[ARDF] New IARU R2 ARDF Coordinator

[Dale Hunt]

I want to thank all of you in the ARDF community for your support over the 15+ years that I have had the honor to serve as the R2 ARDF Coordinator.  The sport has certainly grown since the first Championships in 1999, when "Will I make it back out of the woods?" seemed more of a concern to some first-time ARDF competitors than how quickly they would find the transmitters.

I hope you will give Ken the your continuing support and constructive ideas as he takes over the role.  I expect he may make some changes - it's good to get a fresh perspective periodically.

Meanwhile, I'll still be around.  A new job with longer hours and limited time off has slowed my ARDF projects down somewhat, but my toe has recovered from the R3 Championships in Mongolia, and I hope to make it to more events.  I'll continue to contribute to the community where I can.  Besides, I have an 8-year-old granddaughter who is anxious to make it to the National Championships...


Congratulations to Ken on his new role!

        - Dale WB6BYU



> On Aug 9, 2018, at 3:06 PM, Kenneth E. Harker <kenharker at kenharker.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.iaru-r2.org/ <https://www.iaru-r2.org/>
> The IARU Region II Executive Committee has just announced Dale Hunt WB6BYU’s resignation as ARDF Coordinator for the region.  Dale has served as Region 2 ARDF Coordinator officially for 15 years, but he’s been deeply active in promoting ARDF for the region since the very first IARU Region II ARDF Championship in 1999.  I was not involved in the sport yet at that point, but it’s always impressed me that Dale was able to persuade competitors from both the USA and Canada as well as five other countries to attend a first-ever ARDF event in the Americas and kick-start the sport in our region.  Thank you Dale, for everything you have done for the sport over the years.
> 
> The IARU R2 EC has appointed me as the new IARU Region 2 ARDF Coordinator.  I hope to live up to Dale’s legacy and I look forward to working with everyone on ways we can grow and promote ARDF in Region 2.  
> 
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> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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