[QCWA] Quarter Century or Not??

[Ed]

OK... now I will chime in.

I have seen ham radio change greatly over the past 31 years as we run 
full tilt into the future.   Although I am rather sporadic in my on-air 
time in ham radio I have kept active in homebrew and kit building 
equipment and antennas as well as promoting and in being an Elmer to 
others and where I was able, I have served on VEC teams.

Although it saddened me to see the FCC reduce and then drop the code 
requirement and subsequently eliminate the "Novice" CW portion of the 
bands, I really don't care whether a person devotes all their time to 
one aspect of hamming.   It is their choice.

If folks want a non QCWA then let them create it... do not join QCWA and 
then change it into something it is not.

I hear the arguments about the needed youth.   They need good role 
models, not a quick and easy, no one left behind, way to fulfill their 
perceived desires.   Nothing easily obtained is of any great value.

"Stick in the mud"... no.   Just wanting there to be some standards, 
some goals left to reach for.

I, like Bob, looked forward to reaching 25 years as a licensed ham so 
that I could join QCWA.   If that requirement changes to less than the 
Quarter Century mark then I no longer desire to be a member.

Ed Kotz - AD7GR
Baker valley, OR


Bob & Linda Smith wrote:
> That is the question and for my .02 I want you to have 25 years in 
> grade.  I don't care what grade or mode or HT or what but I want the 
> QCWA and what it stands for to stay put.  I waited until my 25 years 
> were up and was proud to join at that time.  I for one do not want the 
> new board to change the minimum requirement to something less that 25 
> years for QCWA.   I hear and understand all the suggestions about our 
> youth and the decline of our hobby but it is one of the few requirements 
> left that shows longevity.
>
> Back under my rock....
> Bob Smith WB6ODR, Prescott, AZ
>
>
> Well if this is going to be a discussion then here is my pennies worth.
> I have to agree with Steve 100% on this item. The future of Ham Radio is
> in the younger Hams realm. If they are allowed to join us then we can do
> more elmering of the young group and bring them up properly by us Old
> F***S and teach them. I find that the old timers do not go to the CB AKA
> Ham Radio meetings but they do go to QCWA. I find that most members set
> around talking about all their medical problems when some of the
> greatest minds in Ham Radio could be bringing up young folk. I have a 33
> year old new General that now knows more about Vacuum Tubes then a lot
> of old timers due to this fact.
>
> Come on guys lighten up and bring them in the fold!!!
>
> Bob W1PE
>
> Norm!!
>
> SIR...you get my vote for awesome email of the week!!
> LOVE IT! You are 100%+ correct on every point you make!
>
> ROLE MODEL was the key word in all that!!
>
> 73
> Jose - N1BAA
>
>
>   
>> The founders of QCWA had an agenda and that was to recogn
>> ize the service of  radio amateurs licensed for 25 years
>> or more.
>>
>>     
>>> Bob and the Board of Directors....
>>>
>>> For those old "stick in the muds", it's time to start
>>> building, not continue to allow QCWA to fade, too.
>>>
>>> I request that with the NEXT election that the MEMBERS
>>> be accorded an opportunity to vote on the 25 year
>>>       
>> requirement. >
>>     
>>> I'll vote to eliminate such an useless, antique
>>> requirement. It has long outlived its usefullness.
>>>
>>> Steve brodie,
>>> K5ZYZ
>>>       
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