MARTY PITTINGER KB3MXM amateur radio

  • past VICE dIRECTOR

    OUR ARRL ATLANTIC DIVISION | DE | NNY | EPA | WNY | WPA | MDC | SNJ | Appointed to ARRL - Governmental Affairs Committee - Programs and Services Committee (PSC) Atl. Div. Content Manager - Atl. Div. Website - https://atldiv.org/ - @AtlDivARRL ["X" formerly Twitter] - https://twitter.com/AtlDivARRL - https://kb3mxm.com/about-me/ - what is Marty doing? - https://kb3mxm.com/blog

  • radio operator

    I operate Ham Radio on many bands, all-modes and digital radio modes (DMR, C4FM, DSTAR), with HF digital plus RoIP (e.g., Echolink), and GMRS (WRJC-614) capabilities. - Find me on *WASG_DC* Echolink - DMR ID: 3102208 - D-Star: KB3MXM

  • Astronomer

    Past Telescope Technician of Maryland Space Grant Consortium, the Morris W. Offit Telescope, Past JHU/APL Astronomy Club, President, and Team TASS - at JHU/Apl for 190th AAS The Amateur Sky Survey

  • Web Site Manager

    Web developer since 1997 - commercIal | aviation | business | technical | public | Internal | External and Educational websites.

  • STEM & Youth programs

    Successfully supported Scouting Venture Crew – all seven Scouts acquired their Ham license, and many continued their interest into technical academic pursuits, eventually at NASA and other prestigious corporations

  • Technical & Professional

    NASA | Technical Document Librarian | Kodak | U.S. NAVY | John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | Automotive Marketing | U.S. Government | FEMA Division Director | Commercial Aviation Business | VoIP SME and Manager | Non-Profit Grants | Project Manager | Internet Content Manager | Industrial, Commerical and Residential Electrician | Asset Recovery Agent | Logistics & Freight Delivery |

  • Martin ‘Marty’ Pittinger, KB3MXM ARRL Atlantic Division VICE DIRECTOR

    aMATEUR RADIO SINCE 2004
    Atlantic Vice Director SM - Section Manager ACC - Affiliated Club Coordinator ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Services NTS - National Traffic System ORS - Official Relay Station Past ARC President & Hamfest Chairman
    Licensed since 2004, I operate Ham Radio on many bands, all-modes and digital radio modes (DMR, C4FM, DSTAR), with HF digital plus RoIP (e.g., Echolink). Then, acquire GMRS (WRJC-614) capabilities. As MDC SM I traveled to visited more than seventy ARRL FD sites over past ten-years; participate in HF Hospital Nets, Red Cross / Ham Radio readiness exercises. I created the MD Ham representative for the MD Dept. of Emergency Management ESF-6; annual EmComm and the S.E.T., plus Skywarn and numerous Special Events. Avid SWL and AM DX listener. See Shortwave Radiogram - https://swradiogram.net/ - decode Text & Pics in MFSK and other digital modes with Fldigi via commerical AM transmitters at Okeechobee FL & Red Lion PA. VOACAP is free professional high-frequency (3-30 MHz) propagation prediction software from NTIA / ITS, originally developed for Voice of America (VOA). https://www.voacap.com/ W1AW Daily Digital Bulletin schedule at 1800 and 0100 UTC. Modes: PSK31, MFSK16, Baudot - Mon thru Fri. Tue. / Fri. (6:30/10:30 Keplerian Data [AMSAT TLEs]. Freq: 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095, 50350 kHz Get more Air - LEVEL 2: General Class License http://arrl.org/upgrading-to-a-general-license SHORTWAVE RADIO is an opportunity in RF communications SWL - SW Listening allow Ham Radio Operators to experience to joy of receiving Domestic an International radio reception. SWL also helps understand the benefits or Propagation degradation due to Solar Activity / Weather. Many SWL Bands are near Amateur Radio Bands, lending to similar PROP.
    LATEST ATLANTIC DIVISION ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS See Blog at https://kb3mxm.com/__version-5/about-me/ - Contest Calendar - https://www.arrl.org/contest-calenda ARRL Atlantic Division Hamfest - APRIL 2024 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 04/07/2024 - TRARC 52nd Hamfest/Computer Show QTH: Elizabeth, PA 5037 Website: http://www.trarc.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04/20/2024 - Bullthistle Hamfest QTH: Norwich , NY 13815 Website: https://cvara.net/hamfest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04/20/2024 - DE Amateur Radio and Electronics Expo ARRL Delaware State Convention QTH: Georgetown, DE 19947 http://www.radioelectronicsexpo.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04/20/2024 - Drumlins ARC Hamfest QTH: Palmyra, NY 14522 Website: http://drumlinsarc.us/hamfest-info/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04/21/2024 - Maryland Mobileeers Spring Hamfest QTH: Odenton, MD 21113 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/marylandmobileers/hamfest?authuser=0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04/27/2024 - York Hamfest QTH: Spring Grove, PA 17362 Website: http://www.yorkhamfest.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/search/page:1/Location.division_id:AT/model:Event ]http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup] ARRL CONTEST RULES - http://www.arrl.org/contest-rules = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
    Amateur Radio Legislative Activities - H.R. 3241 - Amateur Radio Comm Improvement Act - H.R. 4006 - Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4006?s=1&r=73 - HR-9670 - “Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act.”- S. 1669- AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023 - - FCC Symbol Rate - 'passed, 30-60-days for CFR - - HF 60m FCC Changes - comments due by Nov 30th Atlantic Division's State Legislative Actions: Pennslyvania - WPA / EPA Title 53, § 302. Restriction on municipal regulation of amateur radio service communications. New York - WNY / NNY - Bill S5674 - Bill S7860 - Bill S6166 Maryland - MDC Maryland "Ch. 638" via H.R. 331 and see history of this new law at https://w3vpr.org/node/939 Washington D.C. - MDC Delaware - DE New Jersey - SNJ
“I am easily found across numerous public-facing venues and continue to provide a valuable range of online portals (Web / Twitter / Discord / Zoom / MS-Teams) - ready and willing to service you, our communities and ARRL as your Division Vice Director.” Did you know there are +11,000 ARRL Member Hams in the Atlantic Division & +250 Amateur Radio Clubs. Here's the Sections' ARCs: WPA/51, EPA/68, NNY/15, WNY/46, MDC/49, DE/8, SNJ/28. Number of Atlantic Division ARCs per State: PA/123, NY/62, NJ/28, DE/8, MD/46, Wash. DC/4 - Total = 271
Testing new 6m Beacon, 50.069 USB, 5w with Squalo antenna at 5 meters. Station ID & message for 30 sec. after minute pause. Please QSL I have worked along with ARRL HQ, Division Directors, Vice-Directors, State and Federal partners – here and away, as a fully qualified First Responder supporting local and national disaster response. You may hear me working International DX - QSL'd South Pole - Antarctica / Australia / Asia / South Pacific / Europe / Canada and South America), With your support, I look forward to assisting our Division Director and supporting our fellow Amateur Radio members.
Testimony: House Bill 1225, Regulation of Amateur Radio Station Antenna Structures Hearing: Environment and Transportation - Martin Pittinger - Amateur Radio CommunicatorMaryland/DC Section Manager of the America Radio Relay League [ARRL] https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/cmte_testimony/2020/ent/3630_03032020_95744-287.pdf

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Marty Pittinger KB3MXM

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