[W1SMH] Good Recognition

[Kenneth Reynolds]

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From: Jim Duarte <ka1eiv@arrl.net>
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> Howdy,
>
> I saw it earlier and immediately sent it to my Sister-in-Law in Daytona
Beach. I
> asked if she knew anything about it and what she thought. She's always
wondered
> what this "Ham Radio" thing is all about! COOL! How's things goin'? I've
been
> pluggin' away slowly here... trying to catch up on stuff and close out
year-end
> things! See ya!
>
> jd
>
> Kenneth Reynolds wrote:
>
> > ===========================================================
> >
> > ==>PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESSES FLORIDA ARES NET
> >
> > President George W. Bush spoke January 31 via Amateur Radio to members
of
> > the Northern Florida Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net (NFAN). The
> > president was in Florida to spotlight five volunteer groups for their
value
> > to the new Office of Homeland Security--among them the Volusia County
> > Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES).
> >
> > "I want to thank all the volunteers who help make sure that Florida is
> > prepared for any kind of emergency," the president said in part, after
> > checking in around 9:15 AM to a regular session of the 75-meter ARES
net. "I
> > want to thank you all for helping your communities be prepared."
> >
> > Northern Florida ARRL Section Manager Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, said Bush
spoke
> > from a portable station set up at a Daytona Beach-area fire station. At
the
> > request of ARES Volusia County Emergency Coordinator Joette Barnett,
KG4HPN,
> > John Schmidt, AF4PU, and Clifford Fraser, KE4HIY, arranged to have the
> > station ready as a demonstration of Amateur Radio's role in emergency
> > preparedness and in the hope that Bush would be willing to address the
> > 75-meter net. Hearing the president check into the net was a pleasant
> > surprise, Hubbard said.
> >
> > ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said he was "extremely gratified" that
> > President Bush recognized the valuable service Amateur Radio operators
> > provide in times of emergencies. "I know that all hams in the United
States
> > stand ready to do their part in America's Homeland Security Program,"
Haynie
> > commented. Haynie has said that defining Amateur Radio's role in
homeland
> > security would top his list of initiatives for his second term.
> >
> > Hubbard said a copy of proposed expanded Amateur Radio antenna
> > (PRB-1)legislation was given to the President and to the president's
> > brother, Florida Gov Jeb Bush, for possible introduction in next year's
> > Florida legislative session. "We Amateur Radio operators will volunteer
> > however we're needed, and maybe it will be seen that we can greatly help
the
> > nation if we have the antennas we need," Hubbard commented. The proposed
> > bill would seek to extend Florida's PRB-1 law to include private deed
> > covenants, conditions and restrictions.
> >
> > Bush's stop in Florida was part of a swing through the southeastern US,
> > which also included stops in North Carolina and Georgia. The Daytona
Beach
> > event marked a rare appearance on ham radio by a sitting president.
Former
> > President Gerald Ford spoke via a ham radio satellite hookup in 1986.
> >
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