Annual Treasurer’s Report AARAI Annual Treasurer’s Report, 2013

The year started with $5405.52 ($812.20 in the checking account and $4593.32 in the savings account). We had deposits of $423.54, and $1347.54 in expenses. Expenses in-clude $875 for our booth at the 2015 General Confer-ence session and $472.54 in other expenses. The rest of the expenses went to-ward mailing and printing the newsletter, as well as for checks.

The year ended with 4481.66 ($387.90 in check-ing and $4093.76 in sav-ings), or $923.86 less than we started with. A detailed financial report is available upon request. – Millie Caggiano, KA1UFD

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Thoughts on the Treasurer’s Report and

Related Issues – by Jim Hoffer, KW8T, president

I am very proud to be a part of this wonderful or-ganization. God has truly blessed us, and I feel as never before that what we are doing constitutes a min-istry in every sense of the word. Good Christian fel-lowship, community ser-vice, disaster response, youth ministry—the list could go on. As we consider Millie’s financial report, I am moved to praise God for those who have sacrificed through the years to make our association viable and vibrant. Quite a bit of our reserve money is from

Millie Caggiano / KA1UFD

O nce again, we have re-ceived great stories and

articles submitted by mem-bers of the Association. This newsletter is written by and for the membership. Please consider contributing your

stories and anecdotes. Each author receives an AARAI Author Award. This edition’s awardees are: News from Chile by

Alberto Foppiano, CE5BQD

Fix Your Eyes upon Jesus in This New Year, and Be Blessed by Norman R. Gulley, Ph.D. , N4NLI

Radio WAQA by

Carroll Ledbetter, WB4V

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Treasurer’s

Report

1

News from Chile 2

SDA QSO Party 3

Author Award 3

Devotional 4

EmComm Tips 5

A QSL Card

Comes ‘Home’

6

Silent Key

Bob WN4Q

7

Mail Call 9

Radio WAQA 10

DC Eyeball QSO 12

Amazing

Discoveries

13

Upcoming

Events

13

Personal

Emergency Kit

14

AARAI Net

Schedule

15

AARAI Members Awarded for Their Radiogram Articles!

A D V E N T I S T A M A T E U R

R A D I O A S S O C I A T I O N

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

The Adventist RADIOGRAMRADIOGRAM

N E W S L E T T E R 1 S T Q T R 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 4 4 , I S S U E I

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

News from Chile

FIX YOUR EYES

UPON JESUS

A QSL Card Comes

‘Home’

Amazing Discoveries

Radio WAQA those past years when we charged dues for member-ship, and we are indebted to faithful ones from those times. The executive officers are discussing our annual budget plan to match our financial goals with our vision for the AARAI. Part of our vision is to as-sist with outreach events to bring in more members and introduce more hams to Adventism, and vice-versa. We solicit your ideas! One of our brainstorm-ing ideas is to prepare an outreach package that can be used at large or national hamfests to provide out-reach for both the AARAI and the church. This pack-age could include a banner, pamphlets, business cards, church materials, and me-mentos. The package would be mailed to a local AARAI representative near a major hamfest or related

(Continued on page 11)

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News from Chile It might be of inter-est to the AARAI to know that thanks to a pact between the Uni-versity of Concepción (UdeC) and Chile Ad-ventist University (UNACH), we have installed a vertical inci-dence HF radar antenna (ionosonde) on our campus, and we are making observations of electronic ionospheric concentrations every 15 minutes since last year.

A few months ago, there was an official inauguration ceremony for this project (see photo below). I wish to convey the best of blessings for the entire community of Adventist radio ama-teurs, and greet you with affection.

—Alberto, CE5BQD

T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M 1st Quarter 2014

[Translated from Spanish by Jim Hoffer, KW8T]

Dear Jim:

T hanks so much for sending me the recent

newsletter. It caused us to remember those AARA newsletters we used to re-ceive by regular mail over the course of several years. It was also delightful to visit the AARAI website, and among other things see instructions on how to construct a radio, as pub-lished in a Youth’s Instruc-tor on January 30, 1923.

By Alberto Foppiano,

CE5BQD

Photo: From left to right: Dr. Ramón Pérez, UNACH academic vice director; Dr. Ramón Gelabert,

UNACH director of research; myself; Professor Carlos Villalobos, in charge of the ionosonde for

UNACH; Dr. Elías Ovalle, in charge of the ionosonde for UdeC; Dr. Bernabé Rivas,

research and development director for UdeC; and Professor Hanz Alban, dean of the faculty

of engineering and business of UNACH.

“...we have installed

a vertical incidence

HF radar antenna

(ionosonde) on our

campus.”

SDA QSO Party a Fun Event!

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A Great Time!

I f you missed this year’s SDA QSO Party, you missed a fun event!

This was Bart N3GQ’s first SDA QSO Party, and although he didn’t spend but the last hour on it, he reports it was great fun. “I was able to squeeze into the last hour of the SDA QSO Party today. Although I only made 4 contacts on 15 and 20 meters, it was great to hear all the SDA radio amateurs on the bands. It was nice to engage in polite

and cheerful QSOs. Eric KL3DO in Fairbanks, Alaska came in boom-ing. Didn’t hear any Adventists on 7270 and 3970 because two long-winded rag-chewers were hogging both frequencies. I was surprised to hear a few calls on 10 meters, but no one heard me because I inadvertently hit the “split” button on my transceiver!” Dick W8FEM enjoyed the party and reports that band conditions at his QTH during this year's party were not as poor as they were during the 2013 party, but

were not as good as he had hoped they would be. Jim KW8T re-ports “it was really a fun con-test, and I was able to talk several times with Ramón in Cuba, and Castro, our vice president. I made 35 contacts alto-gether, and I know some made even more, especially VE7DSE in British Columbia.”

Each Radiogram

author receives

an

AARAI Author

Award.

By Dick W8FEM, Bart N3GQ, Jim KW8T, et al

Special request from the AARAI newsletter team: DXpedition Participation

SDA Ham Shack Photos

Antenna Construction

Mobile Rig Installations

Award Recipients

Member Moves

Hamfest Stories and Photos

EmComm Column Input

Conversion Stories

Equipment Donations

Silent Keys

Ham Tips

Traveling Tips

Boating Trips

Pathfinders

Parade Radio Support

Race Radio Support

News from SDA Clubs

Net Check-Ins by Net

Adventist Net News

Disaster Relief Activations

Search & Rescue Missions

List of SDA Clubs & Repeaters

Homebrew & Kit Construction

Upcoming Hamfests Calendar

Assignments & Deployments

How You Became a Ham

So please let us hear from you!

W e have a very strong desire to have The Adventist Radio-

gram portray a definite international flavor. We are delighted to include pictures and stories from all around the globe. Here are a few suggested topics:

Congratulations to...

Newlyweds

New Hams

Ham Upgrades

Scholarship Recipients

Ham Classes Scheduled

Stories About New Hams

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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

D esire of Ages tells us (63 f): “The

Son of God, heaven’s glorious Commander, was touched with pity for the fallen race. His heart was moved with infinite compassion as the woes of the lost world rose up before Him… None but Christ could redeem fallen man... Christ would take upon Himself the guilt and shame of sin—sin so offensive to a holy God that it must sep-arate the Father and the Son. Christ would reach to the depths of misery to res-cue the ruined race. Be-fore the Father He pleaded in the sinner’s behalf, while the host of heaven awaited the re-sult with an intensity of interest that words can-not express. Long con-tinued was that mysteri-ous communing…it was a struggle even with the King of the universe, to yield up His Son to die for the guilty race… Oh the mystery of redemp-tion! The love of God for a world that did not love Him. Who can know the depths of that love which ‘passeth knowledge’? Through endless ages immortal minds, seeking to com-

prehend the mystery of that incomprehensible love, will wonder and adore.”

Let us, with sanctified imagination, attempt to take in part of this sce-ne. Angels gathered in hushed silence. How could Christ leave the glories of heaven and enter the battleground of Satan? They heard He would come at the risk of failure and eternal loss. He would live on earth as man, not as God. He would moment by moment be utterly dependent upon the oth-er two Persons of the Trinity. This would be a brand new experi-ence. One sin would cause His failure and the failure of salvation’s plan. What pres-sure! No wonder He

would spend many nights in prayer.

Then the moment of de-parture came. The angels pressed clos-er. The Father and Spirit hugged Christ and held Him close in a long, loving, emotional embrace, as if not wanting to let Him go. It was painful, agonizingly painful, and tears flowed. This was their first separation in eternity. Then Christ and the Spirit left Heaven, and left the wondering an-gels deep in thought. How could the om-

nipresent and all power-ful Christ who was standing in their midst just moments ago now be a speck in Mary on planet-earth? It hap-pened so fast. They would miss Christ so much. He would be gone from heaven for more than 33 years. He would never be the same. He, the Creator of billions or trillions of worlds, had become a part of crea-tion. He was now the God-Man, the only one to bridge the chasm caused by sin, reaching from heaven to earth so that we can all go home, and forever become more like Him, identical in character and love.

By Norman R. Gulley, Ph.D., N4NLI

FIX YOUR EYES UPON JESUS IN THIS NEW YEAR, AND BE BLESSED

“How could Christ

leave the glories of

heaven and enter

the battleground of

Satan?”

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—The Desires of Ages

by E. G. White, p. 63

FIX YOUR EYES UPON JESUS IN THIS NEW YEAR, AND BE BLESSED (Cont’d)

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 4 , I S S U E I

May thoughts of Christ's love for us bring us deepening joy in this new year.

Blessings,

Norman, N4NLI

Norman R. Gulley, Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Research Pro-fessor in Systematic The-ology, Southern Advent-

ist University. He just completed a four-volume theological system, pub-lished by An-drews University Press.

Leona and Norman Gulley

Amateur Radio EmComm Tips for the Quarter

You may be the first amateur radio operator available during an emergency. This would make you the Net Control operator, even if only for a short period of time. To help prepare yourself for this possibility, you should try running a local net at least once. Your local emergency communications team will be happy to give you that opportunity, and will give you all the assistance you need. Running an SDA net can also help (see Page 15).

Your field radio may do something unexpected. You may need to use one of its special features. Your relief operator may not be familiar with how it works. There are dozens of reasons for keeping a copy of your field transceiver’s operating manual nearby, preferably in a waterproof wrapper. Source: Paraphrased from the ARRL ARECC Level I course book

Tip № 1: Try Running a Net

Tip № 2: Keep a Copy of the Operating Manual with your Field Transceiver

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By Jim Hoffer, KW8T

A QSL Card Comes “Home” K3LJP on QRZ.com, and found “the end of the story.” A few years ago, AARAI obtained our founder’s call sign for the Association. And so the card was prompt-ly mailed to me, and will be kept in an hon-ored place and passed along to future AARAI presidents. There is a bit more to the story. A couple of years after Ed passed away, our 75 meter net manager, Fred Uber, WA3HQZ, secretly ob-tained K3LJP as a vani-ty call sign, intending to surprise us all one even-ing on the net. The new call sign arrived while he was ill in the hospi-tal, and he never lived to use it. When my wife and I went to Pennsyl-vania for Fred’s funeral, we discovered this bit of

T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

Recently I was con-tacted by a ham in Memphis, Tennessee, Glen Ellis, KK4LPG (formerly K4KKQ). It seems he was cleaning out an old drawer and discovered a QSL card that had never been mailed—to K3LJP, Ed Peterson, our AARAI founder. Dated Sep-tember 10, 1961, for a contact on 75 meters made from Norfolk, Virginia, it had lain in that drawer for over 50 years, forgotten. The year 1961 is es-pecially significant for us, because that is more or less the year that the whole AARAI thing got started. You can look up some of that original documentation in the Archive section of our Web site. So Glen looked up

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Time to get your

QSL cards printed! news, and then made ar-rangements to have the call sign for AARAI. This in-volved a copy of his death certificate for the FCC, and a letter from the widow releasing claim to the call sign. Because normally call signs are not reissued for a couple of years after someone passes away. There is an interesting comment near the bottom of the QSL card: “Tnx fer call. Your visitors really modulated your rig vy fb! Look forward to hearing agn.” That was just like Ed Peterson, always eager to introduce his visitors to ham radio. That sounds like an in-teresting and important thing to do—introduce oth-ers to our wonderful hobby. —Jim KW8T

again find a new church, one that di-

vided the Word of God rightly, as in 2

Tim. 2:15.

Later on Bob was invited to go on a

30-day mission trip to China with a

retired SDA missionary couple and 23

others. He visited the China SDA head-

quarters in Hong Kong and many

churches and missions. He was very

moved by the numerous miracles he

witnessed first-hand while working

with the Seventh-day Adventists in

outreach to lost people in China.

Bob always had a relationship with

the Lord from childhood and wanted to

know and follow God.

When Bob got remarried to Gwen,

a Seventh-day Adventist, he started

attending the Statesboro, Georgia, Sev-

enth-day Adventist Church. As he wor-

shiped and studied the great themes of

God’s Word including the Sabbath, he

came to the same conclusion that over

18 million others have.

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by Pastor Stephen Murdock

B ob was baptized as a baby into

the Catholic Church. He at-

tended eight grades of Catholic school

taught by nuns. He was an altar boy in

the sixth through eighth grades, and

attained the rank of master altar boy.

During a one-year tour of duty with

the US Air Force in

Labrador, 1957-

1958, Bob was ap-

pointed Squadron

Catholic Spiritual

Leader, as no chap-

lains were availa-

ble.

Later on Bob

had issues with the

Catholic Church

because he had got-

ten a divorce and

didn’t have a proper

annulment permis-

sion from the

church. Because of

this and several

other Catholic be-

liefs that don’t

match the Bible,

Bob decided to

leave that church.

He joined a

Southern Baptist

Church in the

1980s by immersion, and was appoint-

ed Sunday school teacher (adult men’s

class), Sunday School director, and

was ordained a deacon.

He began lay preaching in the

1990s, and was ordained as a minister

in 1999. He also functioned as a supply

preacher and interim pastor for multi-

ple churches of various denominations.

I believe Bob said that the Baptists

couldn’t give him a church of his own

because he had been married more than

once. They told him an elder was sup-

posed to be the husband of one wife.

Bob started thinking he needed to once

The

following

is a quote

from one

of Bob’s

emails.

On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:34 AM, he

wrote:

I am ready to meet with you again

about joining with you to serve the

Lord. Having spo-

ken in all four of

your charges, I see

and feel the need and

above all, I hear

God's call. Gwen

and I are discussing

it and have no reser-

vations. We are

praying about it and

we covet your and

Dolenda’s prayers. I

ask for the wisdom to

do God’s will for my

life.

Your brother in

Christ,

Bob

Bob told me,

“Stephen, no one on

the planet is follow-

ing the Lord as

closely as the Sev-

enth-day Adventists

are and I want to be

one.” On June 4,

2011, Bob became a Seventh-day Ad-

ventist.

Another one of Bob’s quotes:

What led me to join the Seventh-day

Adventist Church? Jesus, through His

Word (The Bible) and by the witness of

church members, especially my wife.

No one ever asked me or suggested I

join. Their Christian actions were the

best witness. Jesus encouraged me to

follow His Word to be with a church

that focused on His Word and prac-

ticed what it preached.

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ROBERT N. HERZ, WN4Q of Georgia, SK

Robert N. Herz, WN4Q, (Right) receiving his Profession of

Faith Certificate on June 4, 2011 from Pastor Murdock

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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

Dolenda and Stephen

Murdock

ROBERT N. HERZ, WN4Q of Georgia, SK (Cont’d)

Sometimes other lan-

guages say things better than

English. In English we say a

biography is a description of

a personal history. In Ger-

man the word is “lebenlauf;”

literally translated it means

“walk through life.”

When I first met Bob

Herz, I thought, Wow, what a

great Adventist he would

make. You see he was a soft-

spoken, thoughtful Christian

man. I had met him several

times at church but things

took on a different light when

Dolenda and I went to visit

Bob and Gwen one Sabbath

afternoon. I couldn’t believe

it, we stayed almost to mid-

night, we hit it off so well.

During that evening one

thing stood out that Bob had

told me. It was the stories

about his trip with an Ad-

ventist group to China. It was

a short time after that when I

asked Bob to share his China

story at church one Sabbath

and he did. After he became a

member and understood our

beliefs he preached for me

some Sabbaths at both of my

churches, the mission group,

(Continued from page 7) and an outreach project at an

assisted living complex. From

time to time, Bob would call

and we would have lunch to-

gether at one of his favorite

restaurants. Bob had set up

ham radio emergency pro-

grams at some of the area hos-

pitals but I don’t know many

of the details, only that he al-

ways seemed involved.

At a memorial service for

Bob all of his ham buddies

showed up. During that service

I mentioned the fact of Bob

deciding to become a Seventh-

day Adventist. An emotional

moment came during the pro-

gram when one of the ham

operators gave a talk about his

personal friendship with Bob,

and then he got us all when he

ended with this: “And now as I

close my comments I want to

make the call one more time to

my friend Bob Herz.” Then he

said, “This is (and he rattled

off his name and call sign) to

WN4Q, signing off for the last

time. . . .”

Bob didn’t end his walk

with the Lord by joining the

Statesboro Seventh-day Ad-

ventist Church—he con-

tinued to serve God as a

member. He preached at

the Statesboro and Dublin

Seventh-day Adventist

churches, the Vidalia

Seventh-day Adventist

mission group, outreach

Sabbath programs at an

area senior center, and

became assistant treasurer

and head tech of the au-

dio-visual system. Bob

had a heart attack and

died January 30, 2013.

We’ll miss his contribution and

willingness to serve, and his

friendship.

Stephen writes: “After

spending 31 years in commer-

cial/industrial sheet metal con-

struction, I began full-time lay

ministry in 1999 by attending

Black Hills College of Evange-

lism, completing the 3-month

Evangelism course. My con-

version and walk with the Lord

had begun in 1990. After re-

sponding to a ‘Something Won-

derful for You’ card, I joined

the Seventh-day Adventist

church in 1995 where I met

Dolenda. We have been in

joint ministry since that time

starting in the Georgia-

Cumberland Conference doing

Bible work with the Magabook

team for three summers. In the

fall of 2001 we transferred to

the Gulf States Conference for

three years. I served as lay pas-

tor of one church and as inter-

im pastor at another. In 2004,

we took a call back to Georgia-

Cumberland and pastoral du-

ties. I was ordained in 2009.

For 20 years, I’ve been search-

ing God’s Word and sharing.

“For most of my life, I have

been an avid hunter and fisher-

man, having many trophies

mounted to testify of my skills.

These were all left behind when

we sold our home to be mobile

for the Lord. But now I have

other trophies that I can take to

the kingdom of heaven with me.

We are currently working to

extend the ‘family of God’ in

Statesboro, Dublin, and Vi-

dalia, Georgia.”

Stephen was baptized in

1995 by Jim Hoffer, KW8T, and

Jim also united Stephen and

Dolenda in marriage at a

lovely Sabbath evening vesper

service.

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“...no one on the planet

is following the Lord as

closely as the Seventh-

day Adventists are and I

want to be one.”

ed. Not to be trite, but it might be a "stream of light encircling the globe." It is nicely done. Terry Haight's article piqued in-terest regarding community ser-vice. I see amateur radio as a unique way to provide public ser-vice. Our small team of 18 REACT volunteers donated 2500 hours of public service across 45 events in 2013. Terry and I have quite a bit in common. I'm al-ways looking for "best practices." Incidentally, it was my privilege to spend 3.5 weeks in the FEMA warehouse for ACSDR in De-cember 2012. Joe Watts set up the warehouse and the rest of us ran it for the following month. My forklift skills ac-quired in college, came back to life quickly. While we did not use amateur radio, a volunteer from New Mexico was a

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Kudos to AARAI

January 14, 2014 James, I just want to thank you for the terrific job you are doing with your leadership of our Adventist ham society! I enjoy the newsletters very much. They inspire me to get back on the air! All the best, Charles, W5OUV (Charles V. Bell, Ph.D., P.E., is vice president emeritus of Pacific Union College in Angwin, Cali-fornia.)

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Kudos, REACT, & ACSDR

January 26, 2014 Hi Jim, Wow, what a nice Adventist Ra-dio Gram you folk have creat-

Mail Call ham. From the office, he pur-chased a half dozen FRS radi-os. The warehouse manager (pastor) Ramon Merle upgraded by purchasing Motorola FRS with earbuds. That enabled him and me to converse while operat-ing the forklifts. We made a very efficient team, unloading a truck-load of 22 pallets in 20 minutes. Thanks and 73, Russ Dunn N7SMA President Valley Wide REACT Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/valleywidereact http://www.vwreact.org 208 697-3133 cell "Public Service Through Volunteer Radio Communication"

We had a Sabbath gathering of some of the SDA hams attending this year’s Orlando Hamcation in Florida. Left to right: Relious Walden, WD6FEN; Fred Freeman, WB2ICE; Jon Robertson, KD4IBD; Paul Seifert, KA6UHV; Jim Hoffer, KW8T; Melvin Liwag, KF4PN; Jim Krause, WB4ZRJ; Eric Doran, N2FEG

Orlando HamcationOrlando HamcationOrlando Hamcation

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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

“Praise be to

the Lord, we

do have some

coming to

church now,

having heard

the message

on the radio.“

RADIO WAQA WB4V—the old Tarheel

himself reporting—

There are several of our hams who use their radio skills in ministry with commercial Christian broadcasting. I asked my friend Carroll Ledbetter, WB4V, to share with us concerning his setup, and the following is what he sent. –Jim KW8T Providing music and message to the area sur-rounding Morganton and Blue Ridge, Georgia, WAQA-LPFM has been on the air for about 11 years. In 2012, I was asked to be the president of the station and to up-

date it and renew our li-cense, which we have

done and now are re-modeling our station to in-clude a pro-duction room. We have used the new room once as a re-cording stu-dio for our Pathfinders. They pro-duced a CD of scripture songs which has been made available for all Pathfinder clubs as an easy way to learn their scrip-tures. We know people are lis-tening and enjoying WAQA, and should weather or some other rea-son kick off the station we are quick to receive a call letting us know. Praise be to the Lord, we do have some coming to church now, having heard the

message on the radio. We do pray that we may con-tinue to be a blessing to this area. We are always interested in things that we may do to enhance our pro-grams and transmission. We would be interested in hearing from you. Radio WAQA 527 Forge Mill Rd. Morganton, Ga. 30560 Carroll Ledbetter, WB4V

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Pathfinder Camporee ($500). These activities help us grow. 2. Those few folks who do not have email access have been asked to contribute $15 per year for a mailed-out, printed newsletter, and several members have responded. 3. Every one of our officers and helpers is a volunteer. No one at any time is compensated for his or her services. Occasionally, an officer may receive some supplemental gas money to help attend an important event. Now to address an important question: What is AARAI doing about a possible official nonprofit status, that allows us to issue charita-ble tax receipts? Follow me as I at-tempt to answer this: 1. I truly believe we are qualified to be considered a nonprofit in every way, but we would need to rewrite our constitution to emphasize our community service basis. 2. We initially applied for non-profit status six years ago, and based on the copy of the constitution and other paperwork we submitted, the IRS only awarded us a 501c(7), which classifies us as a tax-exempt club for purchases, but does not al-low us to issue receipts for charita-ble donations. 3. We could reapply, but the pa-perwork has become more compli-cated. We do have an attorney who

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conference. We estimate each package would cost $450 plus post-age. During the 2014 calendar year, our target is to ship out 12 packages for a total fundraising goal of $6,000. Another idea is to set up a booth at church events to introduce ham radio to church members. A similar package would be sent to a local AARAI representative to assist with this outreach effort. Here are my thoughts, and I hope you agree: 1. 2013 was not in any way a nor-mal year. We had heavy expenses due to contacting people to get their current email addresses either by mail ($200) or telephone, and setting up a newsletter bulk emailing ser-vice ($25), to mention a few. During the period between 2004-2013, when no newsletter was published, we lost many email addresses and many were no longer current. We tried a small classified ad in QST for a few months. And we also had a deadline to make our reservation and booth fee ($875) for the 2015 GC session in San Antonio. I want to reiterate that our attendance at such events is a very important way to keep our ministry before our people, and has been our custom for many, many years. We are also going to be at Oshkosh this coming summer for the

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is graciously willing to process the paperwork for us pro bono, but here are the issues: First, we would have to incorporate. If we choose Geor-gia, for example, the filing fee is $100. Once that is accomplished, there is a non-refundable filing fee with the IRS of $850, and there is no guarantee that we will get the covet-ed 501c(3) status. Would it be wise stewardship to risk one-fifth of our money to pursue this? And if it were to be granted, the treasurer is bur-dened with heavy annual paperwork to keep such status. 4. That classification would help only American donors, but we are an international organization. 5. My next thought is about moti-vation. What causes people to give? Do we really need to worry about declaring this on our Schedule A tax form? Only about 1/20th of Advent-ists live in the U.S. What about all the faithful givers in other countries who tithe and donate to their church, expecting nothing in return, certainly not relief on their taxes? Isn’t it bet-ter to give because we believe in what we are doing? We would appreciate hearing from you, the membership, regard-ing these issues and would continue to encourage you to support this wonderful work with your participa-tion in our activities and with your generous gifts.

—Jim KW8T

Treasurer’s Report

Booth Banner design by Jim KW8T

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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

It was a cold

day in DC, but

the food was

good and the

company was

great!

Eyeball QSO in Washington, DC

1st Quarter 2014

FEMA headquarters in its Integrated Public Alert & Warning System Division. Pictured left to right are Jim Hoffer, KW8T, AARAI president; Curt (Bart) Bartholomew, N3GQ; Dee Bartholomew, K3KAT (can you guess her favorite pet?); and Vera Hoffer. Submitted by Jim Hoffer; photography by Tammy Hoffer.

The Hoffers and the Bartholomews met for lunch in downtown Washington, DC on Friday, December 27, 2013. This is the first “eyeball QSO” for them, though Bart and Dee have been the edi-tors of our Adventist Radiogram since last summer. The Hoffers travel north to Maryland on occasion to visit family. Bart works for the FCC nearby as its senior emergency and continuity manag-er, and Dee works not far away at

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understand—one lecture at a time. Veith’s several series pro-vide a detailed roadmap that takes one on a lengthy journey of explanations regarding the many mysteries of the Bible, the events that surround them, and related theologies. Much of what he pre-sents is not taught in current churches of any denomination, or it has been long forgotten. The several series include lec-tures about Biblical evidence, in plain English, and they include proof that Jesus is the Messiah,

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I have been asked what finally brought me to the Adventist church after decades of igno-rance. The most important piece of the puzzle was provided by a series of lectures by Pastor Walter Veith, Ph.D. These lectures provide, in layman’s terms, all the mountains of evi-dence available, and he encour-ages his audiences to draw their own conclusions. The amount of information pro-vided is truly enormous and takes many months to absorb and

the life and ministry of Christ, the sanctuary, and the plan of salva-tion. The lectures and sermons are all free at the following links: http://amazingdiscoveries.tv/c/2/Total_Onslaught_-_English/ http://amazingdiscoveries.tv/vod/ —Bart N3GQ

Amazing Discoveries

Upcoming Events Mark your calendars!

WB4LAI, for arranging this. The church is located at 456 W. Spring Valley Pike, Dayton, Ohio 45458. Look for the AARAI table on Friday and Sunday in the flea market, space FW 1143. Also, listen for us during that weekend on the Kettering repeater, 145.110, PL 67 Hz. —Jim Hoffer, KW8T

July 17-19: ARRL Centennial at Hartford, Connecticut, USA. See www.arrl.org/centennial

May 16-18: 2014 Hamvention at Dayton, Ohio, USA. See www.hamvention.org for the latest infor-mation. Are you attending the Dayton Hamvention this year?

Plan to join us on Sabbath, May 17, at the Centerville SDA Church, as we merge with their potluck and have a spe-cial time of fellowship together. Many thanks to Bill White,

Current AARAI Officers EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:

President: Jim Hoffer, KW8T kw8tjim@catt.com Home/Cell: 706-301-8897

Vice President: Castro Mercalina, PJ2CFM c.f.mercalina@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer: Millie Caggiano, KA1UFD hamdad2@comcast.net

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES:

EmComm Advisor & AR Editor: Curt Bartholomew, N3GQ n3gq@arrl.net

Assistant Editor, Radiogram: Dee Bartholomew, K3KAT deecurt@verizon.net

Net Director: Don Starkey, K7NHR donstar1930@earthlink.net

Webmaster: Tom Turk, KM4VI km4vi@arrl.net QSO Party Director: Dick Sowler, W8FEM rsowler@yahoo.com Don F. Neufeld Award Director: Keith L. Drieberg, Ph.D., K2KLD drieberg@gmail.com Facebook Content Manager. Melvin Liwag, KF4PN KF4PN@yahoo.com

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Personal Emergency Kit

C onsider having some of the following

articles available to you while away from home:

• Three-day supply of medicines. While every-thing else on this list is based on the short term, we recommend a three-day supply of medications just in case you cannot make it home and end up staying at a friend's house or a hotel. Ask your physician or phar-macist about storing pre-scription medications. Be sure they are stored to meet instructions on the label and be mindful of expiration dates. It would also be a good idea to have the name of the pharmaceutical writ-ten down inside your kit just in case you cannot remember the exact name or you need medical care.

• Small tote bag, fanny pack, backpack, soft-sided briefcase to hold the contents of your kit. It is recommended that you not use plastic bags or card-board boxes to hold your emergency supplies since these can break open if dropped.

• Water. Prepackaged emergency water with 2-5 year shelf-life. One to two quarts per person should be sufficient, since the antici-pated event duration will be hours, not days. However,

since you have no idea how long your return trip home could be, this may not be enough during the summer months. Another thing to remember is not to

throw away the empty con-tainers on the way home. You may need to refill

them. If you are considering prepackaged water in pouches or boxes, be sure to protect them. These packag-es can leak if not stored properly.

• Non-perishable, foil-wrapped food, such as snack or high protein bars, that are light and easy to carry. You can also buy prepackaged bars with a 5-year shelf life. These bars are high in calories and do not promote thirst. Use plastic bags or containers to help reduce the risk of ro-dent and insect intrusion.

• Small battery-operated, hand-cranked, or solar ra-dio. You may need to walk and not have any way of getting up-to-date infor-mation.

• Small flashlight. • Extra batteries for your radio and flash-light. If possible, buy a ra-dio and flashlight that use the same size batteries so you only have to buy one size and can use them interchangeably.

• Light/glow sticks (2) to pin to your clothes or carry in case you have to walk in the dark.

• Small pocket knife or multi-tool. While you may not know how to use all the tools, it's a good bet some-one else will in an emergen-cy.

• Personal toiletries, including toothbrush, non-water hand cleaner, eye drops, etc.

• Comfortable clothes, sturdy shoes, socks and hat for the season in case you have to walk. Other recommended items:

• N95 paper masks (2). These masks are small,

light weight and inexpen-sive. They provide limited protection from dust.

• A pair of vinyl latex gloves. • A pen and small note/phone book with the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of your fami-ly, friends and neighbors. While many people carry cell phones and electronic note pads, a hard copy back-up never hurts and can take a lot of abuse.

• Emergency rain poncho. • Emergency blanket. • Small First Aid kit. • Area map. • Cash. $50-$150 in small denominations to buy food and gas in case you are unable to use your credit or debit cards. Keep this on your person, not in your kit.

• Additional supplies, as you deem neces-sary. FAMILY COMMUNICATION PLAN? Access PDF versions of this information and other docu-ments at www.ready.gov.

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“With a little

planning, common

sense, and

preparedness, you

can be better

equipped to

handle

the unexpected.”

A timely tip for you!

AARAI NET SCHEDULE

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“Please let us

know if you can

serve as a net

control operator

and/or an

assistant net

control operator!

Please contact

the

corresponding

net manager (we

can provide the

contact

information). And

if you know of

any other SDA

nets that are not

listed, please let

us know.”

– Jim KW8T

Day Local Time Freq. Net Manager

Worldwide Nets

Sunday 9 am ET 7.270 KW8T Jim Hoffer

Sunday 10:30 am ET/7:30 am PT 3.955 KA7MIF Edith Litvin (NAARA)

Sunday 11 am ET / 8 am PT 14.328 K7NHR Don Starkey

Sunday 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT 21.405 VE7DSE Bob Janzen

M-W-F 1 pm ET / 10 am PT 14.328 VE7DSE Bob Janzen

Su-M-Tu-W-Th 8:30 pm ET 3.973 KW8T Jim Hoffer

Bible Study Nets

Daily-East 5:30 am ET 3.980 AB4HL Nels Angelin

Daily-Midwest 6:00 am MT 3.997 VE7POH Terry Waitt

Daily-West 5:30 am PT 3.975 KA6ENC Harold Keniston

Local Club Nets

Thursday 7:00 pm ET 147.000 Collegdale, TN, USA (GCARC)

Echolink Nets

Thursday 8:45 PT NA7AM-L/870113 Fountainview Academy, BC, CAN

P lease check into one of the many Adventist nets on HF. Let us know if you would like to start a new

net, change a frequency, or change the net meeting time. We would especially like to hear from other

parts of the world—South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the Far East.

1st Quarter 2014………..February 15, 2014

2nd Quarter 2014……….......May 15, 2014

3rd Quarter 2013……..…...August 15, 2014

4th Quarter 2013.…….November 15, 2014

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We make exceptions for

important late-breaking news!

—Dee&Bart

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How to Join the AARAI

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We’re on the Web!

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Membership in the Adventist Amateur Radio Association International (AARAI) is open to all Adventists interested in amateur radio, and their friends.

We serve a worldwide audience. We meet on the air almost daily (see our website for the current schedules of our radio networks). Everyone interested in amateur radio is invited and welcome to participate!

Our association consists of about 2,300 licensed amateur radio operators. We own and operate several repeater systems in the US (see the AARAI web site). Some of our repeaters have backup power and have a wide range of coverage.

Membership

in AARAI is

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fill out and

email the reg-

istration form

on the

AARAI web-

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letter mailed to you, please write

us. The cost is $15 per year.

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T H E A D V E N T I S T R A D I O G R A M

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email) at no cost to the membership, association, or the SDA church.

Hyperlinks: This newsletter contains

hyperlinks. For those individuals who

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computer jargon, a hyperlink is an email or

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