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

Anniversory Membership Drive with the explicitly stoted
gool of bringing in 30 new Chopter I l9 members during
this onniversory yeor. At the end of the first quorter we
hove lumped iust post the One'Third mork with I I new
members to dote. From here on out the progress moy be o
bit slower, but with oppropriote odvertising (Thonk You,
Director, Joon, VE3ZC - greot ideo, thonks for shoring)
we hope to inspire the rother lorge contingent of those
Iocol omoteur rodio operotors who ore eligible for QCWA
membership to ioin wiih us. President, Ron, WBUL; Vice-
President, Al, WA4TCJ; ond Treosurer, Borry, KSV|P, hove
oll ioined with the Chopter Secretory, Vic, W4VIC, to
'shoke the bushes.' Support from other locol Clubs, who
hove provided spoce in their publicotions for our recruiiing
ods, should help to move us toword our gool. Pleose ioin
us in exiending congrotulotions to our new First Quorter
members (in order of sign-on): Chris Honslits, W4VX; John
Reiser, WA4L (olso o member of QCWA Chopter 91);
John Roberts, WB4AXI Rich Ferguson, N2XQM; Molvern
Borrow, K4WHN; Lewis Hudgins, W4LMH; Stever Botton,
W4XQ; Joon Johnson, K4JU (olso o member of QCWA
Chopter 91); Sol Yorks, WD4NZX (ACWA opplicotion
pending); Tolley George, W4TVG; ond Don Lynch,
WAZYT. How exciting to hove these folks ioin in the good
times ot Chopter I 19.
Also oiding in the recruitment of new members is the
plon for Speciol Activities during the Anniversory Yeor.
Our first such scheduled speciol event wos o Members
ond Friends tour of the Christion Broodcosting Network
(CBN) studio ond production focilities. The CBN operotion
hos been widely held to be omong the finest such focilities
extont. A speciol odded ottroction during this event wos
the inclusion of o guided tour through the Hompton Roods
Teleport - the sotellite eorth stotion focilities ot CBN. An
CBN Satetlite communications Facility. This is a photo ol several satellite dishes
used at the facility.
Quarter Century Wireless Association
Marshall Nute, Manager CBN Satellite Communications Facility, surrounded by
Chapter 119 Members.
expertly guided tour by Mr. Morsholl Nute, the Monoger
ot the CBN Sotellite Communicotion fociliry whom we discovered
to be none other thon KAICFB o locol omoteur
rodio operotor flying somewhot under our rodor, wos
enthusiosticolly received by 24 members ond friends subsequent
to our Morch meeting.
Chopter I l9 is sponsoring on IOTA islond octivqtion
this summer, putting Tongier lslond, NA-083 on the oir
during the lost weekend of July. This period coincides with
the IOTA Contest ond we hope to enter thot contest in the
lslond DXpedition cotegory. Plons for this octivity ore
under woy ond we'll be telling you more oboui this exciting
eveni in our next Chopter Report.
Additionol plons for this onniversory yeor include o
ioint excursion (with aCWA Chopter 9,l, Vic Clork (VA) to
the Notionol Rodio Astronomy Observotory ot Greenbonk,
WV. We ore olso plonning o big onniversory porty to be
held loter this Foll. Whot on exciting yeor for Chopter
I t9l
I close this Chopter Report with the sod news of the
possing of o good friend ond OCWA member, Jock Moin,
W4YCZ, Member # 21769. Jock wos o prominent member
o[ Chopter I l9 ond olso of the USS Wisconsin (BB-
64) Rodio Club.
Vk Culver, W4VIC Secrelary
Chopter l2O, GICWW
Our onnuol ond only membership meeting of the yeor will
toke ploce on boord Hollond Americo's Eurodom during
the QCWA 2OO9 Cruise Conveniion from 24 to 3l
Ociober 2009. The ship will deport from ond orrive bock
in Fort Louderdqle, FL. I will be toking our QCWW bonner
ond hope to get pictures of our members ot the severol
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