Contact: December 2, 2019 Ed Efchak, Public Information Officer [email protected] 802-282-6700 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ARRL Hudson Division Director Ria Jairam N2RJ Discusses The Latest From HQ As FLARC Closes Out Its 2019 Speaker Series On Friday, December 13th FLARC is proud to have one of its own to end the fourth consecutive year of monthly programs on December 13th with Ria Jairam N2RJ, the ARRL Hudson Division Director, on hand to discuss the latest going’s on in Newington at the Fair Lawn Senior Center, 11-05 Gardiner Road in Fair Lawn. The program begins at 7PM and refreshments will be served. A FLARC member, Ria has been licensed since 1997 in her native Trinidad and Tobago and in the US since 2001. First becoming interested in radio at age five from her dad who was an avid SWL, she started in Amateur Radio in secondary school under the mentorship of a teacher, Mr. Tony Lee-Mack, 9Y4AL (SK). Ria is especially interested in Radiosport (contesting) and DXing, as well as homebrewing, kit building, DMR, DSTAR and digital weak signal modes. She has earned several DXCC awards including DXCC on all three modes (phone, CW and digital) and nine bands including 160 meters along with DXCC Challenge. She has also won several contest plaques including regional, national and North American titles in various DX contests. A keen SDR enthusiast, she has won a “Top Elmer” award in 2016 for her work with VPN remote access for Flex radios. She has also won two FlexRadio “Top Tester” awards for her work in testing and debugging SmartSDR 2.0 and the Power Genius XL solid state amplifier. Ria is a QSL card sorter with the W2 QSL bureau, run by the North Jersey DX Association (NJDXA) and is the Northern NJ section manager for the Frankford Radio Club (FRC). She is also the District 2 chair of the Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) and a member of the British Young Ladies Amateur Radio Association (BYLARA). Ria is an alumnus of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where she studied Electrical Engineering. Look for her in the DX pileups, often operating remotely, or operating WSJT digital modes to snag a new one. She blogs about these activities at her website: http://blog.n2rj.com and https://www.facebook.com/ria.h.jairam So, save the date – December 13th -- for learning more about what’s happening at ARRL HQ and provide her input to better reflect the needs of ARRL members. For more information, please visit the club's website at www.fairlawnarc.org or call 201-791-3841. .