'Isn't ham radio outdated?', 'Interference', 'Ham radio and national
>     security'
>     and, 'Legislation that impacts ham radio." McIninch says the show
>     might air
>     during the early morning hours of January 24. The clear channel
>     station on
>     1030 kHz can be heard as far as Indiana and Florida. McIninch
>     invites any
>     advice, suggestions or comments that others might have at:
>     ka1mom@aol.com.
>
>     THE HARVARD WIRELESS CLUB in collaboration with Peg LeGendre,
>     Science Mentor
>     Teacher for the Cambridge Public Schools, received word that the
>     John Tobin
>     Elementary School has been awarded a Project Grant under the
>     League's Amateur
>     Radio Education & Technology Program (a.k.a. "Big Project").  The
grant
>     application was authored by Dr. Peg LeGendre. "On behalf of the
>     ARRL, the
>     Executive Committee, ARRL President Jim Haynie, and the ARRL
>     Headquarters
>     Staff I have the pleasure to inform you that a Project Grant has
>     been awarded
>     to John Tobin Elementary School," wrote Mark Spencer, WA8SME, "Big
>     Project"
>     Coordinator. "The ARRL is happy to have the opportunity to assist
>     you with
>     your instructional goals. We recognize that the hard work in that
>     regard has
>     just begun." EMA Section Manager Phil Temples, K9HI commented, "My
>     hat is off
>     to Tim McBride, N1QZY and company [at HWC] for their efforts in
>     promoting
>     Amateur Radio in the local Cambridge schools. This appears to be the
>     start of
>     an excellent collaboration."
>
>     MEMBERS OF THE USS SALEM ARC have periodically requested assistance
>     from the
>     Amateur Radio community for volunteers to help staff the radio rooms
>     on board
>     the museum-ship. A recent session, scheduled for January 10, had to be
>     cancelled due to the poor response. "I thought that I should make a
>     comment
>     here about the apparent end of the Scouting Program onboard the USS
>     Salem in
>     Quincy," stated USS Salem ARC member "Pi" Pugh, K1RV. "The current
>     volunteer
>     coordinator, W1AI has done a valiant job trying to keep this program
>     alive
>     during the past 18 months. He has continually sought help from
>     individuals and
>     clubs [...] with limited success." Pugh noted that the scouting
>     program has
>     been "limping along" for quite some time now. "[It's been] begging for
>     support. It has become evident to me that the MA ham community has
>     failed to
>     recognize this 'golden opportunity.'" K1RV goes on to say that most
>     of the
>     kids had never heard about ham radio until they visited the K1USN
>     station and
>     made on-air contacts. "A recent survey shows that we have
>     approximately 15,449
>     hams living in Massachusetts, but we can't seem to get any of them
>     interested
>     in saving this fine program. Please prove me wrong!"
>
>     PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT and visit http://ema.arrl.org and answer our
>     new survey
>     that asks, "How do you spend your ham radio time?" 73 de K9HI
>
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