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OF TRAINED OPERATORS WHO CAN ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION
LINKS WHEN TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FAILS.  HE CONTINUED, THIS
COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEMA AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ALLOWS FOR
MORE ROBUST AND RESILIENT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES,
ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO EFFECTIVE DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.
SECTION MANAGER NOMINATION NOTICE TO ALL ARRL MEMBERS IN ALABAMA,
ALASKA, DELAWARE, EAST BAY, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, NEW MEXICO, SANTA
BARBARA, TEN CHIP WAS A GREAT CONTESTER, SAID ARRL DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS BOB NAUMANN, W5OV.  MARGELLI HELD FIRST PLACE IN MANY
NATIONAL RADIOSPORT CONTESTS.  HE NEVER HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY
ABOUT ANYONE.  HE WAS A FIXTURE AT ALL OF THE BIG EVENTS AND WAS
JUST A GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND, SAID NAUMANN.  HIS LOVE OF PEOPLE
TOOK HIM AROUND THE WORLD ON DXPEDITIONS AND MISSIONS OF GOODWILL
RELATED TO AMATEUR RADIO.  IN 1984, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING
THE CHINESE RADIO SPORTS ASSOCIATION REESTABLISH AMATEUR RADIO IN
CHINA.  HE SERVED A SIMILAR ROLE IN ALBANIA, AND HE OPERATED FROM
CUBA.  IN 1990, MARGELLI AND HIS TEAMMATE, MIKE WETZEL, W9RE, WON A
SILVER MEDAL AT THE FIRST EVER WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP,
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOODWILL GAMES IN SEATTLE.  HIS
OPERATING PROWESS SPANNED MODES, CULTURES, AND LANGUAGES.  CHIP WAS
A REAL DXER WHO COULD BE EATING AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH AND SENDING
MORSE CODE AT 50 WPM, ALL WHILE WATCHING HIS SMARTPHONE FOR DX SPOTS
AND CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION WITH A VISITING HAM, SAID GORDON
WEST, WB6NOA.  WHEN WORKING PHONE, HE WOULD SPEAK JAPANESE WHEN THE
BAND WAS OPEN TO THE WEST AND SPEAK RUSSIAN TO AN EARLY MORNING 20
METER CONTACT, AND THEN SPANISH WHEN WORKING STATIONS TO THE SOUTH,
WEST ADDED.  MARGELLI WAS GENUINELY CURIOUS ABOUT MANY SUBJECTS.  IF
SOMEONE BROUGHT UP A TOPIC ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT, HE WOULD JUST GO
WITH IT, SAID JANET MARGELLI.  THERE DIDNT SEEM TO BE ANYTHING THAT
DID NOT INTEREST HIM, SHE SAID.  MARGELLI IS REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE
WHO JUST LOVED PEOPLE AND LOVED ENTERTAINING THEM, SHE SAID.  IN MAY
2005, MARGELLI TOOK AMATEUR RADIO TO GLOBAL LATE NIGHT TV.  ON AN
EPISODE OF THE TONIGHT SHOW, HOST JAY LENO PITTED MORSE CODE AGAINST
SMS TEXT MESSAGING TO SEE WHICH WAS A FASTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
MARGELLI WENT UP AGAINST THE US CHAMPION CELL PHONE TEXT MESSENGER.
LONGTIME FRIEND KATIE ALLEN, WY7YL, SAID THAT MARGELLI DIDNT FEEL
PRESSURE TO PERFORM FOR THE GLOBAL AUDIENCE NEARLY AS MUCH AS HE DID
FOR FELLOW HAMS.  HE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT IT WAS KIND OF THROWN
TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE.  THE BIGGEST PRESSURE WAS THAT DAYTON
HAMVENTION WAS RIGHT AFTER, AND IF HE BLEW IT, HE DIDNT WANT TO SHOW
HIS FACE AT THE EVENT, SAID ALLEN.  HE DIDNT BLOW IT MARGELLI AND
HIS PARTNER, KEN MILLER, K6CTW, BEAT THE SPEED OF THE TEXT
MESSENGERS.  MARGELLI WAS A 2018 INDUCTEE OF THE FIRST CLASS CW
OPERATORS CLUB, A 2021 RECIPIENT OF THE ET KRENKEL MEDAL, AND WAS
INDUCTED INTO THE CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME IN 2006.  HE WAS A
LIFE MEMBER OF AMSAT AND THE QUARTER CENTURY WIRELESS ASSOCIATION.

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