January 2, 2021
Attention Club Leaders and Members:
The next What Hams Do YouTube TV Show will Premiere at 8 PM, Sunday, January 17th. It will focus on Mobile Emergency Communications. The program will help us convince PA House of Representatives members to exempt mobile amateur stations from restrictions in distracted driving legislation. Last year’s attempt (HB-37 introduced by Rep. Rosemarie Brown – Monroe/Pike Counties) failed to get to the Senate floor. It had no ham radio exemption in its original form. A new version will be introduced in 2021 and the PA ARRL leadership team is taking a pro-active stance to make sure the legislation protects our ability to operate in our vehicles, especially as it pertains to Emergency Communications and disaster readiness.
In addition to that segment of the program, the ARRL EPA news section will cover items of importance to all hams, and specifically to those of us in the Eastern PA Section of the ARRL. If you have news items you’d like covered in the news segment of What Hams Do… please forward them by email to jaysilber@arrl.net as soon as possible. The script will be completed by January 8th. Shooting and editing will begin shortly after.
Thanks for your attention,
Jay Silber (WA2UAR)
Public Information Coordinator
ARRL-Eastern Pennsylvania
