Gwinnett ARES Leadership

Emergency Coordinator

Hal Collier, W4IGE

AEC – Training
David Adcock – KA4KKF

AEC – Public Health
Mark Bell, N7GRB

AEC – Communications

Kyle Albritton, W4KDA

AEC – Membership / Business & Administration
Nick Doemland, AB4CQ

Nets and Skywarn Manager

Kevin Highsmith KK4WOG

Public Information Officer

Karen Whited AB4NW

Mobile Communications Vehicle Manager

John Davis, WB4QDX

EOC Radio Room Manager

Earl Whatley, AF4FG

ARRL News

New Summer EURAO Party to Premier FT4

HAL Communications Cofounder, President Bill Henry, K9GWT, SK

A cofounder and later president of HAL Communications, George W. “Bill” Henry, Jr., of Monticello, Illinois, died on July 17. An ARRL Life Member, he was 78. HAL Communications formally got its start in 1972 among hams and graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana, but the company’s history goes back a few […]

EME SSTV Lunar Landing Commemorative Event Set

Moonbounce enthusiasts are invited to take part in a commemorative Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) slow-scan television (SSTV) party on 23 centimeters, marking the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing. The event gets under way at 2300 UTC on Saturday, July 20, at PI9CAM in the Netherlands. “We will start to transmit several lunar landing-related images on 1296.110 […]

Scouts Attending World Scout Jamboree Set to Talk with Space Station via Ham Radio

Thousands of Scouts from some 160 countries who will attend the 24th World Scout Jamboree this summer in West Virginia will have the chance to witness an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact during their stay. The theme of the World Scout Jamboree, which opens on Monday, July 22, is "Unlock a […]