[HIham] [Fwd: [hamradiohawaii] April SM report]

[Ron Hashiro]

 From Bob Schneider.

April Section Managers Report

Check the Pacific Section, Pacific Division and Main ARRL web pages for 
more details on recent events. ARRL members should check out the many 
special interest mailings and the Members Only webpages. Pacific Section 
now has 551 members. This is a 4.8% increase from last year but a slight 
drop from last month. The last section wide e-mail from the Section 
Manager went to only 267 members out of the 551 listed.

On April 1, 2007 about 10:30AM HST, there was a large 8.0 earthquake in 
the Solomon Islands followed by many aftershocks. The state of Hawaii 
was on advisory status however it was determined that a large tsunami 
was not generated. On April 29 there was a 6.5 earthquake in the Region 
of Andreanof Island in the Aleutian Islands. Again no tsunami was 
generated however it was another reminder of some of the hazards we 
face. Do you have your emergency supplies up to date? Kevin Bogan, AH6QO 
made a brief appearance on local TV news to remind everyone to have a 
disaster pack ready at all times.

ARRL HQ is still experiencing a flood of new license applications since 
the elimination of the Morse code requirements for all Ham Licenses on 
February 23. They have been shifting staff to accommodate the rush and 
new licenses are coming about two weeks after application.

Coming Events other then regular meetings:

May 19: Kauai Visitor Industry Charity Walk. Tnx WH6KS

*/June 1: First official day of Hurricane Season./*

June 2: Hurricane Preparedness Day – Kukui Grove Shopping Center on 
Kauai. Tnx WH6KS

June 9: Big Island ARC will meet at Puna Congregational Church at 2PM 
instead of the Keaau Community center. The May and July meeting will be 
at the Community Center as usual.

*June 23-24 Field Day weekend – Contact your local club for their details.*

July 28: Volcano Marathon and Rim Run at Hawaii Volcano National Park. 
See BIARC webpage

August 4: Honolulu Heard Walk starting at 7:30AM. Thanks Wayne Jones

September 22: Together We Prepare at the Kukui Grove Shopping Center, 
Kauai. Tnx WH6KS

October (TBA): 2007 Simulated Emergency TEST

October 6: EARC/KARC Hamfest on Oahu.

October 13: Big Island International Ham fest in Waimea (Kamuela) – Tnx 
KH7T/AH6J

October 27: Kauai United Way Walk-a-Thon. Tnx WH6KS

December: Christmas party time. Contact your local club.

The PacSecARES HF Net meets Tuesday 1900W but will come up on 3.888 MHz 
because of propagation. Someone will monitor 7.080 MHz. A second 
alternate is 1.888 MHz

*The ARES net on Saturday at 7PM is growing in numbers. It is held on 
the BIWARN (Big Island Wide Area Network) system. At the moment BIWARN 
consists of six VHF repeaters on the Island of Hawaii plus two UHF hubs.*

This is a reminder to all Field Organization Appointees that you must keep your ARRL membership active to keep your appointment.  You also need to make a monthly report of your activities.  You’re SM and others read the various club web pages so please try to keep them up to date.  The following clubs need to update their information with ARRL:  Kauai ARC, Pacific Radio Amateur Transmitting Society, Hawaii DX Assoc (Hilo) and Maui ARC.   In a couple months Guam will also need to update.  

 

The April study of QST delivery is not complete.  Preliminary results look similar to March with a large random facto
r.  

 

The American Red Cross has a policy that all workers and volunteers must have a background check.  There are a lot of mixed feelings about this especially when it was revealed a non-government contractor would be doing the job.  Since ARC has a written agreement with ARRL, it is inappropriate to comment further.   

 

In last months column the abbreviation “UST” should have been UTC which stands for Coordinated Universal time.  The letters are mixed in order for English.  

 

In June the Big Island will have five clubs with separate Field Day sites.    They are BIARC, HARC, KHRC, SPARK AND Kona ARC.  I believe this is the most for any island.  Kauai, Maui and Guam plan to have at least one site on each island.  I have not heard about the plans for Oahu, Molokai or other areas yet.   


 

The call sign K6G has been approved for Liberation Day Guam from 15 Jul until 23 July.

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*Warren Munro said there will be two Amateur Radio classes in the Fall 2007.  Both classes will be held at Kaimuki High School.*  Registration will be in late August.

1.       Introduction to Amateur Radio will be Sept. 13 to Nov. 1 with 8 sessions on Thursdays.  

2.    &
nbsp;  Intermediate Amateur Radio will be Sept. 11 to Nov. 13 with 10 classes on Tuesdays.

Cost will be $10.  Contact Warren Munro for more specifics.

 

West Honolulu Amateur Radio Groups meets June 7, Aug 2, Oct. 4 and Dec. 6, 2007 at 7:30 PM at Diners at Waimalu Shopping Plaza.  All Hams and visitors are welcome.  Thanks to Herb, KH7TK and George, AH7GK.  WHARG is not an ARRL affiliated club.  

 

Maui ARC will meet May 9^th  at 7PM in CD EOC.  Mel Fukunaga, KH6H will talk on How Amateur Radio Operators Can Participate in Emergencies.  MARC meets on the 2^nd  Wednesday.  Mel is the DEC for Maui.

 

 Big Island Citizens Corp had their last meeting on April 10^th .   New members are Rolland Spoon from Kona and Ron Phillips from East Hawaii.  

Good News: Lynne Unemori of HECO Corporate Relations has stated that 
HECO will be dropping its McCully BPL project from the BPL database of 
projects. We hope this means HECO is no longer pursuing this flawed 
technology. Be aware that slower speed data has been a main stay on 
power lines for years. It is called by many names but is basically slow 
speed data inserted on power lines, mostly for control. Not all 
utilities use it and they don’t use it on all lines. It doesn’t cause 
interference.

Bob Schneider, AH6J

ARRL Pacific SM

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