HamCon Colorado 2009 Committee Members

Hamcon Colorado 2009 Committee

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Hamcon Colorado 2009 could not happen without the help and support of these committee members.

Steve Williams, KØSRW Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association	Chairman	Extra class holder Steve Williams KØSRW, was first licensed in 1976 as WB9YJI while an Electrical Engineering Student at the University of Illinois. He is the current Chairman of HAMCON Colorado, Inc., succeeding Jerry VerDuft ADA in that role. Steve is an ARRL Assistant Section Manager for Colorado, and his ham radio operating interests include HF, VHF/UHF, digital modes, satellite operations and voice. He is a member of the Mountain Amateur Radio Club where he also serves as a VE, as well as the Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association, PPFMA, Pikes Peak ARES, AMSAT, QCWA and others. When not on the air, Steve enjoys running, backpacking, hiking, playing baseball and hanging out with his wife Kathy and two daughters, Alli (16) and Kaela (11). He is the Business Area Manager for Signal Monitoring at RT Logic, a signal processing systems company for the space and military communications industry. He was co-founder and vice-president, then CEO of precisionWave Corporation, a Colorado Springs test and measurement instrumentation company. Steve's career has included a number of R&D, technical and management positions at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies and Decision-Science Applications. He holds a patent in the field of microprocessor emulation systems. Steve is an ordained Elder and Trustee at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, where he also teaches in the High School department and is the Assistant Director of the Sanctuary Choir.
Jerry VerDuft, ADØA Colorado Assistant Section Manager, ARRL	Chairman Emeritus	Jerry VerDuft, ADØA, is the founder of HAMCON Colorado, Inc. Jerry served as ARRL Section Communications Manager of the Orange Section (California) in 1970-71 and established the Inland Empire (California) Council of Amateur Radio Organizations. Jerry is an ARRL Life Member, the current Director of the Pacific Area Transcontinental Corps (TCC) of the ARRL NTS Cycle 4 (cw), and is a member of the Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association and District 14 ARES. He is an ARRL A-1 Operator, specializing in cw activities and, as noted above, in the strength and organization of amateur radio. He also serves as an ARRL Accredited Extra Class Volunteer Examiner.
Joanie VerDuft, KCØGMI ARRL	Treasurer and Banquet	Joanie VerDuft, KCØGMI, serves as Treasurer of HAMCON Colorado, Inc. Joanie is a native of California and obtained her Tech+ ham license in 1990, and currently supports D14 ARES and is a member of the Colorado YLRL and the Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association. Joanie is a retired Cosmetologist.
Larry Olson, W9INE Estes Valey Amateur Radio Club	Certificates	Larry Olson, W9INE, is a long time member of the ARRL and holds an Amateur Extra class license. He was licensed as K0AHW (Kansas) in 1953. Worked as an electrical engineer at RCA Corporation and R.R. Donnelley until his retirement in 2003, and then moved to Estes Park, Colorado. Currently, he is active in community activities and is a Professional Engineer in Colorado and Indiana. Has been active in emergency communications and SKYWARN for the past twenty years and served as an officer in the Naperville, Illinois EMA for about fifteen years.
Jeff Ryan, KØRM Colorado Section Manager, ARRL	ARRL Sunday Breakfast	.
Dick Schneider, ABØCD Colorado QRP Club	Program Book & Publicity
Tim Armagost, WBØTUB Denver Radio League	Wouff Hong	First licensed as WNØTUB in 1976, Tim has been involved in many aspects of Amateur Radio in the Colorado Section: beginning as the first Colorado HF net manager, then as District 22 (Arapahoe County) assistant EC, EC, as the East Slope District EC, Section Emergency Coordinator and finally as Colorado Section Manager. He held the position as Colorado's Section Manager for ten years from 1991 through 2001. Currently, Tim is Chairman of the Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs and sits on the Frequency Coordination Committee. He is active with his home club, the Denver Radio League as well as HAMCON Colorado and Arapahoe County ARES. Tim has been married to his XYL, Eileen, WDØDGL, since 1967. They have two sons, Jim and Tim, neither of which are hams.
Eileen Armagost, WDØDGL Denver Radio League	Registration	Eileen joined the world of amateur radio in 1978 and soon became a General Class license holder. She has been active in all phases of Amateur Radio. On HF, as a Novice, she worked all states - CW! On VHF, she has been active with Arapahoe County District 22 ARES as a past Administrative Assistant EC, past secretary of CCARC, and is currently the Denver Radio League Repeater Rag newsletter editor and publisher. Eileen involved herself with HamCon Colorado the first year and enjoyed it so much, she returned for a 2nd go-round and is now back for the 3rd as the registrations coordinator. Eileen retired from the City of Aurora Police Admin. Services Department April 8, 2008! Her current goals include enjoying retirement with hubby Tim, WBØTUB, and working again with the fine HamCon 2009 Committee gang!
Ben Baker, KBØUBZ Colorado Assistant Section Manager, ARRL	Security & Webmaster	Ben Baker, KBØUBZ has served as the Emergency Coordinator of Arapahoe County ARES as well as Section Emergency Coordinator. Since his appointment, Ben has been active in Emergency Management as a member of the Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA) and the Arapahoe County Emergency Management Group, Community Emergency Response Team, and SKYWARN. Ben has traveled to the FEMA Institute in Maryland with over 70 Mayors, City Council and County Commissioners as well as Police and Fire Chiefs from Arapahoe County to attend the Integrated Emergency Management Course. Ben is very active in Public Service Communications serving each year as Communications Unit Leader for the Leukemia Society's Leukemia Regatta, Destination Imagination, MS-150 Bike tour and MS Challenge Walk for the MS Society as well as the Fat Tire Classic for the American Red Cross. Ben has been the recipient of the American Red Cross's Communications Volunteer of the Year and the Behind the Scenes Hero Award from the MS Society for his volunteer work. Ben was the Communications Unit Leader for ARES for Operation Mountain Move (2), an exercise by the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS). Recently, Ben was asked to chair the Amateur Radio planning committee for the Democratic National Convention. Ben has also serves as Webmaster and Security Committee Chairman for Hamcon Colorado 2009, a position he held also in 2003.
Ann Trudeau , KAØZFI Colorado Section Government Liason, ARRL	Secretary
Vicky Krengel, KCØEHU Denver Radio League	Registration
John Maxwell , NØWBW Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs	Web and Security committees	John Maxwell, N0WBW in addition to being new to the HamCon Colorado committee, is the Chairman of the Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs and is focused on working with the State radio community to facilitate use of existing technologies and fostering the use of new technologies for general amateur and emergency uses. John has been active in the radio community for nearly 25 years. His club Rocky Mountain Ham Radio is focused on bringing reliable and high-quality communications to the hams of Colorado. From working in broadcast radio to his own two way radio business, constructing cellular telephone sites for AT&T Corporation to leasing tower space on his own tower facilities and for other national tower companies, he has a focus on developing new and better technologies as well as optimizing existing systems to exceed expectations. John has worked closely supporting many public service events in the Denver area such as the Denver Marathon, Bike MS, Colorado's Ride and many ARES activities with use of the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio communications trailer. He is also a member of Colorado D-Star.
Dan Meyer, NØPUF ARES	Transmitter Hunt	Dan Meyer, NØPUF is an active ARRL member holding a General Class License. Currently he is involved in ARES as Operations Officer for Colorado ARES District 22 as well as as being an Official Emergency Station for Colorado. He was involved with the Operation Safe Haven Communications Unit that assisted the Katrina evacuees relocating to the Denver area by recruiting ARES members to provide communications for the Colorado relocation sites . He is also active in the Denver area monthly "Foxhunts" and Chairs the Fox Hunt/Transmitter Hunt for Hamcon Colorado 2006. Other interests include Edge of Space Sciences and providing communications for charitable organizations such as Red Cross, Salvation Army, MS Society, Destination Imagination, etc.
Ken Anderson , WØETT	W1AW/Ø Special Events Station

Bob Witte, KØNR
Robert Wareham , NØESQ Section Public Information Coordinator	Photographer and Slide Show
Supporting Committee Members
Gerry Villhauer, WØGV Denver Radio Club		Gerry Villhauer, WØGV, has been an active Amateur for 41 years. Was first licensed as a Novice in 1967, holding the call WN0UCQ. Upgraded to General, Advanced and Extra with the call WAØUCQ and later changed to WØGV. Currently presiding as President of the Denver Radio Club. Past President of the RADOPS of El Jebel Shrine and an active VE. Ham interest include technical projects and favorite operating mode is CW (Morse). Currently employed by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Aviation Safety Inspector. Married and residing in Westminster, CO, has two children and four grandchildren.
Chris Krengel, KBØYRZ Denver Radio League	Security	.
Aubrey Krengel, KDØBOE Denver Radio League	Registration
Wayne Heinen , NØPOH Aurora Repeater Association
Karen Olsen	Tours and Activities