Season’s Greetings!
From the Vice President... F rom the beautiful and
bountiful tropical island of Curaçao, which lies in the Caribbean Sea north of the coast of Venezuela, I greet you all this day. It is a privilege to recieve the Adventist Radiogram.
Adventist - because we all expect the soon returning of our Lord Jesus Christ and Radiogram - because it reaches you wherever you live.
As prayers are wireless, so is our hobby and service...wireless. We can always have contact with our heavenly Father whenever we want; no bad conditions, no solar flux, nor QRM or QRN. If we stay quiet we can hear Him talking back to us by the Holy Spirit. We can tune in without problems. It’s always R-S 5-9, an outstanding Readibility, and a perfect Strength. No matter what power you use,
5 watts, 100 watts, or 1,000 watts, He can always read you. We should always be in contact with Him, but when things start getting rough, we look for a closer contact; it’s then that we turn our beams towards Him, asking Him for strength and patience to do our jobs here well. It’s when calamity strikes that we can lend our services to the community—then we are needed most, and then our availablity to help must be there.
Castro Mercalina, PJ2CFM
W e are heartened by the great stories and arti-
cles submitted by members of the Association. Check them out in this newsletter and the previous one! As we men-tioned in the last newsletter, each author will receive an AARAI Author Award.
Greetings from Cuba by Ramón Garay, CO6QK
News from Hong Kong by John Ash, VR2FL
Can You Identify the Missing Names? by Al Miller, WD8O
Black Bear Rampage by Terry Haight, KE4YMQ
What Is YOUR Direc-tion? by John McConnell, KH6INI
Making Ham Radio Rele-vant by Thom Lopez, KW4TL
Make Me a Blessing by Siegfried Neuendorff, KC6ZZZ
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
VP’s Editorial 1
Greetings from
Cuba
2
News from
Hong Kong
3
Missing Names 3
What Is YOUR
Direction?
4
Black Bear
Rampage
5
Making Ham
Radio Relevant
6
Silent Key
AA7MG
7
Make Me a
Blessing 8
From the
President
10
Mail Call 11
Flood Advice 12
Upcoming
Events
14
EmComm Tip 15 Thank You AARAI Members for Your Articles!
A D V E N T I S T A M A T E U R
R A D I O A S S O C I A T I O N
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
The Adventist RADIOGRAM
N E W S L E T T E R 4 T H Q T R 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 4 3 , I S S U E I I
S P E C I A L P O I N T S
O F I N T E R E S T :
Greetings from Cuba
News from Hong Kong
What Is YOUR
Direction?
Black Bear Rampage
Making Ham Radio
Relevant As our Father is always ready to help us, so we too must be ready to help others in need. In this case we will be having with us at least our rig, an antenna, and a power supply. In our contact with Jesus, we don’t need rig nor antenna...but we must be connected to the heavenly Power Supply. By showing our love for our fellow men, the world can see that we are with Jesus. He went about doing only good. So He expects of us to use our talents and hobby to do only good. As you pass through this Radiogram today, I hope that your love for the hobby and the service, and especially for the Lord, will get stronger yet. May the Lord richly bless you. Castro Mercalina, PJ2CFM
P A G E 2
Greetings from Cuba freshing for you and your family, in this vale of sor-rows and gracelessness in which we travel as we await our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah. [22 August 2013] Jim, unfortunately I have not traveled outside of Cuba [after I mentioned to him his possible attendance at the upcoming GC session], not even to nearby islands. Re-member that that is not an option here. It is very restric-tive. Only last January it opened up a little. In addi-tion, I wouldn’t have the means to undertake such a trip, even though we are health professionals. Our salary would not cover such expenses. Even our day-to-day needs are very expen-sive, including food, not to mention clothing and the rest. With respect to radio equipment, here we work a lot with whatever the gov-ernment discards and they no longer care to repair. The option to buy a new piece of equipment in a store does not exist, although some hams have traveled to the outside for whatever reason and have been able to bring in newer radios through cus-toms. The best way is for one to build his own, but then it is difficult to find parts. Right now in the whole country it is impossi-ble to find new boards for making printed circuits, not even cut-up ones. If God chose for us to be born here, He certainly had His rea-sons. In the meantime, I hope to finish repairing my equipment and soon be on the air. Let me know what interesting things I might publish in the newsletter, regarding our life here. I place myself at your disposi-tion as your correspondent
from Cuba. I am at your service. [26 August 2013] Blessings from the island to you and your family. May God watch over all of you there. I have received a reply from the president of our sister FRC club in Ca-maguey concerning the whereabouts of Irán Acosta Mantecón [CM7IW], and the news is that about five years ago he cancelled his FRC membership, and it is be-lieved that he now resides in Italy. For now there are five of us Adventists who are members of FRC. We con-tinue to inquire for the oth-ers. On the other hand, since I don’t know what topics that the AARAI newsletter will touch on, I am asking that you describe what would be good for the breth-ren/sisters in other countries to know. I am not able to discourse on technical themes, but can on radio activities that we take part in, or even regarding church activities. You can let me know. I have forgotten to ex-plain that when you send any emails or attachments they have to be less than 400K in size, as if they are larger they will not be accepted by the servers. If possible, please send me ([email protected]) (a request to all AARAI mem-bers) any information re-garding homebrew construc-tion of crystal IF filters, like those mentioned in recent ARRL handbooks. I am presently making an HF ra-dio with four paired IF fil-ters, but I lack information to study so as not to make a mess. It can be in English. Thank you! Ramón CO6QK (See P.13 for photos)
See Page 13 for
more photos!
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M 4th Quarter 2013
[Translated from Spanish by Jim Hoffer, KW8T] [16 August 2013]
G reetings, and may the blessings of our great God
be with you and your family. You have no idea the joy it gave us to learn about you, my brothers and sisters. Every day
our God reveals to us that He answers prayer. Thanks to our Crea-tor that He always sustains us. Allow me to tell you that since 2003 there
have been seven Adventists that have joined the Federation of Radio Amateurs, but due to problems that I can’t explain here, we became disconnected and I have no idea today how many of us remain. Regardless, I have begun to send letters in order to find out something. For now you can count on my help to the extent of my abili-ties here. Right now I am presi-dent of our local radio club, which may help somewhat. Please send my greetings to all our radio colleagues. I re-gret that I don’t have a radio of my own with which to partici-pate on the nets with you. My SG-15 quit, and I have not fin-ished another radio here on my workbench for lack of time. I work in public health, and epidemiology is a critical issue here because of the climate. God willing, in October I will be part of a DX team that will operate the station T46C for an event during that month. Later I will let you know. You can see me on www.QRZ.com. Blessings to you. May the coming Sabbath be one of re-
By Ramón Garay,
CO6QK
“Our young people
practicing first aid as
members of the Red
Cross in our town.”
News from Hong Kong
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 4 3 , I S S U E I I
Dreams Do Come True My few brushes with amateur radio in the late 1950s created a dream that one day I might somehow get in-volved. Fast-forward nearly 40 years later. I am now a pastor/educator and career missionary working with and among the Chi-nese. Over the years, I imagined (read “dreamed”) that I would use amateur radio in my mission service. That never happened until… in 1992 when my younger son came home from Far Eastern Academy for Christmas vacation, I challenged him to begin studying for the different amateur radio licenses. He didn’t, but I carried on until I passed the General Class license seven months later. During the next few years, I was deeply involved as N7TZU and VR2FL (in Hong Kong). I had a blast! The dream did come true, in a way. But more than that, my son, unbeknownst to me, studied for two weeks and passed all the exams up to and including the general class with the 13 word-per-minute Morse code test. He presented his general class ticket to me on his high school grad-uation day (which was my birthday).
Sorry to say, I am not currently active, but I maintain both of my licenses. And, no, I never did use it in mission service. But, our son serves in South America and uses amateur radio almost every day
John Ash, VR2FL/N7TZU, and his wife
Connie in Hong Kong
to communicate with his mission’s jun-gle outposts. He also uses a high fre-quency (HF) radio in his airplane as a backup radio system.
At 70 I am semi-retired, but we live in Hong Kong where I still work full time for the Chinese Un-ion Mission of Sev-enth-day Adventists. John Ash, VR2FL Associate Executive Secretary Chairman, Chinese Hope TV Chinese Union Mis-sion of Seventh-day Adventists 12/F, Citimark, 28 Yuen Shun Circuit Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin New Territories, Hong Kong Office Tel (852) 2838-399 Mobile Tel (852) 6622-8975
“…my son,
unbeknownst
to me, …
passed the
exams …He
presented his
general class
ticket to me
on his high
school
graduation day
(which was my
birthday).”
This picture was provided by Al Miller, WD8O. The scene is a group of hams at Michi-gan camp meeting, Grand Ledge, Michigan. The year is uncertain, but July 18 fell on a Sun-day in 1982. In the front row we recognize Jim Hoffer, KW8T, kneeling at the left; followed by Clarence Myers, N4CM. In the back row are Ray Hamstra, W8ALF, sixth from left; fol-lowed by Sylvester Craig, WB8BWN (SK); and Paul Gates, KD3JF (formerly WA8TER); and second from right Merle Patterson, WA8IUS; and Harland Frost, KA8IOD (SK).
Can you identify the missing names?
Can You Identify the Missing Names?
By John Ash,
N7TZU/VR2FL
P A G E 4
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M
W hen I was a child, I
received a toy top as
a Christmas present, and
would spend hours studying
its strange, almost spooky
behavior. If I tried to push the
spinning top over, it would
only wobble around in a cir-
cle, but try as I might, I could
never push it over. Yet, when
it stopped spinning, it fell
over by itself. Some mysteri-
ous force kept the spinning
top upright. I now know that
this force is due to gyroscop-
ic action. This action is em-
ployed by engineers today to
stabilize ships and aircraft
from rolling and pitching.
Large cruise ships today are
equipped with gyroscopic
stabilizers. It also keeps bicy-
cles and motorcycles from
falling over when moving.
The gyroscopic action of the
rotating wheels keeps them
upright.
The gyroscopic action of
rotating wheels causes the
axis of rotation to always
point in the same direction.
This principle is used today
in the design of the gyroscop-
ic compass. This compass,
instead of depending on the
magnetic attraction of a com-
pass needle to point north, is
completely independent of
any magnetic forces, but
when one is pointed to true
north, it will always remain
pointed in that direction. This
is the same principle that
causes a Foucault Pendulum
to swing in the same direc-
tion in space regardless of the
rotation of the earth. Thus,
such a pendulum located at
the North Pole will make a
complete circular rotation of
its swing in 24 hours as the
earth rotates beneath it. The
time of this rotation increases
as one goes toward the equa-
tor until at the equator it be-
comes infinitely long. The
time of rotation for any lati-
tude can be calculated by the
formula: 24/sine of the lati-
tude.
Hipparchus (200-126 BC)
was probably the greatest
astronomer of the ancient
world. His most famous dis-
covery was the “precession
of the equinoxes,” and that
this precession would go
around and return to the
same position in 26,000
years. We now know that this
movement is caused by a
slow change in the direction
of the earth’s axis of rotation,
which is tilted at an angle of
23 1/2 degrees off center. In
fact, the earth is a giant wob-
bling top spinning at 1,000
mph at the equator. There are
some who feel that this wob-
ble was caused by the impact
of one or more giant aster-
oids at the time of the Flood.
This means that the present
star known as the North Star
will not always be so.
You and I are born with a
built-in gyroscope that is
pointed in the wrong direc-
tion. And perhaps you have
been hit by some tragedy and
are also wobbling. It is only
by the grace of God and the
influence of the Holy Spirit
that we can change that di-
rection so that we are pointed
toward heaven. The question
is, “what is your direction?”
Find this devotional and many
more at:
Morning Glory Devotionals
John McConnell, KH6INI, taught science and math in SDA academies and retired after 31 years of service in Modesto, Hawaii, and Sacra-mento. Subsequently, he sub-stituted for 19 years in local high schools, finally really retiring at the age of 80 after 50 years in the classroom. He resides in Citrus Heights, California. He has numerous hobbies, writing devotional essays (over 700 titles availa-ble on his website, www.morningglorydevotionals.net), amateur radio, music (vocal, cello), art (over 60 oil paintings), and model rail-roading (Z-scale). During WWII he worked as a rocket scientist at the California Institute of Technology (Cal. Tech.) on the Naval rocket project where he worked alongside Nobel laureates and hobnobbed with people who were working on the atomic bomb. At 94 years old, he enjoys fairly good health, and he enjoys his busy retirement years.
WHAT IS YOUR DIRECTION? By
John McConnell, KH6INI
“The greatest want
of the world is the
want of men who
will not be bought
or sold, men whose
conscience is as
true to duty as the
needle to the pole.”
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—Education by
E. G. White, p. 57
BBBLACKLACKLACK BBBEAREAREAR RRRAMPAGEAMPAGEAMPAGE
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 3 , I S S U E I I
D isaster Response is one of the major pur-
poses of ham radio. Often hams are the first source of information to come out of a disaster zone, where they set up their equipment and make contact with other hams and report what has happened in their area. Emergency Managers have found these people are an invaluable source of infor-mation when phone lines and cell towers are down or overloaded. However, how do we keep interest in the hobby and our skills sharp in be-tween disasters, when disas-ters happen so infrequently (thankfully…)? One way to accomplish this is to take part in com-munity affairs, where on-the-spot information is im-portant to the organizers, and to the police and fire-men who help preserve or-der in these events. The Greater Collegedale Adventist Radio Club (GCARC), which has been responding to the disasters which have occurred over the past several years, has three major events which they volunteer to help with every year. These aren’t the only events they assist with, but represent the most com-plex ones they respond to each year. The first event of the year is the Sonrise Pageant, an event held on the campus of Southern Adventist Uni-versity the Sabbath before Easter every year. This is a walk-through pageant which focuses on the death and resurrection of Christ, and hams are stationed at each site to pass along in-formation about crowd con-trol, injuries, lost props, and other items important to the organizers and directors.
About 11,000 - 12,000 peo-ple attend this pageant each year, and hams are instru-mental in pulling the whole event together. The second big event is the Cohutta Springs Triath-lon, held on the first week-end of October each year, and club members again are stationed all along the course in key areas to report injuries, breakdowns, and other irregularities to the organizers. The third event and one of the biggest events of the year is the Black Bear Ram-page, a 20 and 40 mile off-road bicycle race taking place the first Sunday in September in the Ocoee Wilderness Area of south-east Tennessee. This race is becoming increasingly pop-ular, and attracted 402 cy-clists this year. Several years ago, the Collegedale Club was asked to plan for communications for this race each year, because of the remoteness of the course. Cell phones don’t work well in this area be-cause of steep valleys and heavy forestation, and the rough mountain terrain and primitive trails often lead to injuries and broken equip-ment. Without a way to communicate these injuries and breakdowns, it could be hours before help got to the victims. Paul Seifert, current President of the GCARC, has organized this event for
several years now, and his persistence and attention to detail has made this event a prized element for the club every year. This year he arranged for 44 hams from three clubs to help out. The GCARC was the main club to respond, but clubs from Cleveland, TN and Chatta-nooga, TN also participated. The Georgia-Cumberland Conference Disaster Response step van, which has been configured for Amateur Radio use, is used for net control, and parked at Boyd’s Gap, a high pass overlooking the race area. It was in place by 7:00 AM, and the antenna was up and the generator and radios were connected by the time the rest of the group arrived by 7:30. Paul and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) representative Richard Taylor gave brief-ings as to what to look for, how to work the net, how to determine if medical sup-port was needed, what to look for along the trail, and how to handle bear sight-ings (yes, there are bears…). Also, the Polk County Emergency Man-agement Agency provided medical personnel and transportation by 4-wheeler
(Cont’d on p. 15)
to get the doctor and nurs-ing staff to any injured peo-ple. Then the group was dismissed to get to the as-signed sites before the race started at 9:00. Several sites had to be hiked into because of their isolated locations. As each ham got into position, they called in to net control to report that they were on-site and ready to communicate. After the race began, each site would report the first rider through their position, thus allowing race personnel to track their progress. If nothing unto-ward happened, they would not report anything else until the “sweep” rider, a rider assigned to be the last person through the race, passed. Then the hams would report that they were breaking down their sta-tions, and received clear-ance to go home. Not long after the race began, we had our first cas-ualty. A ham called in to report that a rider had hit an obstacle and was thrown over his handlebars, hitting face-first on the trail. He was reported as being un-conscious, bleeding from his face, and with possible head and neck injuries. Medics rushed to that posi-tion, loaded him onto a lit-ter and brought him to the nearest empty parking lot, where a helicopter landed and transported him to a hospital. That was the only major injury for the day, although there were the usual numer-ous cuts and scrapes, along with equipment failures. This race course is not an easy one, and we also had a rather high amount of drop-outs this year. These were each reported by hams and then taken off the list of participants.
By Terry Haight,
KE4YMQ
P A G E 6
By Thom Lopez, KW4TL
Making Ham Radio Relevant services, has not gone away, but unless more young people become in-volved in ham radio, the amateur radio operators needed when emergencies occur simply will not be available. The Adventist church has a long history of providing disaster relief and emergency aid services. Amateur radio has been,
and should continue to be, a key element of such ser-vices into the future. But we must get our young peo-ple involved if we want to continue this legacy. So how can we as Adventist radio amateurs help make ham radio more relevant to our youth?
At the Grace Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church in Madison, Ala-bama, we have a very ac-tive Pathfinder club with approximately 25 Pathfind-ers. For about the last five years we have offered the Radio honor as part of the
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M
I t’s a different world. Different in many ways
from when I was in grade school a little over 40 years ago. Admittedly, I was a nerd even way back then, but ham radio had a cool factor that could im-press even the non-nerd kid. Being able to talk over the radio to research-ers at the South Pole sta-tion or Navy personnel on
a ship somewhere in the Atlantic was cool. Being able to make phone calls through an autopatch defi-nitely impressed. But that was long before the Inter-net and cell phones. Worldwide communica-tion, even with video, from just about anywhere to anywhere is now common and routine. And from casual observation at the local hamfest I recently attended, few young peo-ple are involved in ham radio these days. The fun-damental reason for the existence of amateur radio, emergency communication
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Pathfinder program. This ac-tually started at the Huntsville Central Seventh-day Adventist Church before Grace Fellow-ship was organized. Initially, we had to twist a few arms and offer incentives to get Path-finders to study for their li-censes because this requires much more work and effort than the typical honor. Once a few Pathfinders had their li-censes, they provided commu-nication services on our cam-pouts and other outings, and were suddenly very popular. The effect was that more kids wanted to get their own licens-es. Over the years we have had dozens of Pathfinders earn the Radio honor and become licensed ham radio operators. They use their licenses to pro-vide communication between club vehicles as they caravan to and from camporees and other outings. They communi-cate during hikes and other excursions, practicing their radio communication skills in a simple and friendly environ-ment. We are considering add-ing other radio activities like fox-hunting, which could be a fun way to learn about radio-navigation and orienteering. One of the collateral bene-fits of offering a Radio honor class to our Pathfinders agenda has been the development of a team of Volunteer Examiners (VEs). We now have four VEs, three of whom have the Extra Class license. We offer an exam session, which is open and advertised to the community, at the completion of our Pathfinder radio class. Although public notice of ex-am sessions is no longer re-quired by FCC regulations, the exam sessions must be open to the public, and this rule pre-sents us with a great outreach opportunity. (Cont’d on p. 17)
“We’re the leaders
and it’s up to us.”
Just a few of the
Grace Fellowship
Pathfinders who have
passed the Techni-
cian class license ex-
am and earned their
Pathfinder Radio
honor.
[Madison, AL]
Christians. He would note from time to time the link between the "What must I do to be saved?" question, and develop-ment of Christ-like character. He had a special interest in the in-sights provided by Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy into hu-man psychology. . He could have had a career as a professional harmonica player with the late Hoosier humorist and harmonica band leader Herb Shriner who graduated from the same high school in the class ahead of his, but Bob turned that offer down in order to finish his own last year and graduate from high school. During the 1920s, when times were good, the passion and pur-chases of his dad (who was a Pennsylvania Railroad Company [PRR] conductor) were the latest and best radios. Robert desired to become an electrical engineer, and took every electricity-related class offered at his high school, but the scholarships he received
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R obert "AA7MG Bob" Kutsch, 1918 - 2013, was
an active participant in the West Coast Bible Study net for about a quarter century. A native Hoosier, transplanted to Oregon by way of northern California, he came to the Adventist mes-sage while attending John Her-ron Art Institute in Indianapolis. One day at the front desk of the school's office he groused about missing Sunday church. The desk person, a Seventh-day Ad-ventist, suggested he could still attend church by attending the North Side S.D.A. church on Saturdays. He acted on the sug-gestion, took Bible studies from layman Fred Came, was bap-tized in November 1940, at age 22, and continued to be a com-mitted church member for the rest of his life. A fellow John Herron art stu-dent, Kathryn Meyer (who re-cently preceded him in death by fifteen months), became his wife and a talented vegetarian cook, though interestingly, her brother was a co-founder of the Meat Science department in the School of Agriculture at Califor-nia State Polytechnic University, and the husband of another of her relatives was the founding Vice President of the meat de-partment of Cincinnati-based Kroger Supermarkets. Bob served a long time as an el-der and Sabbath-School teacher for churches in Indiana, Califor-nia, and Oregon. In his Sabbath School teaching and lay ser-mons, he had a good deal to say about character development, particularly as taught in the Bi-ble and as elaborated in the Spir-it of Prophecy, having observed a notable lack of character in a number of fellow professed
in the depths of the Great Depres-sion were to art schools in Ft. Wayne and Indianapolis, so he became an artist. He did art work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church starting in the mid 1940s. For Southern Publishing Association he did layout and design for Message magazine, and had il-lustration work published in Wil-liam Henry Branson's 1950 book The Drama of the Ages. In 1953, he moved his family to the west coast, becoming Art Director of the Pacific Press Publishing As-sociation. There, among other things, he directed the art depart-ment to quickly produce materi-als in support of the launch of the It is Written TV ministry in 1956. In the S.F. Bay area, he later earned formal higher edu-cation degrees and teaching cre-dentials, teaching at community colleges in the South Bay area. In the mid-1980s, he retired to the Oregon coast. There he ac-quired his Extra Class ham li-cense, with call sign AA7MG. He subsequently administered ham tests, helping others to also become radio amateurs. He con-tinued to teach art part-time at the local community college in Florence from 1987 to 2010, his 9lst year. He was active in sup-porting and leading local Ad-ventist churches to the final weeks of his life, passing away at age 94 and 9 months on June 10, 2013, in hospice care—
provided by fellow church mem-
bers—in Reedsport, Oregon.
He is survived by children in Oregon and California, and by other relatives.
Robert E. Kutsch, AA7MG, of Oregon, SK
Robert E. Kutsch, AA7MG
P A G E 8
By Siegfried Neuendorff, KC6ZZZ
Make Me A Blessing (Book Extract) turn home as soon as possi-ble," which was the accepta-ble way to relay emergency information. The notice brought questions into my immediate concern. I cogitat-ed on the possibilities, "Could there be a demand for all foreigners to leave the country because of the politi-cal climate? Could Harold or Eileen have had an accident? Do we have a special visi-tor?” I was ready for any of these possibilities, but on arrival I saw no special activ-ity around the house. No problem with the children; they were home enjoying themselves. Evelyn was at the hospital taking care of a Jewish lady from New York who had broken her hip in a car accident.
Early Sunday morning we went to the hospital to see how the young lady (Karen Wald) was faring. She was fearful to (sic) the prescribed medications and so refused the whole works. Fearful if I introduced myself with a German name that she would reject any help from me, I simply told her, "I'm a radio amateur and would be glad to help you."
She responded to my introduction immediately, "I need to get out of here. Please call my uncle in New York, but don't tell my par-ents of my condition." she pleaded.
With her refusal of surgi-cal intervention, or even medication, no one could care for her hip in Peru. So the question for us was, "How do we manage this?"
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M
[This story starts on page 238 in Siegfried’s book Make Me a Blessing. The book deals with events of his life from the bombing attacks during WW II, life with the Hitler Youth in Poland, Russian invasion, Berlin Airlift, immigration to the US, later as an American GI under President Eisen-hower, marriage to Evelyn, going as volunteers to the Peruvian jungles to live among Campa Indians, and continuing with twenty years of missionary work as a regu-lar worker for the General Conference. Upon returning home, he served as pastor of the Redondo Beach Church of the Southern California Con-ference. Within the biography there are additional stories about radio activities.—Ed.]
A friend and I left at 6:00 one Sabbath morning to
visit our church group in Putucussi [Peru]. We drove for two-and-a-half (sic) hours, which took us as far as we could go. We left the Jeep at the bottom of the hill and trudged upward for an hour to reach the humble hut where our believers were congregat-ed. We spent almost the entire day studying the Bible and feeding the spiritually hungry. We closed the Sabbath hours with a meditation, hymn and prayer, and before dark start-ed down the hill to our trans-portation. It took only half the time to (reach) the street where the car hopefully was waiting for us.
As we were heading to Quillabamba, a sister waved for our attention. "Pastor, Ra-dio Quillabamba announced an emergency for you to re-
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With her condition of a broken hip, black-and–blue bruised eyes, and unknown head-injuries, we recognized impos-sibilities. She couldn't go on the gravel road by truck to Chaullay—nor on a slow-moving train seven hours to Cusco. Regular means of transportation just couldn't be used. She was twenty-six years old, no friends, no relatives in Peru—and very limited finances.
We questioned ourselves. "If we were in a similar situa-tion, what would we do? We needed to get busy at once." Evelyn stayed with her to give emotional comfort and support. From home I mobilized radio amateurs in Cusco, Huancayo, Pucallpa, and Lima, "Where can we find a helicopter to transport our patient out of Quillabamba?"
Karen Wald gave me her uncle's phone number in New York. One radio amateur called New York. Another operator called the Department of Aero-nautica, another Civil Defense. I spoke with Max Nicolini (OA4AEP) at the US Embassy who would handle the paper-work. Another suggested that I call Raul (OA4ARZ) direct(or)of the American Clinic in Li-ma; he was also Peru's best trauma surgeon. The Ministry of War priced the flight at 40,000 soles. Karen's New York uncle, Dr. Ham-merschlag, M.D. (obstetrician) had been contacted. He assured us that he would cover all the expenses. That was wonderful news, but we needed cash in our hands before we could put anything into motion.
I asked one radio operator to
“If we were in
a similar
situation,
what would
we do?
We needed
to get busy
at once."
"Señor Prefecto,
we have an
international
medical
emergency and
need your help."
Photo: “River
Tooth Extraction”
(Cont’d on p. 16)
That evening I spent long hours pursuing counsel on my radio. I was in contact with a number of physi-cians, specialist in their fields, who gave me instruction for transporting the patient. They stressed the urgen-cy to check on the patient's fluid in-take and output and what type of medications should be given to her. Later in the evening, I returned to the hospital to inform (the) local physician, Dr. Plaza (of the) sugges-tions of his colleagues in Lima.
Early Monday morning, I was at the hospital again to learn about the patient's condition before the heli-copter would leave Cusco. Dr. Plaza, the local doctor, decided to accom-pany me to give a report to Lima. We were stunned to discover that the copter had already departed at 7:05 a.m. for Quillabamba. The patient needed to be prepared for the flight. The police needed to be informed again. Two large sheets were spread out on the soccer field to mark a place for safe landing.
Evelyn prepared herself to ac-company the patient to Cusco and Lima, and if necessary to the United States. Faucett Airlines needed to be alerted to stand by for a stretcher patient to board in Cusco for the Li-ma flight. Federico (OA7AH) called the airport.. Faucett flatly refused, indicating that they would lose pas-senger seats (by) taking on a stretch-er patient. My friend Federico quick-ly called Airline Satco. Satco agreed, but when the plane circled above Cusco, a mechanical problem forced a return to Lima without landing. "What next?" Federico called the Province Prefect, the chief authority of the central government. He ex-plained in few words, "Señor Prefec-to, we have an international medical emergency and need your help." "How can I help?" the Prefect questioned. "Please contact Faucett Airlines and request them not to leave the
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contact OFASA Peru, CARITAS, and other organizations. OFASA promised that they could help us with 5,000 soles. In desperation, I asked another operator to call my parents requesting them to deposit money in my checking account to cover a check I was about to write. I was willing to cover the copter flight until other funds got into our hands from the outside. The patient had to leave no matter what the cost might be.
When I learned that an Army hel-icopter from Group 8 had left Cusco at 1:48 p.m. I hurried to inform the police that a helicopter would land on the local soccer field within an hour. The office(r) looked at me with a questionable look and asked, "What are you talking about? Why is he coming? Where did the helicopter come from? Who had authorized the flight?
"Señor, we don't have sufficient time to explain all the details at this time, we must hurry. The perimeter of the soccer field must be secured to block the public from interfering with the landing," I told him with an urgent voice.
A major game had been sched-uled for 3:00 that afternoon. The Secret Police also had to help con-trol the activities. Also they contin-ued to ask many questions. Evelyn prepared the patient at the hospital for the transport. The plan was that as soon as the helicopter had taken off with the patient, I was supposed to call Cusco and Lima to inform them of the progress on our part. They had to have an ambulance ready upon arrival. At 3:45, no heli-copter had landed, no eyes seen, nor ears even heard. People began to wonder about me. I looked bad, very bad. I rushed home to my radio to discover the delay. Bad weather con-ditions at Mach(u) Picchu had neces-sitated the return of the copter to Cusco.
tarmac until the patient (onboard) an approaching helicopter, and her at-tendant, are safely on board for the Lima flight."
Without delay the gentleman Pre-fect assisted us by demanding in no uncertain terms that Faucett (not) leave the tarmac until the helicopter passengers were assisted. The man had the authority to stop anyone, or to shoot down the plane if necessary.
Shortly thereafter, the helicopter carrying Karen and Evelyn arrived. Faucett removed six seats to accom-modate the stretcher. Evelyn quickly purchased tickets for both of them. She also suggested that the stretcher patient would require more oxygen for the 12,200 feet altitude. As soon as I received this information, it was passed on to the airport operator in Cusco. The tower operator informed the flight pilot to increase the air-craft oxygen. The pilot announced over the intercom, "Ladies and gen-tlemen, on account of a special pa-tient on board we need to increase the aircraft oxygen level. We need to ask all smokers to extinguish your cigarettes for your own and the pa-tient's safety sake."
The next step was to contact the American Clinic in Lima. An ambu-lance had to be there to meet them as soon as they landed at the Jorge Chavez Airport. Within minutes af-ter the plane landed. Karen and Eve-lyn were taken to the Clinica Ameri-cana by the waiting ambulance.
Two days later, Karen's parents arrived in Lima from New York. ...Karen told her parents that we had saved her life. She and her parents were very appreciative and grateful for our help to their daughter in such a stressful emergency. The vice con-sul from the US Embassy and sever-al physicians had an interview with Evelyn and treated her with courtesy and friendship. They took her wher-ever she needed to go.
Make Me A Blessing (Continued from Page 8)
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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M 4th Quarter 2013
Don F. Neufeld Awards: New Coordinator! California, and have been a ham for about 20 years. I had my tech-nician license for many years, and then as my young kids started taking an interest in ham radio, we have gotten much more serious about it. I now have my extra class license, and my 9-year-old son just got his General class li-cense. I hope to have my 7- and 8-year-old kids take their technician license next summer at Soquel camp meeting, where they have an amateur radio class at camp meet-ing every summer.”
certainly do that with any others that may be nominated between now and then. We usually do this in a simple ceremony, at a gathering of SDA hams.
Keith has an impressive re-sume, a shortened version of which fills three pages! Among his many accomplishments are his service as a licensed neuro-psychologist and an adjunct professor.
Here are a few words from Keith: “I live out in Southern
W e are very pleased to report to you that the officers have
approved Keith L. Drieberg, Ph.D., K2KLD for the position of coordinator of the Don Neufeld Award. We heartily thank Keith for his willing spirit!
We already have our first nominee for 2013, Wendell Paypa, AE6WR. We plan to present him with his plaque at our quinquenni-al business/fellowship meeting at the 2015 General Conference ses-sion in San Antonio; and we can
this together very fulfilling and gratifying. Many of you have re-sponded to our appeal to find the “missing” AARAI members, and that list has now been greatly reduced. We will continue to send out that list from time to time. Here’s a new develop-ment that is taking place, and that we didn’t expect: Several folks have inquired about the possibility of hav-ing our new AARAI logo available in a cloth patch, for sewing onto jackets or Pathfinder honor sashes. So we are working on that, even though it may take
Jim Hoffer, KW8T, president
From the President... This morning I spent a good while reviewing this second newsletter, The Adventist Radiogram, and reflecting upon God’s blessing in making this all possible. Sometime we need to ask Bart to tell you how this all came about, but we’ll hold that for the future. Your response to our first issue was amazing! Not only in your comments and excitement, but in the number of fine articles sub-mitted. God is good! Just “keep ’em comin’,” as they say. We absolutely never expected that this issue would expand to 18 pages! Quite a number of folks have emailed us saying something like “Thanks so much for keeping us all together.” Yes, that is one of the major reasons for a publication like this—it provides a wonderful link. As Adventists, we are al-ready familiar with the in-terconnectivity phenome-non that is part of our SDA culture, and being an SDA ham makes it even more special! There is just some-thing about it. And it makes all the hard work in putting
some time. Right now, a friend of ours in Maryland has promised to digitize it for embroidery for us. We have also had some inquiries about EchoLink and IRLP nets. As this de-velops, keep your eyes on our net schedule page on the AARAI website. And we already have several volunteers lined up for a nice staff at the up-coming Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee next August. Thank you! It is my firm conviction that AARAI is far more than just a club or a loose organization of ham radio buddies—it is a ministry! This current issue, with its emphasis on emergency communications and mis-sionary service, should tes-tify to that fact. Keep up the good work, participate as much as pos-sible in our nets and other activities, and pray that God will use this means to reach many hearts for the Lord’s kingdom! Jim KW8T
“Your response to our
first issue was amazing!”
Keith L. Drieberg,
Ph.D., K2KLD
“It is my firm conviction
that AARAI is far more
than just a club or a
loose organization of
ham radio buddies—it is
a ministry!”
“...being an SDA ham
makes it even more
special!”
idea put forth in the newsletter was
to have a ham monitor a specific HF
frequency on the hour every three
hours. This is an excellent idea! My
only concern is that finding enough
people who can maintain a schedule
will be very difficult. In addition,
there are already nets in place, such
as the Maritime Mobile Service Net
(14.300 MHz), which are dedicated
to serving not only mariners on the
high seas, but also backpackers, mis-
sionaries, and even pilots who have
no other way to communicate. These
14.300 MHz nets take place in ex-
cess of 17 hours a day, seven days a
week, and have many net control
and relay stations at their disposal at
any given moment. Therefore, I
don't see a pressing need in North
America or even the Pacific region
for a consistent wilderness protocol
schedule. In my opinion, however, it
seems like a logical idea to have oth-
ers in other regions of the world to
maybe monitor 14.300 MHz on a
three-hourly time schedule to listen
for emergency traffic. The advantage
of this is the fact that when propaga-
tion is good you will have the full
services of the Maritime Mobile Ser-
vice Net and the other emergency
nets that operate on that frequency.
(This would primarily be necessary
for Africa, Asia, and possibly Eu-
rope. Whereas North America,
South America, and the Pacific are
generally pretty well covered by the
14.300 MHz nets.)
I guess in conclusion, my opinion
would be that if an individual is
planning on being in the wilderness
for a length of time, a QSO schedule
could be made with other stations.
For example, I spent a few weeks in
Papua, New Guinea, visiting my
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Newsletter Name Change
Your newsletter is really nice. Makes me wish I were a ham. I found the name confusing, though. Why is it “Telegram”, rather than “Radiogram”?
Shirley Mulkern Oolteway, TN [After receiving Shirley’s question, we were wondering why we didn’t think of the name “Radiogram”, too! Hence our newsletter’s name change. Thank you, Shirley, for your great contribution - and we think it would be great if you became a ham as well! —Ed.]
Wilderness Protocol
Thanks for putting out such a
great issue of the AARAI newslet-
ter! I'm looking forward to reading
future editions.
Regarding the wilderness proto-
col idea put forth in the newsletter, I
have a few thoughts...
I've spent considerable time in
the wilderness/backcountry far from
the land of cell phone coverage. I've
used the wilderness protocol on
VHF a number of times and it seems
to work quite well. The only issue is
that VHF is usually limited to line-of
-sight (with the exception of using a
portable 2m beam which seems to
bounce RF off of objects/mountains
quite easily...) communication. I've
also been on a number of backpack-
ing trips with HF gear in tow. I must
say, HF operation is by far the most
fun and is the most practical for ex-
treme wilderness expeditions. The
uncle who is a missionary there. I
had a daily QSO schedule set up on
the 15m band with Bob, VE7DSE,
which would've worked just fine had
I not forgotten to take along a tuner
for my dipole (therefore I was lim-
ited to about 5-10 watts on 15m... I
could hear Bob consistently 58 to
59.). Also, Bob, VE7DSE; Jack,
N6PI; and I maintained a daily QSO
schedule with Matthew, YN4RRA
(WM7MW) while he was a student
missionary in Nicaragua. We had no
problems making daily contact and
in that fashion we were able to han-
dle any traffic he had for family
members, etc. If he had an urgent
emergency outside of the QSO
schedule, he was always able to
make contact with a net control sta-
tion on 14.300 MHz.
These are just a few ideas...
Thanks again for publishing a most
excellent newsletter, and maybe
sometime we'll meet on the air!
73!
Christian Welch, NA7CW (also
P29VCW)
Newsletter Kudos
Very classy and informative
newsletter! Enjoyed reading it im-
mensely. It's good to have such a
good-looking newsletter to tie us all
together. Thank-you for all the work
you are doing to accomplish this.
Terry Haight, KE4YMQ
Coordinator, ACS DR
Collegedale, TN
Mail Call
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Editors’ Note
I n order to prevent Internet Service Pro-
viders (ISPs) from block-ing the receipt of this newsletter, due to ISP size limitations, we try to limit the size of this newsletter to 5 Mega-bytes. Consequently, this size limits the number of pages we can include in the Adventist Radiogram.
Have you ever seen a flood up close?*
A dog trying to avoid flood water.
H ave you ever seen a flood up close?
We have, and let us tell you, watching the water rush and bubble around you in a matter of minutes can be terrifying... The power of water is something that often goes unmatched in devastation.
So how do you deal with a flood?
Here are just a few quick tips to help you if a flash flood warning has been issued:
Listen to the radio or television for information.
Be aware that flash flooding can occur. If there is any possibility of a flash flood, move immediately to higher ground. Do not wait for in-
structions to move.
Be aware of streams, drainage channels, canyons and other areas known to flood suddenly. Flash floods can occur in these areas with or without typical warnings such as rain clouds or heavy rain.
Knowing when and how to evacuate is extremely important. If you must prepare to evacuate, you should do the following:
Secure your home. If you have time, bring in outdoor furniture. Move es-sential items to an upper floor.
Turn off utilities at the main switches or valves if instructed to do so. Dis-connect electrical appliances; howev-er, do not touch electrical equipment if you are wet or standing in water.
If you have to leave your home, remember these evacuation tips:
Do not walk through moving water. Six inches of mov-ing water can make you fall. If you have to walk in water, walk where the water is not moving. Use a stick to check the firmness of the ground in front of you.
Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground if you can do so safely. You and the vehicle can be swept away quickly.
These are all tips that can help you if you get caught unaware and a flood happens.
*Tips courtesy of www.Ready.gov/Floods
—Dee&Bart
“Listen to the
radio or
television for
information.”
“Secure your home.
Turn off utilities.
Do not walk thru
moving water.
Do not drive into
flooded areas.”
Bleach is one of the best ways to kill harmful bacteria in water. It does have a limited shelf life, though, so watch the expiration dates. Follow these three steps to clean water with bleach: 1. Use 4 drops (about 0.375 milliliters) of unscented bleach per
quart. Double the bleach amount if water is slightly cloudy. 2. Mix well and wait 30 minutes. 3. If water does not have a bleach smell, then repeat Step 1. If the
bleach smell is too strong, then wait before drinking or use a carbon filter for better taste.
Source: www.concernedpatriot.com
Emergency Tip: Clean Water with Bleach
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M
“Bleach is one of the
best ways to kill
harmful bacteria in
water.”
(Cont’d from p. 2) Photos from Cuba
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“Here we are enjoying lunch while camping. On the right is Carlos, a licensed nurse, and on the left is our pastor’s son,
Roberto, licensed in philology (the study of language in written historical sources).”
Here is a view of our church in Sagua la Grande. My wife and I (Ramon & Elsa) with a young lady from Canada, who presented an evangelistic series a few months ago.
Juan Antonio Rodríguez, CO1RJ, and his family
A Pathfinder campout.
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Current AARAI Officers
General Conference Session AARAI Plans GC Session to be $2,500. We have also been invited to teach amateur radio at the Pathfinder Camporee in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in August of 2014.
Perhaps someone will question the wisdom of spending association money to attend these major events. We would reply that in many regards that is the only way to become visible in the eyes of the general Adventist community, espe-cially those people who come from foreign lands.
For many years now,
we have had a booth at the quinquennial GC sessions. If our members get behind us, we might even expand to ASI conventions and other events!
—Jim KW8T
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: President: Jim Hoffer, KW8T [email protected] Vice President: Castro Mercalina, PJ2CFM [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer: Millie Caggiano, KA1UFD [email protected] SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES: EmComm Advisor & Radiogram Editor: Curt Bartholomew, N3GQ [email protected]
T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M
Assistant Editor, Radiogram: Dee Bartholomew, K3KAT [email protected] Net Director: Don Starkey, K7NHR [email protected] Webmaster: Tom Turk, KM4VI [email protected] QSO Party Director: Dick Sowler, W8FEM [email protected] Don F. Neufeld Award: Keith L. Drieberg, Ph.D., K2KLD [email protected]
“We look forward to
seeing you there!”
4th Quarter 2013
Upcoming Events February 8: SDA Sabbath
Potluck and Fellowship near the Orlando Hamcation, Watch our website for further info.
January 18-19: 2014 Annual SDA QSO Party. Please check www.aarai.org for the latest information.
Please Donate!
T he GC Session sched-uled for July 2015 in
San Antonio will be upon us sooner than it looks!
Do you have any issues that need to be discussed or voted upon at the meeting? By-laws revisions? Net control positions? Club officers?
Due to the expense of attending the GC Session, would you like to see us try voting using a Web service?
Speaking of expenses, we estimate the cost of rep-resenting the AARAI at the
Mark your calendars!
“If our members
get behind us,
we might even
expand to ASI
conventions and
other events!”
BLACK BEAR RAMPAGE (Cont’d from Page 5)
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All-in-all, it was a busy day for the ham volunteers, but there was the satisfaction that we provided a necessary function to assist in the health and safety of the racers, and it had the added benefit of helping us sharpen our communi-cation skills in preparation for a real disaster occurrence. The Greater Collegedale Ad-ventist Radio Club is proud to be able to use their skills, whether in civic programs or during times of disaster. Without communication it is hard to make anything hap-pen in an efficient way, and hams provide that vital link in the safety of their communities.
Terry Haight, KE4YMQ is the Disas-ter Response Coordinator for the GA-Cumberland Conference and a Disas-ter Response advisor for the Southern Union. “We really appreciate the added service that ham radio allows us to offer the Emergency Manage-ment community in the areas of Ten-nessee, Georgia, and North Carolina that we serve. We have assisted in emergency communications for sever-al disasters here in the Southern Un-ion and other areas, and the assis-tance of the Greater Collegedale Adventist Amateur Radio Club (GCAARC) is constantly being sought for all kinds of bike races, triathlons, fairs, air shows, and other events, as well as the emergency work we take
part in.”
—Dee&Bart
Amateur Radio EmComm Tip of the Quarter
1st Quarter 2014…….February 15, 2014
2nd Quarter 2014………...….May 15, 2014
3rd Quarter 2013…….…...August 15, 2014
4th Quarter 2013.…….November 15, 2014
Radiogram
Deadlines
We make exceptions for
important late-breaking
news! —Dee&Bart
Calling All Radio Repairmen! tor is off-frequency enough that I cannot calibrate the frequency read-out. I have to tune about .15 above the frequency on 80m and that doubles on 20m. I can get by with the oscillator the way it is if it would switch to transmit. Be-cause of its age, Kenwood will
not repair it. If anyone in the AARAI organization knows how to fix it, and would be willing to, I would greatly appreciate it. Robert Tapley, NL7ES 2323 E Water St TRLR 48 Tucson, AZ 85719-3447
I have a Kenwood TS-430S that needs repair. The main
problem is that it will not switch to transmit. The dial light and the memory battery both need replacement, and it could also use a new master oscillator. The current oscilla-
Can you repair a 1980s era
Kenwood HF transceiver?
What to do What to do FIRST FIRST in case of an emergencyin case of an emergency 1. Check that you and your family are safe and secure before you respond
as an Emergency Communications volunteer. 2. Check that your property is safe and secure before you respond as an
Emergency Communications volunteer. 3. Monitor your designated local amateur radio FM repeater (or a desig-
nated emergency frequency).
I magine that you have just finished setting up your radio sta-tion, generator, and antenna in a particularly dirty environ-
ment. Or you just had a bite to eat, including a sticky protein candy bar. Your hands are dirty and maybe sticky, but now you need to operate the radio station. You have to take a message. What will the equipment, logbook, and message forms look like after you’ve handled them with your dirty hands? Operators who have worked long hours and many missions will tell you that having moist wipes in your go-kit is as important as having duct tape. Source: Many experienced radio operators.
Moist Wipes: The Duct Tape of Personal Hygiene
Special note from the AARAI newsletter team: DXpedition Participation
SDA Ham Shack Photos
Antenna Construction
Mobile Rig Installations
Award Recipients
Member Moves
Hamfest Stories and Photos
EmComm Column Input
Donations ($) to AARAI
Equipment Donations
Silent Keys
Ham Tips
Traveling Tips
Boating Trips
Pathfinders
Parade Radio Support
Race Radio Support
News from SDA Clubs
Net Check-Ins by Net
Adventist Net News
Disaster Relief Activations
Search & Rescue Missions
List of SDA Clubs & Repeaters
Homebrew & Kit Construction
Upcoming Hamfests Calendar
Assignments & Deployments
So let us hear from you!
W e have a very strong desire to have The
Adventist Radiogram portray a definite international flavor. We are delighted to include pictures and stories from all around the globe. Here are a few suggested topics:
Congratulations to...
Newlyweds
New Hams
Ham Upgrades
Scholarship Recipients
Ham Classes Scheduled
Stories About New Hams
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“Arrival in the
jungles–1963”
Siegfried Neuendorff,
KC6ZZZ
Make Me A Blessing (Cont’d from Page 9) A year later we re-ceived a letter from the Wald family telling us that Karen was walking again and included a $100 check to be used for missionary activities. At a later date, as I went to the American Embassy to cancel my debt for the helicopter, the ambassa-dor recognized my name and informed me with a smile on his face that there were no charges for international medical emergencies. What a blessing that was.
After all this I became radio famous. Whenever I got on the air, ham op-erators asked me, "How did the emergency flight turn out?" "How did you get the patient out of Quillabamba?" "How did you get the money for the
helicopter flight?"
I always asked them, "Well, how did you know about all this? Who told you about it?"
They always respond-ed saying, "We were lis-tening in on our radios all the time and followed the whole process." I won-dered, "Why did they not offer their help when I needed it?" After the hel-icopter event, whenever I made a general call on the 40-meter band, ama-teurs were willing to help in whatever I needed. The incident even helped our rapport in Quillabam-ba as the story surfaced. Wherever I walked through town, more peo-ple greeted me approv-ingly. Many thought that one of our family mem-
bers had been the injured patient.
Siegfried comments:
Evelyn and I originally went as volunteers to the jungles of Peru. After a year, I was accepted as a national worker.
Then after six years of service and finishing my degree in Theology at La Sierra, I became an oversees worker em-ployed by the General Conference.
It was Pastor Bob Sea-mount, who sang with the VOP quartet for years, who became our pilot down there and who in-spired me to become a Radio Amateur. My Pe-ruvian license was OA9Q and I operated a Swan 500CX.
After twenty years of service in Peru we re-turned to the USA.
In the City of Torrance, we became members of the Torrance Radio Assn. of the Police Dept., the Civil Defense Net for approx. 20 years. The photos here, (on the following page,) and many more, can be seen in my book Make me a Blessing: Amazing Adventures along Inca Trails.
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Making Ham Radio Relevant (Cont’d from P. 6)
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As such, our exam sessions are always attended by people we would not otherwise have the chance to meet and get to know. So volunteer to teach a Radio honor class for your local Pathfinder club and look for other ways to make ama-teur radio relevant to our young people. We’re the leaders and it’s up to us. Thomas L. Lopez, KW4TL is an
engineer for the Missile Defense
Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.
He is married to Elena Gaona
Lopez and they have two chil-
dren together. Thom is a grad-
uate of Walla Walla College,
1982, and he currently is pursu-
ing a Master of Science degree
in Welding Engineering at Ohio
State University. Thom and his
family are members of the
Grace Fellowship Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Madison,
Alabama. Thom enjoys run-
ning, mountain biking, and
snowboarding, and he is also a
Certified Flight Instructor.
“...unless more
young people
become involved
in ham radio, the
amateur radio
operators needed
when
emergencies
occur simply will
not be available.”
“Canoe mobility for five year–11 meter dugout”
“Native school girls”
“Dental extractions with Evelyn's assistance”
More photos from Make Me A Blessing
1894 Salem Valley Rd.
Ringgold, GA 30736-4332
Phone 706-965-2425
Fax (same)
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How to Join the AARAI
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Membership in the Adventist Amateur Radio Association International (AARAI) is open to all Adventists interested in amateur radio, and their friends.
We serve a worldwide audience. We meet on the air almost daily (see our website for the current schedules of our radio networks). Everyone interested in amateur radio is invited and welcome to participate!
Our association consists of about 2,300 licensed amateur radio operators. We own and operate several repeater systems in the US (see the AARAI web site). Some of our repeaters have backup power and have a wide range of coverage.
Membership
in AARAI is
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4th Quarter 2013