[PVRCNC] President's letter

[Jeff Keller]

 Congrats Bill!  
73,Jeff NX9T

    On Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10:42:19 AM EST, Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:   

 I am overjoyed and somewhat overwhelmed to have been elected as President
of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) – the premier US contesting club.
Thank you for this honor.  I look forward to meeting as many of you as I
can, as soon as I can.

First of all, I’d like to thank Doug, AA3S for his leadership as PVRC
President.  He leaves his presidency after leading countless contest wins
and major technical improvements.

So, who is K3WA?  I was licensed in 1956 at the age of 13.  My first call
was KN2SLL and then K2SLL.  I discovered contesting early in my ham life.
I wondered why there were so many stations on the air on select weekends.
I didn’t want to miss out on the fun.  My first “official” contest was the
CW sweepstakes in 1962 at the Treasure Island, CA Navy Electronics training
school club station, K6NCG.  One of my classmates was the son of Ken Clark,
W4KFC – a PVRC founder.

The next 31 years moved me all over the world.  I contested from Alaska,
Japan, Greece, Hawaii, and multiple locations on both sides of the USA.
What fun!  The downside was that I was never able to live in any one place
long enough to put up a competitive station.

I retired from the Navy in 1992.  In 1994 I found myself in Herndon, VA.  I
joined PVRC in 2002, soon moved out to West Virginia with enough land to
put up towers and actually was able to win some contests for WV and even
for the 8th call district.

In 2008 I fully retired and moved to the Midwest.  Bought some land, put up
some towers and beverages and totally immersed myself in and enjoyed
competitive contesting.  I was also very active in the Society of Midwest
Contesters (SMC).

Ten years later it became time to downsize.  As a result, I chose to return
to PVRC-land and moved to North Carolina.  The downside was that I wound up
in a HoA with only a flagpole for an antenna.  The big upside was that I
was back and active in PVRC once again.  And I’m happy to be here.

I’m the Chairman of the NC Chapter, was PVRC VP for three years, and the
secretary for one.

Now, let’s put our smiles on, turn on and tune up our stations, find a
contest, and have fun!

GO PVRC!

73…  Bill K3WA
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