[QCWA] QCWA Winter Drive for KZ5

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QCWA

January 10, 2018

The Winter Drive for KZ5

Hello All,

Please share with club members and friends.  And before you decide 
not to, please go look at the New and Very Improved web 
site. 
<https://kz5land.wixsite.com/kz5land>https://kz5land.wixsite.com/kz5land 
. This is a serious effort by a serious historian.

I would like to thank all of you who responded to the summer 
call.  For my first-time effort, I was very happy with the 
results.  I had 37 hams from 22 QCWA Chapters provide 125 scans of 
cards.  And another 18 hams from 14 ARC's and DX Clubs from Florida 
and Massachusetts, provide another 68 scans.   There were even a 
couple who donated their cards.  THANK YOU AGAIN.

I learned one thing from the summer call, it's going to take a long 
time to reach all the clubs just in the USA.  I think I'm going to do 
it alphabetical by state.  Hi Hi.

My name is Mike Paulson, and I am working to create a comprehensive, 
historical record of ham operators who were active in the Panama 
Canal Zone from 1920 to 1979.  I am seeking to identify all the Canal 
Zone ham operators through their QSL Cards.  Sound impossible?  Not 
with your help.

I have already acquired scans of all the Flying Horse Call Books from 
1930 to 1978 and have entered all that info into a database.  So, I 
can determine at least who most of the stations and operators were 
from that period.  I can also tell you that the Archive is missing a 
lot of QSL Cards.

You can help by looking through your QSL cards and doing one of these things:

  1.     Scan the front and back of your KZ5 cards at 100 dpi and 
email the scans to me at kz5land at yahoo.com or post them to the 
FaceBook group I have for the project.

  <https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/>https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/ 
"Canal Zone Ham Operators Archives"

2.     If you would like, you can send me the cards for scanning and 
I will return them to you post haste.  Just include a SASE.

3.     You can donate your KZ5 cards to the Archive.

If you have 1 card or 21 cards, each and every one is important to 
the effort.  Over the years there were many different operators 
assigned the same call sign.  There were many stations that had 
multiple operators at the same time.  This was due to the large 
military turnover.  It all counts.  I also track card designs. (As if 
I didn't have enough to keep track of.)  The only way to make the 
effort work, is to see the cards.  I also look for CZ issued 
certificates and licenses.

Ultimately, after I have gathered as much information as possible, I 
plan to turn it over to a museum or library of Canal Zone or Ham Radio history.

I do this to honor my mom, (KZ5MP) and all the other Canal Zone Hams. 
Please, be a part of this effort to record our history.

Please Help, and reply directly to my email address listed below.

PS.  You would have to be a ham for at least 40 years just to have 
made a KZ5 contact.

73

Mike Paulson
1323 Blakemore Ct
Tallahassee   FL   32317-8459
kz5land at yahoo.com
FaceBook   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/>Canal 
Zone Ham Operators
Web 
Site  <https://kz5land.wixsite.com/kz5land>https://kz5land.wixsite.com/kz5land
QRZ   at   KZ5FN
Please remember, your KZ5 cards and documents always have a safe and 
protected home when archived with KZ5LAND.

73,
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.


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