Gary L. Johnston, KI4LA
Candidate for Vice Director
Great Lakes Division of the ARRL
The National Association for Amateur Radio


I love amateur radio, and I believe amateur radio deserves quality leadership. I want to have the opportunity to again be part of this Division's leadership team as your Vice Director. I have been licensed for 32 years, and believe I am highly qualified to serve.

Over the past 3 years since serving as Vice Director and Director, I have provided leadership as chair of two Great Lakes Division Conventions, served as division webmaster for greatlakes.arrl.org, and have received EC-1 certification. And I have traveled from Sault Ste. Marie and Lupton Michigan to Murray and Louisa Kentucky, and throughout Ohio promoting amateur radio and the League.

I have worked in amateur public service providing communications support in several disasters over the years, including tornados, floods, hurricane Marilyn in the Virgin Islands, and with the FBI and NDMS during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing www.nku.edu/~johnston/atlanta.html. I have worked as as an EC then DEC, then as an Assistant Director to 5 Directors before serving as Vice Director and Director. I am a university professor and computer consultant.

My main interests include keeping the airwaves clean and protected, regulations enforced, and spectrum properly managed. I will work actively to counter the many threats we face such as unlicensed RF devices, tower restrictions and unfiltered BPL.

I enjoy working CW and DX, as well as APRS and high speed multimedia. I have traveled the world with my FM rig, receiving several reciprocal licenses from Austria to Australia.

I 1997 I was voted NKARC Ham of the Year for my efforts in helping the club to secure a grant and repeater site on an AT&T cellular tower.

For more information see my home page at www.nku.edu/~johnston/hambio.htmlx.

I will sincerely appreciate your vote. 73, de KI4LA Gary

On-the-air decorum ...

Please do this for me. The next time you speak on the air, imagine that you are addressing a room of fathers/mothers and grand fathers/mothers, each standing and holding the hands of their 6 year old sons/daughters grandsons/granddaughters. Your perspective might change. -- Gary Johnston, KI4LA

 

Thanks to all who supported my candidacy for Vice Director and, from July 2002 through December 31, 2002, Director. I would appreciate your support again in 2005. I will do my very best to meet your expectations. Please feel free to email me with your ideas and concerns about the future of amateur radio.
On-the-air decorum ...
”Please do this for me. The next time you speak on the air, imagine that you are addressing a room of fathers/mothers and grand fathers/mothers, each standing and holding the hands of their 6 year old sons/daughters grandsons/granddaughters. Your perspective might change.”
-- Gary Johnston, KI4LA

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