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Chopter 182, Northeost Tennessee (TN)
Our summer luncheon meeting wos held in Kingsport, Tennessee
on the 9th of June 2007 ot the Fishermon's Dock.
Members ond guests ottending were; Don Jones, N4TN, our
new President; Bill Price, W4CZ Secretory/Treosurer; Chorles
Perry, KAOZX. Post President; ond his guest Willord Condill,
W4WFX; Don Gilbert, W4EHI ond wife Borboro, K4RRN; Bob
Moy, K4SE ond wife Corol; Dick Church, N4ARO; Robert
Simmons, W4UKJ ond wife Sue; Bill Owen, W4VS, ond guest
Jomes Bronson, K2YSR.
Unfortunotely, our new Vice President Dove Rotenberry, K4DR,
could not be with us this doy. He wos therefore gronted on
excused obsence so thot he could be with his new bride on their
wedding doyl
Lively roundtoble discussions were hod ot the luncheon of the
"good old doys" when we operoted rodios now considered to
be ontique equipment.
A brief moment of silence wos held for our most recently
deported Silent Key members.
Wllliam D. Prke W4CZ, Secretory/lreasurer
The line lolks from Chapter 182.
Chqpter 196, Edison (FL)
After toking the summer off, we resumed our normol luncheon
schedule. The membership of Chopter 196 is reody for ihe seosonol
visitors thot come to ioin us during the foll, winler ond spring.
Our lotest lunch wos quite entertoining. QCWA Notionol
Treosurer, Fronk Horris, WA4PAM, got to meei wiih us ond he
spoke obout the position thot he so proudly holds. Fronk told us
obout the yeorly Convention thot he will ottend. He will come bock
ond tell us obout whot hoppened in Denver.
There were o lot of kind words spoken obout one of our chorter
members, Jeff Beols, WA4AW..Jeff used to live in Fort Myers
ond hos decided to run for Notionol Office in the ARRL. We oll
hoped thot others would support Jeff in his continuing efforis to
promote omoteur rodio ond its volues. Good luckJeffl
Tod Bur'ik, K38C President
ChEpter 202, Old Dominion (VA)
During the spring meeting, Ston, K4UK, presented the "Spoon
Aword" to Bill, WA4BKW. This Aword is given ro individuols who
hove mode gloring (stupid) errors due to thot molody known os o
"Senior Moment". Evidently Bill hod o few errors ln his onnounce-
ment io the membership of this upcoming meeting. Then sent out o
connection which only corrected one of the errors; necessitoting o
third notice.
The progrom wos lntroduced by Bill, KC4D. He reloted how
he hod met.Joe ond Jonet Poole (7QZBP ond ZQZYL) while doing
missionory work ln Molowl; ond how they helped his group
reestoblish o rodio link thot wos not functioning. Joe exploined thoi
he got lnto hom rodio when he Joined the Novy (oge 16) ond did
well when he wos tested on his optitude in copying CW. He spent
the next 23 yeors os o rodio operotor, first in oirplones ond ihen
os o Communicotions Officer oboord submorines (o lot of CW
there). He then spent severol yeors working with different orgonizotions
mointoining their communicotions. This is how he come to
be in Molowl. He ond his XYL, Jonet, hove iust finished o home on
o loke, which stretches olmost the whole length of the country. This
Herman Cone, NACH, presenting his program during the September meeting.
Joe and Janet Poole, TQTBP & 7Q7YL, (L) with host, Bill, KC4D (R).
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