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

Chapter 41 member Don Shelton, K50K, demonstrates operation of
0S0NET/CQ100, a V0lP non-BF mode ol Amateur Badio.
chopter member Vql Erwin, W5PUI who mode on on-site
operotionol demonstrotion of both Echolink ond
ASONET/CQ100. While Vol exploined ond onswered
questions regording VOIP-type operotion, Donold J.
Shelton, K5OK, used o portoble notebook computer with
ottoched microphone to proieci the octuol VOIP operotion
on o lorge screen for oll to see. (Vol noted thot most ony
contemporory computer with lnternet occess could be used
for VOIP operotion.) During the course of the progrom, on
Echolink QSO wos occomplished with our Notionql
QCWA President, Bob Roske, NOUF. At the time, Bob wos
operoting 2M mobile ond wos on his woy to o Skyworn
meeting neor his home in Minnesoto. Chopter 4l members
were omozed to heor Bob's voice oddressing the
Chopter members. Vol ond Don showed the versotility ond
lotitude offered by both progroms in enobling porticulorly
those confined to nursing homes, oportments, ond similor
focilities where conventionol omoteur rodio equipment setups
ore not feosible to continue in our hobby of two-woy
communicotion both cross-country ond throughout the
world utilizing fomilior bonds ond modes. While the systems
utilize the Internet insteod of "reol rodio" which some
moy find too untroditionol, others w;ll find the visuol reolism
ond octuol ourol contocts to be fulfilling ofter hoving
been off the oir for circumstonces often beyond their control.
Operotion on both Echolink ond QSONET/Ca100
mondotes thot the porticipont must provide proof of pos-
session of on outheniic current Amoteur Rodio License
issued in his or her nome, which is then verified.
Boh Olney, N5Nf, Recording Secretory
Chqpter 45. Cifrus (FL)
HomCotion is over qnd it wos o greot success for both our
Menherc of Chapter 45 enjoying a wondertd Sunday Dinner
President AL LaPete4 W2AS, presenb Norm Lauterette, WA4HYJ, with a
chapter il5 Life Menbership Certificate.
Chopter ond Notionol insofor os pure enioyment for the
porticiponts os well os o goodly number of new members
ond renewols for both. Seeing Notionol Directors ond
mony of our other friends wos perhops the highlight of the
event occomponied by o wonderful forum by Notionol
Director, Lorry, WA9JMO.
The big event for our Chopter wos our quorterly
sociol/dinner meeting ond the showing of our recently-produced
DVD on the 40 yeors of Chopter 45 on Morch 22.
It went over in o yery big woy ond wos enioyed by oll 38
ottendees. Normolly, no business is conducied oi these
quorterly meetings but on exception wos mode in this cose
ond Norm Louterette, WA4HYJ wos presented o Chopter
Life Membership Ce*ificote for his B months of dedicoted
ond hord work on the DVD proiect.
We hove hod the usuol ups ond downs of ony orgonizotion
ond regrettobly hove lost o beloved wife of one of
our very octive members; we hove proyed for the fomily
ond now continue on to spreod hope ond comfort to oihers
in need.
Our group continues to enioy our monthly meetings
ond quorterly dinners; ottendonce hos been excellent ond
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