Category: ARRL Operational

ARRL Letter 29 June

ARRL Section Managers Prepare for New Terms When the nomination period for the summer ARRL Section Manager election cycle concluded on June 9, 2023, there was only one candidate for each of the Sections up for election. The following incumbent Section Managers were declared re-elected to new 2-year terms starting on October 1, 2023: Kevin […]

Finding Production Dates – The Secret of Decoding Yaesu’s Serial Numbers

Have you ever been at a HamFest trying to figure out just when that rare FT 101e or somesuch was built? You see lots of alphanumerics but not a clue about the date of manufacture. Well, Kevin – K7ZS – of the Willamette Valley DX Club http://wvdxc.org/ , lets his Yaesu geek flag fly as […]

Assistant Section Managers (ASM) – new appointments

Effective Aug 4th, 2020, (3) personnel have been assigned as Assistant Section Managers (Geographic) to fill in the gaps with the vacant District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) slots. This assignment will be for regular ARRL matters as well as the operational side of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES). The appointees are: Russ Garrett, KD7MPK, kd7mpk@arrl.net  Russ […]

Geographic Assistant Section Manager – defined

Geographic Assistant Section Manager (ASM-Geo) RESPONSIBILITIES The intent of the geographical assistant section manager positions is to assist with communications between the section manager and peer section appointees and their assigned geographical areas. It is important for the geographical ASM’s to communicate their activities related to another section appointee’s responsibilities to that person and to […]