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Monthly Summary for October 2008
News last updated: Thu, October 16, 2008 at 7:39 PM ET
This year is quickly coming to an end and we will soon move into the holiday season. The final sanctioned hamfest for our section will take place on November 2 ,2008 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. I will be present at the league table and hope those planning on attending will stop and say hello. More information on the hamfest is available at http://wacomarc.org/Hamfest_08.pdf By now most of you are aware that senate bill 884 was approved by the state legislature and signed by Governor Rendell. This law will be known as Act 88 and takes effect on December 8, 2008. Many people were involved in getting this approved and I personally want to thank all those that wrote letters or in some way contacted their senators or representatives asking for their support. Your efforts were instrumental in getting this bill passed. A very special thanks goes to Senator Greenleaf and his staff for the fine work they did and to Eric Pauley for working with all of us here in Pennsylvania and with Chris Imlay to work details out. We will soon have our tower law in effect. Band conditions were once again an issue during the PAQSO Party. 40 meters was long and I worked more sections then I did counties on that band during Saturdays contest. I spent a good part of Saturday on 75 meters and as always had a great time making contacts and chatting with old fronds and making a few new ones. To all that participated I hope you also enjoyed the event and I am already looking forward to next year. I recently installed an hf rig into my 4x4 and have been having a wonderful time operating when I am traveling about. This was my first opportunity to work hf mobile and I can tell you I will always have a rig in the vehicle. If you have never done so and get the opportunity I encourage you to take up the challenge. We are still in need of people to step up and fill positions as emergency coordinators for some counties. We need people willing to coordinate the ARES program in some counties. A key issue to remember however if you are interested a requirement is that you must complete and submit a monthly report to the District Emergency Coordinator and to the section EC. This requirement must be met by all for the program to continue and for individuals to retain their appointments. I want to thank Ray Albert, N3XCD , for again accepting my request for him to be EC of Butler County. Thanks Ray for accepting both mine and SEC’s request to fill the position again. I know your leadership is appreciated. I would also like to remind clubs and groups that would like to have me attend one of their meetings or events next year to send your requests early with possible dates you would like me to attend. My schedule fills quickly so get your request in early so I can attempt to make it to your event. I have not made a decision on what I will do for Field Day this year but will let everyone know once plans are confirmed. Please remember that at any time that you have a need for support and cannot contact me directly please go to the league website for additional contact information for other section leaders. Assistant section Manager Bruce Watson, AA3LX has full authority at any time that I am not available for contact. Our section information is available at http://www.arrl.org/sections/WPA.html Anyone having photos they would like to submit for inclusion on the web page should send them directly to me. I will be happy to post them on our section page. Please remember to join a traffic net across the section. There are 2 meter nets, cw nets and the section net the WPA phone and traffic net. This net meets at 6 PM local time every evening of the year on 3983 hz. Please check in and lend a hand passing traffic to others in the area and prepare for any emergency situation. 73 John Rodgers N3MSE W. Pa. Section Manager
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