Subj : David Galletly, KM2O, Named Vice Director of the ARRL Hudson Division
To : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 10:09 pm
08/09/2024
David Galletly, KM2O, has been appointed Vice Director of the ARRL Hudson
Division. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, appointed Galletly to the
remainder of the term ending in December, 2024, following the promotion of
former Vice Director Ed Wilson, N2XDD, to Hudson Division Director.
Galletly has been active in amateur radio since 1998. An ARRL Life Member, he
is a member and past President of the Albany Amateur Radio Association,
Treasurer of the Hudson Valley Contesters and DXers and President of the Albany
County ACES Radio Club. He served for over a dozen years as Section Emergency
Coordinator of the ARRL Eastern New York Section. His interests include
contesting, chasing DX, ARRL Field Day, award chasing (8-Band DXCC, WAS, WAZ,
VUCC, DXCC Challenge, IOTA), hunting and activating POTA�, instructing license
classes, assisting in VE sessions, and staying active in emergency
communications and public service activities.
Galletly is retired Senior Vice President of WAMC Northeast Public Radio, a
regional network of stations, where he had a 35-year career. He was responsible
for operations, programming, and finance of the NPR member stations. He earned
a BA in Communications and MS in Education from the University at Albany, as
well as a certificate in Management Development for Public Broadcasting
Executives from the Wharton School of Business and the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting. Upon retirement, WAMC's newsroom was named in his honor. Galletly
was the station's first News Director.
The ARRL Hudson Division is comprised of the ARRL Sections of Eastern New York,
New York City - Long Island, and Northern New Jersey.
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