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EDITORIAL
In With The New, Continued...
It ** " bit scary to wait arormd the few days following tlrc mailing of my first issue as your
new edits. I ha4 I thought a lot of good ide"s on publishing tlrc Jounal but I just didn't
know ifthey wonld be well received.
Howevo, judging by tlrc respqse in the 'Lrtters to the Editof' mlumn, for the most
part yor did like the clranges.
So many of yor took the time to send in ccrespondence tl'at I felt that I should
publislt as numy ofyour conrnents as possible. I close to pnrblish as rumy of your letters as I
had space fu, and then some. For those few of you wtro do not see your letter, I apologize. I
just had to find a cut olf point and stop inserting them. As you will see, there are four pages of
letters, plus one page containing a special letter from Dave Sumner, KIZZ. ln the fuhre,
however, I will not be devoting these many pages to the 'lrtters to the Editof ' column.
I really apraiate all of your comments. Some of you also sent private
to me giving me conskrctive criticisn for futrue issues of the Joumal. Those
were also mwh ap,preciated. Two facts have become evident by the sheer number of conrments
on the new approach of lhe Joumal; first, so many of you really care about QCWA and its
fuhne and second, you want its publication to present the best possible image of the
organization. As I stated in my first issue, I look forwdrd to building the Joumol tnto a
magazine that you can be proud of that you can even use as a recruitmg tool and to being your
editor for a long time. With the kind of constrctive cornments you gave me on the first issue,
I knowthat Ihave your zupport.
My thanks go to all of you r*tro mrresponded for taking the time to help me towmd
our mmmon goal of making this, your magazine, the best that it can be.
There were mistakes. As the'lrtters to the Editor" will attest, not all was liked and
some of the missing items were missed. Therefore, a few items were put back in. You will find
an application for membership and a 'Mernbers Supplies" page in the center of the magazine.
You will notice that there is also an armouncement for the 1994 National Convention in El
Paso on the adjacent pages.
What you may not notice is the deliberate placement of these four pages. You can
simply pttll out the sheet containing the four pages without destroying the integrity of the rest
of the magazines. I used this same deliberate placement in the last issue for the QSO Parg Log
and Multiplier sheets. How many of you notice? Better yet, how many of you removed the
sheet and sent in your log for the Parties?
For those of you who were upset with various aspects of the issue (printing quality,
etc.), I apologize. I am working with the printer to get the quality up to what you expect. So,
take a look at this issue and see ifyou like it any better.
IN IIIIS ISSUE...
Ralph Hasslinger, W2CVF, gives us a brief history of QCWA. Sy Yuter,
W2NBT and Harry Moore, W2JQS, give us a history of CONEX. Your editor visited
Cuba recently and wrote about the experience. Jim Walsh, WTLVfl, bids farewell to
former General Manager, Ted Heithecker, W5EJ. And Betty Strattan, W2PVS,
entertains us with her tale of coincidences.
You have really accepted our new and old columnists. I have been notified by
them that comments have been sent to all of them concerning the superb job they are
doing.
This issue Keith Pugh, W5IU, covers all the satellites currently active. Dr.
Dub George, WA5BFF, writes about the prostate, a topic close to all of us men. Chip
Margelli, K7JA, talks about making DX friends "offthe air." Carol King, K5CPZ, the
only columnist to take some heat for the last issue, writes about Esther Given, W6BDE,
a YL pioneer during W.W.[. Unfortunately, Carol took the heat for me in accepting the
name I gave for her colunn. (See the "Letters to the Editor" column for more on the
':heat.") She has redeemed me quite nicely by renaming the column "silver Belles."
Thanks, Carol.
All of the candidates for office have submitted biographies. They are published
in this issue. While the oflices of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer are
unopposed, there are 12 candidates for the 11 director positions. Read the biographies
carefully and vote for the candidates of yow choice. Ballots will be mailed out in June.
IN TIIE FTITURE...
What about the future? I am looking for more technical articles. However, I am
always looking for good material, whatever form it takes. So, keep letting me hear from
you. Until next time....73 de Joe Lynch, N6CL.
QCWA Jouraal
EortonHr, Srlrr
Editor-in-Chief
Joe Lynch, N6CL
Columnists
Dr. Dub GeorEe, WASBFF'
Ham's Health
Jack Kelleher,W4ZC
FCC
Carol Krg, KSCPZ
Silver Belles
Chip Margelli, KTJA
cQ Dx
Keith Pugh, W5IU
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