ARRL Experience: East Bay Section Manager (Section Communications Manager) for 22 consecutive years (1/1/78 - 12/31/99). Pacific Division Vice Director, 1/1/2000 - 2/6/2003. Pacific Division Director, 2/6/2003 - Present.

Operating Experience: First licensed as WN6RGG in 1952. Active on HF, VHF and UHF for over 50 years. Active in emergency communications for over 30 years. Avid DXer and contester, working both from home and from numerous expeditions on six continents.

Clubs/Foundations: Director of the YASME Foundation. Active in Alameda County Sheriff's Communications Team (a RACES unit) for over 30 years, currently serving as Chief Radio Officer. Charter member of the Northern California Contest Club. Long time member of the Northern California DX Club.

Professional Experience: Retired System Design Consultant, Pacific Bell, 1990. Attended San Jose State College.

Vice Director	Andy Oppel, N6AJO n6ajo@arrl.org	1308 Burbank Street Alameda, CA 94501	(510) 864-2299

ARRL Experience: Active member since 1977. Assistant Section Manager, East Bay, 1982-1999. Section Manager, East Bay, January 1, 2000 - February 20, 2003. Appointed Pacific Division Vice Director on February 20, 2003. Active ARECC Level I Mentor.

Operating Experience: First licensed (Novice Class) in 1977 as WB3FCV. Upgraded to Technican in 1978. Upgraded to General around 1999. Briefly held callsign KF6RCO before obtaining N6AJO in 2001 (AJO being my initials). Among the countless good things Jim Maxwell did was convincing me to get a vanity call.

Clubs: Member of Baltimore Public Service Radio Team, a Civil Defense Unit, for 4 years prior to becoming a ham. Active member of the Alameda County Sheriff's Communications Team (ACSCT, formerly called "Alameda County RACES") since 1982, having served as a Team Leader, Operations Officer and Planning Officer. Currently serving at the Assistant Chief Radio Officer.

Professional Experience: Programmer, Johns Hopkins University, 1974-1977. Programmer-Analyst, Equitable Trust Company (Baltimore), 1977-78. Programmer-Analyst, Maryland Casualty Insurance, 1978-79. Architect, Database Dept. Manager, Program Manager, Systems Designer: Levi Strauss & Co., 1979-97. Senior Consultant, Triadigm International, 1997-98. Managing Principal Consultant, Oracle Corporation, 1998-99. Senior Oracle Database Administrator, Geoworks, 1999-2000. Database Group Manager, MBH Solutions, 2000-01. Database Designer, 1fb.net, inc. (Division of 1st Financial Bank USA), 2001 - 2003. Principal Data Architect, Ceridian, 2003 - Present. Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension (part time), 1983 - Present. Author of Databases Demystified and SQL Demystified, both published by Osborne McGraw-Hill.
 

Pacific Division Library
 ► Division Meeting:  December 2, 2006 minutes [PDF] || View Photos
 ► Division Meeting:  December 1, 2007 minutes [PDF] || View Photos
 ► PACIFICON 2007:  The Pacific Division Annual Convention || View Photos
 ► ARRL Board Meeting Summary for July 20-21, 2007 meeting in Windsor, Connecticut  ►Minutes
 ► ARRL Board Meeting Summary for January 18-19, 2008 meeting in Houston, Texas  ►Minutes