Two
dozen Al Bahr Nobles are proud members of the RADOPS,
Amateur Radio Station licenses
In 1976, Howard French K6EDA, as a new Noble, visualized a HAM radio club and
discussed it with Illustrious
Potentate Larry Black, who was a HAM himself. Permission to form the Club
was granted. The Club was officially
chartered in January 1977 with 17 charter members and one honorary charter
member.
There’s an Al Bahr Shriners radio station, K6ABR,
licensed by the FCC and located behind the Shrine Temple,
next door to the Director’s Staff, with the capability of communicating with any
point on the globe.
You may have seen the elaborate beam antenna atop the station’s tower being
rotated to direct the transmitted
signal to a point in another state, or country, or even another continent,
bouncing the transmission off the
ionosphere to reach the distant station and maintain communication.
Amateur radio, often called “ham radio”, is both a hobby and a service that uses
various types of radio
communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public
service, recreation and self-training.
Your Al Bahr “Hams” are called RADOPS, and enjoy personal wireless
communications with each other during
our weekly on-air “nets”, as well as talking with other hams around the planet.
We
are able to support our communities with emergency and disaster communications
if necessary, while increasing
our personal knowledge of electronics and radio theory.
RADOPS provide valuable communications for Units during our parades, and when
called upon
for Communications at other Al Bahr events.
If your are a "ham", have an interest in becoming one, or would simply like more
information,
please contact the Al Bahr Shriners RADOPS Club.
MEETINGS
The RADOPS “net” meets every Tuesday evening at 2000 (local) on 146.265
Khz