From broske at hutchtel.net  Sun Jul  5 21:54:02 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 20:54:02 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] WWW.QCWA.ORG
Message-ID: <7C21C76D01074C52828DC7687C8587B6@BobsWeb>

The website appears to be down.

Our provider has been informed.

73,
Bob, N0UF
Webmaster

From wwatkins38 at att.net  Sat Jul 11 23:29:55 2015
From: wwatkins38 at att.net (Willie Watkins)
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:29:55 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <000301d0bc53$06143740$123ca5c0$@att.net>

Al Algiers  W9HR  Joined QCWA in Nov. 1976 A long time ham and loved CW A
member of Local 162 Kenosha Wi.

 

Summited by  Wm. Watkins 162 

 

 

 


From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Wed Jul 15 12:13:47 2015
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:13:47 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 119 July Meeting - 17 July 2015
Message-ID: <55A686BB.1090908@verizon.net>

HI All.  Chapter 119 will hold its July meeting at our regular meeting 
place:  Frankie's Place for Ribs, 5200 Fairfield Shopping Center, 
Kempsville, Virginia Beach, VA at 12:00 noon on Friday 17 July 2015.

At this meeting we will be honoring the 63rd wedding anniversary and 
85th birthday of our last remaining Chapter 119 Charter Member, Vernon 
Fix, W4THN, member number 12997, and his XYL Dorothy. This is a special 
occasion and it is hoped that we can have a good turnout to make this a 
special day for Vernon and Dorothy.

There will be a short program illustrating significant events of the 
1952 era.

If by chance you are visiting our Virginia Beach area on vacation then 
please think to stop by for lunch and share great QCWA fellowship.  If 
you're hanging around home for the day, then please think to join us for 
this special occasion -- after all, everyone needs lunch and this is one 
of the best places available in the whole Tidewater area to get a good 
lunch/dinner.  Bring a friend -- bring TWO friends!

See you on Friday.  47 and 73, Vic, W4VIC, Secretary, QCWA Chapter 119 Inc.



From wd8rth at charter.net  Mon Jul 20 11:05:17 2015
From: wd8rth at charter.net (John W. Anderson)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:05:17 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA 219 Summer meeting August 1st
Message-ID: <0B1388BA606D40F789CC315F7C1F9184@WD8RTH>

The summer meeting of QCWA Chapter 219 will be held Saturday August 1st 11:00 AM EDST at the Hamfest 2015
in Escanaba MI.

Several items are on the agenda, including shall Chapter 219 have membership dues.  
Also, we will have a birthday cake for the chapters 8th birthday.

Hope you can make it.

73  John   WD8RTH

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From: qcwahotlist at mailman.qth.net (k6pd via QCWAHotlist)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:22:16 +0000
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] (no subject)
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From ve6afo at telus.net  Thu Aug  6 14:56:00 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:56:00 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2015-013 - Former QCWA Director Edward W. Yoder,
	W3YMB (SK)
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20150806125522.04bef908@telus.net>

August 6, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-013 - Former QCWA Director Edward W. Yoder, W3YMB (SK)

It is with sadness we report the passing of QCWA Life Member # 17363 
Edward W. Yoder, W3YMB, of Greensburg, PA. He passed away at home on 
August 3, 2015, at the age of 84.

Yoder was elected to the QCWA Board in 2002 and served until the 
spring of 2010. Yoder chaired the QCWA Administration Standing 
Committee, as well served as the QCWA Parlimentarian.

Yoder was born June 9, 1931 in Hazleton, and graduated from 
Muhlenberg Township High School in Laureldale, Class of 1949. He was 
a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and served on board 
the submarine, USS Burrfish, SSR312.

After leaving the Navy, Yoder entered Temple University, and 
graduated in 1955, and married Carolyn A. Hill that same year. He 
began employment at Westinghouse Electric Co. for 33 years and 
retired in 1988. During his employment at Westinghouse Electric Co., 
he obtained a degree from Jacksonville, FL University in 1960, and 
graduated from the University of Baltimore as a Juris Doctor in Law 
and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1967.

Yoder was a life member of VFW Post 33 Greensburg, a member of the 
American Legion Post 981, South Greensburg, and a life member of the 
U.S. Submarine Veterans Association, the American Radio Relay League, 
and the Quarter Century Wireless Association.

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

From broske at hutchtel.net  Sun Aug  9 12:47:57 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:47:57 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <341FB3DDF03942DCAAA5493ABD5C7C1F@BobsWeb>

Good Morning,

My goal is to have a bio for each officer.

In the Chapter Officer?s section of the Members Only webpage you will find a new feature:

Use This Form to upload changes to or new info to create your biography.

The new page does exactly want it says, it allows you to upload files to www.qcwa.org that will be added to or to create your biography.

Follow the directions on the form and let me know if you have any problems.

47 es 73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
Webmaster

From broske at hutchtel.net  Thu Aug 13 01:57:27 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:57:27 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <FB474C9D19AD487C9A6A23098C39BA8E@BobsWeb>

A few days ago I posted a message asking for pictures and biographies to be uploaded.

For those that read and follow instructions thank you for the rest:

I have received bios as word documents, please use an ASCII text files.  They can contain the same information and are much smaller.

I also ask for the bio to be named, callsign.txt and your pictures to be named callsign-1 to ?4.jpg

A picture named DSC0001.jpg does not tell me anything!

73,
Bob, N0UF


From ve6afo at telus.net  Sun Aug 23 01:58:44 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 23:58:44 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] =?iso-8859-1?q?2015-014_-_QCWA_Life_Member_Larry_L?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?ambert=2C_N=D8LL_Works_FFMA?=
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20150822235824.02008b78@telus.net>

August 22, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-014 - QCWA Life Member Larry Lambert, N?LL Works FFMA

On behalf of the QCWA Board of Directors, we wish 
to congratulate QCWA Life Member # 25872, Larry 
Lambert, N0LL, on his recent accomplishment in 
working a rare grid square on 6 meters, FN67 with 
VE9IQ, to complete working all 488 grid squares 
in the lower 48 states for the Fred Fish, W5FF, Memorial Award (FFMA).

The FFMA is an ?all-or-nothing? award. You must 
submit confirmation of 2-way contact with all 488 
grid squares on 50 MHz in order to qualify. There 
are no endorsements and no recognized tiers of 
progression. Any mode may be used. The rules for 
the award will strictly follow the rules of the 
ARRL VUCC program. Of particular importance is 
VUCC Rule 6, which states that all QSOs submitted 
for credit must be made within the same 200 km circle.

Lambert is the 6th person to go on the esteem 
list for working the FFMA. Also notable is ARRL 
First Vice President, and QCWA Life Member # 
29027, Rick Roderick, K5UR, who was # 3 to work the FFMA.

FFMA # - Call - Name - QTH - Last Grid - Award Date
1 W5FF (SK) Fred Fish DM64 (NM) FN64 2008 - Oct-25*
2 W5OZI Pat Rose EM00 (TX) CM79 2010 - July-08
3 K5UR Rick Roderick EM35 (AR) FN57 2010 - Jul-29
4 KM?A Mark Ammann EM48 (MO) CM93 2011 - Jun-29
5 WD5K Thomas Johnson EM12 (TX) CN77 2011 - Jul-28
*awarded posthumously

A map of the most wanted grid squares for the 
FFMA can be found at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/FFMA/FFMA_2010Map-C.pdf

For more information on the FFMA, visit 
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/FFMA/FFMA_Announcement.pdf

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

From bartbridge at compuserve.com  Tue Sep  1 11:22:42 2015
From: bartbridge at compuserve.com (bartbridge at compuserve.com)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:22:42 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Chuck Dean W4NHQ (SK) obit.
Message-ID: <14f8980c8ab-70c0-d027@webprd-a60.mail.aol.com>



Charles Edward Dean 71 of St. Petersburg passed away August 31, 2015. Born in Providence RI, Charles was a retired Truant Officer for the Pinellas County School System. He was a proud member of AARL, and his call sign was W4NHQ. He served our country in the United States Navy.

Survivors include his wife Barbara, daughter Nanci Rosenkranz; brother William Dean, and grandson Jake.

Cryptside services with military honors will be 10 AM Friday, September 4, 2015 at Memorial Park Cemetery, 4900 54th Avenue North in St Petersburg.

From ve6afo at telus.net  Tue Sep  1 14:06:53 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:06:53 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2015-015 - Life Member Charles (Charlie) Hellman,
 W2RP, Licensed 90 Years
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20150901115659.044198f8@telus.net>

September 1, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-015 - Life Member Charles 
(Charlie) Hellman, W2RP, Licensed 90 Years

On behalf of the QCWA Board of Directors, we wish 
to congratulate QCWA Life Member # 9731 Charles 
(Charlie) Hellman, W2RP, on his 90th Anniversary Award.

Hamming, it up for 90 Years!
Charles "Charlie" Hellman W2RP Licensed since 
1925 Presented with Historic 90th Anniversary 
Award Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (August 31, 2015)

The Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc. 
(QCWA), an international organization of amateur 
('ham') radio operators---presented a 90 Year 
Continuous Licensed Certificate Award (Serial #1) 
to Charles 'Charlie' Hellman W2RP. Mr. Hellman is 
105 years of age and is among the oldest living 
amateur radio operators in the United States. 
Charlie was licensed in 1925 as a 15 year-old, 
and joined QCWA in 1975 and is also a member of 
local QCWA Chapter 181 (Hudson Valley).

On hand to present the certificate, and represent 
QCWA President Ken Oelke VE6AFO and the 
membership were: Treasurer Charles Tropp N2SO, 
Directors Carole Perry WB2MGP and Pete Varounis 
NL7XM; along with QCWA Chapter 181 Secretary Mike 
Sturm, K2AE. Also on hand for the ceremony was 
Don Finkel, WA2OQM." The certificate reads: "The 
Quarter Century Wireless Association presents 
this 90th Anniversary Award to its Distinguished 
Member Charles 'Charlie' Hellman, W2RP to 
commemorate Ninety Years of Service as a licensed Radio Amateur".

In addition to the certificate, Charlie was also 
presented with a letter from QCWA president Ken 
Oelke VE6AFO which reads in part "I would also 
like to say how proud I am that you have kept 
active for these many years, and to proudly 
celebrate what many will not be able to achieve 
in their entire lifetime. Congratulations to you 
on 90 years as a licensed radio amateur, and may 
you enjoy many more in amateur radio!"

The information pertaining to Charlie was 
discovered when the QCWA Webmaster, Bob Roske 
N?UF, was updating member files and discovered 
that Charlie was still living in New York and was 
certainly the oldest living member of QCWA. In 
recognition of his achievement the QCWA Board of 
Directors quickly voted to award Charlie the 90 
year certificate, a first for the organization.
-30-

Director Carole Perry, WB2MGP, just could not 
contain herself after having attended the 
presentation. After arriving home, she immediately sent me an e-mail.

Hi Ken,
I'm sure you will soon be hearing all about our 
visit this morning to present Charles W2RP with 
the 90 Year Award. I wanted to gush first at you. 
It was one of the most wonderful ham radio 
experiences ever. He was alert, talkative, and 
totally responsive to us. He even got on 2 meters 
and had a QSO with Pete on simplex.

Ken, when he shook my hand and I introduced 
myself, he said "YOU are famous." He then went on 
to tell me he was a physics teacher at the Bronx 
High School of Science and loved teaching too.

This was an experience I will never forget. I now 
feel connected to both ends of the ham radio age 
spectrum. Thanks to all for including me in this.
47 and 73,
Carole WB2MGP

For all comments posted on this presentation, visit QCWA Website;

http://www.qcwa.org/w2rp.htm

About QCWA
The Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) 
is a non-commercial international association of 
radio amateurs organized for the promotion of 
interest in Amateur Radio communication and 
experimentation for the establishment and 
advancement of the radio art and public welfare, 
QCWA was founded December 5, 1947. In order to 
qualify for membership one must have demonstrated 
proof of having been first licensed as an Amateur 
Radio operator at least 25 years prior to 
application for membership and must be currently licensed.

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

From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Sep 15 14:28:03 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:28:03 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <5982923C14B2490281AF2BC1ACEDEB36@BobsWeb>

Good Afternoon Everyone!

For the past few weeks I have been working on downloading the FCC database and incorporating that data into our admin database.  I have created an FCC table that includes, call sign, name, class of license and last call.  This will be updated every Sunday when a new full dataset is available.

To match this data against our database I have had to change several member names to match what they submitted to the FCC.

At this point we have three active members with US addresses that we don?t have an expiration date for:
22067 4S7EA     Ernest  Amarasinghe  Winnetka CA
30896 VE3CFK Chester  Latawiec      Pt Huron MI
36311 LZ1CY    Angel  Gugov             Skokie IL

I have gone through and found several new vanity call signs and SK.  
Beyond this I have sent emails to 33 members whose license has expired or will expire through November of this year.
I also have 32 letters to mail for those members that we don?t have email ids for.

On October 1st I will have the process automated to send announcements for those that expire in December.

US members also have their ?Lic Expires? date listed on the Members Only webpage.  The background on this date will be green for the year the license expires, yellow for the month of expiration and red after the license actually expires.

For the Canadian members, IC issues a license for life, well only 125 years!

I don?t know what other countries do,  please let me know what is available from your country that may be implemented.

73,
Bob, N0UF
Webmaster



From norman at schklar.com  Tue Sep 15 15:22:29 2015
From: norman at schklar.com (Norman Schklar)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:22:29 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
In-Reply-To: <5982923C14B2490281AF2BC1ACEDEB36@BobsWeb>
References: <5982923C14B2490281AF2BC1ACEDEB36@BobsWeb>
Message-ID: <CABXP8LgZ1KTGOy2utsAF4Cc30=5QZZwZZzYuec0cnHGP_D2e=g@mail.gmail.com>

I suggest you create a nickname or preferred name field. Publish only the
preferred. Move existing first name to preferred for all. Change if
requested.
I know Ray, but don't know Sheridan.

If I want to know what the FCC has, I'll look elsewhere.

Just a suggestion.

Norm wa4zxv
On Sep 15, 2015 2:28 PM, "Bob Roske" <broske at hutchtel.net> wrote:

> Good Afternoon Everyone!
>
> For the past few weeks I have been working on downloading the FCC database
> and incorporating that data into our admin database.  I have created an FCC
> table that includes, call sign, name, class of license and last call.  This
> will be updated every Sunday when a new full dataset is available.
>
> To match this data against our database I have had to change several
> member names to match what they submitted to the FCC.
>
> At this point we have three active members with US addresses that we don?t
> have an expiration date for:
> 22067 4S7EA     Ernest  Amarasinghe  Winnetka CA
> 30896 VE3CFK Chester  Latawiec      Pt Huron MI
> 36311 LZ1CY    Angel  Gugov             Skokie IL
>
> I have gone through and found several new vanity call signs and SK.
> Beyond this I have sent emails to 33 members whose license has expired or
> will expire through November of this year.
> I also have 32 letters to mail for those members that we don?t have email
> ids for.
>
> On October 1st I will have the process automated to send announcements for
> those that expire in December.
>
> US members also have their ?Lic Expires? date listed on the Members Only
> webpage.  The background on this date will be green for the year the
> license expires, yellow for the month of expiration and red after the
> license actually expires.
>
> For the Canadian members, IC issues a license for life, well only 125
> years!
>
> I don?t know what other countries do,  please let me know what is
> available from your country that may be implemented.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N0UF
> Webmaster
>
>
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From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Sep 15 15:51:13 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:51:13 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
In-Reply-To: <CABXP8LgZ1KTGOy2utsAF4Cc30=5QZZwZZzYuec0cnHGP_D2e=g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5982923C14B2490281AF2BC1ACEDEB36@BobsWeb>
	<CABXP8LgZ1KTGOy2utsAF4Cc30=5QZZwZZzYuec0cnHGP_D2e=g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E0C4A432DFE347D499F5B1555CB01C12@BobsWeb>

Hi Norm,

There has been a nickname field on the Members Only webpage since day one!

I?m trying to provide a service to our members, based on the 66 active members whose licenses have expired or will expire through this November of this year I would say it?s needed.

If you don?t like what the FCC has listed for you, change it!

By the way, QCWA doesn?t have a Ray Sheridan listed in the database, we have a Luke but not a Ray.  Who is he?

73,
Bob Roske, N0UF
Webmaster

From: Norman Schklar 
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 2:22 PM
To: Bob Roske 
Cc: qcwahotlist at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website

I suggest you create a nickname or preferred name field. Publish only the preferred. Move existing first name to preferred for all. Change if requested.
I know Ray, but don't know Sheridan.

If I want to know what the FCC has, I'll look elsewhere.

Just a suggestion.

Norm wa4zxv

On Sep 15, 2015 2:28 PM, "Bob Roske" <broske at hutchtel.net> wrote:

  Good Afternoon Everyone!

  For the past few weeks I have been working on downloading the FCC database and incorporating that data into our admin database.  I have created an FCC table that includes, call sign, name, class of license and last call.  This will be updated every Sunday when a new full dataset is available.

  To match this data against our database I have had to change several member names to match what they submitted to the FCC.

  At this point we have three active members with US addresses that we don?t have an expiration date for:
  22067 4S7EA     Ernest  Amarasinghe  Winnetka CA
  30896 VE3CFK Chester  Latawiec      Pt Huron MI
  36311 LZ1CY    Angel  Gugov             Skokie IL

  I have gone through and found several new vanity call signs and SK.
  Beyond this I have sent emails to 33 members whose license has expired or will expire through November of this year.
  I also have 32 letters to mail for those members that we don?t have email ids for.

  On October 1st I will have the process automated to send announcements for those that expire in December.

  US members also have their ?Lic Expires? date listed on the Members Only webpage.  The background on this date will be green for the year the license expires, yellow for the month of expiration and red after the license actually expires.

  For the Canadian members, IC issues a license for life, well only 125 years!

  I don?t know what other countries do,  please let me know what is available from your country that may be implemented.

  73,
  Bob, N0UF
  Webmaster


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From Chapter7QCWA at aol.com  Mon Aug 31 18:24:23 2015
From: Chapter7QCWA at aol.com (Chapter7QCWA at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:24:23 -0000
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 7 -- Don Olejnik,
	W6KAT - SK 8/23/15 ---- Memorial Services 9/14/15
Message-ID: <7308.165b2f6e.43162e13@aol.com>

 
Don  Olejnik - W6KAT
 
Passed  away on 8/23/15
 
Memorial  Service:
 
Monday, September  14, 2015
1100  -- 1500 PDST
White  Emerson Memorial Home
13304  Philadelphia Street
Whittier,  CA 90601
 
 
73 - Doug -  W6HB
Chapter 7 QCWA  Coordinator

From Chapter7QCWA at aol.com  Sat Sep 12 02:08:15 2015
From: Chapter7QCWA at aol.com (Chapter7QCWA at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 06:08:15 -0000
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Archie Willis - W6LPJ - SK 2 May 2015
Message-ID: <1a466f.4966e516.43251b48@aol.com>

Bad news just discovered / reported per attached.
 
 
73 - Doug -  W6HB
Chapter 7 QCWA Coordinator

 
  
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