The following proclamation was signed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner at the ARRL Field Day Event 23 June 2007 at the combined Sussex Amateur Radio Association and Nanticoke Amateur Radio Club event.

DELAWARE STATE RESOLUTION SPONSOR: Rep. Booth; on behalf of all Representatives.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 144th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 24

RECOGNIZING JUNE 2007 AS AMATEUR RADIO AWARENESS MONTH IN DELAWARE.

WHEREAS, amateur radio operators are celebrating a century of the miracle of the human voice broadcast over the airwaves; and

WHEREAS, amateur radio has continued to provide a bridge between peoples, societies and countries by creating friendships and the sharing of ideas; and

WHEREAS, amateur radio operators have also provided countless hours of community services throughout these decades; and

WHEREAS, these amateur radio services are provided wholly uncompensated; and

WHEREAS, the State recognizes what services amateur radio operators provide to our many emergency response organizations, including FEMA, DHS, DEMA and State EOC; and

WHEREAS, these same individuals have further demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing free radio communications for local parades, bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons, fairs and other charitable public events; and

WHEREAS, the State of Delaware recognizes and appreciates the diligence of these hams who also serve as weather spotters in the Skywarn Program of the National Weather Service; and

WHEREAS, amateur radio once again proved its undisputed relevance in the modern world in 2005 by providing emergency communications when other systems failed in the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the USA and the Tsunami catastrophe overseas; and

WHEREAS, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the leading organization for amateur radio in the USA; and

WHEREAS, Delaware amateur radio operators are ready, willing and able to serve; and

WHEREAS, the ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day exercise will take place on June 23-24, 2007 and is a 24 hour emergency encampment exercise and demonstration of the radio amateurs skills and readiness to provide self-supporting communications even in
fields without further infrastructure.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 144th General Assembly of the State of Delaware that June 2007 is hereby recognized as amateur radio awareness month in Delaware.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitably prepared copy of this Resolution be presented to the Delaware Section of the ARRL.