Among hams, SATERN has long been an acronym for the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. Now, according to the ARRL, it also stands for Strategic Auxiliary Team Emergency Readiness Net, a new group organized by former Salvation Army SATERN manager Lee Glassman, WA5LEE. To make matters even more confusing, the "new SATERN" holds daily nets on 14.265 MHz, the frequency formerly used by the original SATERN for its daily nets, which have now been moved to 14.325 MHz on a reduced 3-day-a-week schedule.
Logo of the "new" SATERN - Strategic
Auxiliary Team Emergency Readiness Net
Salvation Army SATERN
National Committee Chair Michele Heaver told ARRL that her organization considers
the new SATERN to be a "breakaway" group, does not support it and has
no association with it. Glassman reportedly took the action because of "a
conflict of ideals," including increased credentialing requirements and
background checks being imposed by The Salvation Army on net members, and because
it stopped holding daily nets on 14.265. He said his new group used the same acronym
and frequency because they were already familiar to net participants.
