SB QST @ ARL $ARLB027   
   ARLB027 Monte Simpson, K2MLS, Appointed ARRL Western Washington   
   Section Manager   
      
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   QST de W1AW     
   ARRL Bulletin 27  ARLB027   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  November 21, 2012   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB027   
   ARLB027 Monte Simpson, K2MLS, Appointed ARRL Western Washington   
   Section Manager   
      
   Monte Simpson, K2MLS, of Bremerton, has been appointed ARRL Western   
   Washington Section Manager, effective December 31, 2012. Membership   
   and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, made the   
   appointment after current Western Washington Section Manager Jim   
   Pace, K7CEX, was elected as ARRL Northwestern Division Vice Director   
   on November 16. Pace has served as Western Washington Section   
   Manager since October 2007.   
      
   After Friday's election results were announced, Pace recommended to   
   Patton that Simpson should become his successor. Patton also   
   consulted with ARRL Northwestern Division Director Jim Fenstermaker,   
   K9JF, before making the appointment. Simpson will complete the   
   unexpired term of office that extends until September 30, 2013. A   
   nomination notice for the new two-year term of office (starting   
   October 2013) will be published in the April 2013 edition of QST.   
      
   Simpson has been an Assistant Section Manager since 2007. He has   
   also held Emergency Coordinator and District Emergency Coordinator   
   positions as part of the ARRL Field Organization in past years.   
      
   The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face   
   opposition and were declared elected for their next two-year terms   
   of office, beginning January 1, 2013: Phil Temples, K9HI, Eastern   
   Massachusetts; Dale Bagley, K0KY, Missouri; Tom Dick, KF2GC,   
   Northern New York; Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, South Carolina; George   
   Strayline, W2GSS, Southern New Jersey; Dee Turner, N4GD, West   
   Central Florida, and John Rodgers, N3MSE, Western Pennsylvania.   
      
   No nominating petitions for Section Manager were received from the   
   Nebraska and New York City/Long Island Sections by the September 7,   
   2012 closing date. Nominations for these two Sections will be   
   solicited again in the January 2013 issue of QST for 18-month terms   
   of office to begin July 1, 2013.   
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   Gentlemens' agreements ratified by IARU regions 1 and 2 have   
   designated a global "center of activity" frequency  in  each   
   of  the  international  hf  bands.  THese are similar to the   
   concept for weak signal calling and other center of activity   
   frequencies.  Three of these have been ratified worldwide.   
      
   THese  center of activity frequencies are where stations can   
   go to render or obtain emergency assistance.   
      
   WHen casually operating or  contesting  on  hf  please  make   
   yourself  aware  of  these  frequencies,  and give them some   
   space. Remember that often stations with emergency needs are   
   not  those  utilizing  high  gain antennas and maximum legal   
   power.   
      
   TO find out more, visit 14300.net or IARU web resources.   
      
      
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