[QCWA] improving QCWA

[John Peters]

Someone who was there needs to write those articles! The Editor only 
publishes what he gets.  I fear now that John Johnston W3BE is no longer 
President that we might lose his column on the FCC, which is what I read 
first and enjoy most.  Followed by the stories.

I usually find noone I know in the Chapter news and skip those.

If you want stories about Korea et al, subscribe to MILITARY, or NAVAL 
HISTORY magazines.

QCWA is not a general interest, nor military interest group.   I do agree 
photos of someone getting his 70 year etc award is of very limited interest. 
It it a rare issue when I know ANYONE mentioned.

73 John K1ER
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Angus" <jangus at socal.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of QCWA or Ham Radio" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] improving QCWA


> "John Peters" <petersj007 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> > Make them want to be a  member.
>> > The MAGAZINE is the biggest draw for many members.
>
> And I think that is the problem. I don't mean with the Journal itself,
> but with the content.
>
> I qualified for membership in the QCWA in 1992, At the "tender"
> age of 39.  A few years back I sent in my money for life membership.
>
> The problem as I see it is if you look at the articles in the Journal,
> it is almost excluesively people considerably older. Usually smiling
> as they receive a plaque for surviving to the age of 80 or 90.
>
> Now don't get me wrong, I want to last that long too.
>
> But where are people my age? World War II wasn't the only
> conflict. There was Korea and Vietnam. President Reagan
> quiped that the Soviet Union had been outlawed. And IBM
> released the PC. Surely there were hams licensed during
> that time that qualifed for the QCWA by now.
>
> I really enjoyed reading about proximity fuses in WWII. But
> what about the installtion of VHF FM repeaters on the hill
> tops in Korea? Where are the articles about Senator Barry
> Goldwater and his  "phone patch to Vietnam"
> network? Remember when trying to get a QSL card from
> an RU station meant sending it to PO Box in Moscow?
> Or when RTTY was the "king of digital" and really high
> tech was sending slow scan TV on a Robot with a 3"
> green CRT.
>
> But to the "new guys" the QCWA has all the appearances
> of a "really old old timers" club. It's almost like Romper Room
> for seniors. "I see Frank in New Jersey, he's 95 today..."
> And God forbid we ever admit that there's other ways of
> communication other than Morse Code.
>
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
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