ASHLAND, MA PEBMIT NO.7 - Quarter Century Wireless Association

increosed with 20 members ond guests present.
The Chopter 8 Boord put o procedure in ploce to
inform members they were delinquent with their notionol
aCWA dues ond they will not be ollowed to renew their
Chopter membership until they ore current.
Chopter 8 Director John Fox, WULER, is in chorge of
our toble ot the Mid-Winter Homfest in Buffolo, MN, in
Morch.
Jock Steinmetz, N@GI, our 2 meter NCS, reported he
hod I 3 check-ins this morning including o VE3 vio
Echolink. lf the number of check-ins continues to climb he
moy run the net through the summer. This net currently is
on the oir from September through Moy.
ARRL Dokoto Division Director, Joy Bellows, KUQB,
brought us oll up to dote on the lotest hoppenings ot the
leogue. These include efforts to recruit younger members
into the ronks of Hom Rodio (ond hopefully into QCWA in
25 yeors).
Our nets meet Soturdoy morning on 3.908 MHz ot
0800 centrol time, Boldy, WAOFY, is the NCS. Then oi
0900 centrol timeJock, NUGI, is the NCS on 145.45O
MHz. This repeoter is connected to Echolink (N@BVE-R
89680) with no PL tone, pleose ioin us.
Check the Chopter 8 webpoge for informotion ond pic-
tures : http://www. qcwo.org/cho pterOOB. htm
Speciol Note: ln Februory, I wos working on ARRL VE
session in St Cloud ond one of the tests I corrected
belonged to Ben Premock, KDOEIO. Ben wos licensed lost
August, iust upgroded io Generol ond is the Grqndson of
new Life member, Josh Premock, W@KZD of Tucson. Ben
occepted my invitotion to our Morch meeting ond shored
pictures ond stories of Grondpo Josh with our members.
Ben is visiting Josh in the neor future ond promises to keep
in iouch.
Boh Roske, NOUF, Secretory
Chqpter I O, Michigqn (Ml)
Finolly, summer hos, (hopefully), orrivedl Time for those
new ontenno prolects, lown mowing, plonting gordens,
ond deoling with o brond new crop of mosquitoes, oooh
yes, those hozy, lozy, crozy doys of summer!
Pleose ioin us in welcoming to QCWA ond Chopter
10, our newest member, Clements, (Clem), N. Duvol,
WBVO, from Sterling Heights, Ml.
We extend our sincere congrotulotions to the following
ACWA oword recipients from Chopter 10, os we ore oll
very proud of their individuol occomplishments ond contributions
to omoteur rodio. The Awords ond Recipients ore
os follows: Both the ACIVA "Fifiy Yeors Continuously
Licensed Aword", ond the ACWA "50th Anniversory
Aword" ore being presented to: Lorry G. Trumble, KSOER
f;HfifT,fiB 16 l:r:ts
of Eost Jordon, Ml; Timothy R. Pepper, KBNWD, of
Woterford, MI, ond Clements N. Duvol, W8VO, of
Sterling Heights, Ml.
The Chopter I0 Annuol Summer Picnic will be held on
Wednesdoy, August 12, 2009, ot the Kenwood pork in
Codilloc, Ml, beginning ot 12:00 noon. Thonks to our
"Moster Chef", Jonesy, KBDJE, BBQ boby bock ribs, chicken,
ond "olher goodies" will be provided to oll. Members
ond guests ore osked to bring their own toble service ond
drinks, (no olcoholic beveroges ollowed per City ordinonces),
ond o possing dish to shore with others.
Following the picnic luncheon, there will be o presentotion
by one of our Chopter members. lt would be o good
ideo to bring olong your fovorite folding choir, kick bock,
ond enioy the greot fellowship ond fun. Detoils of this
event will be posted on the Chopter l0 web poge on the
OCWA Notionol Web Site, ond be onnounced on our
Sundoy ssb net.
Recruiting new members for QCWA is very importont
ond we encouroge everyone to set o gool of recruiting ot
leost one new member this yeor. See detoils ond opplicotion
forms in this Journol or contoct your Chopter
Secretory for opplicotion detoils.
Everyone is invited to ioin us on our ssb net ond cw
net eoch week. (See "Chopters On The Air" listing this
issue, for doys, frequency, ond times.)
We wish everyone o sofe ond funJilled summer. As we
celebrote the birth of our Notion on July 4th, ond Lobor
Doy, in September, let us not forget those thot now serve
ond hove served ond given so much for our freedoms in
this greot Notion.
lowell Corbin, W8l8B, Vice President & Acting Seaetory lreasurer
Chqpter I l, Northern Cqliforniq (CAl
This spring brought o flurry of octivity to Chopter I 1.
Members were looking forwqrd to our onnuol spring
Iuncheon thot we hold ot o yocht club where we cqn invite
fomily ond friends. We received o club stotion license but
ore woiting until we con chonge it before we stqrt operoting
with it. Members ore discussing the upcoming QCWA
Convention. Severol hove olreody mode their deposits.
Most notobly, the members thot comprise the VE teom. The
Su n nyvo le VE Coord i no tor, http: / / www.o moteu rrodio.org/
is o member of our Chopter ond together with
the VEs in our Chopter, will be providing on exom session
on the Convention Cruise for oll elements of the exoms. So
qnyone thot wonts to upgrode or get their first license, this
will be on excellent opportunity with o plethoro of Elmers
on boord.
Chopter Vice President Peter Von Putten, WA6UDU,
presented Brod Wyott, K6WR, with o Meritorious Aword
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