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

John Thomason, WBSSY| West Gull Wce Director, duilng presentation on ARBL
activities.
Chqpter 63, Oklqhomq City (OK)
The Quorter Century Wireless Associotion, Centrol
Oklohomo Chopter 63 held their first quorterly meeting ot
1 l:00 o.m. on Soturdoy, Jonuory 24,2009, ol lhe
Hometown Buffet in Oklohomo City. After on enioyoble
meol ond good conversotion, John Thomoson, WBSSYI
spoke to us obout ARRL octivities. At the time, John wos
our Oklohomo Section Monoger, but since then he hos
become the West Gulf Vice Director.
We hove ihree locol nets thot ore reloted to QCWA
Chopter 63. The W5AS Net meets every Sundoy morning
ot7:30 o.m. locol time on 3.845 MHz with eorly bird
check-ins os eorly os 5:00 o.m. Iocol time. Our W5HXL
Memoriol Net meets every Thursdoy ot 7:00 p.m. locol
time on 147 .1O5 MHz.
We hove o new net ond mentoring progrom, colled
the K5DLE Memoriol "Elmering" Net, which meets ot Z:00
p.m locol time every Tuesdoy on 147 .'105 MHz. This net
wos formed to help new omoteurs become more fomilior
with on-the-oir proctices ond leorn obout the vorious omoteur
octivities ovoiloble. This progrom is designed to help
introduce the newcomer obout hom rodio. The new homs
run the net, but it is overseen by members of Chopter 63.
After the roll coll ond check-ins, there is o Q&A Session
for oll to porticipote in. There ore no "dumb" questions,
with the exceptions of those not osked. The net hos hod o
surprisingly good response; ond os o result of the interest,
o new "technicion level" closs is now being tought by
Skip, N5CFM, the founder of the K5DLE Memoriol
Quarter Century Wlreless Assoc ation
tEg&ffiffi i'#p*rts
"Elmering" progrom.
Meetings for Chopter 63 ore held quorterly ond dotes
ore posted on our website which moy be found ot
http ://www. qcwo.org/qcwoO63/i ndex. htm l.
Our Treosurer, Rodney Steword, M.D., K5lBi (OCWA
#303721 possed owoy Wednesdoy, Morch 25, 2009,
ofter struggling wiih concer for severol months. His survivors
include his wife of 56 yeors, Bonnie Ruth, four
grown children, ond seven grondchildren. Besides omoieur
rodio, Rod belonged to severol flying orgonizotions,
ond hod other interests including photogrophy, computers,
electronics, clossicol music, hybrid teo roses, koi fish,
Mercedes-Benz cqrs, booting, ond trovel. He continued to
octively proctice medicine os o Senior Avioiion Medicol
Exominer until his deoth. He will be missed by the mony
people who knew him.
Lyeol Amos, W1SIC
Chopter 64, El Pqso (TX)
Howdy omigos from Chopter 64 in El Poso, TX ond southern
NM! Our Chopter recently instolled Officers ond
Directors tor 2OO9 including President, Bob Rogers,
K5HRI; Vice-President, Bob Corroll, Sr., K5lE;
Secretory/Treosurerr Monny Gonzolez, W2BFI; qnd
Directors, Bob Smith, K5VRF; Rick Rumbough, W5PIE;
C.W. Hiett, NSHRD; ond Kermit Schouer, KM5W
Recent Chopter news includes presentotion of QCWA
Anniversory Awords by President Bob Rogers, KSHR|. A
7O-Yeor Certificoie wos presented to Vosco Rhoden,
W5NPI ond o 5O-Yeor Ceriificote to Bob Smith, K5VRF.
Congrotulotions guys!
A very speciol birthdoy coke wos presented to o very
speciol member of Chopter 64. Pollord "Bill" Rodgers,
KSWAE, 94yeors young, shored his coke with oll in
Chapter 1fficers, lst row L to B - Kermit, KMSW; Bob, KSHRI; and Bob, KSVBF.
2nd row L to R - Bick, WSPIE; Manny, WZBF| and Bob, KslE,
23