From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Jul  7 16:58:58 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:58:58 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Tapping Program for the Visually Impaired
Message-ID: <4D23A0CF2E0F40A68F8E022A0F3C925F@BobsWeb>

To avoid confusion, this is not about the Annual Chapter Report that is due 
at Headquarters in January of every year.

This is about the Quarterly Chapter Reports that appear in the Journal.

And more specifically, this is directed  to the Secretaries of chapters;  5, 
21,  25, 80, 95, 127, 143 and 149.

At some point in the past the secretary of your chapter indicated the 
presents of a member in your chapter that was visually impaired.

If this is no longer the cast, please let us know so your chapter can be 
removed from what may of us consider to be a very special list.

For those chapters that are left,  you may not have been aware of the fact 
that you have a visually impaired member or that something special was done 
for them.  Now you know.

The 8 chapters listed above did not submit a quarterly chapter report for 
the journal that was just mailed.  Your visually impaired member will 
receive their tape and there will be nothing on it from their chapter.  If 
you don't have someone in your chapter designated to write this report, 
please do so,  if your the designated individual and you don't have time to 
write the report, please get someone else designated.  I know, your a 
volunteer, guess what, we are all volunteers.  This is a chance to 
communicate with a visually impaired member from your chapter.  Please don't 
drop the ball.

The deadline for the next Journal was July 1st.  I've made special 
arrangements with our General Manager and Editor to get your reports 
included if they are received by the 10th.   (yes, I groveled)

They go to  qcwagm at rcn.com  not, I repeat not, to me.

To Chapters 8, 10, 41, 63,  65,  67,   70 ,  112,  160 and  203 please 
insure your reports are in for this quarter as well.

Tnx es 73,

Bob Roske, N0UF
President, QCWA



From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Tue Jul 14 20:03:18 2009
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:03:18 +0000
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 119 July Meeting -- 17 July 2009 --
	Special Program
Message-ID: <4A5D1CC6.1030200@verizon.net>

QCWA Chapter 119 will hold the July meeting at 12 Noon, Friday July 17 
at Frankie's Place for Ribs, our regular meeting location, 5200 
Fairfield Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23464.  Frankie's is 
located in the strip mall at the NW corner at the intersection of 
Kempsville and Providence Roads.

A special treat at this event will be what is reported to be an 
extremely interesting and well done video presentation spear-headed by 
QCWA Chapter 1 - Cleveland (OH) -- Amateur Radio:  Wireless Window to 
the World.  The program was produced by the Indian Hills Radio Club and 
QCWA Chapter 1 and has been brought to our attention by our own Rich, 
WA4BUE, who will introduce the program.

This inspirational program should help us all to become more aware of 
the richness of our amateur radio heritage and the absolute necessity 
that we become active in promoting the best new amateur radio operators 
possible.  And who better to do it than the EXEMPLARS who make up the 
QCWA Membership.

If you are in the area please come by and share our QCWA Chapter 119 
fellowship.  If you LIVE IN THE AREA I'm sure we will see you at the 
meeting!  73,  Vic, W4VIC, QCWA Chapter 119 Secretary


From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Jul 20 16:06:24 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:24 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fw: Membership Directory
Message-ID: <C3395F4591144BEF8556CED76E9FE4D8@BobsWeb>

Hi Everybody,

The 29th Annual Membership Directory is now on the web.

It only contains members that were current with their national dues on June 
30th, 2009.  The life members that failed to respond to one of three letters 
sent to them in the mid to late 1990s are not listed..  The letter said, let 
us know if your still alive.  Don't laugh, we still have one or 2 a year 
that say, "I'm a Life Member and I haven't received the Journal in awhile." 
I've seen two of these already this year.

This is also another time during the year when you have the opportunity to 
see who is current or not among your chapter members.  As we all know, 
members are suppose have their national dues paid before they can belong to 
a chapter.  At many chapter they must be current before they can renew as 
well.

The files are available at http://www.qcwa.org/membership-directory.htm

73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
Webmaster, QCWA 



From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Mon Jul 20 16:30:58 2009
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:30:58 +0000
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 119 Web Site UPDATE and info
Message-ID: <4A64D402.2020107@verizon.net>

QCWA Chapter 119 has an updated web page (http://www.qcwa-ch119.org) and 
some nifty new stuff included.

We are also releasing info about the upcoming (THIS WEEK) IOTA 
EXPEDITION sponsored by QCWA Chapter 119.  Read on:

Vic, W4VIC, provides the following updated information relevant to the 
QCWA Chapter 119 sponsored IOTA Expedition to Tangier Island (NA-083) 
beginning July 23, 2009 and ending July 26, 2009.  The expedition call 
sign is W4T.  Team members include:  Steve Batton, W4XQ;  Butch Burke, 
KE4AZL;  Vic Culver, W4VIC;  Joe Deschaine, KI4RKB;  Talley George, 
W4TVG;  Terry Hunsicker, KI4RXC; Barry Priddy, K5VIP;  and Quint Webb, 
K4CQW.  Support staff include Pilot Station Ron Young, W8RJL, and 
digital advisor Stu Spatz, K4MIL.

The logistics team members for the expedition will depart Cobb?s Marina 
aboard the sailboat DO-U-WUNA, Captain Terry (KI4RXC) navigating, on 
Wednesday afternoon and the remainder of the operators from Onancock, VA 
on Thursday morning July 23 via the Tangier pedestrian ferry .   At 
least one station should be operating by early afternoon on Thursday. 
Antennas for the duration will include a tri-band yagi, all band 
vertical antenna, and a Carolina Windom wire antenna.  Operating 
frequencies will center on the traditional IOTA operating frequencies:

CW:  28040,  24920,  21040,  18098,  14040,  10114,  7030, and 3530

SSB:  28560,  28460,  24950,  21260,  18128,  14260,  7180, and 3765

Look for the W4T expedition near these RTTY frequencies:

RTTY  28.085,  24.920,  21.085,  18.105,  14.085,  10.125,  7.085,  and 
3.585

W4T will operate during the IOTA Contest on July 25/26 in the 
Multi-operator Island DXpedition category .   During the IOTA contest 
there will be NO SSB or CW operation on WARC bands.  While the RTTY 
station will operate throughout the expedition it will NOT be operated 
as a contest station during the contest period.

QSL direct (SASE/IRC Please) via K5VIP for a special expedition card 
which will be printed after the expedition.  Logs will be uploaded to 
LoTW at the end of the expedition .  Your patience is appreciated while 
waiting for cards.  QSL requests without SAE/IRC will be returned via 
bureau.

We hope to meet a lot of QCWA members on this expedition.  73,

Vic, W4VIC
Secretary, QCWA Chapter 119, Inc.

From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Jul 20 18:07:18 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:07:18 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] New Memebrship Directory
Message-ID: <12A49237F5C841709D736136775C1C15@BobsWeb>

There was a problem with the sort function in some of these files,  we're 
working on it.

tnx es 73,
Bob N0UF,
Webmaster 



From broske at hutchtel.net  Wed Jul 29 20:24:04 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:24:04 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] CQ May Reader Survey
Message-ID: <7B6CD2EAD2E3444B97C147720FC75CC3@BobsWeb>

The May Survey ask: "What Radio Clubs do you belong to."

Leading the pack @ 84% is the ARRL, in the number 2 position @ 32% is QCWA, 
#3 at 30% is the non-descript Other.

Rounding our the Top Ten are:
10-10                27%
FISTS               24%
QRPARCI        13%
MARS                7%
Handi-Hams       4%
RCA                  3%  - Radio Club of America
SPAM               1% - Society for the Preservation of AM
TARP                1% - Tucson Amateur Radio Packet Radio

The full results are on pg 40 of the August 2009 issue.

73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
President, QCWA




From newsline at ix.netcom.com  Sun Aug  2 13:37:24 2009
From: newsline at ix.netcom.com (William M. Pasternak)
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:37:24 -0700
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] [QCWA] CQ May Reader Survey
In-Reply-To: <7B6CD2EAD2E3444B97C147720FC75CC3@BobsWeb>
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20090802102910.01794bf8@popd.ix.netcom.com>

The term "club" is a misnomer when applied to ARRL, MARS, Hamdi-Hams and 
the QCWA.  None of these are "clubs."  All are service organizations and CQ 
should not have included any of these three in a survey of membership in 
"clubs."

de
Bill P.


At 07:24 PM 7/29/2009 -0500, Bob Roske wrote:
>The May Survey ask: "What Radio Clubs do you belong to."
>
>Leading the pack @ 84% is the ARRL, in the number 2 position @ 32% is QCWA,
>#3 at 30% is the non-descript Other.
>
>Rounding our the Top Ten are:
>10-10                27%
>FISTS               24%
>QRPARCI        13%
>MARS                7%
>Handi-Hams       4%
>RCA                  3%  - Radio Club of America
>SPAM               1% - Society for the Preservation of AM
>TARP                1% - Tucson Amateur Radio Packet Radio
>
>The full results are on pg 40 of the August 2009 issue.
>
>73,
>Bob Roske, N0UF
>President, QCWA
>
>
>
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From bw2mta at juno.com  Mon Aug  3 14:58:55 2009
From: bw2mta at juno.com (bw2mta at juno.com)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:58:55 GMT
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] [QCWA] CQ May Reader Survey
Message-ID: <20090803.145855.11796.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com>

Right on Director Pasternak!
73, Bill Thompson W2MTA #18792 - Chapter 28 - CNY & EMPA

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "William M. Pasternak" newsline at ix.netcom.com

Subject: Re: [QCWA Hotlist] [QCWA] CQ May Reader Survey
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:37:24 -0700

The term "club" is a misnomer when applied to ARRL, MARS, Hamdi-Hams and 
the QCWA.  None of these are "clubs."  All are service organizations and CQ 
should not have included any of these three in a survey of membership in 
"clubs."

de
Bill P.
 
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From Chapter7QCWA at aol.com  Wed Aug  5 05:38:13 2009
From: Chapter7QCWA at aol.com (Chapter7QCWA at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:38:13 EDT
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Eldon - K6BRP - SK
Message-ID: <bc1.5668e278.37aaad05@aol.com>


 



 
  
____________________________________
 From: K6BRP1
Subj: From K6BRP&apos;s granddaughter...


Dear One and All - 
 
At 6:15pm pst this evening, after a long battle with cancer, K6BRP1  became 
a "silent key."  He passed quietly and peacefully with his  family in his 
home.  It has been a long and difficult journey (as many  of you well know) 
and the last weeks have been filled with much pain and  sorrow.  To know he 
is now at peace is some small relief in this  difficult time. 
 
I am sending this email to you - his radio friends and email  companions.  
Thank you for making his life brighter and more  beautiful.  
 
Funeral arrangements are pending.  
 
Love and prayers, 
Karen Lloyd - WD6CTP
Eldon's Granddaughter

 
____________________________________




 
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From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Aug 17 17:54:06 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:54:06 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Packard Proving Ground Ham Shack
Message-ID: <0469955539D34EEAA17D3AE8337F3F48@BobsWeb>

Please read the attached and help if you can.  You can also pass these on to 
anyone you may think is interested.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
President, QCWA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: walt supina
To: roske
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:22 AM
Subject: QCWA mailer


Bob....I received this from my brother Bob, K5RPS, in the Houston Area.   He 
is a collector of Packard autos and sent me the following message: 
Basically Dave Mocabee K7jpm is looking for help in working on the ham shack 
at the former Packard Proving Grounds near Detroit.  Would you please post 
on the QCWA mailer.  73  Walt Supina N3WS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yesterday I got this msg from Dave Mocabee.
Dave is the son-in-law of Charles Vincent, who was the HAM who just
happened to be the Manager of the Packard Proving Ground....the FIRST
auto test track in the US.
Last July we visited the Proving Ground and toured the lodge where
Charles lived.
the Proving Ground Lodge and several acres are now a National Historical 
Site.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

below is the message from Dave Mocabee

Excuse me ...  but I have forgotten your name?  I believe you are the HAM 
that contacted me a few months ago about the PPG ham shack.  I have the 
Charles H. Vincent scrapbook and trying to get some displays for the ham 
shack,  Unfortunately my health has kept me from getting at this job.  I 
have all the ideas on how the display should appear but not the strength to 
get at the job.  I am going to write some directions on how I see the 
displays in the ham shack and put in the CHV scrapbook.  Since you are the 
only HAM I know who likes Packards, I was hoping you might carry on with the 
job in case I soon depart?  There is an open house at the PPG in October and 
we were hoping to go but now I'm not so sure.

Regards,   (73)                 Dave Mocabee             k7jpm

******************************************************************************************* 



From broske at hutchtel.net  Wed Aug 19 10:00:20 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:00:20 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fw: QCWA - Contact Headquarters
Message-ID: <34D487774B664327A23BA0F0A0B21134@BobsWeb>

----- Original Message ----- 
>>        Name:   Scott Hensley
>>         Email:   fshensley at gmail.com
>>   Comment:   It is my sad duty to report that one of your members 
>>Doug Macheel K6HLE, has joined the Silent Key club.  Could I ask 
>>that you pass the information on to your membership?  More 
>>information can be found at http://arearepeaters.com/doug/.  The 
>>service, being held August 28th, information can be found at 
>> http://arearepeaters.com/dougs_service.html 
>>
>>Thank you and respectfully,
>>
>>Scott KB6UOO


From broske at hutchtel.net  Thu Aug 20 21:49:53 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:49:53 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2010 QCWA Annual Meetings
Message-ID: <5893D9D9B3414227961800C105831677@BobsWeb>

Your QCWA Board of Directors just finished voting on the venue for our 2010 
Annual Members Meeting and Board Meeting.  Returning to Dayton for these 
meetings was selected as the best choice for QCWA at this time.

Watch the reflector and www.qcwa.org, as more information will be posted as 
it becomes available.

73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
President, QCWA 



From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Sun Sep  6 12:19:55 2009
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:19:55 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Forum at Virginia Beach Hamfest -- September 12
	znc 13 2009
Message-ID: <4AA3E12B.3030608@verizon.net>

All QCWA members and friends are cordially invited to attend our Hamfest 
QCWA Forum on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at 2 P.M.  Local awards will be 
presented and there will be an audio-visual presentation by one of the 
QCWA Chapter 119 sponsored W4T Expedition members (Steve, W4XQ).  The 
W4T Team will be present.

The following blurb is from QCWA Chapter 119 President Ron, W8RJL

The Virginia Beach Hamfest will be held at Virginia Wesleyan College, 
1584 Wesleyan Drive on Sept. 12 and 13.  Tickets are $5 in advance and 
$8 at the door, and are good for both days.  Advance tickets get you in 
the Early Bird drawing.  For advance tickets, tables and/or tailgaiting, 
contact Bill, WA4EUL at [tickets at vabeachhamfest.com].

There will be a flea market, vendors, tailgating, forums, VE sessions
Saturday & Sunday, DX card checking, and a DX banquet.

The DX banquet will be Saturday evening at 1830 at Uptown Buffet, 1050 
N. Military Hwy., Norfolk, VA. Bernie, W3UR, DX Editor for QST Magazine 
and publisher of The Daily DX Newsletter will be the guest speaker.  The 
  banquet meal features an all you can eat buffet for $17 and the food 
is good with an outstanding variety of selections.  For banquet 
reservations call Charlie, W1WTG, at 757-681-4190 or email at 
[w1wtg at arrl.net]

For more convention info, see the hamfest web site: www.vabeachhamfest.com

Thanks & 73,  Ron W8RJL

From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Sep 28 13:38:18 2009
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:38:18 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Quarterly Chapter Reports for the Journal
Message-ID: <C9E709D162B446658033B5D64A2016FB@BobsWeb>

Just a reminder, the quarterly reports are due by October 1st.

A Suggestion,  name your reports something unique.

If Doug gets 3 reports all titled  'fall-chapter-report.doc'  and saves them in the same folder, the first two are overwritten.

Use something like chapter008-fall-2009-journal-report.doc and chapter008-fall-2009-journal-picture1.jpg, chapter008-fall-2009-journal-picture2.jpg for any pictures.

Of course substitute your chapter number for 008 and zero fill the chapter number so the files sort properly.

If you chapter has a sight impaired member, please make an extra effort to get something in, even if it's only a schedule of upcoming meetings.

If you are not responsible for generating your quarterly chapter report please forward this email to whomever is.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
President, QCWA

