Thursday Section Zoom Session

Hello,

I’m getting the Zoom meeting announcement out early this week.  I hope to see many more of you at the meeting.   The more in attendance the better and more informative the conversation!

I will be attending the ARRL Section Managers meeting Tuesday eveningand I’m hoping for some news on the Grant Program application process to share with you.  We were supposed to receive the information in March but the ARRL Foundation that is coordinating the grant program had not developed the application criteria.  Hopefully, it is ready for release soon.  Stay tuned!

As we can tell by this week’s weather forecast for certain parts of WTX we are definitely in the Storm Season.  Therefore, the ARES session of the Zoom meeting will focus on our storm spotting activities during the storm season and how we are sending reports to our local NWS  Forecast offices.

 We will have our usual Winlink Tuesday report by Lew, KB5HPT and Whit, N5QNS will be seeking answers to this week’s Trivia Question This week’s question is: Originally licensed at the age of 13, this ham served in the US Airforce and was a medic during the Vietnam war. While stationed at the Amarillo Air Force base, he and some friends operated a pirate radio station of which his commander approved. Unfortunately, it was also received by the citizens of Amarillo and a local radio station forced him to shut it down. This was the beginning of his broadcast career and he eventually hosted several paranormal themed radio programs.