Wednesday, January 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Radio operator honored
A Bend man is the Ham
Radio Operator of the Year
for 2015. Joseph Barry was
chosen for the award by
members of the High Desert
Amateur Radio Group
(HIDARG). He was also
given a service award from
the group.
Barry was given a plaque
and a certificate along with
a handmade ceremonial tele-
graph key made by one of the
HIDARG members.
The group’s president,
Ray Spreier, made the presen-
tation at the group’s monthly
meeting Thursday evening,
January 7.
Spreier said Barry was
given the awards for his dedi-
cated service to ham radio for
over 25 years. Barry serves
as a volunteer examiner that
administers the official tests
people must take to become
a ham radio operator. He has
guided hundreds of people
through the process.
Barry is also known as an
“elmer,” which is a term for
someone who helps new ham
radio operators get started
after they get a license.
Barry said he got inter-
ested in radio as a teenager
listening to shortwave radios.
He studied electronics on
his own that allowed him to
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Sisters Country has been a winter artwork for the past several
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Joe Barry (left) was presented with Radio operator of the Year honors by
Ray Spreier (right).
get high scores on Air Force
entrance exams. The USAF
then sent him to school for
aircraft electronics.
He was stationed at
Edwards Air Force Base
working on the electronics
for jet fighters.
After the military, he
became a civilian employee
with the Defense Department,
working on flight simulators.
625 N. Arrowleaf Trail, Sisters
Barry became a member
of HIDARG in 1993, and has
been instrumental in the cre-
ation of ham radio repeaters
throughout Central Oregon.
He is one of the operators for
the ham radio repeater sys-
tem that connects hospitals
throughout Central Oregon
during emergencies.
For more information visit
www.hidarg.org.
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