DELTA DIVISION UPDATE - February 16, 2012 03:30 CST

Greetings Fellow Delta Division Members!

I hope all of you had a great Valentine's Day and Cupid put HK0NA and any other interesting QSO's in you logs- hi. This is just a short mid-month update with some news shorts, appointment announcements and Hamfest information; hence I will be brief.

We will be having our first monthly Delta Division Cabinet teleconference and our first Delta Division Emcomm focused teleconference in the next few days. I look forward to hearing from all our SM*#039;s, SEC's, Assistant Directors and Advisory Committee members and our LLAP.

Our Delta ARES Net Manager, Richard, NF5B along with our Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators are busily updating our NCS list as we head in to severe weather season. I want to thank Malcolm, W5XX — SM MS - for volunteering to update the list and also Richard, NF5B for providing his guidance and experience to our net. Hurricane season will be here before we know it and our part of the Gulf Coast may be due for a landfall this season.

A new amateur band was allocated this week in Geneva at WRC 12. The band is from 472 to 479 kHz as a secondary allocation to the amateur service. The measure was adopted in Plenary Monday morning. For the complete story go to the ARRL website www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-gets-secondary-mf-allocation-at-wrc-12 . Congrats to the US, ARRL and IARU representatives. Well done!

It is with great pleasure that I announce the following gentlemen have accepted assistant director appointments: In Mississippi, John F. Porter, W4KGD and in Louisiana, Gary Stratton, K5GLS. Congratulations and thank you for accepting the appointments!

UPCOMING HAMFESTS & CONVENTIONS:

02/18/2012 — Arkansas Section Convention
Location: Hoxie, AR
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Lawrence County ARC
Website: www.w5wra.org

03/03/2012 — Russellville Hamfest
Location: Russellville, AR
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Arkansas River Valley Amateur Radio Foundation
Website: www.arvarf.com

03/09/2012 — Louisiana State Convention (52nd Annual Acadiana Hamfest)
Location: Rayne, LA
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Acadiana Amateur Radio Association
Website: www.w5ddl.org/hamfest/
The music and food at this one are fantastic!!

03/17/2012 — Ides of March Hamfest
Location: Union City, TN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Reelfoot Amateur Radio Club
Website: www.reelfootarc.com

03/17/2012 — Middle Tennessee ARS's Hamfest (MTARS)
Location: Tullahoma, TN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Middle Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Website: www.qsl.net/mtars/

03/24/2012 | New Orleans Hamfest
Location: Kenner, LA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Jefferson Amateur Radio Club, Delta DX Association & New Orleans Amateur Radio Club
Website: noarc.info/hamfest.aspx
04/07/2012 | Hanging Judge Hamfest
Location: Fort Smith, AR
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club
Website: www.HangingJudgeHamfest.com
04/14/2012 — Delta Division Convention (Free Fest)
Location: Bartlett, TN
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Mid-South Amateur Radio Association (MARA)
Website: www.maraonline.org

2012 ARRL Contest Calendar

February
13-17    School Club Roundup
18-19    International DX Contest - CW

March
3-4    International DX Contest – Phone

April
15      Rookie Roundup - SSB

June
9-10    June VHF QSO Party
16      Kids Day
23-24    Field Day

Always feel free to contact us anytime:
Director- David A. Norris, K5UZ - k5uz@arrl.org
Vice Director- Glen Clayton, W4BDB - w4bdb@arrl.org

Let's get on the air and have some fun!
Until next time, 73 ES DX!
Dave K5UZ - Delta Division Director
Delta Division Website: www.arrldelta.org

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