Dec 2020 Election Candidates

WB9UDW, Bob Hartenstein, Candidate for Director in Dec 2020 Election

Name: Bob Hartenstein
QTH: Fort Wayne, IN
ECARS History:
-  Member Since: Member since 2019, Lifetime #9073
-  Previous Offices/Duties: None
-  Current Net Control Operator: No.

Other Amateur Radio History:
Ham since the early 80's. Currently holding a General Class License.

Community Activities:

Extremely active in various church positions.
In 2006 assisted a team to develop and deploy a 1000 kw am Christian radio station in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Subsequently purchased a license for an 4000 kw FM radio station in Bryan, OH.
Six years later purchased an existing FM radio station in South Bend, Indiana. All three stations are Not-for Profit 403c entities. As a volunteer, developed their underwriting and and wrote and voiced same. Worked with the stations for 10 years prior to retirement as an Investment Broker/Estate Planner for a major national firm.

Personal Comments:
My ham radio experiences are an off shoot as a radio enthusiast from childhood building various radio projects. As a new Novice Class in the early 80's I excelled in Morse Code and remained a novice for some 20 years content with 30 wpm.

Then friends made fun of me and before the no-code became the new norm, I took the code and General Exam to silence my critics (I jest).

As I listened to various HF Nets, I became enamored with the ECARS group.

As a matter of fact, in the mid-2000's, I traveled to the EAST COAST several times to visit my daughter in Philadelphia and ECARS kept me company most of the way helping me pass the time and making sure I remained alert. I even checked in once from atop Pikes Peak, Colorado on a western trip.

I can only say my experience with the wonderful gentlemen on ECARS is something I talk up a lot, especially the friendships made from Radio Fort Wayne.

I have enjoyed Chairing the Election Committee for ECARS and hope to continue to be an enthusiastic voice promoting this truly awesome group. It's nice to know someone is there while traveling to help in an emergency and help past the time while traveling on the East Coast.