Assistant Section Manager - Terry Stader, KA8SCP

Terry M Stader, KA8SCP
2A Old Colony Dr
Westford, MA 01886-1073
(978) 490-8150, (978) 692-2069
ka8scp@wb1gof.org

Terry was first licensed in the 1970’s and has maintained his original call sign. He hails originally from northwestern Ohio but has called many places in the US as his home.

Terry got his extensive communication experience while serving as a Navy Electronics Technician (both radar and communications) with specialization in long-range UHF radar, UHF/VHF communications systems and microwave radar. He served on 3 tours of Viet Nam, and received multiple awards and citations like New England Sailor of the Year, 2 Navy & Marine Corp Commendations, 3 Navy Achievement medals in his career with the Navy. In 1999 Terry retired from the Navy as a Senior Chief Petty Officer (1999) after 27 years active and reserve service serving in locations like San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach CA, Detroit MI, Norfolk VA, Charleston SC, Washington DC, Newport RI, Lawrence, South Weymouth and Quincy MA. He served with many different commands like USS Gridley DLG/CG-21, Commander Service Group Two, Naval Electronics Systems Command (NAVELEX), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) and Naval Readiness Command Region One. At these commands, Terry worked primarily as a senior communications technologist in data and analog communications systems.

For nearly 10 years during the 1990’s, Terry served as the “online host” for America Online’s Ham Radio Forum where thousands of hams, SWLers, scanner enthusiasts and other radio interests joined in chat sessions, exchanged files and applications and became a huge online community of radio operators worldwide.

Terry moved to Westford, Massachusetts and immediately became involved with the Police Amateur Radio Team (PART) of Westford-WB1GOF. He has served on and off as the president of the club as well as the newsletter editor, publicity, and membership roles. He also became active in Skywarn, where he started working with the National Weather Service staff when they were located at Logan Airport. Terry and other volunteers became the core team of the eastern Massachusetts Skywarn program. Terry also had a short stint as the SEC for EMA before he became involved with his MEMA Region 1 efforts.

Terry has focused on emergency communications over the years. He is part of the original Seabrook Radiological Emergency Response Plan established in 1992 where he was assigned the role of Communications Officer for MEMA Region 1. Terry continues to be part of this program and today is the Communications Coordinator as well as the RACES Officer for the MEMA Region 1 area. Terry is an instructor for MEMA in the Nuclear Preparedness Division. He has also taught CERT and MRC classes throughout the Merrimack Valley.

In 2006, Terry was awarded the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce "Robert W. Lewis Award" for Outstanding Citizen/Volunteer for his efforts in providing amateur radio support and services throughout the region.

The ASM may serve as a general assistant to the Section Manager or as a specialist. That is, the ASM may assist the Section Manager with general leadership matters as the Section Manager's understudy, or the ASM may be assigned to handle a specific important function that does not fail within the scope of the duties of the Section Manager's other assistants.

At the Section Manager's discretion, the ASM may be designated as the recommended successor to the incumbent Section Manager, in case the Section Manager resigns or is otherwise unable to finish the term of office.

The ASM should be familiar with the "Guidelines for the ARRL Section Manager," which contains the fundamentals of general section management.

The ASM must be an ARRL Full Member, holding at least a Novice class license. Recruitment of new hams and League members is an integral part of the job of every League appointee. Appointees should take advantage of every opportunity to recruit a new ham or member to foster growth of Field Organization programs, and our abilities to serve the public.

FSD-127 (2/97)