CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER’S MESSAGES

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May 3rd 2013

GSP Ham Radio Enthusiasts for Service, Golden Anniversary

 

Congratulations to the GSP Ham Radio Enthusiasts for Service DX1GSP on the occasion of your golden anniversary. On behalf of PARA, we thank you for organizing and hosting our 81st annual convention.

PARA and GSP have a long partnership. Various amateur radio activities are participated in by the girl scouts, girl guides and the PARA. Indeed, the GSP has provided us fertile ground for the amateur radio hobby to grow through the various activities that they have organized which center on amateur radio.

In closing, I encourage all the participants of our annual convention to expand their personal social networks by making friends and renewing ties. Enjoy the warm camaraderie that only hams can enjoy.

73 and 88


EDUARDO VICTOR J. VALDEZ DU1EV

President and Chief Operating Officer

Message for the 2013 International Friendship Exchange and DX contest

On behalf of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, Inc., I greet all the participants of the 2013 International Friendship Exchange and DX contest.

Indeed the Philippine Radio Amateur Association has a long history of friendship and cooperation with the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.  The yearly INFEX and DX contest re-affirms  the commitment of PARA to the GSP in its thrust of promoting amateur radio to the Girl Scouts and Girl Guides.

You will surely have fun in this activity as you exchange pleasantries with your thinking day greeting on the forty, twenty and fifteen meter amateur radio bands.

Thank you for your participation and interest.  I fervently pray, that by this activity, you may be infected by the amateur radio bug and that you will  pursue the amateur radio hobby by persevering to take on the challenge of earning your very own amateur radio license and call sign. 

I look forward to talking to you on the air and in seeing you at the PARA convention hosted by no less than your very own  DX1GSP at your Ating Tahanan at Baguio City from May 3 to 5, 2013.

 

73 and 88

Eddie DU1EV

President and Chief Operating Officer


 

It’s the typhoon season again, time to check your station to make sure it is ready to withstand all the punishing forces of nature. If not, it's better to be safe and to set down the antenna installation while the storm is in the area.

Update yourself with the latest weather forecasts and share them with those who do not know. We can be heroes in our own little way by sharing critical weather conditions at our locations. This can prove to be valuable to others who have to make decisions that may have a positive impact in saving their property and lives.

We have a cute way of appropriating new words. For example, several generations ago, we would refer to toothpaste as Colgate and the refrigerator as Frigidaire. Nowadays, If you want someone to call you on Skype we say: "e-Skype mo ako". In fact you may still hear people in some areas asking for “Pepsi” [pabili ng Pepsi], and the store owner would ask, “what Pepsi?” [anong klaseng Pepsi?] , and the buyer would respond “Coke”.

If the ARRL has ARES, and it is copyrighted, what should we call our emergency communications? How about HERO, which stands for Ham Emergency Radio Operations and the ham radio operator will be a ham emergency radio operator.

There is no need to be a martyr as it is easy to be an everyday hero in your own little way. Make it a habit to monitor our emergency frequencies 7.095 MHz and 144.740 MHz. Magpakabayani! Lets all do our part during ham emergency radio operations.


73 from Eddie DU1EV
Eduardo Victor J. Valdez DU1EV
President and Chief Operating Officer


 

MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 55TH JAMBOREE ON THE AIR (JOTA) AND THE 15TH JAMBOREE ON THE INTERNET (JOTI)

On behalf of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, Inc., I would like to greet all the scouts who will be participating in this year’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) , and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI).

We hope that the skills you learn in this exercise will be applicable in your daily lives. Indeed amateur radio operators are also always prepared or laging handa. We are especially alert in times of disasters and calamities.

Scouting and amateur radio are the perfect partners. Did you know that you can have an amateur radio license if you are at least 9 years old? Alam niyo ba na pwede na kayo magkaroon ng lisensiya para makapag-radyo kapag siyam na taong gulang na kayo?

Ask your scout masters about how to become a licensed ham radio operator. I wish that some of you will one day become amateur radio operators.

Enjoy the Jamboree on the air and on the internet.

73 from Eddie DU1EV
Eduardo Victor J. Valdez DU1EV
President and Chief Operating Officer

MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARA


Dear Fellow amateurs,

We welcome a new era in amateur radio with the revised amateur radio rules and regulations (NTC MC 03-08-2012) and we thank the hardworking members of the Amateur Radio Consultative Panel and the NTC for this Memo Circular.

Among the welcome developments contained in the new regulations are: the recognition of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association as the national amateur radio organization; granting of a personal call sign for successful amateur radio examinees without requiring ownership of a radio; operating privileges on two new very low frequency bands; expansion of the 40 meter band up to 7.300 MHz; HF mobile operating privileges for Class B and C; allowing the convergence of technology like the internet and VOIP with amateur radio; lowering the minimum age for the Foundation Class license to 9 years old.

Indeed, much work still has to be done, as we have only just begun with this new era.

Let us be united towards the advancement of our hobby so that we could be better equipped to help humanity with their communication needs in times of disasters and calamities.

Who knows, maybe one of these days, we could launch our very own cube sat.

Happy 80th anniversary PARA.

Eduardo Victor J. Valdez DU1EV
President and Chief Operating Officer
Email: du1evAThotmail.com
Cell phone: +63.920.959.7359


 

 

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