The ARES E-Letter for May 17, 2017

Big Island ARRL News, 17 May 2017, 15:10 hrs, UTC, Post #197.

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2017-05-17

Accessed on 17 May 2017, 15:10 hrs, UTC.

Editor:  Rick Palm (K1CE).

Please click link to read the full issue.

Comment:

Here are the main topics discussed in the 17 May 2017 issue of The ARES E-Letter:

• ARES® Members: Must See’s, Must Do’s at 2017 Hamvention® This Week
• Pennsylvania EMA Hosts Region 3, U.S. Army MARS Annual Conference
• Tribal Emergency Preparedness Conference held in Western Washington Section
• Red Cross Recognizes ARRL Sacramento Valley SEC
• Profiles in Public Service: Jim Pepper, W9PX, appointed Illinois State RACES Officer
• K1CE For a Final: Field Day 2017 Next Month

ARES Briefs, Links

Hamvention Organizers “Counting Down the Hours,” Anticipating up to 35,000 Visitors (5/4/17); W5KUB Again to Offer Next Best Thing to Being at Hamvention (5/4/17); Outer Banks Repeater Association Receives 2017 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award (5/1/17); FCC Personal Radio Service Revisions Will Affect GMRS, FRS, CB, Other Part 95 Devices (4/28/17)

Don’t forget the 2017 ARRL Field Day Event on 24-25 June 2017.  Hawaii Island radio amateurs will meet at the Eden Roc park and community pavilion, beginning Saturday, 24 June 2017, at 8 a.m.

For the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.

For more Amateur Radio news, please visit these websites:

http://www.HawaiiARRL.info.

https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com.

https://bigislandarrlnews.wordpress.com (this site).

http://www.kh6jrm.info (breaking news for radio amateurs).

https://kh6jrm.blogspot.com (Simple Ham Radio Antennas).

http://www.arrl.org.

Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks before your event so I can notify our print and broadcast media in a timely manner.

Opinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated.

Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section