[SFDXA] Eagles Guitarist Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, Promotes Amateur Radio

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    Eagles Guitarist Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, Promotes Amateur Radio in Media
    Announcements

05/30/2018

Legendary rock guitarist Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, of the Eagles is featured in 
a just-released set of ARRL audio and video *public service 
announcements* <http://www.arrl.org/public-service-announcements> 
promoting Amateur Radio. ARRL will provide the 30- and 60-second PSAs to 
Public Information Officers (PIOs) to share with their Section’s 
television and radio stations. The ARRL Media and Public Relations 
Department also will provide these announcement files directly to 
interested television and radio outlets. The announcements are available 
for downloading from the ARRL website for members to use in promoting 
Amateur Radio at club meetings and public presentations, such as *ARRL 
Field Day* <http://www.arrl.org/field-day> June 23 – 24 (PSAs 
specifically for ARRL Field Day also are available).

Walsh, who visited ARRL Headquarters last year for taping, wanted to 
deliver two main messages in his PSAs: get involved in Amateur Radio, 
and become a member of ARRL. The messages highlight the tremendous 
service that radio amateurs provide to communities, and convey how ARRL 
advocates on behalf of Amateur Radio on a wide range of legal and 
political issues.

An ARRL Life Member and long-time radio amateur, Walsh personally has 
been a strong supporter and advocate of ARRL and Amateur Radio, and his 
ham shack is just as impressive as his home recording studio. “I want to 
give back to the hobby that has given me so much enjoyment,” he said.

The setting for the PSAs was W1AW, which Walsh was especially eager to 
revisit. The occasion also offered him with an opportunity to see 
equipment he’d donated to W1AW years earlier. Walsh’s past on-the-air 
forays on W1AW have always attracted enthusiastic pileups. While at 
W1AW, he spent some chatting with station manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, 
about the station’s operations. Walsh is a well-known collector of 
vintage Amateur Radio equipment.

Creating the videos were Media and Public Relations Assistant Michelle 
Patnode, KC1JTA; freelance videographer/photographer Chris Zajac, and 
former Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, who also 
recorded a tag line for */ARRL Audio News/* 
<http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news> with Walsh.

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