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,$'?\ i: "Ns ;ttr..\s;$\:;'rn *' .!il -!\\ . \' rr( \'i ,r \ &**ry$ee" $ ffirq s4Slt*$*,;thi 1,3 Chopter 12, Andy Clork (FLl President Horry Pilofion, W4SaG, opened our monthly meeting ot l2 Noon ot Steok & Ale Miomi. There were I 2 members ond guesls present. We were pleosed to welcome our speciol guesi Loren Chose, AIZM, from the newlyJormed Southern Oregon Coost Chopter 220. Loren gove on interesting tolk on operoiing 20 meter mobile CW while driving o l8 wheeler oround the coun try. QCWA Members in the Miomi oreo pleose contoct ihe undersigned ot w4vz@bellsouth.net if you would like to ioin with us. We meet the third Soturdoy of the month, 12 noon, ot Steok & Ale 9090 SW 97 Ave. Kendoll, Miomi, FL. Visitors ore olwoys welcome, Arl Rouch, W4Vl Seoetory Chopter 20, Boltimore (MDl Chopter members ond guests enioyed our onnuol end-of-summer picnic ot Potopsco Stote Pork on September 10. Chopter Executive Chef Eddle Briggs, KB3lKD, ond Russ SIye, N3GT, served up some very tosly hot dogs ond homburgers. Newsletter Editol Ken McKee, W3RFQ, emceed o hilorious irivio gome. You ore welcome to our Thursdoy B:00 pm net on lhe 146.76 (-). Join us ony Mondoy Noon for o greot lunch ot Coctus Willies Steok Buffet ond Bokery, 23l5 Ritchie Highwoy, Glen Burnie, MD. It is directly ocross from the Empire Towers. Your XYL is invited Cactus Willies Labor Day Meeting! Annual end-of-summer picnic at Patapsco State Park on September 10. onytime, but especiolly on the first Mondoy of eoch month. Our next moior gothering will be our Holidoy Luncheon on December 2. Our Sociol Committee is Les Jomison, WR3X; Bruce Corpenter, W3YW; ond BeityJohnston, N3PKX. To receive our Chopter newslettel e-moil KENMCKEE@oo|.com or stop by our toble ot ony oreo homfest. Net meets Thursdoy evening oi B:00 pn 1a6.761-1. Ken McKee, W3RF8, Chopter Seuetary Chqpter 30, Wesr Virginiq [WV] It wos good to see so mony Chopter members ot the Wesl Virginio Stote Rodio Convention lote lost summer. .Jockson's Mill hos olwoys been o fovorite homfest for me ond lots of homs oround the sioie. lt seems there ore fewer folks there eoch yeor with mony there Soturdoy morning, then off to other life octiviiies by eorly offernoon. After olmost 50 yeors for this homfest, I often wonder whot the future holds for the weekend event. Our foll gothering ot the Museum of Rodio ond Technology in Huniington wos o success ond o greot doy for oll in otiendonce. lf you missed the event, be sure to toke time when you ore in Huntington ond go check out the Museum. They hove regulor hours for visitors on weekends. You con find odditionol informotion on their web site ot hfrp:/ /zip.to/mrt You will olso find o lot of pictures from the Museum on thot web poge. Don't forget to support the locol homfests coming up this spring ond summer oround the stote. This report is being written in lote September ond I do not hove fie dotes for 2008 homfest events in Foyetteville, Huniington or Ripley. Chorleston shoulci hove their populor fest in Morch. The West Virginio Stote Rodio Convention otJockson's Mill will celebrote their 50th Anniversory in loie August. The 2008 Roonoke Division Convention will be integroted into ond po* of this speciol weekend ot The Mill. See you therel This will be my lost report for the Chopier. lt is time for me to step down os your Secretory/Treosurer ond move on to other octivities. lt hos been my pleosure to wotch the Chopter reorgonize ond become octive ogoin over the post five yeors. Best Wishes for o Hoppy New Yeor 2008. Moybe there will be on increose in sun spot octiviiy ond more octivity for oll of us on the bonds this yeor ond the future. David Mays, Retiring Secrelory fireosurer Chopter 4I, Dollqs (TX) Severol Chopter members witnessed the recent fly-in of vintoge World Wor ll worplones to ihe Loncoster, Texos Municipol Airport, Operotions Center of the Dollos-Fort Worth Wing of the Commemorotive Air Force (CAF). The CAF owns ond mointoins in flying-condition o significont number of rore militory oircroft thot were produced in the thousonds during WWll. lts oircroft ond stotic disploys ore seen over o wide portion of lhe country ot oirshows eoch yeor. For mony young spectotors, it's the first time to see o lorge propeller-driven oircroft up close or in flight while the distinct deep+hrooted sound of lorge roiory engines spork mony memories in o much older generotion mony of whom flew or serv- to I() QCWAJournal o Winter 2Oa7 . wwwqcwa,org
Dallas Chapter 41 member Ken Norvell, WSKN, is a long-time radio operator on the CAF's Dallas-Foft Worth wing B4D (Navy version of the DC-3) aircraft. The WWll aircraft and its vintage radio equipment are fully operational. iced such croft in dire times. Chopter member Ken Norvell, W5KN, o member of the CAF ond rodio operotor on the CAF's R4D (Novy version of the fomed DC-3 oirliner) provided guided tours ond onswered mony spectotor questions. ln oddition, Ken monned the public oddress system ond provided music of the I930's ond 1940's populor during the wor yeors from his extensive collection. Chopter member Borney Moffott, W\CJZ, who wos recently recognized with o ZS-Yeor Operoting Ceriificote, celebroted his 93rd birthdoy in September. Steve Brodie, K5ZY7, hos grociously occeded to o third term os Chopter President. He originoied ond directed o successful fund roising compoign enobling the Chopter to purchose o $200 HP proiector ond reloted sound equipment moking possible, heretofore, unovoiloble progroms enhoncing our Chopter meetings. And if distonce troveled to oitend o QCWA meeting is o meosurement of interesl ond motivotion, Steve wins honds down over oll other Chopter members - Steve lives in o town considerobly north of Dollos. The lifeblood of on orgonizotion is comprised of porticipoiion ond support - not obsentee well-wishing. Bob 0lney, NSNI, Recording Secretary Chopter 45, Citrus (FL) We ore pleosed to note thot our illustrious member, Wolt Moxwell, W2DU, hos once ogoin received the recognition he so deserves for oll his occomplishments, not only within, aCWA but olso in his lifeJong occupotion of rodio, electronics ond onienno design. This time ii wos the QCWA Presidentiol Aword. We olso wont 1o single out two of our hord-working ond dedicoted members who hove helped considerobly in presenting progroms oi our monthly luncheon meetings, often with little or no notice. They ore Lou McFodin, W5DID; ond Dovid Jordon, AA4KN. As most of us know, it is often dlfficult to get o progrom for our monthly meetings so we consider ourselves fortunqte to hove these two gentlemen; they ore involved in mony ospects of omoteur rodio, but one of lheir recent presentotions deolt with o wonderful video token ot o locol hospitol ond it involved o group of young potients communicoting with the ostronouts ot the lniernotionol Spoce Stotion. ,-t\,:. ( 1rr?:":4 :'..v1"'" .r !/'_ ilb:91'l\ Lou McFadin, WSDID (L); and David Jordan, AA4KN (B) presenting their program on young hospital patients communicating with astronauts. AI LaPeter (L) presents oCWA Presidential Award to Walt Maxwell, W2DU, Members ond guests of Citrus Chopter enioyed on informol luncheon/dinner meeting ot o locol restouront on Sundoy, Sepiember 9; The privote room, food ond service were so good thot we immediotely booked our next quorterly luncheon for December 9. The Chopter holds one of these meetings quorterly to ollow members who ore still in the workforce to ottend o Chopter gothering. These informol luncheons hove proved to be very populor ond ore well ottended. This is in oddition to our regulor monthly meetings on o Wednesdoy. The Chopter owns ond operotes on open repeoter, W4PLA, operoting on 147.1 95 MHz (no tone). Scheduled net is ot ,l930 hours locol time on Tuesdoy of eoch week. All homs in the oreo ore invited to check in. As you will note in the foll ACWA Journol. we con oll look forword to the 2008 HomCotion in Februory ond mony of us in Chopter 45 ore heovily involved with moking it o success. The good news is thot we will hove the some aCWA setup ond locotion os we did Iost yeor-2 booths. We ore olreody plonning to hove them open on oll three doys ond look forword to seeing mony of our QCWA friends oi thot time. We will work with Notionol should our help be needed. Al LoPeter, W2AS, President QCWA Journal o Winter 2aO7 . w\\\ /,qcwa,org 19
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