TOM HAUSKINS
AA0LF
Tom AAØLF and
wife Deb
The
ARMS
Christian
Fellowship
Group
has
made
some
major
changes.
Mike,
K7PTL,
and Frank,
AGØM have
decided to
step down
as President
and Vice
President. I, Tom Hauskins,
AAØLF,
was
appointed
the
new
ARMS
President effective
1
June 2024.
I
was first
introduced to
ARMS while
stationed at
Hill AFB, in Ogden, UT
as the operator
at the
Base MARS
station, to set up
and reactivate it. A visitor entered the
station, who
asked if
he could use one of the radio positions to
check into
a net
during
his
break
time. The
Collins
KWM-2A was
tuned
up
using
the
log
periodic on
14.307.5
Mhz. When
the
net
control asked
for
further
check-ins,
the
transmitter fined
up with,
”this
is
WOETA,
short
time.”
From
that
day
on,
the
radio
was
warmed up
and ready
when Chuck
Brockmeyer came in for his morning
break. I
retired after twenty years in
the US
Air Force
as a
Special Purpose
Vehicle Repairman
and
retired
after
twenty-eight years
as
a
Caterpillar,
Mitsubishi, Jungheinrich
Lift
Truck
Field
Service
Technician at
Altorfer
Lift
Truck
in
Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. My
specialty
is
electric
lift
trucks,
but
also
repaired
LP,
gas
and diesel lift
trucks. I was
Issued the
call sign KA6TH, while stationed
north of
Okinawa, Japan, living and
operating from
the
Island of
IE
Shima,
DA2TD,
while
stationed
at
Rhein
Main
AB, Germany,
and
GØ/NØDNJ while
TDY
to
Greenham
Common,
England,
performing
data collection
on
Ground
Launched
Tomahawk Cruise
Missiles. My
station
now
includes
a
Kenwood
TS-l30S
transceiver, YAESU
FT-840
transceiver, MFJ-989 antenna
tuner and
a Zepp
dipole. I
am active
on DMR
TGIF talk
group 7399 keeping
in
contact
with
other
ARMS
members.
I
also
enjoy
participating in
the
ARMS Midwest
Section Net
on Saturday
mornings and as a NCS one Saturday a
month. I
am also the
Saturday 1st
hour NCS
on the
20 meter
net. I
enjoy contacting
DX and special
event stations. I
have been married to
my beautiful bride, Deb, since April
1994. We
have five children
-- two
from my
previous marriage:
Tyler and
Kelly; three
from Deb's previous
marriage, but adopted
by
me: Anna, John, and 3acob. Tyler and
Kelly live in Tucson, Arizona, Anna
lives in Marion,
Iowa, Jacob lives
in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa
and John lives
in Iowa
City, Iowa.We also have two grandsons:
Hudson and Crosby. We
are
members of
Lutheran
Church
of
the
Resurrection in
Marion,
Iowa.
I
am
a
past church
council
member. We
taught
Sunday
school
together and
were
group
leaders
for Wednesday
Night Live and
Logos. I
was also
a Confirmation
Group leader.
Isaiah
40:31 is my favorite Bible
verse:
“But
they who wait for
the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall
mount up
with
wings like
eagles; they shall run
and not be
weary; they
shall walk and not faint.“
Last
updated 24 September 2025