New New Hampshire Section Manager

Date: 3/6/99
To: All NH Amateur Stations
From: Alan K. Shuman, ARRL NH SM

This is an advanced announcement to all interested Amateurs on the NH mail list server. Formal announcement from ARRL Headquarters will follow.

On March 5^th, Mike Graham K7CTW, of Merrimack NH was named Section Manager for New Hampshire for the upcoming two year term beginning July 1,1999.

Al Shuman, N1FIK, current SM has appointed K7CTW an Assistant Section Manager to aid in the transition.

Mike was first licensed as a ham in 1958 at the age of 17 as K7CTW. Mike served in the navy as a Radioman in the Submarine Service for 12 years. Mike also served as an electronics instructor while in the Navy. In 1971 he was accepted into the Navy’s Warrant Officer Program and after returning to the US in 1975, served as the Officer In Charge of the Naval Radio Station as well as the Assistant Communications Officer aboard the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65).

After retirement in 1980, he relocated to New Hampshire. He has lived in Merrimack for the past 19 years and am employed as a Software Engineer and Web Designer / Analyst. Some of you may remember him working at the Salem HRO store in the past. Mike is an ARRL Life Member, and is presently the President of the Nashua Area Radio Club (N1FD). He is also a member of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club. Mike enjoys traffic handling. Previous callsigns held include NE1V, WA3HIB, WB4OUD, and MP4BJR/A9XO (Bahrain Island).

Mike has outlined a some of goals and objectives to accomplish during his tenure:

1. To ensure that all ARRL Members from New Hampshire are represented at League HQ. To keep the lines of communication open so that ARRL members may voice their opinions on League matters. Similarly, to work with the Division Director and League staff to ensure that matters of importance are relayed as rapidly as possible.
2. To continue previous SMs practice of visiting all New Hampshire clubs, and foster a spirit of community among the clubs. To continue to promote individual participation in club activities in order to strengthen these clubs and, thus, strengthen the overall health of ham radio within the State.
3. To continue previous SMs practice of communications with the clubs by personal visits, phone calls, and especially by the use of the NH-ARRL Reflector and e-mail. To ensure that the message gets out that my job is to support each of you individually and collectively as clubs, ARRL affiliated or not.
4. To build and maintain good working relationships with non-ARRL amateur organizations, such as NHARA. To avoid working at cross-purposes with those organizations and to help ensure that New Hampshire’s amateur community reaps the greatest possible benefits.
5. To begin preparations for a big and successful ARRL New England Division Convention to be held in New Hampshire in 2001. To form a steering committee to oversee its implementation and success. 6) To explore the possibility of an annual “Town Meeting”, to be held in some central location, for the purpose of discussing issues of importance to NH amateurs.
6. To promote and encourage NH clubs to become involved in a “Outreach” program geared to the youth of our section, with the goal of fostering an interest in ham radio, electronics, computers, and the sciences, and with a long-range goal of enhancing the technical base of knowledge and expertise here in New Hampshire.

   Mike has already begun touring NH clubs and he is available most evenings after 6 PM and on weekends. Contact information is:
   Mike Graham, K7CTW
   50 Joppa Road
   Merrimack, NH 03054
   Phone: 603-424-6987
   Fax:(M-F 7AM - 7PM): 603-424-0371
   Email:ne1v@worldnet.att.net, k7ctw@arrl.net

   I would like to offer my deepest congratulations and wishes for good luck to Mike and welcome him to the NH Field Organization family.

   73 de Al Shuman, N1FIK, ARRL New Hampshire Section Manager

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