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KA2ANF Served Amateur
Radio As
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The ARRL's Hudson
Division Director
- From 2011 to 2012
- (And As The ARRL's Hudson Division
Vice Director From 2004 to 2011)
Joyce
Birmingham, KA2ANF
- "Thank
you for your support during my time
as the
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ARRL's Hudson
Division Director and Vice Director"
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My record of strong and consist representation, along with my
high ethics and sense of integrity when dealing with people, be they our local amateur radio operators, our public officials, as well
as the ARRL elected, appointed and staff members were the keys to keeping
all
of you in our ARRL Hudson
Division completely represented within not just the ARRL, but in the entire
worldwide amateur radio community. Amateur Radio was, is and will be my passion!
I pledged to you all that I would work to make the results of all items before the Board be nothing less than the best possible for all in our ARRL Hudson
Division and did so throughout the extent of my elected terms, as both a
Vice Director and Director, which ended on December
31 2012.
| KA2ANF's Recorded Messages:
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To Listen To KA2ANF's Thoughts On The Future Of Amateur Radio (MP3 format) |
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KA2ANF's Mission When An ARRL Director and
Vice Director:
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My mission as an elected ARRL Director and Vice Director was to
always faithfully represent the concerns, interests and needs of each and
every person, club and amateur radio organization in the Hudson Division
to the ARRL Board of Directors and ARRL Staff.
As well as to constantly maintain and improve on the 2-way communications
between ARRL Members and ARRL elected, appointed and employed officials
so that everyone had a free and open voice that would be heard at the most local and
individual level as well as on the Board and at ARRL HQ.
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KA2ANF Lead A Mission To Serve Amateur Radio By..:
| Her Day
to Day Activities:
| Mother of Krista (KB2MER) and Holly (KB2ZMM) and Grandmother to
Damien (already learning his CW) |
| Professionally employed for many years in the
continuing to evolve Telecommunications
Industry
| Starting in1975 with Western Union and now
at a locally based, national coverage company that handles all
aspects of design, construction and installation of Wireless Broadband,
Cellular and 2-Way Land Mobile Radio
towers and systems |
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| ARRL Offices
Held:
| Representing you as the ARRL Hudson Division
Director from 2011
to 2012
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| Representing you as the ARRL Hudson Division
Vice Director from 2004 to 2011 |
| Representing you as an Assistant Director
Hudson Division from 1999 to 2004 |
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| Recently initiated projects
that benefit everyone in the ARRL Hudson Division:
| Upgraded the ARRL Hudson Division Beacon
Newsletter to a new format with wider coverage of Division events |
| Initiated Division-wide Online Surveys to
gauge a wide range of concerns with results published in the
Beacon |
| Hosted the first ever ARRL Hudson Division Cabinet
and Club President's Meeting in an online Webinar Format
| Saving many of the attendees the long and
costly travel that is inherent with being in the Hudson
Division |
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| Actively using Twitter to send out updates on
breaking news items of interest to hams across all of the
Hudson Division |
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| With On the Air
Activities:
| Actively operating on the
amateur radio bands using CW, SSB and
Digital modes
(since 1979 starting as a Novice) |
| Achieving ARRL DXCC Honor Roll (330+
entities confirmed since 2000) |
| Actively operating on-the-air as an Amateur Radio Contester and DXer |
| Being a licensed amateur radio operator for over 30
years (since 1979) |
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| As a Member of
the ARRL Board Of Directors:
| Serving on numerous ARRL Board Committees |
| Speaking at an EmComm Forum at the Dayton Hamvention
(2002) |
| Being a featured Speaker at the ARRL's New
England Convention in Boxboro MA (2012) |
| Making herself available as an ARRL Instructor
for Education including EmComm Education |
| An ARRL Board proponent of using new technologies,
such as Webinars & Online Meetings for many ARRL Board
functions
| Resulting in significant amounts of
member dollars saved while not incurring attendee travel &
lodging expenses |
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| Milestones in her
personal and amateur radio growth:
| Completing the ARRL EmComm Courses EC-001,
EC-002 and EC-003 |
| Becoming an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (since
1990 with over 175 ARRL VE Sessions worked)
| Supporting the ARRL Volunteer Examiner
Program as a local Liaison (since 2000) |
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| Upgrading to become an Amateur Extra Class operator
in 1993 |
| Promoting activity on the 10 Meter band and
actively supporting the 10-10 INTL NET since1987 |
| Attending training to become a NWS SKYWARN
(Advanced) Spotter
(since 2001)
| Appointed by the NWS as a county level
Deputy SKYWARN Coordinator |
| Net Control operator for a Weekly NWS SKYWARN
Training Net on a local Repeater |
| Net Control operator during many active SKYWARN
Nets (since 2004) |
| Personally reporting occurring Severe
Weather to the NWS at several of their Forecast Offices |
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| Promoting Amateur Radio for The Young
Ladies Radio League (since 1987)
| Worked with local Girl Scout Groups to
foster communications in Amateur Radio |
| Currently serving as YLRL's District 2
Chairperson (since 2010) |
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| Being a user of the ARRL Logbook of The Work (LoTW) |
| Mentoring "new Hams" by
supporting their on-the-air operating/training at her home
station |
| Serving as an active Board Member for several local amateur radio Club's
(30+ years) |
| Being an active Member of the NJDXA (W2
Bureau) and a
former Primary Sorter (since 2001) |
| Volunteering for Communications Support at
Public Service Events (Bike Tours, NY State Games, Races, etc) |
| Taking and completing CERT Training as a
member of the Bergen County NJ CERT Team |
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| Recipient of
Numerous Amateur Radio Recognitions and Awards Such As:
| DXCC Mixed and 10 Meters (ARRL) |
| WAS (ARRL), WAC (IARU) |
| WAZ 10 Meters (CQ) |
| IOTA 100 contacts (RSGB) |
| Canadaward (CARF) |
| ARRL's Diamond Jubilee Award (ARRL) |
| CQ Gang Award (CQ) |
| 10-10 International Countries Award
(10-10) |
| 10-10 Worked All States Award (10-10) |
| 10-10 Worked All Continents Award
(10-10) |
| 10-10 International 500 of the World
Award (10-10) |
| 10-10 International VP Award (10-10) |
| ARRL Friendship Award (ARRL) |
| ARRL Old Timers Club Award (ARRL) |
| WorldRadio 100 Nations Award (Worldradio) |
| Asian DX Award (ADXA) |
| Worked All African Continents Award (Associazione
Radioamatori Italiani) |
| First Place Recipient for the YL-OM
Award, 1987, 1988 and 1989) (YLRL) |
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