To be transmitted via Yale Alumni clubs:
Calling all Yale alumni who are Amateur Radio operators! (Or wannabes!) The Yale Amateur Radio Club, W1YU, is being revived.
Amateur radio existed at Yale as early as 1926. It lived strongly up through the 90's and then student interest waned while staff and faculty remained more interested than ever. There is a small band of Yale affiliates that are in the process of reviving the amateur radio club at Yale and we are inviting any interested Yalies (students, alumni, staff and faculty--current or retired) to join the club.
In addition to being an essential resource in disaster when land lines and cell phone towers are downed through a disaster, amateur radio is a great way for people to stay connected across town or across the miles. Using High Frequency radio waves, on days with good propagation, people in California on their way to work can talk with people in Europe on their way home from work! The same is true around the globe!
We are meeting "virtually" on a weekly basis by Internet, including Echo Link and e-mail. We also have a "roving call sign" program, modeled on the FISTS club KN0WCW. Club members can "borrow" the W1YU call sign for a month and become rare DX!
If you are interested in the club, we invite you to do the following:
1. We have an up-to-date website at www.yale.edu/w1yu, maintained by one of our members. Please visit it and learn more about the club and how to get involved and connected.
2. Announce yourself to the club (no obligation) by email. Contact martin.ewing@gmail.com http://blog.aa6e.net. Please let us know your call sign and Yale affiliation.
3. The W1YU Club is now "global" in reach: Please join us as an alumnus, non-resident member. Help guide and support the club at Yale, and participate via Internet and on-the-air activities.
4. Peruse the list of current members of the club to find out who is already connected around the nation over the airwaves.
We hope to hear you soon!
73,
The members of W1YU
Anthony J. Niesz, N1ESZ, Lector in German Department, Station Trustee for W1YU
David P. Johnson, W4YD, '60, Med '64, former Med School faculty
Dean Straw, N6BV, '67, Senior Asst. Tech. Editor, ARRL
Donald D. Cofrancesco, KB1FYK, EPH '92, former Assistant Administrator and Lecturer in the Dept. of Surgery at the Medical School
Geoff Haines, N1GY, Grad. YNHH School of Respiratory Therapy, former Instructor and Lecturer, Med School
Hy Chantz, W2HY, Graduate Student (DSR) Electrical Engineering
Joseph Wonoski, N1KHB, Res. & Dev. Technician, Medical School, ARRL CT Section Technical Coordinator
Martin S. Ewing, AA6E, Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, retired Director of Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering
Paul B Iltchenko, WF1G, Manager of Desktop Support Services, Yale Information Technology Services
Rich Abrams, (ex-KA1AJL), Assistant Operations Manager, Yale Drama School and Yale Repertory Theater
Sara Jones KG6TUK, '91, Yale Club of San Diego, President
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Dear fellow Yale Club Presidents,
There is a special club being revived at Yale that hopes to include Yale alumni, faculty, staff and current students and we hope that you can help us spread the word.
You may have learned from the recent disaster relief efforts that hundreds of federally licensed amateur radio operators tuned in to help those in need of rescue or emergency supplies. In fact, there were two operators here in San Diego that manned their radios 24 hours a day for days. One helped rescue people off their roofs by vectoring the Coast Guard to the right location and the other was instrumental in calling for emergency insulin supplies for a group of 120 people in a medical facility. Imagine being almost 1500 miles away from the disaster but having such an impact on the relief efforts because of amateur radio! And these are two of many more accounts of support for disaster relief efforts by amateur radio operators.
In addition to being a great resource in disaster when land lines and cell phone towers are downed through a disaster, amateur radio is a great way for people to stay connected across the miles. Using High Frequency radio waves, on days with good propagation, people in California on their way to work can talk with people in Europe on their way home from work! The same is true around the globe!
Amateur radio existed at Yale as early as 1926. It lived strongly up through the 90's and then student interest waned, but staff and faculty more interested than ever. There is a small band of Yale affiliates that are in the process of reviving the amateur radio club at Yale and we would like to send out an invitation to the alumni in your area to get connected with us.
If you are willing, we would like to ask that you forward the message attached below to your members or at the very least, include the background and contact information on your website or in an upcoming alumni or club member newsletter. A similar message to the announcement below went out to the amateur radio community asking for interested Yalies. Through your support, we can couple that announcement by going to the Yale community and asking for interested amateur radio operators.
Amateur radio is a great community of people who are dedicated to building community and assisting where needed. W1YU, Yale's amateur radio call sign, and its members aim to do just that within and for the Yale community!
We do hope you can help!
Sincerely,
Sara Jones
President, Yale Club of San Diego (KG6TUK)
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