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News last updated: Mon, June 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM ET
Louisiana Section Summary
May 2009
Gary Stratton K5GLS SM
Upcoming Hamfests (See "Hamfests" page on ARRL.org for more detail):
July 18 - Ozone Amateur Radio Club - Slidell LA
August 8 - West Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club - Leesville LA
September 11-12 - Delta Division Convention - Queen Wilhelmina State Park - Mena Arkansas
October 3 - New Orleans Hamfest - New Orleans, Westside & Thibodaux ARC - Kenner LA
Section Appointments: None to report this month
Section Traffic Reports: Mike King W5PY Section Traffic Manager
PSHR Report
Call Sign Totals Traffic
K5MC 100 101
N5NVP 170 76
WC5M 105 39
W5CDX NO REPORT
W5HUD 75 0
N5MEL 72 0
W5PY 115 73
K5KV 110 114
WA4ERU 49 2
KB5SDU NO REPORT
KE5PWL 80 40
LCW/LTN/LSN Statistics
Net Sessions QNI QTC QTR
LTN 31 599 26 314
LCW 62 334 103 353
LSN 8 28 9 62
RN5: 62 Sessions, 559 messages listed, 449 cleared for an efficiency rating 100%. 0 MESSAGES NOT CLEARED, QTR 667 MINUTES. Leon WB5ZED.
Section ARES Statistics: ARES Members 476, Drills/Training 17 MH 84, Public Service Events 10 MH 98, Emergency Operations 1 MH 5, Total Operations 28 MH 187. ARES Net Sessions 80 Checkins 609.
EC Reports Received: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Bienville, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, Concordia, East BR, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Morehouse, Orleans, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermillion, Vernon, Washington. Report efficiency 60%.
Other Reports Received: Virginia Bryant KE5DJA PIO, Jim Bookter N5NVP ACC.
From Jim N5NVP: At the end of May 2009 the Louisiana Section had 34 Active Affiliated Clubs and nine (9) of these were Active Affiliated Special Service Clubs (SSCs). In addition to this there were twenty three (23) Inactive Affiliated Clubs.
Other News:
Many Hamfest Fun: There was a great turnout for the Many Hamfest. One of the highlights was Bill Garvey WB5LYB taking a pie in the face for club donations. If memory serves me he collected $119 and a cherry pie. See it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eHlDF-Qtog. Bill took it like a man!
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: Chuck Standlee (AC5PW), club member and EC of Grant parish scheduled a basic and advanced Skywarn class. Eleven CLARC members attended and successfully completed the training.
Earl Morrow (W5ELM) club member and EC of Allen parish coordinated support for the Louisiana Dirt Riders Enduro in Kisatchie National Forest. Six Ham Radio Operators participated.
LOUISIANA TECH ARC: Club President Nathan Wallace (KE5WAJ) reported ten club members. Faculty Advisor is Dr. Mickey Cox (K5MC) with Christopher Barber (WX5CW) as Student Advisor.
ACADIANA ARA: AARA and the Children's Museum of Acadiana completed its third Technician Class. Five new Technician Class licensees passed: Kyle X. Castille (KF5BES), Srinivas Pyla (KF5BEX), Avinash P Pyla (KF5BEU), Shelby R Riedel (KF5BEV), and Abbigail A Wilson (KF5BEW).
At the May VE Test Session prior to the general meeting Samuel P Richard (KF5BCP) and Thomas M Sheppard (KF5BCQ) passed the Technician test.
ARC OF SHREVEPORT (ARCOS): - The Eighth Annual ARCOS Cookout & Swapmeet on May 2, 2009, had a great turnout this year. Great fellowship and food along with lots of bought and sold treasures.
Thanks to the Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club and ham radio operators for their splendid communications assistance during the Louisiana Special Olympics Summer Games. The games were held the week of May 22-24 on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. Eleven hams, under the guidance of the Games Communications Director Harris Miller KB5BFK, manned the communications center and strategic locations at the various game venues and provided 157 "people-power" hours over the 3 days of games.
In addition to handling the amateur radio traffic, hams in the Operations Center also monitored the medical, public safety and commercial frequencies, as well as telephones around the clock for 24 hours each day. Messages handled included traffic control, logistics for the various games, medical EMT and ambulance dispatching, and insuring that supplies such as ice and water necessary for the safety and well-being of the athletes were available at the appropriate time and location. The eleven hams who participated were Harris Miller KB5BFK, Susie Rachinskas KE5KMP, Robert Priez WB5FBS, Ralph Shaw K5CAV, Harvey Manning KD5WWJ, Fred Mayer K5FMM, Peter Mustaiche KC5WIP, Carol Redmond KE5GOC, James Redmond K5QNT, John Guthans AA5UY and Judy Guthans AA5UZ
News Summary: If you wish to have noteworthy information about club activities, individual achievements, etc. included in the Section Summary please send them to me via email at k5gls@arrl.org.
Field Day Reminder - June 27-28 is Field Day 2009. The full Field Day packet is available at http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/fd-2009-packet.pdf. We will again present Louisiana Section awards and certificates for winners and participants, so please send a copy of your Field Day entry data to k5gls@arrl.org when you send it to ARRL Headquarters.
Field Day Station Locator Service Returning for 2009: First introduced in 2008, the ARRL's Field Day Station Locator Service was a popular addition to the Field Day toolbox. This service -- an interactive map that helps amateurs or those interested in Amateur Radio find a Field Day site near them -- is free to clubs or individuals who will be operating public Field Day stations. Stations can also be listed by state or province. If your group would like to be a part of the Station Locator Service, it's easy to get started -- just go to the Field Day Station Locator Web site and follow instructions at http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/locator.php. ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio. On June 27-28, join tens of thousands of Amateur Radio operators as they gather for a public demonstration of our Service.
Silent Keys: I am sad to report that Ron Whitecotton AC5VN became a SK. Our condolences go to Mac Redmond (KA5JNL) of Farmerville, LA, and James Redmond, Jr.(K5QNT) of Tickfaw, LA, on their recent family loss.
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