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

SUMMER 2OO9
NOUF
ln early March a message was posted on the QCWA Reflector that Chapter 41 in Dallas was going to demonstrate how VolP has
I interacted with Ham Radio. I contacted Val, W5PUI and as part of the meeting, I was able to talk to the members and guests
of Chapter 41 in Dallas Via Echolink from my 2 meter mobile in Minnesota while I was on the way to a Skywarn training class,
(l'm currently certified until Dec, 2010). I hadn't talked to some of these members since the QCWA Convention in 2003.
Since then l've made the time to check into these Echolink equipped nets:
. Southern Californra C hapter 7 on Sundays at 1 000 Pacif ic W6ZRZ, NCS on 147 .360 + using Echolink K6VG P-R 8722
. Golden Triangle Chapter 173 in FL on Tuesday at 2000 Eastern W9JRY NCS on 145.390 - Echolink K4FC-L 360259
. Upper Midwest Chapter 8 in MN on Saturday at 0900 Central NUGI, NCS on 145.450 - Echolink NOBVE-R 89680
Chapter 7 regularly has a Ham from Sri Lanka check in and Chapter 8 has had DX from South America and Europe join in. I
installed Echolink on my computer last February but had never used it, Try it, you'll like it.
l've also recently checked into the HF nets of Chapter 8 in MN, Chapter 110 in Omaha, NE. Chapter 123 in lowa and Chapter
8's VHF net directly on 2 meters.
Be sure to check elsewhere in the Journal and on the QCWA website for the latest information on the QCWA Cruise which is
happening October 24 - 31 , 2009. This is on Holland America s brand new ship, the Eurodam. Fair Winds and Following Seas!
The fallversion of the 53rd QCWA QSO Party is happening on September 19th. As always, details are in the Journal and on
the QCWA web site.
By the time this is published. the Dayton Hamvention will be history for another year. We had a superb opportunity to reach
out and touch many Hams that are otherwise unavailable. l'll let you know in the next issue how we did. I can tell you, your
Board worked hard to ensure success.
An excerpt from an email to QCWA Director Joan Powell:
The support of the Amateur Radio community in general is crucial. Much of that springs from whose who have a long history
of experience, not only with the AR Service itself, but by their understanding and appreciation of the need for a strong organization
to represent us all.
t am, of course, referring to the Quarter Century Wireless Association, which plays such a vital role not only in preserving the
past, but in making a brighter future. The literally hundreds of years of combined knowledge within that group is so very
important to us all, a fact which l, for one, recognize and for which I am deeply grateful.
Please convey these sentiments to your membership, as well as my thanks for their support of the RAC.
73,
Bob
R.D. (Bob) Cooke, VE3BDB
President and Chairman of the Board
Radio Amateurs of Canada lnc.
While l'm talking about correspondence, I had the pleasure of sending this to Nelson, W4BHD:
Quafter Century Wireless Association
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