IARN AMATEUR RADIO TALK PROGRAM

You can listen to the program on 14.272 MHz. USB or 3.977 MHz. LSB at 5:30
A.M., 1 P.M., and 8 P.M., or 3.890 MHz. Amplitude Modulation at 6:23
PM, and 9:30 PM, all Eastern Local Times. See www.K1MAN.com for further
details. The talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543

SECOND ANNUAL TEACHER'S MEETING

The first annual teacher's meeting for amateur radio in the classroom
was held on 12 July 2003 at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It
was a huge success. The second annual teacher's meeting will be held
at the Holiday Inn in Augusta, Maine (Exit 31B from Route 95 coming
from south and Exit 31 from Route 95 coming from the north). You can
also fly into Augusta, Maine, and we will pick you up at the airport.
Another option is flying into Boston, Mass. or Manchester, N.H.
airports and renting a car. For Holiday Inn reservations for this
meeting, call 1 207 621 8674 and also register with the American
Amateur Radio Association by calling 1 800 262 9543.

Teachers using or ever having used amateur radio in the classroom with
any success are invited to be speakers. Those others who have ideas
for use in the classroom are also invited to speak. Call 1 207 495
2215 if you are interested. The meeting is free and will be held on
Saturday, 10 July 2003. Guests should plan to come in as soon as
Wednesday for informal meetings and spending time at and on the lake
at Baxter Point and touring the studios of K1MAN and the offices of
IARN, the International Amateur Radio Network and AARA, the American
Amateur Radio Association. See http://www.k1man.com/web16/Page_5x.html
For more information go to www.K1MAN.com and click in IARN Amateur
Radio Peace Corps Kids Project: page 26.



DOES YOUR SCHOOL RADIO CLUB (OR YOUTH GROUP RADIO CLUB) NEED SOME
DONATED AMATEUR RADIO AND/OR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT?


THE IARN AMATEUR RADIO PEACE CORPS FOUNDATION, INC. ASSISTANCE TO
SCHOOLS AND YOUTH GROUPS PROGRAM - REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR HELP WITH
DONATED HAM RADIO AND/OR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FROM THE IARN AMATEUR
RADIO PEACE CORPS FOUNDATION - SPONSORED BY AARA, THE AMERICAN AMATEUR
RADIO ASSOCIATION. (See www.K1MAN.com for more details.)

THE BASIC REQUITEMENTS A

1. You must be organized as a club which is affiliated with AARA, the
American Amateur Radio Association. To do this, send a self
addressed stamped envelope with enough return postage for five
ounces to AARA, P.O. Box 440, Belgrade Lakes, Maine 04918. You
will need at least 3 AARA life members in your club. (Student
life membership is $15.00 per person.)

2. You must have a letter from your school Principal (or other
appropriate authority) indicating that you have permission to put
a vertical antenna (attached to a vent pipe, for example) on the
roof of your school (or other building). Other roof antennas
might be an inverted "V" on Radio Shack TV mast sections
attached to something on the roof, or even a conventional dipole
(or more than one dipole cut for different bands such as 20 and 40
meters, etc., with a single common coax feed line).

3. You must have a designated and secure space or room for your
school radio club activities.

4. At least one member of your club must have a General Class or
higher Amateur Radio license.

5. You do not need to have a club station license, but this is
preferable.

6. ATTENTION VETERAN RADIO AMATEURS: Your donated Amateur Radio
equipment to IARN [a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization] for
refurbishing and placement in schools and youth clubs is tax
deductible at the fair market value as designated by you. Mail,
UPS, or drop off your old or unwanted ham, CB, and even old
computer equipment at: IARN, c/o AARA, the American Amateur Radio
Association, Point Road, Belgrade Lakes, Maine 04918 U.S.A.

7. Go to www.K1MAN.com for more details about this IARN/AARA school
and youth group assistance program.

8. Check in to the Classroom Nets Monday through Friday on 7.238 MHz.
between 7 AM and 8:30 AM and on 14.272 MHz. (plus or minus QRM)
between 9:30 AM and 12 Noon and also between 1:30 PM and 4 PM.
Tune around between 14.265 MHz. and 14.285 MHz. from 8:30 AM
to 6:00 PM, since the IARN 20 Meter Classroom Net is a frequency
agile group of "hands on" Radio Amateurs!






IARN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ACTIVATION LEVELS

LEVEL I - Emergency and health and welfare traffic for the affected
area(s) is being E-MAILED to plus a 24 hour IARN
AMTOR mail box on 14.127 MHz. LSB, SEL call KMAN.

LEVEL II - Same as Level I plus live nets on 14.275 MHz. USB.
Also IARN HF bulletins are now on 14.272 MHz. USB; 3.977 MHz. LSB; and
3.890 MHz. AM. (Go to www.K1MAN.com for further emergency network
information.

LEVEL III - Same as Level II plus deployment of volunteer radio
operators with radio equipment and portable generators to the affected
area(s) to hand carry all accumulated network traffic plus set up
amateur radio stations in public places and/or shelters to solicit
outgoing traffic. Radio jump team volunteer operators should pre-
register by calling IARN headquarters at 207 495 2215. See
www.K1MAN.com for further details and information.

Note: Radio amateurs and short wave listeners should monitor 14.272
MHz. USB; 3.977 MHz. LSB; and 3.890 MHz. AM. Call your local radio
and/or T.V. stations and tell them what you and amateur radio are
doing. Give them your telephone number and your E-MAIL address
(or IARN ) for the gathering of emergency and health
and welfare traffic for the affected area(s).

See www.K1MAN.com



IARN AMATEUR RADIO TALK PROGRAM

You can listen to the program on 14.272 MHz. USB or 3.977 MHz. LSB at 5:30
A.M., 1 P.M., and 8 P.M., or 3.890 MHz. Amplitude Modulation at 6:23
PM, and 9:30 PM, all Eastern Local Times. See www.K1MAN.com for further
details. The talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wall Street Journal, W5YI, World Radio, QST, Amateur Radio Newsline,
CQ, W2NSD, and the American Amateur Radio Association world wide
distribution list:

de K1MAN

7 January 2003, Belgrade Lakes, Maine


Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, and John Palmer, WB8TUZ, of Dallas, Texas,
announced today the kick-off of their new IARN AMATEUR RADIO PEACE
CORPS KIDS PROJECT. This nationwide and even world wide project will
systematically introduce Amateur Radio to minority kids world wide
for educational, motivational, and discipline learning purposes with
the intent of "Helping kids to make good career choices" according to
Mr. Palmer, a Radio Amateur from Dallas, Texas and former Engineering
Technician with the Heath Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The
first IARN KIDS PROJECT international conference will be held in
Belgrade Lakes, Maine this Summer. Mr. Palmer will appear as Glenn
Baxter's special guest in a weekly series about the KIDS PROJECT over
the K1MAN amateur radio short wave bulletin service beginning with the
12 January 2003 program. There is also a new web page for the IARN
KIDS PROJECT. Go to www.K1MAN.com and click on IARN AMATEUR RADIO
PEACE CORPS KIDS PROJECT. Mr. Palmer can be reached for further
comment at 214 375 8958. His E-Mail is

Mr. Baxter, K1MAN, is a former Industrial Engineer with the Collins
Radio Company (Automatic Process Division) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr.
Baxter stated that "I can't imagine any Radio Amateur who would be any
happier than those who have been in the engineering cultures of the
Heath Company or the Collins Radio Company. Mr. Palmer brings much
of the fabulous Heath engineering culture into our IARN and AARA
organizations, and we are all thrilled to have him aboard. Mr.
Palmer's dad was a black high school principal in Missouri, and also
brings a culture of innovative teaching and the education of bright
children into IARN and AARA. The American Amateur Radio Association is a
major sponsor of the IARN AMATEUR RADIO PEACE CORPS KIDS PROJECT," said Mr.
Baxter. For more information go to www.K1MAN.com.


IARN AMATEUR RADIO TALK PROGRAM


You can listen to the program on 14.272 MHz. USB or 3.977 MHz. LSB at 5:30
A.M., 1 P.M., and 8 P.M., or 3.890 MHz. Amplitude Modulation at 6:23
PM, and 9:30 PM, all Eastern Local Times. See www.K1MAN.com for further
details. The talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543

AARA Telephone: 207 495 2215 E-Mail -
Talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wall Street Journal, W5YI, World Radio, QST, Amateur Radio Newsline,
CQ, W2NSD, and the American Amateur Radio Association world wide
distribution list:

de K1MAN

8 January 2003, Belgrade Lakes, Maine


IARN AMATEUR RADIO PEACE CORPS/CREW 22 TEACHER'S MEETING

The first annual teacher's meeting about introducing amateur radio,
as a means to help at risk children with career and other important
life choices, will be held in Las Vegas on 12 July 2003. The meeting
is being organized by Joe Fairclough, WB2JKJ, in cooperation with IARN
and partial sponsorship by AARA, the American Amateur Radio
Association. Joe can be reached at 516 674 4072 or E-Mailed at
for further comment or go to www.K1MAN.com and click
on IARN Amateur Radio Peace Corps Peace Kids Project for further
information and other informative internet links.

Mr. Fairclough, a dedicated and energetic teacher, has been honored
for his innovative amateur radio work with kids at the Dayton
Hamvention and also has numerous other awards in this area. Glenn
Baxter, K1MAN, and President of the IARN Amateur Radio Peace Corps
Foundation, Inc. said that he is "delighted to combine forces with Mr.
Fairclough and his Crew 22 machine in New Your City because we need
his vast experience and energy with regard to educating at risk kids,
and he needs our significant resources and energy with respect to
getting the word out world wide that we are going, big time, to reach
a lot of people and influence a lot of children out there in a very
major way. Mr. Fairclough will be on our world wide K1MAN amateur
radio short wave talk program this week beginning 12 January 2003."

Mr. Baxter also said that "We still need speakers for the Los Vegas
teacher's meeting, and all those interested in speaking or attending
this first annual meeting should go to www.K1MAN.com for more
information or else call Mr. Fairclough at 516 674 4072 to make
arrangements and/or reservations."


IARN AMATEUR RADIO TALK PROGRAM

You can listen to the program on 14.275 MHz. USB or 3.975 MHz. LSB at
6:30 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM, 8 PM, 1 AM and 3:30 AM or 3.890 MHz. AM at 6:30
PM, all Eastern Local Times. See www.K1MAN.com for further
details. AARA Telephone: 207 495 2215 FAX 2069 E-Mail -
Talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543




IARN ACTIVATION STATUS
IARN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC AND INFORMATION:

IARN is not currently activated.


IARN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ACTIVATION LEVELS

LEVEL I - Emergency and health and welfare traffic for the affected
area(s) is being E-MAILED to plus a 24 hour IARN
AMTOR mail box on 14.127 MHz. LSB, SEL call KMAN.

LEVEL II - Same as Level I plus live nets on 14.275 MHz. USB.
Also IARN HF bulletins are now on 14.272 MHz. USB; 3.977 MHz. LSB; and
3.890 MHz. AM. (Go to www.K1MAN.com for further emergency network
information.

LEVEL III - Same as Level II plus deployment of volunteer radio
operators with radio equipment and portable generators to the affected
area(s) to hand carry all accumulated network traffic plus set up
amateur radio stations in public places and/or shelters to solicit
outgoing traffic. Radio jump team volunteer operators should pre-
register by calling IARN headquarters at 207 495 2215. See
www.K1MAN.com for further details and information.

Note: Radio amateurs and short wave listeners should monitor 14.272
MHz. USB; 3.977 MHz. LSB; and 3.890 MHz. AM. Call your local radio
and/or T.V. stations and tell them what you and amateur radio are
doing. Give them your telephone number and your E-MAIL address
(or IARN ) for the gathering of emergency and health
and welfare traffic for the affected area(s).

See www.K1MAN.com



IARN AMATEUR RADIO TALK PROGRAM

You can listen to the program on 14.272 MHz. USB or 3.977 MHz. LSB at 5:30
A.M., 1 P.M., and 8 P.M., or 3.890 MHz. Amplitude Modulation at 6:23
PM, and 9:30 PM, all Eastern Local Times. See www.K1MAN.com for further
details. The talk show call-in number is 1-800-262-9543


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