New Maryland-DC Section Manager named
ARRL Field and Educational Services Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, has announced the appointment
of Jim Cross, WI3N, of Laurel, Maryland, to succeed Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, as ARRL Maryland-DC
Section Manager. Abernethy was elected ARRL Atlantic Division Vice Director in November. Both
Abernethy and Cross will assume their new offices January 1. Patton consulted with outgoing ARRL
Atlantic Division Director Bernie Fuller, N3EFN, and incoming Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, in making the
appointment. Cross, who's been serving as the Maryland-DC Section Emergency Coordinator, will
complete the remainder of Abernethy's term as SM, which ends in July 2007. A member and a past
president of the Laurel Amateur Radio Club, Cross has served as Prince Georges County ARES
Emergency Coordinator and RACES Radio Officer.
Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, named QEX Managing Editor
Long-time ARRL HQ staffer Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, is the new managing editor of QEX, the ARRL's
magazine for communications experimenters.
K1JT to headline SVHFS gathering
Nobel laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, will be the guest speaker for the 10th annual Southeastern VHF
Society (SVHFS) Technical Conference April 28-29 at the Embassy Suites Convention Center in
Greenville, South Carolina. Taylor shared the Nobel prize in astrophysics and authored the WSJT
weak-signal communication program. The April event also will feature a flea market night, banquet,
pre-amp noise figure testing, antenna range and technical paper presentation. A field trip to the
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) in North Carolina will follow the conference on
Sunday, April 30. The deadline to submit papers and presentations is March 3. All submissions
should be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. For additional information, visit the
SVHFS Web site.
CSVHFS issues call for papers for 40th anniversary conference
The Central States VHF Society (CSVHFS) is soliciting papers, presentations and poster displays
for its 40th anniversary conference this summer. The conference takes place Thursday through
Saturday, July 27-29, at the Thunderbird Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota--across from the
Mall of America. Topics may include all aspects of weak-signal VHF, UHF and microwave Amateur
Radio, and you do not have to attend the conference or present your paper to have it published in
the Proceedings. Possible presentation topics include, but are not limited to, antennas (modeling,
design, arrays, control), equipment construction, propagation, test gear, regulatory issues, operating,
digital signal processing and software-defined radio. The submission deadline for inclusion in the
Proceedings is May 1. Presentations for delivery at the conference are due July 3. Bring posters for
display with you to the conference. For more information, visit the CSVHFS 2006 conference Web
page or contact Technical Program Chairman Jon Platt, W0ZQ, or Proceedings Chairman Donn
Baker WA2VOI/0.
Free Wi-Fi in Phoenix
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is now offering free wirelss Internet service. Customers with
wireless-enabled devices can connect free of charge on both sides of security, in retail areas and near the gates of the airport.
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