Member of the Month
GSARA owes its success to members like you, who have contributed to making it an excellent platform for Amateur Radio enthusiasts. As a club, we seek to showcase your experience in the hobby and encourage other members to learn more about each other. If you're interested in participating, kindly send an email to mom@gsara.org.
MEMBERS SPOTLIGHT
Jeanne Martin (KC1SPX)
I got my technician license in March of 2023. My initial thought was that ham radio might be a useful skill for emergency communication. A friend also inspired me with a ham radio license. She used her radio for medical rescues on horseback in areas without cell phone reception. I thought that was pretty cool. I decided to go for it and give the radio a try. How hard could it be? Since then, I’ve been exploring and learning about different aspects of ham radio. I’ve found that it’s much more than a form of emergency communication.
I got started in Ham Radio as a teenage Boy Scout. My very first issue of Boy’s Life magazine had a cover picturing a ham operating a radio patch and an article about ham radio. [I still have that January 1959 issue]. I was hooked. I soon earned both the Radio and Electronics merit badges and was on my way to becoming an Eagle Scout. One of the scout leaders mentored me and I remember scavenging parts from old TV’s and radios to home-brew some rigs. After saving some money, we were off to Canal Street in New York City where I purchased a Gonset G33 general communications receiver, and a surplus ARC-5 transmitter.