G[mloulnal - Quarter Century Wireless Association

Chapter Reports
most contacts. This was his second win. Next year we
plan to continue this special event.
Frank Shaw NUOF was part of the VE test team
that gave license exams the morning of February 1?th.
This was in conjunction with the Black Hills ARC Annual
Fund Raising Auction and late Christmas dinner,
held that day. After the test session Frank manned
a QCWA table at the auction site to promote QCWA
and Chapter 102 membership. On February 24th
Frank traveled to Hot Springs, SD to attend their ham
club's annual holiday dinner.
Our Hill City, SD member, Frankie Kruse W0MZI
was also at the dinner. Chapter member Dan Richmond
WONBX, who is also State Director AF MARS
SD and ND (AFFSSDA{D) was part of a group of local
hams that provided operators and equipment in support
of the Civil Air Patrol's search for a missing aircraft.
The aircraft, a Baron B55 twin with three people
on board, had been reported missing on a flight between
Rapid City, SD and Norfolk, NE. Amateur radio
involvement started with two hams who are also
CAP members then increased to include four additional
operators, a motor home and Ford Expedition, both with
complete HF, VHF and UHF capabilities. The team of
amateur operators provided communications between
search operations centers in Rapid City plus a secondary
search operations center in Winner, SD, which is
approximately half way between Rapid City and Norfolk
and with ground and aircrew conducting the
search. Unfortunately the aircraft had not been found
when search operations were temporarily suspended
Monday March 5th.
Roger Kehm KOROG - Vice President
Ghapter l12, Yankee
In response to Yankee Chapter members request
for more meetings, a "post-Valentine Day" meetingwas
held on February 17. Twenty-two members and guests
attended. The meeting was a buffet held at the Yangtze
River Restaurant located in Littleton, MA. Dave Rego,
W1GCA, is a member of the Antique Wireless Association,
as are other members of the chapter, presented a
program of slides which were accompanied with a prerecorded
tape narrating a tour ofthe association's Electronic
and Communications Museum located in
Bloomfield, NY. The museum includes historical items
from both commercial broadcasting as well as amateur
radio equipment.
Next meeting will be the Chapter's annual meeting
with election of officers.
Chuck Walbridge, K1IGD - Secretary
Ghapter 126, Piedmont
The Chapter 126 spring 2000 meeting was held at
the Classic Restaurant in Denton, North Carolina, almost
in the center of our Piedmont geographic region.
Total chapter membership, as of this meeting is 55.
One of our own, John Covington, W4CC and Section
Manager for North Carolina gave a talk on the history
of amateur radio. Following a scrumptious lunch
and Johns informative talk was fellowship time and
"eye-ball" QSO's.
32 QCWA fournal - Summer 2001
Fall ushered in our September 16, 2000 meeting
in Greensboro, N. C. There were 20 members and
guests present to experience an interesting early afternoon
walk down memory lane. Ron Lawrence,
KC4YOY, President of the Carolinas Chapter of the
Antique Wireless Association presented a timely and
interesting program on "vintage equipment".
As indicated by attendance (27 members and
guests) our most popular meeting - the Christmas one
(December 9, 2000) - was held at the Bermuda Run
Country Club in Clemmons, North Carolina, a suburb
of Winston Salem. After a luncheon, spoken highly of
by the eaters, the meeting was turned over to Dick
Genaille, W4UW, who spoke about his trip, with his
wife Elizabeth, to China. It was a splendid presentation
with narration, slides and video of China.
Our March 25, 2001meeting was held in Charlotte,
North Carolina in Conjunction with the CC-AWA.
(Carolinas Chapter of the Antique Wireless Association).
The Airport Sheraton was host to the 3 day CC-
AWA meeting and was climaxed by the QCWA/CC-AWA
Iuncheon. 14 QCWA members and guests were present.
32 CC-AWA members and guests were present. Sandwiched
between a brief business meeting was a superb
program by no other than "Mr. DX" himself, Gary
Dixon K4MQG of Fort Mills S.C. What a great time
did all members and guests have.
Chapter 126 2OOl-2002 Officers and Director
President - Joe A. Brown Jr W40NJ, Vice President
- John Covington W4CC, Secretary - Gary Howell
WB4BMJ, Treasurer - Chuck Brydges W4WXZ and
Director - Henry Elwell N4UH
Ghapter 138 Report
This year an Extra meetings of the chapter will
occur on the frfth Wednesday of every month that has
5 Wednesdays. The reason for the extra meeting is to
give those who work during the day an opportunity to
get together as a club and bring out others that might
join. The first meeting was held January 31 in the
evening at the Ft Monmouth MARS station. The members
present discussed plans for the upcoming Marconi
Getting ready for International Marconi Day Special Event.
L-r: Sterling Rogers N2GT, President Mike DiPersio KC2Q,
Marty Szumera WN2DX, Frqnk Wroblewski W2XYZ.