[PPRAANet] ARRL info

[Myron Babcock]

Thanks John for all your great points highlighting the ARRL and what they
do for Amateur Radio.  I have been a ham radio operator for 60 years and an
ARRL member for 40 plus years. This organization has done many great things
for ham radio. I have never agreed with everything they have done but
overall they are our only source for frequency spectrum protection we
have.  Many billions of dollars are being waved at the FCC seeking more
frequencies and those major corporations are looking at the ham bands for
those frequencies.  The ARRL has been really effective at stopping many of
those attacks on the Ham Bands.

KL7YY
Myron Babcock




On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 10:08 PM John Bloodgood <johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Here is my pitch to try to get more of you all to become ARRL members and
> to volunteer.
>
> Those of you who are still reading, I am not going to pretend that the
> ARRL is perfect – no organization as large and with as many lines of effort
> as the ARRL ever is. But I will tell you that without the ARRL, we would
> not be enjoying this hobby today. We would basically just have the same
> kinds of permissions and capabilities as CB, GMRS, and FRS.
>
> The ARRL is the largest organization for Amateur Radio in the US. It does
> many things for us including spectrum defense, both nationally and
> internationally (ITU and ITU Region 2). It is our national legislative
> lobbyist, and represents our interests to the FCC. It produces study
> material and conducts license testing. It produces many reference books,
> operating supplies, and other material. It is responsible for the Amateur
> Radio Emergency Service and the National Traffic System. It performs lab
> testing of equipment. It also coordinates many of the events which Amateur
> Radio operators take part in, including contests, awards, and of course
> most famously, ARRL Field Day.
>
> Here is an overview of your key ARRL leadership.
>
> ARRL HQ
> President: Rick Roderick, K5UR
>
> Rocky Mountain Division (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico) (1 of 15
> divisions)
> Director: Jeff Ryan, K0RM
>
> Colorado Section (1 of 71 sections)
> Section Manager: Amanda Alden, K1DDN
>
> Colorado Section Staff (not including assistants)
> Section Emergency Coordinator: James Cizek, KI0KN
> Section Traffic Manager: Willem Schreuder, AC0KQ
> Technical Coordinator: Jeff Carrier, K0JSC
> Affiliated Club Coordinator: Wayne Heinen, N0POH
> Public Information Coordinator: John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
>
> All those listed above except K5UR live here in Colorado. We don’t work at
> ARRL HQ.
>
> Section management and staff are not paid positions and sometimes wear
> multiple hats. For example, I hold several volunteer positions in the
> section and nationally. The organization relies very heavily on volunteers,
> and there is always a shortage of volunteers, which is the reason that the
> ARRL has declared 2023 to be the year of the volunteer and has established
> the Volunteers On The Air event.
>
> Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association is an ARRL affiliated club. To become
> an affiliated club, at least 50% of the members have to be ARRL members,
> though the ARRL will not remove a club affiliation if the percentage of
> membership subsequently drops below that. However, the goal is to keep that
> percentage up as high as possible.
>
> Per a search of the FCC ULS database, there are about 830,000 active
> licensed persons in the US and about 21,000 in Colorado. In each case, less
> than 25% are ARRL members. I am sure you can do the math on what that means.
>
> Some of you may dislike the ARRL. I also know some of you are on fixed
> incomes or money is tight. I respect that. But if you can become an ARRL
> member, I would ask that you seriously consider it. And if you can
> volunteer, even within the club, that helps too.
>
> If you read all the way to the end, thanks for paying attention to this
> pitch.
>
>
> John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
> PIC – Colorado Section, ARRL
>
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