All my life I wanted to see/The island called Hawaii
I don't know how much longer I can continue with this Beach Boys surfing theme, but here we go again. The Surfin' catch of the week is a Web site dedicated to Amateur Radio in our 50^th state, Hawaii.

I have never been to Hawaii, but Pop, who spent time there in the mid-1940s in between his visits to Tinian, Saipan, and Iwo, always said it had the most beautiful beaches he had ever seen (especially, I imagine, in contrast to those other Pacific beaches he had visited). Some day, I'd like to see the 50th state myself, but until then, I can visit the Web site of Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, and find all about Amateur Radio in Hawaii.

See the spectacular site of the Emergency Amateur Radio Club repeaters on Diamond Head on Oahu, Hawaii, on the Web site of Ron Hashiro, AH6RH.

Ron's Amateur Radio in Hawaii page provides links to comprehensive information about Hawaiian Amateur Radio nets, VHF and UHF activity (repeater and otherwise), clubs and organizations, emergency communications, and a calendar of happenings and events. There are also links to technical and general interest ham radio articles and photos including spectacular shots of the Emergency Amateur Radio Club repeater site on Diamond Head on Oahu.

By the way, Ron is a talented photographer, so be sure to check out the link to his photography pages. His pictures of Hawaii and its visitors are stunning. (My favorite is the shot of the Australian visitor.)

Until next time, keep on surfin'!

Editor's note: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, of downtown Wolcott, Connecticut, is an ARRL Life Member and an incessant contributor to QST and QEX (502 pieces in 22 years), not to mention the author of five ARRL books and contributor to a bevy of other ARRL titles. First licensed in 1969 as WN1LOU, he upgraded to WA1LOU in 1971. Stan began using computers with Amateur Radio in 1978 when he bought a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I computer and wrote BASIC programs to dupe contests and calculate antenna bearings. A virtual beach boy, Stan has been surfing the radio dials as long as he can remember, however, instead of surfing all over Manhattan and down Doheny Way, he now surfs the Internet searching for that perfect page. To contact Stan, send email to wa1lou@arrl.net.

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