Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Hello all EC’s, DEC’s, ASEC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Glenn Meter, W5MTR, has accepted the Emergency Coordinator (EC) Position for Travis County in District 7 of the ARRL South Texas Section. The district is composed of Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Milam, Travis, and Williamson counties. Glenn replaces Mr. Rex Schuller, K8REX, who served as EC for 3 years. District 7 DEC Mr. Terry Jones K5LGV, promoted the nomination for the position. Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX, approved the appointment.
Mr. Meter was first encouraged to become an amateur radio operator by his in-laws, who sheltered-in-place in Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina. He saw first-hand how difficult communication could be with loved ones during a disaster.
Glenn volunteered at shelters in Austin during Katrina and Ike. He finally got his Technician license in 2015, Extra in 2022. In 2017 after Hurricane Harvey, Glenn joined the Travis County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (TCARES) and became a trained and certified American Red Cross volunteer.
After joining TCARES, Glenn volunteered for critical Infrastructure drills and weather nets (SKYWARN). In 2020 he became lead for Amateur Radio Communication Hospitals Emergency System (ARCHES) and the Sunday night nets. Since 2022 he has been the communication committee lead for the Austin routes of the Bike MS: TX MS150 bike ride. In 2022, Glenn became the Deputy Emergency Coordinator for TCARES.
Professionally, Glenn moved to Austin in 1996 to join Metrowerks, later acquired by Motorola. Since 2004 he has worked at BigLever Software, enabling Product Line Engineering at Fortune 100 companies including in automotive and aerospace & defense.
This appointment was effective October 31, 2024.
Welcome to Glenn.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Mr. Michael Moody, W5ALE, has accepted the Emergency Coordinator (EC) Position for Williamson County in District 7 of the ARRL South Texas Section. The district is composed of Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Milam, Travis, and Williamson counties. District 7 DEC Mr. Terry Jones K5LGV, made the nomination for the position. Terry had served the dual roles of EC for Williamson and DEC 7. Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX, approved the appointment.
Michael Moody is an accomplished Public Safety Technology Manager with over 20 years of extensive experience in the emergency services sector. His career is marked by a steadfast commitment to enhancing public safety through the innovative use of technology and volunteer service. Michael's profound understanding of emergency management frameworks and his strategic approach to integrating technology solutions have significantly improved response times and operational efficiency within the organizations he has served.
Michael began his journey in the Civil Air Patrol, developing a solid foundation of skills and knowledge critical to managing high-pressure situations and complex systems. He gained hands-on experience with deployments to Katrina, Rita, Ike, Harvey, and many local disasters, and having more than 400 search and rescue finds. His hands-on experience in emergency operations has equipped him with invaluable insights into the challenges faced by public safety organizations.
As a Public Safety Technology Manager, Michael oversees the deployment and management of cutting-edge technologies that support emergency response teams. He has successfully led numerous projects to modernize systems and improve communication among various agencies. His ability to foster collaboration across departments has resulted in enhanced interoperability.
Michael's contributions to emergency services have not gone unnoticed; he has received several accolades throughout his tenure for his innovative initiatives and leadership in emergency services. Including the Distinguished Service Award from Williamson County Emergency Communications, the Meritorious Service Award, 9 Commander Commendations, 4 Disaster Relief Awards, and State and Region Communicator of the Year from Civil Air Patrol, among others. He is widely recognized as a thought leader in the field, regularly invited to speak on panels and contribute articles to industry publications. His passion for public safety is matched only by his desire to mentor the next generation of professionals. This is exemplified by Michael's developing, teaching, and commanding Emergency Communications Academies nationwide, including the first National Communication Academy.
Outside of his professional endeavors, Michael is an avid amateur radio operator, finding joy and fulfillment in the challenges, camaraderie, and public service that the hobby brings. He has been licensed since 2015 and holds an Amateur Extra license. As an amateur radio operator, Michael has been an active member of ARES, including years of service as the Williamson County Deputy Emergency Coordinator and an active member on the Board of Directors. Additionally, Michael is an active member of the Civil Air Patrol,
This appointment was effective October 10, 2024.
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Upper Lake Livingston Wireless Association - Polk County Area ARES
Tropical Storm Beryl Response
July 8-13, 2024
James 'Skip' Straus - W5TXT
ARES® District Emergency Coordinator - STX District 2
Hello EC’s, DEC’s, ASEC’s and other interested parties,
Ms. Lorna Flansburg, KI5FIZ, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Robertson County in District 5 of the South Texas Section. District 5 is composed of Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties. Ms. Flansburg replaces Mr. Jim Hanks, W5CYN, who served as EC for 2 years. Lorna’s appointment was recommended by DEC 5 Mike Wisby KA5HIA and is approved by Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX.
Most recently, Lorna has served as the Robertson County AEC. As the AEC, she has called the weekly Robertson County ARES net on the W5KVN Franklin repeater every week for over a year and organized the group's meetings and activities.
Lorna is a member of both Brazos and Robertson County ARES, and a RACES member. First licensed in 2019, she upgraded to Extra in 2021.
Lorna has served as the Treasurer of the Bryan Amateur Radio Club since 2021. She is also the ARRL VE Liaison for the club, coordinating the monthly Ham License Exam sessions.
She is the DX District Chair/Treasurer for the YLRL (Young Ladies Radio League.)
Lorna is a US Army veteran and a retired federal employee.
This appointment was effective July 8, 2024.
Welcome Lorna.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Hello ASEC’s, DEC’s, EC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Elwin Rozyskie, JR, KI5VKS, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Medina County in District 6 of the South Texas Section. District 6 is composed of Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde County. Mr. Rozyskie was nominated for the position by DEC 6, Mr. Joseph Craft, KI5IQE, and approved by the STX Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX.
Elwin is a 1979 graduate of Georgia Tech, where he took a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering degree, with a minor in Mathematics. He then entered service as a Combat Engineer in the US Army, after graduating from both Airborne and Ranger training.
Elwin transferred to the Air Force in 1985, where he served in all areas of the Civil Engineering career field. He retired in 2016 after 42 years of combined service and assignments in over 20 countries. He also completed the USAF Incident Manager Course and served as a USAF EOC Director for five years and Fire Marshal for 14 years.
From 2016-2022, Elwin served as a Supervisor of Security at Metropolitan Hospital in San Antonio, TX.
Elwin fully retired in 2022 to become more involved in public service. He is actively involved with both church and civic affairs, serving both as a Deputy Voter Registrar and as an Assistant Election Judge.
Elwin joined the Medina County Amateur Radio Club in May 2022. He holds Amateur Extra and GMRS licenses.
Elwin has served as an AEC for Medina County. His equipment consists of VHF, UHF, and HF radios.
Elwin has passed the FEMA IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 courses. He also completed the revised EC-001 Course (Basic).
Elwin is married and he and his wife Thelma live in Castroville, TX, with numerous dogs and other animals.
This appointment was effective June 9, 2024.
Welcome Elwin.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Texas Senators and Matagorda Co. Judge Bobby Seiferman comments over Beryl Failures. See Judge Bobby Seiferman's highlighted reference about STX ARES's contribution during the county's communications loss on page 4.
Rick WB8FVB has found us a link and verified the time marks below:
- 09:32:57 for the start of the Judge's comments.
- Judge Seiferman's discussion on loss of communications starts at 09:34:22 which is the part where he mentions ham radio operators being in the EOC.
- At 09:34:57 he says "They saved us". He mentions ham radio one more time later when he talked about communications with TDEM.
- The Senate Committee hearing is at this link: Senate Special Committee on Hurricane and Tropical Storm Preparedness, Recovery, and Electricity - Jul 29th, 2024 (granicus.com)
Hello ASEC’s, DEC’s, EC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Randy Leftwich, K5RWL, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Jefferson County in District 9 of the South Texas Section. District 9 is composed of Jasper, Jefferson, Hardin, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine and Tyler counties. Randy replaces Mr. Kirk Mahaney, N5WKM who is the new District 9 Emergency Coordinator (DEC). Randy’s appointment is approved by the Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX.
Randy tells his story:
I have been in Southeast Texas all of my life. I am married to Laurie Leftwich, and we share 4 children and 10 grandchildren.
I am retired from DuPont, where I was in process operations and helped form our Emergency Response Team and was a Team Leader in our Corporate Regional Response Team.
I was first licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator in 2008, became General Class in 2009 and was drawn into ARES and RACES immediately. My amateur radio interest continued as I got into MARS and SHARES.
I have served as a Net Control for several Local and STX ARES, RACES, NTS, MARS and SHARES nets and have served as Jefferson County AEC for several years.
This appointment was effective May 21, 2024.
Welcome Randy.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Hello ASEC’s, DEC’s, EC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Kirk Mahaney, N5WKM, has accepted the position of District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) for District 9 of the South Texas Section. District 9 is composed of Jasper, Jefferson, Hardin, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine and Tyler counties. Kirk replaces Mr. Brian Cater, KC5YSM, who made the recommendation. Brian served for many years and is still active in radio albeit scaled back. Kirk’s appointment is approved by the Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX.
Kirk tells his story.
I was born and raised in Southeast Texas and have been married to Amanda for 42 years. I was first licensed in February 2006 and now hold an Extra Class license. I joined the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club and the ARES group soon after I received my technician license in 2006.
In April of 2013, I became the ARES EC for Jefferson County.
I am retired from the automotive dealership industry. I spent the last 12 years supporting a fleet department specializing in selling and building law enforcement vehicles in Texas.
My previous hobbies included drag racing, duck hunting, and fishing.
This appointment was effective May 21, 2024.
Welcome Kirk.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Click on the link for the latest repeater information used by STX by county.
ICS 205 Severe Weather Repeaters
Here is the link for the HF information used by STX.
ICS 205 Severe Weather HF Only
Hello ASEC’s, DEC’s, EC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Timothy J Lewellen, WX5GC, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Hardin County in District 9 of the South Texas Section. District 9 is composed of Jasper, Jefferson, Hardin, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine and Tyler counties. Tim replaces Steve Fletcher, N5BOY, who served for 4 years and is still active in radio. This appointment was recommended by the District 9 Emergency Coordinator (DEC) Mr. Brian Cater, KC5YSM and approved by the Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe KF5NIX.
Mr. Lewellen is married and a graduate of San Jacinto College with 40 years in industrial process instrumentation, transitioning from pneumatic to electronic controls, and automated control systems.
Tim’s interest in electrical circuitry was sparked in 1974 with a crystal radio kit from where else, Radio Shack. Moving on to CB in the late 70’s into the 80’s. Tim remarks “My interest in radio waned probably due to use of it all day on the job”. “In the late 90’s it resurfaced due to Y2K influences, and I took my technicians license test and was licensed on 11/17/1998.” “Later taking my General and Extra exams and becoming interested in Emergency Communications and then hurricane communication issues.” “I operated at the Houston / Galveston weather office, at the site before where they are located now.” “During Tropical Storm Allison, I relayed flood water depths from hams in the field to the hydrology desk, since all of their gauges were not reporting.” “I have been involved in EmComm issues ever since.”
Tim is presently active on the Texas Traffic Net, the 7290 Net daily and South Texas ARES Net on HF. Additionally, with the JCARC net and the Jefferson County ARES net on Wednesday night. “I am the ARES WinLink net control station, generating an ICS 309 report after the net and sending it to the Jefferson County EC and AEC.”
“I am looking forward to heading an active ARES group with a willingness to serve the agencies that may require our assistance.” “I am writing this to you while taking flooding and damage reports for NWS LCH or EM in Hardin County.”
This appointment was effective May 21, 2024.
Welcome Tim.
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Below is an excerpt from an email from an ARRL Section Manager that should be a wake-up call for ALL of us to join the ARRLSTX and STXARES email groups so our ARRL Leadership has a backup email system to contact you. Currently, the ARRL.org and possibly the ARRL.net email systems are down.
For the few ARRL members that have signed up to get Division and Section News your ARRL Director and Section Manager cannot email you using the ARRL email system until it is fully restored. It doesn't matter what email address the ARRL has on file for you.
To Join our Groups.io Email List:
- ARRLSTX https://arrlstx.groups.io/g/main
- Lucly only two have @arrl.net email addresses.
- STXARES https://stxares.groups.io/g/main
- 21 members are using @arrl.net addresses and 4 are flagged as bouncing.
- While I have your attention, please encourage all STX ARES members to register here:
I encourage those using @arrl.net addresses to update them to a real email address you check often.
For ARRL Members Only
- To check your Opt In/Out Communications from the ARRL you need to login to the ARRL website and THEN follow this link:
- https://home.arrl.org/action/My-Account/Opt-In-Out
- Check as many as desired but mostly check the Division and Section News.
As you may know, various IT systems at ARRL have been down for nearly three weeks due to an outage that began on or about May 15. My May 21 newsletter was not sent out through the ARRL mail system and I am not currently able to directly communicate with members except by entering individual email addresses. Because the ARRL email system is down I cannot communicate with 2812 NC ARRL members who receive my newsletters through the ARRL mail system.
Hello to all EC’s, DEC’s, ASEC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. Emmett "Ray" McCoppin, N5SRF, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for San Jacinto County in District 2 of the South Texas Section. District 2 is composed of Angelina, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker County. Recommended by DEC 2 Mr. James “Skip” Straus, W5TXT, DEC for District 2, the appointment is approved by the STX Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX.
A former county commissioner for San Jacinto County, Ray has been a Ham Radio operator since 1994. Originally licensed as a Technician Plus having passed the 3a element, morse code 5
WPM, Ray most recently upgraded to General license class.
“I was a successful IT business consultant, working mainly on larger capital projects for Fortune 500 companies including I.E. DuPont, Conoco, Northrop, EDS, Raytheon, Wal-Mart, Hughes, and Tyson”. “These projects included the implementations of large computer software systems like SAP, SharePoint, and others”. “I am retired now and have been using my talents as a volunteer with my church, Ham Radio ARES, and the American Red Cross”.
Ray earned his associate degree from Lamar University In Beaumont, TX. Go Cardinals!
Ray volunteers as an American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology (DST) as a HAM Radio Operator Liaison/Operator, Ray has performed the following duties:
- Provided assistance to disaster victims with temporary housing needs and registration of missing persons.
- Prepared informational materials about Red Cross services for public
distribution.
- Provided administrative support for Red Cross staff members at various events.
- Worked closely with local media outlets to raise awareness about Red Cross services.
The appointment was effective April 25, 2024.
Welcome Ray,
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Hello to all EC’s, DEC’s, ASEC’s and other interested parties,
Mr. David C. Hancock, KJ5AWJ, has accepted the position of Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Trinity County in District 2 of the South Texas Section. District 2 is composed of Angelina, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker County. David is believed to be the first EC for Trinity County. Recommended by DEC 2 Mr. James “Skip” Straus. W5TXT. DEC for District 2, the appointment is approved by the STX Section Manager Mr. Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX.
David tells his story:
I spent a great deal of time on the radio in my younger years as a member of the Military Police. Those radio protocols are very similar to what is in practice on ham bands. I was first licensed as a technician in May of 2023 and then as a General in late June 2023.
I belong to the Upper Lake Livingston Wireless Association and the Walker County Amateur Radio Group. I regularly participate in their weekly nets and meetings. I currently have 2-meter, 70 cm, 10- and 6-meter bands and have acquired a dual band to install in my primary vehicle. I plan to add other HF bands to my base station in the future.
I find amateur radio is a great hobby and have learned that it is a way I can serve my rural community in times of need.
Being the county's first EC will allow me to help establish accepted operational procedures, recruit additional ARES members, and stress the importance of amateur radio to the community.
The appointment was effective May 21, 2024.
Welcome David,
Regards to all,
Jeffery A Walter – KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
Good afternoon,With the upcoming ARRL Field Day arriving next month, I would like to remind all those that are participating in the event to post your event on the ARRL Field Day Locator page as soon as the page is available.
If your club does not have a Public Information Officer (PIO), this might be time to volunteer for that position. Not only do you get a lot of practice of helping your club, but you also get to make contacts in your community that will benefit Amateur Radio.
Now is also the time to start thinking about where to have your Field Day at. If you have not already located a place yet, try going to your local Fire Department, or getting in touch with with your City Hall and asking which agencies would be receptive to you asking or could even allow access for the twenty four hour period.
And as in the past, all the elected positions in the Division, Section Manager, Vice Director (WGD), or Director (WGD) will be out and about visiting locations during this years Field Day. If you or your club invites either of us to your Field Day, we will try to include you in our route if possible. We only ask for you to invite us as soon as your plans are set. This gives us time to plan our route, and if your club closes down your Field Day event please send an email to those who were invited so we can adjust accordingly.
For those that have not seen the ARRL home page, there are two new courses for Emergency Communication to take for training. The first one is The Basic EmComm course, and the second is The Intermediate EmComm course. They replace the EC-001 and EC-016 programs.
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-learning-center-features-two-new-emergency-communication-training-courses
We only have two more Hamfests left in the South Texas Section, they are listed below. Come out and support the Amateur Radio Community!
Tidelands Texas City Hamfest 2024 - 7/13/2024
https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/tidelands-texas-city-hamfest-2024
Radio Fiesta - 07/19/2024 - 07/20/2024
https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/radio-fiesta-3
The next topic that I think needs to be discussed is ARES, and more specifically the Info Depot/Gateway we in South TX use for ARES and our workbook. I know that ARRL HQ has a form for new ARES members to fill out and submit to the Section Manager. When I get those forms, I forward them to our Section Emergency Coordinator - Jeff Walter. If there are any new prospective ARES members wishing to learn more or join, send them to our Info Depot at:
https://www.arrlstxvps.org/vault_area/vault_gateway/site_gateway/vault_gateway.php
This also leads me to another topic, Communication. If you have been appointed as an Emergency Coordinator and your contact information is not up to date on the site listed above (Info Depot), please do so as soon as possible. I am getting an unusually large number of new ARES members stating their EC either has not approved their membership on the Info Depot, or are not replying back to them when they have questions.
Neither of these are acceptable options in South Texas. If you as an EC have not logged into the Info Depot in a while to approve applicants, you may want to check out your roster. I recently approved five individuals who were waiting to be approved so they could start filling out their workbooks.
If you no longer wish to be an Emergency Coordinator, please contact Jeff Walter -
The last thing I will mention for those who have not heard is that MFJ is ceasing On-Site Production as of May 17th, 2024.
https://www.arrl.org/news/mfj-ceasing-on-site-production
Thank you,
ARRL STX Section Manager
Stuart Wolfe - KF5NIX
We heard what attendees were saying:
- 2x Days
- 2x Space
- 2x Prizes
All this for the same great price of $5 admission and covers both days.
The Lewisville Amateur Radio Association will handle all tailgating.
You don't need to pre-purchase, exact change is requested when you arrive with your tailgating gear.
All times are available on the website.
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SKYWARN Weather Spotter's Field Guide and a list of SKYWARN classes held by the National Weather Service offices in South Texas:
Austin/San Antonio https://www.weather.gov/ewx/skywarn
Corpus Christi https://www.weather.gov/crp/skywarn
Houston/Galveston https://www.weather.gov/hgx/skywarn_schedule
A message from our West Gulf Division Director, John Stratton N5AUS. Our Oklahoma/Texas leadership supports this Motion. However, they are currently in the minority. Feel free to contact the leaders that John lists below and contact your friends outside the region so they can review this information and take appropriate action:
“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.”
A centuries old truism often attributed to Mark Twain — it is applicable to any elected organization with the power to alter the lives and rights of others — public, private, or governmental — including the ARRL Board of Directors.
While the Agenda for the Board Meeting is always published before a Board meeting, the many motions to be considered by the Board have rarely ever been published before a Board Meeting. The most recent and notorious exception occurred before the January 2018 Board meeting when the Executive Committee and Lisenco motions intended to juice the 2017 “Code of Conduct” were leaked to the general Membership. The overwhelming Membership outrage resulting from the unintentional disclosure was instrumental in the punitive proposals being withdrawn. The 2017 Code of Conduct was itself overturned by a newly elected Board in January 2019.
The Members’ voices were heard — and their wishes were honored.
It is my belief, that of a small minority of Directors, and Vice Director Lee Cooper’s, that the Members should be permitted to have advance notice of the substantive matters to considered by the Board of Directors at its meetings.
To that end, the West Gulf intends to publish to its website the substantive motions scheduled to be considered at the January Board meeting and subsequent meetings.
It is our intent to discuss each known January 2024 motion in a separate email, although we will publish to the website each motion as it becomes available.
At present, there are three known motions. The Agenda for the January Board meeting and each of these three motions are available for review and download at: https://westgulfdivision.org/motion
The first motion we wish to discuss is the:
Motion To Honor Membership Contracts
In July 2023, the Board voted to raise the annual dues from $49 to $59 and to eliminate the delivery of a printed copy of QST or On The Air, effective January 2024, unless a Member paid an extra $25/year.
The West Gulf Division, the Atlantic Division, the Southeastern Division, and the Southwestern Divisions voted against both proposals, but the two proposals passed by an 11-4 vote.
While a dues increase was long overdue and actually needed, the West Gulf Division voted against it because it was tied to the termination of the delivery of a printed copy of QST/On The Air unless a Member paid an extra $25/year.
The four divisions argued it was a breach of the ARRL’s legal contract with those Members — both annual memberships and 3-year memberships — to terminate their promised printed copy of QST/On The Air before their membership contracts expired. The membership applications in use at the time promised, in writing, the delivery of QST/On The Air magazines by “standard mail.”
Besides the risks attendant upon a breach of contract, Article 11 of the ARRL Articles of Association prohibits the Board from terminating or reducing the rights of any Member. The stripping of the delivery of printed copies of QST/On The Air from unexpired Memberships constitutes a reduction in the rights of the affected Member.
Both the Membership Application and Article 11 are promises — and the League should stand on its promises. That is the reason we have filed the Motion To Honor Membership Contracts.
The ARRL is a membership organization, and the opinions of the Members are important.
I have been asked by each of the West Gulf Division Section Managers — NTX SM Steve Smith (KG5VK), STX SM Stuart Wolfe (KF5NIX), WTX SM Dale Durham (W5WI), and OK SM Mark Kleine (N5HZR) — to share that they each support the Motion To Honor Membership Contracts.
If you believe the Motion has merit and it should pass, it would be important for you to share your support for the Motion with the ARRL President, Rick Roderick, and the other Directors. All of their email addresses can be found on Page 15 of QST or at http://www.arrl.org/divisions . If you choose to share your views, please be respectful — we choose to disagree, but need not be disrespectful.
John Robert Stratton
N5AUS
West Gulf Division Director
Lee H. Cooper
W5LHC
West Gulf Division Vice Director
December 26, 2023 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces a special SSTV experiment to be held this week. The ARISS Voice Repeater will be the downlink for enthusiasts, and several ARISS-selected ground stations around the world will serve as SSTV uplink stations. Two special images will be transmitted on 437.800 MHz using PD120 formatting.
This limited experiment will be conducted on several passes over Europe, Australia, and the USA between Wednesday, December 27 and Saturday, December 30, 2023.
Go to www.ariss.org and ARISS social media posts to monitor for pass information.
ARISS hopes enthusiasts will have fun downloading the images and follow along with the event.
**IMPORTANT: Please, all hams should hold off from using the ARISS Voice Repeater for voice contacts during the event times.
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN), and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org.
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that earlier today, the FCC Commissioners unanimously voted to amend the Amateur Radio Service rules to replace the baud rate limit on the Amateur HF bands with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit to permit greater flexibility in data communications.
Full article on ARRL website: ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions
The STX Section Communications Plan 3.7
Dated: September 21, 2023
Jeffery A Walter - KE5FGA
ARRL STX SEC
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