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next S.ANll!\OO neetirg will be J81'IJary
30th. The club is looking tor
rEPresentatives to atten:l the
SANMRC nmthly rmetings at 7:3Opn
in the Kearney lVEsa Rec Center.
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< ARRL SID'ION M\NA£ER's REPan' >
de Art Sni th, l\t)INI
- It's tine to smll the Roses ­
\\hen I retired after a 3lryear
mreer in the il:M:;, '.ll years ago, I
picked up v.here I
lett 0:[:[ with
.Mliteur Radio rmny years before. l'4Y
involverent with amteur Radio stood
rre well in the field ot
comunimtions-electrooics durirg llff
Mlrine Cbrps service. As a Private,
I WiS put in charge ot the amteur
Radio Station' in Qwntico VA. A
benefit ot this assigment WiS that
I had a roan to Df(Selt. This WiS
\IlheQrd of tor a lowly Private.
Rlnting the station WiS not llff
pr:im.ry duty - I WiS an instrootor
in the radio sch:lol.
At the em 0:[:[ Wlrld Wir II, I
.~s in Ctllll1Ud of a Radio
':J.' 'Intelligence unit attac.ilErl to the
",. .~ Mirine V O>rps \\bieb ocrupled
~seb&;~ Jap9n~- Since the Wir 'WB.S
';.i .. ' o;.k('ilTateur'Radio operators fired
UP~;'mill tary equipmilt to resure
their bJbby v.hich vas left behird
v.hen the YlQr s tartoo. This did not
go over well 'with the high camand
, (~las MlcArtlrur's Eight Amy) am
orders were sent out tor the ham to
cease operation. Gettirg ham ott
the air becIJm me of llff radio
intelligence missions since we had
direction finding capability.
After ~ retiremnt, I devoted
nuch of llff leisw-e t ine to .Mliteur
Radio. I have held positions ot
leadership am responslbi lity in
. :lfm.teur Radio, perhaps a natW-al
thi~ atter a military career. l'4Y
"'activity with the hrerlC9ll Radio
'Relay League (ARRL) and the mateur
Radio lht!igenCy Service (ARES) then
began. I joined the ARm.. field
fani ly in 1968 Wlen Sect ion
Omnnimtions Mmager Dick Leffler,
. WAOCOE, appointed rre to the posi tion
of Mst.SCM. Since then I have held
positions as 1bergency Cbordinator,
SectionBrergency (bordinator, as
well as l1lf present pos i ton, Sect ion
Mmager for San Diego am Inperial
Comties. The late Soutmestem
Division Director, John Griggs,
WiKW, horore:i rre with an appointlrent
as Assistant Director. Wlen the
ARRL 1bard ot directors created the
Brergency Omnnimitons Idvisory
Q:mni ttee (n:AD), I WiS a charter
nmber, .appointed by ARRL lbard of
Directors am the Headquarters
statf.
I served on it tor six
years, the last year of v.hich I 'WB.S
chaiman.
l'4Y current tenn as S\f is up on
Mlrch 31, 1992 am, atter 18 years,
I will retire fran the ARRL Field
Organization at that tine. S\f is an
electe:i position am mrdidates ITUSt
neet certain requiren:nts am file a
petition with ARRL Headquarters by
[)ecE!lber 6, 1991. An:ylne Wto is
interested can tim details on page
65 ot the