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   ARLB023 Eastern Pennsylvania to Start the New Year with a New   
   Section Manager   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 23  ARLB023   
   >From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  December 29, 2014   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB023   
   ARLB023 Eastern Pennsylvania to Start the New Year with a New   
   Section Manager   
      
   Joseph Ames, W3JY, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, will become ARRL   
   Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager on January 1, 2015. He will   
   complete the remaining term of the incumbent SM, Bob Famiglio, K3RF,   
   who will become Atlantic Division Vice Director when the new year   
   begins. Ames has been appointed to succeed him in that role.   
      
   ARRL Field Services and Radiosport Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, made   
   the appointment after consulting with incoming ARRL Atlantic   
   Division Director Tom Abernethy, W3TOM. Ames's appointment as   
   Section Manager continues until March 31, 2016.   
      
   A ham since 1977 and an ARRL Life Member, Ames brings a wealth of   
   Field Organization experience to his new position. In the 1980s he   
   served as Section Traffic Manager and was once president of the   
   Carbon County Amateur Radio Club.   
      
   More recently, Ames has been an Assistant Section Manager in Eastern   
   Pennsylvania since 2008 and currently holds Official Emergency   
   Station and Official Relay Station appointments. He was also elected   
   as the new Eastern Area Staff Chair of the ARRL National Traffic   
   System, effective on January 1, 2015. Ames will take over the reins   
   of that position from Marcia Forde, KW1U. Ames also serves as net   
   manager of the Eastern Pennsylvania Emergency Phone and Traffic Net.   
      
   Ames is the training and safety officer for Delaware County   
   ARES/RACES and is active with the Chester County ARES/RACES   
   organization. He's a Volunteer Instructor for ARECC and as a   
   Volunteer Examiner with the ARRL VEC. He is the manager of the   
   Pennsylvania Eastern Area RACES Net.   
      
   An avid outdoorsman, his primary operating interest is emergency,   
   mobile, and field/portable communication. His favorite modes include   
   CW, sent on a vintage Vibroplex "Lightning Bug" using a vintage   
   Yaesu FT-101 transceiver.   
   NNNN   
   /EX    
      
      
      
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   If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until   
   you hire an amateur.   
      
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