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Field
Organization Volunteers
There are eight
section-level appointments made by the Section Manager:
Section Emergency
Coordinator (SEC)
The SEC appoints
District Emergency Coordinators (DEC), Emergency Coordinators (EC), and
Official Emergency Stations (OES), to administer Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES).
Section Traffic
Manager (STM)
The STM appoints
Net Managers (NM) and Official Relay Stations (ORS) in order to
maintain the National Traffic System (NTS) at the local level.
Affiliated Club
Coordinator (ACC)
Public Information
Coordinator (PIC)
The PIC appoints
Public Information Officers (PIO). usually attached to a local club for
generating local PR.
Technical
Coordinator (TC)
The TC appoints
Technical Specialists (TS) who may assist with local RFI problems and
give general technical assistance (supporting the ARRL Technical
Information Service), and be part of the "Elmer" effort to help new
hams.
Bulletin Manager
(BM)
The BM appoints
Official Bulletin Stations (OBS) for transmitting official ARRL and
local bulletins of interest.
Official Observer
Coordinator (OOC)
The OOC appoints
Official Observers (OO), making them full-fledged members of the
Amateur Auxiliary to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
State Government
Liaison (SGL)
The State
Government Liaisons (SGL), appoints Local Government Liaisons (LGL).
Also, Assistant Section Managers (ASM) can be appointed by the SM for
special assignments.
There are many
opportunities for you to serve. Contact your SM.
Assistant
Directors (AD)
Appointed by the
division director. In the Southwestern Division assistant directors are
ARRL liaisons with local organizations and their appointment is mainly
based on the request and recommendation of the groups they represent.
The current SW ADs are:
- Dick Barch, W1MII, South Bay ARC, CA
- Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ,
ARC El Cajon, CA
- Alan Corlin, AA6DW,
Culver City ARES and Westside ARC, CA
- Craig Dible, KB6LAK,
Verde Valley ARA, AZ
- Thomas Fagan, K7DF,
Raytheon Catalina RC, AZ
- Mike Fulcher, KC7V,
Central Arizona DX Assn, AZ
- Paul Gordon, N6LL,
Caltech ARC, CA
- Gary Hamman, K7GH, Arizona Amateur Radio Club, AZ
- Bill Heather, KB6WKT,
Downey ARC
- Ken Konechy, W6HHC,
Orange County ARC, CA
- Joe Locascio, K5KT,
Palos Verdes ARC, CA
- Jeffrey Lloyd, N6FRW,
Riverside County ARA, CA
- Joe Madas, AE6JM, Emergency Communications
- Steve McCubbin, K6AOR,
San Gorgonio Pass ARC, Coachella Valley ARC, Desert RATS, CA
- Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ,
Big Bear ARC, CA
- Bob Overholser, K6HA ,
Inland Empire ARC, CA
- Brad Rachielles, KC6NNV,
Tri County ARA, CA
- Glenn Rattmann, K6NA, DX and Contests
- Fred Roberts, W6TKV,
Corona Norco ARC, CA
- Charley Speelman, WA6RUZ,
South Orange ARA, CA
- Gene Thorpe, KB6CMO,
Western ARA and Fullerton RC, CA
- Kent Tiburski, K6FQ,
Coronado Emergency Radio Operators, CA
- Richard Thompson, WA6NOL,
Super System, CA
- Larry Weaver, N6TW, Webmaster and Technical
- Don Werner, WA6KKR,
Relay Repeater Club, CA
Advisory
Committees
There are two
national ARRL Advisory Committees where representatives are appointed
by the Division Director. SW Division committee members:
- Contest Advisory Committee (CAC): Glenn Rattmann, K6NA
- DX Advisory Committee (DXAC): Ned Stearn, AA7A.
- Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC): Grant Hays, WB6OTS.
Volunteer Counsel Program
Under this program,
lawyers who are also licensed amateurs have agreed to assist other
amateurs with ham radio-related legal problems,such as RFI and antenna
restrictions. These lawyers will provide a free initial consultation to
amateurs regarding ham radio legal problems. To date, the Southwestern
Division attorneys that have agreed to serve are:
Volunteer
Consulting Engineers
VCEs are registered
Engineers. Like the ARRL Volunteer Counsels they will provide a free
initial consultation. However, they have special technical expertise in
critical areas. For example, a VCE might act as an expert witness by
providing technical data to municipal government representatives in
support of a proposed Amateur Radio antenna and support structure. The
VCEs in our division are
Staying
on Top with Technology
Technology provides
the tools and techniques necessary to maintain and
grow the Amateur Radio Service--enabling better, faster, cheaper ways
to do our traditional tasks, and making possible new modes and
capabilities not dreamed of just a few years ago. Part 97.1(b), Basis
and Purpose, challenges us to the "Continuation and extension of the
amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio
art."
How well is Amateur
Radio keeping up with, and adding to the
explosion of technology, especially for personal communications? Will
digital PCS/Cell phones turn our hand-helds and repeaters into museum
pieces? Are we being outflanked by the Internet? With an eye towards
these questions and our Part 97 mandate, your ARRL Board of Directors
authorized the formation of a Technology Task Force (TTF) to assure
that promising technologies are identified and applied to the Amateur
Radio Service. The TTF serves as a steering committee for your League's
efforts to keep us abreast of technology.
One of the
resources tapped by the TTF is the League's
Technology Working Group (TWG). The TWG is comprised of a balanced
panel of technology experts and visionaries. The Southwestern Division
is fortunate to have noted author and columnist Peter Coffee, AC6EN,
as a member of the TWG as well as QEX Editor
Doug Smith, KF6DX.
Technical
and Educational Advisors
TAs and EAs are
ARRL national-level appointees who provide HQ with a volunteer
resource. The current Southwestern Division TAs are:
The EA in our
division is Allan Cameron N7UJJ.
Permanent
Public Ham Stations
The Arizona
Historical Society Museum is planning to reconstruct the well-known ham
station of the late Senator Barry Goldwater, K7UGA. The amateur
equipment, memorabilia and furnishings were donated last year by the
family. However, financial donations are needed to put a "high-quality
exhibit" together. If you would like to help, write Director Reba Wells
Grandrud, Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park, 1300 N.
College Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281.
There are a number
of museums, science centers, etc. that have ham
stations where the public can observe the fun and value of Amateur
Radio. In the Southwestern Division, the most notable ones are at the
L.A. Maritime Museum (San Pedro, CA), the Queen Mary (Long Beach, CA),
and the Arizona Science Center (Phoenix). These stations are always
looking for volunteer operators, a great chance to share your Amateur
Radio excitement with the public.
If you are
interested in finding out how to go about establishing and
funding a permanent Amateur Radio station at a public place you have in
mind, contact ARRL Educaation Services Manager Debra Johnson K1DMJ
-- djohnson@arrl.org.
W7ASC Center for Amateur Radio Learning has information on their web-site at
www.w7asc.org
Other
Volunteers
There are many of
you who give in other ways toward the betterment of the Amateur Radio
with or without an official ARRL title.
There are a number of position-holders whose names are kept
confidential such as members of an official FCC Amateur Auxiliary Local
Interference Committee (LIC). Included are the QSL sorters who normally
want to stay anonymous despite donating many unselfish hours.
We would also like
to give thanks to those members that give talks, write articles and
books, and help make video tapes and CD-ROMs.
We must
not forget Volunteer Examiners (VE) and ham instructors, both
professional and volunteer, who not only help increase our ranks but
also promote improved ham operators.
Fellow members that are on the NTS Pacific Area Staff
(PAS) include
Jack Hunter, KD6HHG,
represents ARES for the division as the Southwestern Division ARES
Coordinator.
some of our Division members that have
appointments on national League committees: Joe Moell K0OV
is the first ARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF)
Coordinator.
Encouraging Youth
The best place to start to encourage more young folks to
find the fun and excitement of ham radio is at home and youth groups
such as the Scouts.
The ARRL HQ can help with comic books, the ARRL Scout Handbook,
computer
software, videos, exhibit kits, awards, and instructor support. The ARRL
Educational Activities Department is a good place to obtain
help and ideas; software, videos, exhibit kits, awards, and instructor
support.
Also, schools are a good place to help get more youth
involved. The
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) has been
a program that has been most valuable in this effort as well as gaining
good PR for ham radio. This program is through the combined effort of
the ARRL, AMSAT,
and NASA,
where students are able to make contacts with ham astronauts aboard
many of the shuttle missions as part of the school curriculum. The International Space
Station (ISS) is now operational, greatly expanding the
program.
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