Kay Craigie, N3KN, ARRL First Vice President,
is the Pacificon 2007 Banquet Speaker

Kay Craigie recently chaired the National Emergency Response Planning Committee

The Saturday night PACIFICON 2007 Banquet includes a sit-down dinner, with a choice of beef or chicken (or vegetarian on request at Banquet). The banquet fee is $39.00 per person. The banquet sells out early. If you want to attend, buy tickets now to reserve your spot! You must also purchase a PACIFICON General Admission ticket to attend.

PACIFICON 2007 proudly welcomes Kay Craigie, N3KN, First Vice President of the American Radio Relay League, as our Banquet speaker. Her topic is "A Matter of Perspective".

Kay Craigie lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, with her husband Carter Craigie N3AO and their Jack Russell Terrier, Frodo. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Kay graduated from Georgia State College (now Georgia State University) in 1968 and then moved to Pennsylvania to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She taught at the University of Maryland for three years in the 1970's. Later, she taught part-time at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania and worked on the non-instructional staff at a high school. By the late 1980's, she had stopped working for a paycheck to devote full time to operating Mom's Taxi and doing volunteer work for Amateur Radio through the ARRL and her local radio club. She moved to Virginia in 2007.

First licensed in 1983, Kay soon became the editor of her home radio club's newsletter, a position she held for 24 years. She's also a Volunteer Examiner. In 1986, she became ARRL Section Manager for Eastern Pennsylvania, moving up to Atlantic Division Vice Director in 1990. Six years later, she became Atlantic Division Director, and in 2006 she was elected First Vice President of the ARRL.

Kay has served on all the standing committees of the ARRL Board of Directors and also worked on the League's Enforcement Task Force, the committee whose pressure finally resulted in the FCC's assigning Riley Hollingsworth to clean up the ham bands.

Kay's first assignment as Vice President was to design what became the ARRL Education and Technology Program. This open-ended project enables teachers to integrate ham radio and wireless technology into their teaching in a variety of subjects. "When we do what benefits kids," she says, "ham radio will benefit in the long run, too." Recently, she chaired the National Emergency Response Planning Committee, tasked with recommending how to improve the League's readiness at the national level to respond to extraordinary disasters such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

On the air, Kay enjoys DXing -- that's what attracted her to ham radio in the first place -- award-hunting, and contesting. She holds VUCC on 6 meters, 5BDXCC (endorsed for 12, 17, and 30 meters), the DXCC Challenge award, WAZ, and WAE Class 1 CW. She enjoys digital modes such as RTTY and PSK31, as well as CW and phone. She was active in ARES/RACES in Pennsylvania.

Kay's husband Carter Craigie N3AO is a retired college professor. He has served as a Section Traffic Manager and as an ARES Emergency Coordinator. He especially enjoys QRP homebrewing and operating outdoors on the Appalachian Trail. Their daughter Jenny Riffe KA3WVD lives in Virginia with her husband and son.

Buy tickets now for the PACIFICON Banquet . Space is limited. You must also purchase a PACIFICON Admission ticket to attend.