[K3CAL] January Newsletter

[N3QHC]

SPARC is listed on TMARC >  http://www.tmarc.org/Members/MailListClubs.html  Just saying.  If one researches SPARC further one would see there is one, maybe two, member(s) which is very odd.

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From: k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wa4prr
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:17 AM
To: Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] January Newsletter

Dennis, you are wrong!  I was secretary/treasurer of SPARK WHEN IT DIED  along time ago time ago.  Just because some one told you that doesn't make it so.  

Ron Byzet / WA4PRR - Sent from my iPad

On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:16 AM, "N3QHC" <n3qhc at verizon.net> wrote:

> CARA INCORPORATED has been in existence about 2± years.  CARA, not 
> CARA INCORPORATED, was in existence from 1954 - 2011 or 47 years.  
> Calvert Amateur Radio Club, CARC,  started about the same time as CARA 
> INCORPORATED so there is not but a few days of bragging rights about 
> being in existence the 'longest' between these two ham groups.
> 
> Actually, Southern Patuxent Amateur Radio Club, SPARC, though nearly 
> all hams except one to three hams in the County consider it a defunct 
> organization but does exist on the TMARC books for unknown reason to 
> me could be considered the oldest existing Amateur Radio organization 
> (about
> 1985=??) in the County now though it currently has only ONE member - a 
> businessman who is also a FCC licensed ham or maybe two hams (WOW). It 
> has no operating repeater.  So, SPARC is the oldest "non-active" club 
> that sort of exist on paper nowadays.  Both SPARC & CARC are both 
> owned by a local businessman slash FCC licensed amateur radio operator 
> which is contrary to FCC Regs because it totally controlled by a local 
> business, hence,  it is totally opposed by the most hams here and many 
> other nearby jurisdictions too because Amateur Radio clubs is 
> specifically set aside by the Government for individuals to enjoy and 
> play on the radio frequencies not for 'business' to control or own!
> 
> This is the short version of the various club's histories within the County.
> Realizing this history lesson is splitting hairs on the definitions of 
> "existence" and most likely not important to a large percentage of the 
> hams here but it is what it is.  It is accurate to say though “CARA 
> INCORPORATED is the most active club with a membership currently in the County today".
> 
> Thanks for doing the Newsletter.  It is a lot of one's personal time 
> consumed putting a newsletter together for monthly publication with 
> very little input from the Membership.  Hope that changes soon (HINT)!  
> Burn-out time is quick ~ less than 2 years for lack of contribution support.
> 
> 73, Dennis/N3QHC
> 
> 
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