This is short notice I know. But on Sunday Morning at 10 AM I will be a
guest on Philadelphia FOX 29 TV talking about ham radio. I just
confirmed yesterday with my Host, meteorologist Drew Anderson, that it
is live TV, not prerecorded, and I am the only guest on the show
“Talking up a storm” for an hour. Talk about pressure. On the
on-the-air Philadelphia area TV channel and on www.Fox29.com streaming
live. Philadelphia hams know about this but I now see that it is also
live on the channels internet streaming so it is widely available to the
Atlantic Division.

The topic for the hour is ham radio along with Drew’s
weather-centric live show. No canned slide presentations were requested
nor desired, just live talk with weather forecasts interspersed with the
live program discussions during the show. He has no outline or specific
requests, so this should be interesting. He looked at my QRZ page, our
main ARRL page I sent him to, and my LinkedIn professional profile page
he explained and will have some of those graphics as backdrops during
discussions. This got to me by radio clubs and other officials when the
TV station became interested in ham radio when other TV meteorologist
and storm chasers raise the subject.

Having briefed with Drew now in prep, he intends to go into my
background he saw on QRZ, including career choices, electrical
engineering, law, firefighting, and emergency communications and how
ham radio influenced all of that. He especially seemed interested in
our connection with weather (floods, hurricanes, etc), and other
activities such as Skywarn assistance. He was interested in weather
training used in getting a private pilot’s license. The theme is to
tie it all with being an Amateur Radio Operator. He is not one himself
yet but became interested in us over the summer when other TV
meteorologist and storm chasers raise the subject.

I do not know that it will be made available for later replay
anywhere, but I’ll find out. Given the over the air live broadcast
(this Fox affiliate is popular), it will likely have thousands of
viewers on the air and the cable rebroadcasts outside the major coverage
areas watching tomorrow morning at 10 AM. The streaming is live too so
there is that coverage I learned is nation-wide. My hope is it will
reach a lot of newcomers.

73 and I will see you on the radio. Oh yeah, you will see me on the
TV tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Bob Famiglio, K3RF

ARRL Atlantic Division Director
Chairman Legal Defense Committee
Chairman ARES Subcommittee
610-359-7300

www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF

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