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Assistant Section Manager
ASM DIGITAL COMUNICATIONS
Anthony F Petruccelli, KE3ED
473 Park St
Rochester, PA 15074-1859
(724) 774-4173
ke3ed@arrl.net
CHIEF ASSISTANT SECTION MANAGER
Bruce E Watson, AA3LX
4347 Highland Ave
Butler, PA 16001-2959
(724) 482-2756, (412) 482-2756
aa3lx@aol.com
ASM MEDIA LIASON
Tony Zona, WB3KGT
2485 Dorn Rd
Waterford, PA 16441-4013
wb3kgt@arrl.net
Affiliated Club Coordinator
Keith "Pete" Highlands, N3RLJ
212 N 1st St
Jeannette, PA 15644-1827
(724) 523-6232
n3rlj@arrl.net
Official Observer Coordinator
R Ralph Ofchinick Jr, W3ZPI
9 Brooklane Dr
Harrison City, PA 15636-1515
(724) 744-7180
w3zpi@arrl.net
Section Emergency Coordinator
John S Szwarc, N3SPW
PO Box 207
Kylertown, PA 16847-0207
n3spw@arrl.net
Section Traffic Manager
Christin J Albert, N3YTD
150 Wahl Rd
Harmony, PA 16037-7704
(724) 452-0583
cja@fyi.net
Technical Coordinator
David R Heim, KA3SMF
1032 Nimick Ave
Monaca, PA 15061-1333
(724) 774-3733
ka3smf@arrl.net
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Section News
Monthly Summaries
News last updated: Thu, July 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM ET
Field Day 2008 has come and gone. For many the only thing left is tabulating the scores and submitting them to the league for comparison to the other clubs in the various categories. For a few it also means putting the shack back together after taking our gear out to the different locations and operating for the weekend. The weather for the most part was nice with the exception of the one nasty storm in the early evening. I want to thank the clubs for their hospitality as I traveled about and visited the different field day sites. I always enjoy seeing the operations and visiting with the participants as I travel about. Thanks to Bruce Watson, AA3LX, who loaned me an antenna and HF rig I was able to operate as I drove about the area.
On July 12 I will be attending the 7th annual NW hamfest in Wattsburg. Additional information can be obtained at http://www.nw-pa-hamfest.com. On Sunday July 13 I will be attending the North Hills ARC 23rd annual hamfest near Pittsburgh. Additional information may be obtained for their hamfest at http://www.nharc.org. The final hamfest for July will be held on July 20 in Somerset and sponsored by the Somerset County ARC. Information for this hamfest can be found at http://www.k3smt.org/hamfest/ . And of course don’t forget the upcoming section convention at the Skyview ARC hamfest on August 24. Katie Breen, W1KRB, membership manager for the league will be in attendance as will director Bill Edgar and vice director Tom Abernathy. We are also hoping that Eastern Pennsylvania section Manager Eric Olena will be also present. This will be a good chance to discuss the pending antenna legislation.
I recently received this from a fellow ham and I think it does a great job at expressing what both Pa. section managers have been trying to convey. Please follow the ideas and contact your senators and representatives to get this bill passed. The "model antenna bill, "PRB-1" is languishing in the PA state legislature despite passage by 26 other states. Time for you to get off the sidelines and take action before it dies with this session. The Senate voted SB 884 out of committee on June 25 and laid on the table the same day. The House Bill, 1777 remains in committee and has not moved from the Local Government Committee since August 2007. The Legislature is in summer recess until Sept 15 when it reconvenes for a short pre-election session, then a brief "lame duck" session. If it does not pass this session the process must begin anew. Time to contact your Senators and urge the bill be moved to the floor for a vote. Remember, the House must do the same so there is a long way to go. Be a squeaky wheel and write, phone visit your State Reps. You can find them easily by going to http://www.legis.state.pa.us/ go to the house and senate tabs and enter you zip code. (Note, you can also find the bill(s) from this webpage.) Be sure to ask them to contact their colleagues to move these bills forward before they die with the session. If you have friends in other clubs in the state, it would be a good idea to ask them to do likewise.
If you would like field day photos from your event posted on the section web page forward me the images and I will post as many as space permits.
Join us on the WPA Phone and Traffic section net on 3983 hz every evening at 6 pm.
73
John Rodgers N3MSE
W. Pa. Section Manager
n3mse@arrl.org
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