[Ccarc] Section Manager Nominee

[Tom Murray]

> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:29:05 -0400
> From: jpoindexter at embarqmail.com
> To: inham at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [InHam] Section Manager Nominee
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry I could not be at the Indianapolis Hamfest, I was told that I would help my son move into their new rental place.
> 
> I was first licensed in 1979 as KA4HWX, and currently hold an Extra Class License. I also held KA2JP, while stationed in Japan. I am a Certified W5YI VE, the RACES Officer for Starke County, have held appointments as an Assistant Emergency Coordinator, past President of Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association, and I re-established the Starke County Amateur Club; and for the past three years was President of the Starke County Club. I am looking forward to serving Indiana as the next Section Manager.
> 
> Personal Information: I grew up in West Terre Haute, Indiana and married my high school sweetheart in 1970 and then entered the Air Force in 1972. I am a former Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, a graduate of Indiana State University, and currently teach High School English in Knox.
> 
> Amateur Radio Operating Activities: DXCC; active DX chaser; HF contester; active in public service communications; and an early packet radio user; enjoys BPSK 31 and RTTY; manages the W9JOZ.org web site and am the Newsletter Editor for the Starke County Amateur Radio Club.
> 
> 
> If elected as Indiana Section Manager, I plan on working on the
> following areas:
> 
> Emergency Communication Capabilities
> Recruitment of young people
> Amateur Radio Education
> Expansion of PRB-1 to lift restrictive covenants
> Support FCC rules enforcement
> 
> Emergency Communication Capabilities
> 
> EmComm has become the number one activity in amateur Radio today.
> More and more community leaders are recognizing that Amateur Radio
> Operators are not just amateurs, but experts in the field of
> emergency communications.
> This has to be our main issue in Indiana. Just this past spring, the
> flooding showed that we are needed to assist local governments with
> their communication needs.
> I will work with Tony, W9AL, the SEC to assign ECs in every county
> that want to work Emergency Communications, not just hold the title.
> We need an EC in each and every county to develop the ARES program.
> We also need a communication network to where each county can
> communicate with every county, be it SSB, PSK, or even Packet Radio
> as ARES is trying to get going.
> 
> 
> Recruitment of young people
> 
> The average age of ham operators is nearing 60 years old. We need
> to find ways to introduce and recruit young people into Amateur
> Radio. Digital communication should be the key element to draw in
> the younger Indiana youths. I will work toward active recruitment of
> our youth. As a school teacher, I push Amateur Radio to my students
> all the time and I know that this is a hard task trying to convince
> them to give up their cell phone texting and use Amateur Radio. We
> can't stop trying, so I will be asking all Hams to talk to the youth
> and show them your station. Maybe this way we can start dropping
> that average age here in Indiana.
> 
> Amateur Radio Education
> 
> This does not stop when the individual passes the Technician test.
> They need an Elmer to show them all there is in Ham Radio. Help them
> to build antennas, program their radios, and even interface a
> computer. Just getting them through the exam is not enough; too many
> become discouraged because they don't understand how to accomplish
> some facet of our hobby. As recently stated in an ARRL letter, there
> are a lot hams that can not program their radios to quickly change
> frequencies or set a tone access. In an emergency they need to have
> this knowledge.
> 
> Expansion of PRB-1 to lift restrictive covenants
> 
> More communities are putting a stop to towers and antennas. If this
> continues there will be large areas where only HTs will be allowed
> to transmit. This makes all areas of Amateur Radio suffer. I plan on
> supporting David Spoelstra, N9KT, the SGL, and his idea of expanding
> the Marion County law on tower height to the whole state. We all
> need to help with lobbing for the expansion of PRB-1 here in Indiana
> to lift all covenants.
> 
> Support FCC rules enforcement
> 
> As you read in my Bio above, I am a former Special Agent. I strongly 
> believe in our self-enforcement program as well as the support the FCC
> in rules enforcement. I believe it is our duty to inform the FCC when 
> blatant violations are occurring in order that we can have Ham Bands 
> that are not being abused.
> 
> 
> Feel free to email me any questions or comments that you may have about Amateur Radio and I will do my best to answer them or get you an answer.
> 
> 73
> John
> W3ML
> www.w3ml.com
> 
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