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President Barbara, NH7FY, reported on the condition of Rob Van Geen, =
NH6V.  He had been recovering at Queen's Medical Center after an =
accident but is now recuperating at his mother's house.

At the April meeting of BIARC there were two main presentations of =
awards: On behalf of the ARRL, SM Bob Schneider, AH6J, presented the =
first. This one went to Richard Darling for achieving an impressive =
milestone: his first 60 years as an amateur radio operator. The ARRL =
sent Richard a certificate acknowledging his six decades as a ham, a =
letter of congratulations and the official ARRL 60-year pin. "It's been =
the best 60 years of my life," said Richard, holding his award. =20

The second award was the day's main event, which was presented to John =
Bush by Bob, along with a County Council letter and personal =
congratulations conveyed via Bob Schneider from Mayor Billy Kenoi. The =
Humanitarian of the Year is a big deal inside and outside the world of =
ham radio. There is only one such award given each year, and the ARRL =
Board of Directors voted unanimously to give it to John Bush.  Volcano =
Rotarian Charlene Meyers along with Rotary International Hawaii District =
Governor Chet Dal Santo were also at the presentation to applaud him.  =
Chet Dal Santo said he was especially proud to be present at the =
presentation.  Later in the meeting Bill Hanson presented John with a =
letter of congratulations from the head of County Civil Defense Darryl =
Oliveira. He congratulated Bush on winning the humanitarian award, and =
praised him for his work in helping to =E2=80=9Cbridge critical =
communications gaps.=E2=80=9D

The Kohala Hamakua RC (KHRC) website:  =
http://www.hamradioandmore.com/khrc.htm
Their next meeting will be Sunday July 14, 2013 at 2pm at the gym =
conference room, (enter in rear of gym building), Hisaoka Gym, King Kam =
Park, Kapa'au. =20

Eric Grabowski, KH6CQ, DEC for North Hawaii, has been sending out =
periodic reports on the North Hawaii repeater project and other =
happenings in his area.  Eric lives in Waikoloa and the repeater will be =
located on the northwestern slope of Mauna Kea at a Parker Ranch Pump =
site.  The frequency 147.84/24 has been coordinated but is not published =
since the repeater is not yet in operation.  In his report Eric details =
the hardware he already has and what he needs.  For those of you =
unfamiliar with how to put up a repeater, this planning, permission and =
general paperwork part of the process can be harder than actually =
putting up the machine.  He is still short about $500 to complete the =
project.

Members of the North Hawaii ARES team provided communications support =
for the bike race segment of the Ironman Honu 70.3 mile event in the =
=E2=80=9Ccell phone dead zone=E2=80=9D along the sparsely populated six =
mile stretch of Akoni Pule highway in the North Kohala district. AEC =
Marc, WH7CA, was the event coordinator and AEC Steve, WH7TW, was the =
NCS. Other team members included EC Dale, KH7LZ (motorcycle mobile), AEC =
Eddie, WH7DG, Michael, WH7WW, and Dorothy, KE6QCL.  There were no major =
mishaps this year, just a few minor problems for which technical and =
medical assistance was called for. In summary the entire operation went =
very smoothly.  Tnx to Eric KH6CQ

The Hilo ARC:  They meet daily 6:30-8:30 AM at Jack in the Box Hilo.  =
This club is actually the oldest on the Island of Hawaii however there =
was a break in existence of several years until former Section Manager =
Dean Manley, KH6B and several others reactivated it.  They also sponsor =
the Council of Radio Club which meets once monthly at various =
restaurants in East Hawaii for breakfast. =20
The Hawaii QRP club: They also meet daily with a listed time of 7:00 AM =
- 9:00 AM at =E2=80=9CJack In the Box=E2=80=9D however the time varies =
depending on who comes.  It is very informal.=20
The Hawaii DX Association has become less active with the loss of =
several key members.  These two websites are still active however the =
tripod site has an excess of advertisement and is almost unusable.  They =
both contain good information.  http://hiqrpclub.homestead.com
http://hawaii.dx.tripod.com/

The Marianas ARC website is: https://sites.google.com/site/ah2gmarc/home
However it is out of date.  They meet on for first Tuesday of the month =
at 7:00 PM.   Their next meeting is July 2, 2013. Beware of the dateline =
when figuring time and date as they are one day ahead of Hawaii. The =
meeting is at the KSTO radio studio on Nimitz Hill.  There is plenty of =
parking behind the building on the lower level. Entry to the meeting =
room is from the south side of the building.  There is also another =
website with some Guam information however it is also sadly out of date. =
 MARIANA ISLANDS DX ASSOCIATION NH2DX The website www.guamham.com does =
not work.

Your SM last visited the South Point ARC or =E2=80=9CSPARC=E2=80=9D near =
South Point on Dec 2.  They meet on the first Sunday at Noon at Manuka =
State park.  Their next meeting will be July 7, 2013.  They are not =
affiliated with ARRL.

There has been no news from American Samoa in the last several months.

Hawaii's Official Amateur Radio Repeater Coordination Site is: =
http://www.hawaiirepeaters.net/ .

Reminder of coming events:
Thur July 4, 2014  Volcano Independence Day parade and Ham Radio =
Display.
Fri August 23, 2013	 Hawaii QSO Party
Sat August 31, 2013	 Puna Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Fair
Sat October 5, 2013	 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test
Sat October 5, 2013	Big Island International Hamfest in Waimea (Kamuela)
Fri October 25, 2013+	CQ World Wide Contest - Phone
Sat November 2, 2013+	ARRL Sweepstakes Contest - CW
Sat November 16, 2013+	ARRL Sweepstakes Contest - Phone
Fri November 23, 2013+	CQ World Wide Contest - CW
Fri December 6, 2013+	SKYWARN Recognition Day
Sun December 8, 2013	Communications for Honolulu Marathon. Email Greg =
NH6ZS for more details.
Fri December 13, 2013	ARRL 10 Meter Contest

Ron Hashiro=E2=80=99s webpage always has a good collection of news of =
local happenings.  See:
http://www.qsl.net/a/ah6rh/am-radio/in-hawaii.html .  Look especially at =
the 2013 events.
The Bill 980, Hawaii State Cellular telephone law was signed by the =
governor May 20.  Go to Ron Hashiro=E2=80=99s webpages to download a =
copy to keep with you in case you are stopped since all police officers =
may not be aware of the exemption for Amateur Radio Operators. =20

The Civil Defense Amateur Radio Club's mission is to provide ARRL =
Volunteer Examiner testing services for amateur radio operators and test =
takers residing on the island of Oahu. The goal is to continually build =
up the pool of available emergency communicators available during times =
of emergency.  Testing is usually on the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM =
however contact Ray Moody, AH6LT moody .at. hawaii.edu or phone =
941-9239.  Advance registration is required to pass building security. =
Exams are:
August 21, 2013, 6:30 pm, American Red Cross HQ on Diamond Head Road
November 20, 2013, 6:30 pm, American Red Cross HQ on Diamond Head Road
Be sure to ask Ray for complete instructions and what you will need.

Cal-Pac RC members Jim, K6MIO, and Fred, KH7Y, put the KH6HME memorial =
station on the air from Mauna Loa 8,200 foot level. They made about 100 =
contacts.  It was mostly on 15 meters but they did make some QSO's on 6 =
meters, 2 meters, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz.  See the picture in the photo =
section of the Pacific Section web page.



73,
Bob Schneider =E2=80=93 AH6J
ARRL Pacific Section Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio=E2=84=A2
ah6j at arrl.org
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