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News last updated: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:50 PM ET
New Mexico Section Report for April, 2008
Lots of meetings in the Albuquerque area, things are always busy here.
On April 12, 2008 Darryl Clutter (NX5W) had a W5YI VE testing at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center - thanks again Darryl for you and your group of Ves. You do a great job.
After having a Forrest Service exercise last month we got a real emergency in April. The Trego fire looked bad at first then settled down and just when everyone thought it was contained the winds came up with a vengeance and everything changed. With 59 homes or cabins destroyed it ended up being a real disaster for the folks in that area.
The Upper Rio FM Society did not fare well with the fire. Two repeaters on the Mega Link on Capia Peak went up in smoke along with Brian Mileshoski's digipeter. The building and all it's contents were noting but ash. Paul Choc ( WA5IHL ) will have to evaluate the tower to make sure it was not overly damaged by the fire.
In his inimitable style Paul Choc (WA5IHL ) has a replacement VHF repeater working at his office and is tweaking it so when the mountain is cleaned up the new repeater will be ready - that is the .96 repeater. Also Paul approached KNME and they donated an 8 x 8 building to replace the old one that was destroyed. Paul is truly an amazing man and a tremendous asset to the New Mexico Ham community. Thanks again Paul!
The Spring tailgate went very well. Lots of people and lots of equipment for sale. Darryl Clutter (NX5W) was there with his antenna supplies as was Rick from Rad-Comm. Thanks guys you really help us out with our antenna and equipment needs.
After the tailgate Pat (KE5FVS) and I drove down to Las Cruces so we could attend the "Bean Feed" at the Mesilla Valley ARC. What a great experience. Have you noticed that hams are the friendliest people around?
The net counts for the month are:
NM Breakfast Club: 1203/137
NM Roadrunner Tfk. Net: 1292/107
Rustys Raiders Net: 673/82
Valencia Cnty. ARA Net: 75/17
Yucca Net: 853/37
Four Corners Net: 434/52
Caravan Club Net: 58/10
SCAT Net: 700/121
High Desert ARA Net: 53/7
We also had some silent keys:
Floyd Elder - WD5HDY - April 3, 2008 at 9 PM - he is survived by his bride Ellen
Dale Sinden - KD5MQF - April 18, 2008
John Coates - KA0NBU - April 27, 2008 - While John was living in Naples, FL he had been a long time ham here in New Mexico
Again I am posting Brian Mileshoski's (N5ZGT) web page with all sorts of good ham information. Thanks Brian for providing so much knowledge in a small space. No wonder he was elected as our Division Director.
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