Joyce At The
ARRL National Convention In Plano TX
Joyce
At The Broughton and SARA Awards Presentations
Joyce At The Air Force Museum and 2006 Dayton Hamvention
Postal Mail:
- Joyce Birmingham - KA2ANF
- 235 Van Emburgh Avenue
- Ridgewood NJ 07450
Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, served as ARRL Vice Director for the Hudson Division for three elected terms; 2004-2006, 2007-2009, 2010. In January of 2011, she took over the role of ARRL Hudson Division Director upon the retirement of Frank Fallon - N2FF from that office; holding this elected office thru the end of 2012. She is part of the "Hudson Division Team" working alongside appointed Vice Director William Hudzik - W2UDT and many others, on local as well as regional and national issues facing Amateur Radio both in the Hudson Division and beyond. She also serves as the YLRL District 2 Chairperson and as the President of the East Coast DX Association, an ARRL Affiliated club whose members are actively involved in DXing, Contesting, Public Service and Mentoring.
Joyce has recently renovated her home station area and is enjoying operating various contests and events at her all Mode (CW - SSB - Digital) Dual Operating setup (see Photo below). Some of her equipment consists of roof mounted rotateable beams, wire dipoles and several vertical antennas which are connected to a variety of radios and amplifiers covering the Amateur Bands from HF thru UHF. This provides the ability to operate various modes (FM, SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31, etc) from 160 Meters thru 70 centimeters from the comfort of home. While Mobile, she enjoys operation on 2 meters as well as 440Mhz with the added advantage of going on HF as well.
- Joyce - KA2ANF Operating From ARRL HQ's Station - W1AW
- Joyce's Home Setup With Dual, Side by Side, CW/SSB/Digital HF/VHF/UHF Operating Positions
Joyce enjoys volunteering as an Awards Manager for the ARRL and is also a Volunteer Examiner with the ARRL VE program in which she has participated in over 150 test sessions since 1990. She holds memberships in the following organizations: ARRL, YLRL, ECDXA and 10-10 International (#45101).
With over 30 years of active Amateur Radio involvement, Joyce is an Extra Class licensee. Since 1979 she has been very involved in many areas of Amateur Radio and especially enjoys DX-ing - both phone and digital modes, as well as contesting. Joyce is active in Public Service events and enjoys mentoring new hams; helping them establish their first contact on HF. She has over 330 DX Countries confirmed and has 291 phone contacts on 10 meters! Joyce has been a member of the ARRL DXCC Honor Roll and is a LOGBOOK of the World user.
Joyce has successfully completed all levels of the ARRL Emergency Communications Courses (EMCOMM). She is an Advanced Level SKYWARN Spotter with the NWS Upton NY's SKYWARN Program. She is active on the Bergen SKYWARN Training Net, where she enjoys the challenges of operating Net Control.
Joyce was one of the speakers at the 2005 ARES Forum at Dayton HamVention and has served on many ARRL Board Committees throughout her tenure as Vice Director.
A few years back, you could find her picture featured on the cover of CQ Productions "Getting Started In VHF" video and she was the featured interview, and can also be heard operating DX, in a Podcast produced by the IEEE on Amateur Radio in everyday life as well as in emergency situations.
Her OM and very best friend, Andy - WB2RQX became a Silent Key in April of 1999. Andy was the very reason she got into Amateur Radio and he couldn't have known what a wonderful, life-long relationship she would have with such a great hobby. Joyce is also very proud to have two daughters who are licensed amateur radio operators: Krista, KB2MER and Holly, KB2ZMM.
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