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PIO Handbook

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - Getting Started
  • Chapter 2 - Know Your Role
  • Chapter 3 - Telling Your Story
  • Chapter 4 - Building Media Relationships
  • Chapter 5 - The News Release
  • Chapter 6 - Interacting With the Media
  • Chapter 7 - Breaking News
  • Chapter 8 - Electronic Media
  • Chapter 9 - Talking Up Ham Radio
  • Chapter 10 - Writing for Magazines
  • Chapter 11 - Extending PR Into the Community
  • Chapter 12 - Putting it All Together

    Resources
  • Referenced Material
  • View Entire Manual (271,968 bytes, PDF file)
  • ARRL Products:
    Instructor Support

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    US Amateur Radio Bands - ARRL Frequency Chart (50 pk) -- 50 pack. Full color, size 8.5 x 11 inches.

    Understanding Signals -- This Stamps in Class guide shows you how to generate, view and measure a variety of wave forms with the Parallax USB Oscilloscope and BASIC Stamp-controlled circuits.

    Modulation and Wave Fundamentals Board -- Now Shipping! -- This board is an instructional ready resource designed to support lesson presentations in wave fundamentals and modulation. This handy tool can be used in connection with Amateur Radio licensing instruction or with any classroom instruction of the basics of radio wave modulation fundamentals.

    Parallax USB Oscilloscope -- This portable two-channel digital storage oscilloscope is a handy and affordable tool for both hobbyist and student!

    What's a Microcontroller? Parts Kit and Text -- Incorporates a variety of fun and engaging experiments using motion, light, and sound.

    Sample Proclamation

    Most governmental agencies will respond to a request for a proclamation but they ask for some of the text that will be part of the statement. Use the proclamation below as a sample for formatting your statements; be sure to place the key elements at the top.


    CITY OF _______________

    OFFICE OF MAYOR

    PROCLAMATION

    WHEREAS, the City of ____________ has more than ___ licensed Amateur Radio operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing emergency radio communications; and

    WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators donate these services free of charge to the City, in the interest of the citizens of the City as well as the world; and

    WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators are on alert for any emergency, local or world-wide, and practice their communication skills during the American Radio Relay League's Field Day exercise; and

    WHEREAS, this year's Amateur Radio Field Day will take place on June 22-23, 2002;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, ____________, Mayor of the City of ____________, hereby declare the week of June 16-23 as

    AMATEUR RADIO WEEK

    in recognition of this important emergency preparedness exercise, and call upon all citizens to pay tribute to the American Radio operators of our City.

    Back to Chapter 11


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