[HQRP] FORT TUTHILL is IMMINENT

[John Stevens]

The Ft. Tuthill QRP HAMFEST and Az State ARRL Convention is THIS coming
weekend!  You still have time to make those plans to get here!  If nothing
else has piqued your interest in Ft. Tuthill, the following information
about another of our speakers and his presentations should do it!!

We are delighted to introduce Ron Sparks, AG5RS, as our guest to speak in
TWO back-to-back sessions on How to Get Started with Antenna Modeling and
Modeling Stealth Antennas.  If you missed these presentations at the ARRL
National Convention in Arlington, TX, now is your chance to learn how to get
started designing and trying out those antennas before you put them up for
their final tweaking.

"Ron's fascination with electricity began at about age 2 when he poked about
at everything electrical he could reach. This love continues unabated and it
has always been a focus for him. He tried to become a ham in the early 60's,
but his family did not have the time or money to get him all the way from
West Texas to the FCC exam office in Fort Worth. So, he just persisted in a
Receive Only mode for about 30 years. During that time (in 1974) he
graduated from Texas A & M University in Electrical Engineering. Sometime
shortly thereafter he met and married his XYL and they have raised two
lovely daughters together. They are still happily married and love to travel
together. She actually encourages him to "play radio". After graduation he
ended up in the energy business and spent 25 years making theory into
practical applications on projects. This gave him experience in all phases
of worldwide energy development and production as well as many critical,
ancillary activities ranging from emergency planning, to water treatment, to
electronics.

He has professional certifications which include Registered Professional
Engineer, Certified Safety Professional, and Registered Environmental
Manager. He currently owns his own global management consulting and
electronics project business, Sparks Technical Management Services, Inc. If
there is any work more fun than doing electronics projects for a job he says
he cannot imagine what it would be."

Late Breaking News at <http://www.extremezone.com/~nk7m/tut03.htm>.

Hope to see you there!!