Sep 7

DEVIL’S BACKBONE LINK Info:

Link for information.   www.w5erx.com

Serving  San Antonio to Austin and all areas in between.

Reflector 9667

444.150+ (pl114.8)  Node 3539
444.450+ (pl114.8)  Node 7149
442.550+ (pl141.3)  Node 7718
147.060+ (pl103.5)  Node 7843 As needed / coming soon.

We have been having a great deal of problems with our IRLP nodes connected to the Dallas Reflector.  As some of you may know, they had a complete hardware failure and seem to still be getting it all sorted out.  Due to the generosity of Mark (K7IZA) we have moved everything over to his reflector on channel 7 (9667).  This is just to let everybody know where to reconnect the repeaters if they happen to use the nodes for other connections.  This is the Micro-Node Reflector on channel 7 (9667).

http://micro-node.com/refmon/

This effects these repeaters:

444.150 Node 3539
442.550 Node 7718
444.450 Node 7149

73 de Wade, W5ERX,
Trustee for the 444.450 Canyon Lake Repeater
Hill Country REACT Team

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Sep 7

Last week Joe Gadus, KD5KTX resigned as the Public Information Coordinator for the South Texas Section. I was sorry to receive this resignation as Joe has done a fantastic job in the Section both as a Public Information Officer and as the Public Information Coordinator.  During his tenure as PIC he pursued the creation of a new position in the section, that of  an Assistant PIC and signed up five excellent PIO’s to fill those slots. With the five assistants in place to help him they, as a team, have grown the South Texas Section list of ACTIVE Public Information Officers to over 21. This is very likely the largest active group of PIO’s in any single section in the league.  

Joe also was one of the very first to be recognized formally by the ARRL as one of three PIO’s of the year last year.  His PR efforts within the section have been everything I could have hoped for in both a PIO and PIC.  I want thank Joe for his time and dedication to the position.

In finding a replacement for the PIC job I found myself with the enviable task of having several very qualified volunteers that have offered their services to the section. It made the decision a tough one as I would have felt comfortable in appointing any of them and knowing they will do a great job. 

Having said that, I would like to announce the appointment of Mike Manshack, AD5OG, as the new Public Information Coordinator for the South Texas Section.  Mike has been active as a PIO and as an Assistant PIC and has done a great job in recruiting new PIO’s,as well as working with the local ARES and Clubs to get media coverage for their events. I feel comfortable that the entire PIO  team will continue to excel while working with Mike.

Please join me in congratulating Mike on his new role.

Lee, W5LHC
STX SM

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