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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 21, No. 13
Mar 29, 2002
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==>DENNIS MOTSCHENBACHER, K7BV, TO JOIN ARRL HEADQUARTERS STAFF
Noted contester and DXpeditioner Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, will join
the ARRL Headquarters staff April 1 as sales and marketing manager. In
that role, he'll oversee ARRL's publication and advertising sales as
well as membership recruitment activities.
"We're pleased to have someone with Dennis's Amateur Radio and
professional experience and international stature to take on this
critical management role," said ARRL Chief Operating Officer Mark
Wilson, K1RO. "We expect that he will be a major asset in helping the
ARRL to meet its goals for the future."
An ARRL Life Member and a Minnesota native, Motschenbacher, 54, has been
licensed since 1962 and is no stranger to the ARRL family. For the past
four years, he has been the editor of National Contest Journal,
published by ARRL. Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, is replacing K7BV as NCJ
editor starting with the May/June issue.
Motschenbacher told his NCJ readers in his farewell editorial that he
considers the opportunity to work at ARRL Headquarters a dream come
true. "I feel like a kid who has just been granted his fondest wish," he
said. In addition to serving at the NCJ helm, Motschenbacher has been
actively involved in the fundraising and promotion for World Radiosport
Team Championship 2002 (WRTC 2002) and will be a referee at the event in
Finland this summer. In WRTC 2000, he teamed with Ralph Bellas, K9ZO, at
S566Z in Slovenia. He's also operated from various exotic locales.
Moving to the East Coast from Nevada, he says, will rejuvenate Amateur
Radio for him. He and his wife Lieska have arranged to purchase a house
in Eastern Connecticut that has a convenient hill on the property, and
he's already got a permit from the town to erect an 80-foot tower. Four
towers and associated antennas are being transported from Nevada as
well. Motschenbacher says he's never operated from the East Coast--with
the sole exception of the CY9AA DXpedition--and he's eager to experience
propagation from his new location. One down side, he noted, is that
Nevada is a lot more rare as an ARRL section multiplier than
Connecticut.
On the professional side, Motschenbacher brings 30 years of sales,
marketing and business experience to ARRL HQ, primarily in the fire
protection and safety business. Most recently he was president and co
owner of ESG Inc of Reno, which specializes in fire protection systems
for the telecommunications industry worldwide. He says he's eager to put
his sales acumen and entrepreneurial spirit to work on behalf of the
ARRL and Amateur Radio. "I view it as a very strong personal
responsibility to help see Amateur Radio into the future," he said.
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