From broske at hutchtel.net  Thu Oct  1 14:55:25 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:55:25 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Logo's - Just added to the Members Only webpage,
Message-ID: <C3B41E30B5D64740AE480F5DD5982DA9@BobsWeb>

Good Afternoon,

In the Members Only section, Click on ?Misc? to view and download for your use all the QCWA Logo?s I have ever found on the web.

Enjoy!!

73,
Bob, N0UF
Webmaster

From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Oct 12 04:23:21 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 03:23:21 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <CF8D41088CE44F47BCE397F4756097DF@BobsWeb>

ATTENTION:

For your biography, I require a TEXT file.  Not a MS Word document  Not a MS Word, ?Rich Text Format? file or any thing else that is not  just a plain old, ordinary TEXT file!!!!

Use Notepad or Wordpad or any other ASCII editor of your choice to create said file.

tnx es 73,
Bob, N0UF
Webmaster


From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Oct 13 17:17:48 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:17:48 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <1F6BE7E8A33A4269B2090B71B7A8FDDE@BobsWeb>

Please use the upload feature on the Members Only webpage to upload your bio and pictures directly on the web server.

Otherwise I need to copy it to my PC with a file name that is unique to you, ftp it to the server and then finally, I can use it.

If I save them all on my PC as bio.txt, all but the last one is overwritten.

I don?t know how much easier I can make this!

Bob, N0UF
Webmaster

From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Wed Oct 14 07:59:44 2015
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 07:59:44 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 119 October Meeting -- 17 October 2015
Message-ID: <561E43B0.7010700@verizon.net>

Hi all.  Chapter 119 will hold its October meeting as one of our two 
special meetings per year in Newport News, Virginia.  This meeting will 
be on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at:  Andrea?s Italian 
Restaurant & Pizzeria, 1730 George Washington Memorial Highway (Route 
17), Yorktown (Tabb) VA 23693.  Telephone:  757-595-3014 and Website, 
for map and Menu please navigate via your browser to : 
<http://www.andreasyorktown.com/Default.htm>

The restaurant is located on Route 17 approximately 1.2 miles north 
(towards Yorktown) from the Interstate 64 intersection with Route 17.  
This is a new location for our 'remote' meetings and the food has been 
sampled a number of times by different Chapter 119 members.  The 
facility passes all tests with flying colors and a varied menu is sure 
to please.

If you're not in the immediate Virginia Beach area where we hold our 
regular meetings perhaps you could venture out to meet with us on 
Saturday in Newport News.  The Saturday meeting is itself a departure 
from our regular meeting schedule because we attempt to make it easier 
not only for members and friends who live at some distance, but also to 
permit those with weekday jobs and commitments an opportunity to meet 
with us on a Saturday.  Harvey, KA4SSH, ably assisted by Wally, K4OGT 
and Dick, W4RBH coordinate great meetings and always have an interesting 
program for our enjoyment.

If you might be traveling in our area, or if you live further up 'the 
peninsula' please try to take advantage of this special meeting on the 
North side of the Hampton Roads bridge/tunnel. Members and friends are 
welcome and spouses are especially welcome at any of our 
meetings/functions.  Come out and enjoy some really terrific QCWA 
Chapter 119 hospitality and fellowship.  Vic, W4VIC, Secretary, QCWA 
Chapter 119 Inc.






From ve6afo at telus.net  Thu Oct 22 15:12:19 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:12:19 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2015-16 - QCWA Approves 15 Scholarship Awards For
	2016
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20151022131124.04778e18@telus.net>

October 22, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-16 - QCWA Approves 15 Scholarship Awards For 2016

The QCWA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the approval of 15 
scholarship awards in the amount of $21,500 for issuance in 2016 to 
qualified scholarship applicants.

Since 1978, some 488 recipients have received over $471,850 in 
scholarship awards through the QCWA Scholarship Award Program.

For more information on the QCWA Scholarship Program, visit 
http://www.qcwa.org/scholarship-program.htm

The QCWA Scholarship Program is administered by Foundation for 
Amateur Radio (FAR), and all applications for scholarship awards must 
be sent to them. Visit http://www.farweb.org/contact for contact information.

For more information visit the FAR Website at;

http://www.farweb.org/

73,

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

From ve6afo at telus.net  Fri Oct 23 12:13:16 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:13:16 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Correction - 2015-16 - QCWA Approves 15 Scholarship
 Awards For 2016
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20151023101230.0475bff8@telus.net>

October 22, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-16 - QCWA Approves 15 Scholarship Awards For 2016

The QCWA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the approval of 15 
scholarship awards in the amount of $21,500 for issuance in 2016 to 
qualified scholarship applicants.

Since 1978, some 448 recipients have received over $471,850 in 
scholarship awards through the QCWA Scholarship Award Program.

For more information on the QCWA Scholarship Program, visit 
http://www.qcwa.org/scholarship-program.htm

The QCWA Scholarship Program is administered by Foundation for 
Amateur Radio (FAR), and all applications for scholarship awards must 
be sent to them. Visit http://www.farweb.org/contact for contact information.

For more information visit the FAR Website at;

http://www.farweb.org/

73,

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

From broske at hutchtel.net  Fri Oct 23 23:23:30 2015
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 22:23:30 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fw: [FISTS-Updates] Hurricane Patricia Emergency Net
Message-ID: <CC3B8738815D4A01B9A178E42256562A@BobsWeb>

FYI

-----Original Message----- 
From: FISTS CW Club update information bulletins
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:30 PM
To: FISTS CW Club update information bulletins via FISTS-Updates
Subject: [FISTS-Updates] Hurricane Patricia Emergency Net


Hurricane Patricia emergency net requests clear freq 7055 to 7065 kc.
73
Tim, AC5SH

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From philsimila at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 28 20:56:25 2015
From: philsimila at yahoo.com (phil simila)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:56:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Biography
References: <2024552626.4790882.1446080185776.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2024552626.4790882.1446080185776.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

Bob- please I am not ignoring you. I amtrying to create atext file for you. ???? 
no computer i own had wordpad? i have another computer but it is at my sons apthe currently has pneumoniayou have my permission to use my qrz bio and picture until then.Please be patient.
 Phil Simila 
philsimila at yahoo.com W3TOS

From john at w3gqj.net  Wed Oct 28 21:11:19 2015
From: john at w3gqj.net (John T. Fleming)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:11:19 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Biography
In-Reply-To: <2024552626.4790882.1446080185776.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <2024552626.4790882.1446080185776.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
	<2024552626.4790882.1446080185776.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <00c301d111e6$b8b624b0$2a226e10$@w3gqj.net>

Phil,

Use Word, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice and save the file in a "text" format. That will create the text file you need. It is strictly a matter of using the dropdown below the file name when you are naming the file and selecting "TXT."

73,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: QCWAHotlist [mailto:qcwahotlist-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of phil simila via QCWAHotlist
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:56 PM
To: QCWAHotlist at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Biography

Bob- please I am not ignoring you. I amtrying to create atext file for you. no computer i own had wordpad  i have another computer but it is at my sons apthe currently has pneumoniayou have my permission to use my qrz bio and picture until then.Please be patient.
 Phil Simila
philsimila at yahoo.com W3TOS
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From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Tue Nov 10 16:15:53 2015
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:15:53 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Chapter Officers Please Take Note
Message-ID: <56425E89.3040305@verizon.net>

Greetings all.  Since November 1, 2012 I have issued 42 QCWA Chapter 
Meritorious Service Awards.  There was only one in 2012, owing to my 
starting late in the year.  In 2013 there were 15 of these awards, and 
in 2014 there were 20.  In 2015, as of November 10, there have been only 
6 requests for the QCWA Meritorious Service Award, awarded to Chapter 
members who have provided notable service to their Chapter, and to 
Amateur Radio in general,  as a result of that service.

Each QCWA Chapter may recognize one such individual each year.  In 2015, 
Chapters 8, 17, 28, 29, 106, and 119 have submitted requests to honor a 
Chapter member.

Time is short to make such requests and get certificates prepared and 
returned to the Chapter before the inevitable Christmas Holiday 
meetings, usually significant events in the Chapter year. Those special 
event meetings are often used as a base for Chapter Awards, and National 
awards from QCWA should fit rather nicely into your program.  Photos 
should be taken and sent to the Journal (journal at qcwa.org) so that all 
of us may share in the congratulations extended to the award recipient.

If you officials of QCWA Chapters will put your heads together and come 
up with a deserving candidate from your Chapter and send that nomination 
to me forthwith I will do my level best to get your certificate to you 
in time for your event.  Please let me know when your celebration is 
scheduled.  And if it is not already scheduled, then please get busy and 
schedule something.  The members of your Chapter deserve the fellowship 
and the opportunity to celebrate the good efforts of the award winner.  
Until I hear from you, 47 and 73.  Vic, W4VIC, QCWA Certificate Custodian.

vic.w4vic at verizon.net



From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Thu Nov 19 14:19:02 2015
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:19:02 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 119 November Meeting
Message-ID: <564E20A6.7060306@verizon.net>

Hello Fellow QCWA Members and friends. Time has really gotten away from 
me and this meeting notice is coming to you embarrassingly late.  But it 
is our regular meeting and is always scheduled for the Third Friday in 
any month at 12 Noon at Frankie's Place for Ribs, 5200 Fairfield 
Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA.  Please excuse the lateness of this 
heads-up and take comfort in knowing that there are important things to 
be accomplished at this meeting.

Nominations for Chapter Officers are open and are encouraged.  All 
offices are open to nomination.  A slate of officers put together by 
your Board of Directors will be offered and voting will take place at 
our December meeting.

A discussion will be held concerning the December meeting, whether to go 
ahead with our scheduled meeting, or to join the VADXCC group to share 
Christmas Cheer and fellowship.  A decision must be made by the close of 
the meeting on November 20.

A program suggested by Vice-President Ed, W8NLZ, will be presented.  A 
video produced by the ARRL titled "The Amateur Radio Parity Act - 
Separating Fact from Fiction" should orient us to the latest status of 
this important legislation.

We hope to see you, your spouse, and any friends you can bring along 
with you.  If you should be visiting our area and this message comes 
your way, please consider visiting us for this meeting.  QCWA fellowship 
is the best available and is enthusiastically shared with all who 
attend.  Vic, W4VIC


From wintersolem at msn.com  Sun Nov 29 18:29:34 2015
From: wintersolem at msn.com (Mark Wintersole)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:29:34 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Improving Your QCWA Chapter
Message-ID: <BAY175-DS75B62DF97DCC47B086D87AE010@phx.gbl>

QCWA Chapter Leadership --

When your membership drops and you?re not attracting new faces, you have to ask yourself ?why??  Is it because my Chapter sits idly watching life pass it by?  Let me give you a few random thoughts from my perspective.

- QCWA membership must be proactive, not reactive.  Do you expect QCWA Headquarters to do things for you all of the time?  Isn?t that why you formed a Chapter and attracted local membership?  Too many folks sit back like little birds waiting to be fed.  This approach results in poor membership retention and a general malaise with respect to participation in local Chapters and their associated activities.

-  Hold regular meetings -- at a time and place where the most members can attend.  The QCWA ByLaws require you to hold at least two meetings per year, but you can have as many more as you wish.  Great locations for meetings include your local library, senior or civic center, and similar free venues.  Find a place that?s big enough (and private enough) to have a program.  You might even want to vary meeting times/dates so that everyone gets a chance to attend at some point.

-  Ensure your meetings have direction and purpose.  Don?t them degenerate into ?meet and eat? sessions where everyone just sits around swapping lies and telling war stories.  Invite a guest speaker.  The program doesn?t have to be directly related to ham radio, nor does the speaker have to be a QCWA member.  Some sources of speakers are the National Weather Service, Red Cross, local police/fire department, and even your local ham club.  Your nearest Toastmasters organization is another fine source of speakers ? they exist solely to provide public presentations.  The key is to remember that your presentations should be informative and keyed to your local Chapter.  Consider recording them (with permission, of course) and sharing with other Chapters.

- Keep your meetings short.  If your business meeting lasts more than about 15 minutes and your presentation more than 30 minutes, you?ll start to lose folks? attention.  Remember the old adage: ?be bold, be brilliant, be brief, and then be gone.?

- Make sure that all of your meeting attendees feel welcome.  There?s nothing more detrimental to an organization?s future than ignoring the new guy.  He?ll vote with his feet and then not only will you be down a prospective member, you?ll likely have someone bad-mouthing your Chapter because you were too lazy get to bring him into the fold.

- Consider having your Chapter tackle a formal project.  This could be a civic service such as providing communications for a local bike-a-thon, conducting a license class, forming a VE group, or assisting with some facet of public safety (SkyWarn, Adopt-A-Highway, etc).  It doesn?t even have to be related to amateur radio.

- Publicize yourselves!  Make sure the local community...and not just the local ham community...knows that you exist and are active.  Many newspapers would be thrilled to announce your meetings as a free public service...which could lead to more detailed press coverage.  Invite the media to your events.  Don?t forget to send articles to national publications such as the QCWA eJournal, CQ magazine, and QST.  Include ?action? pictures whenever possible.

- Keep an active relationship with QCWA Headquarters!  We?re here to help wherever we can.  Fill out your Chapter?s annual report on time.  It?s easily completed online via our website.  If you have problems, call or e-mail us quickly ? don?t wait for the situation to resolve itself.  Remember, bad news doesn?t improve with age and there?s a mountain of experience among the Headquarters staff you can draw upon for advice.

- Use the QCWA reflectors to keep your members and other Chapters informed of what?s going on ? that?s what they?re there for.

- Consider making presentations at your local ham club meeting.  QCWA members possess a vast wealth of experience that would be welcomed by any club.  Assist in conducting the aforementioned license classes.  Better yet: how many of today?s younger hams have heard of (much less attended) a Royal Order of the Wouff Hong ceremony?  Stage one (with the blessing of the ARRL) at your local club and help stress the importance of good operating.  By the simple fact that you?re a QCWA member, you?re considered a ?graybeard? and the younger folks will respect and follow your lead.

- Encourage your members to use the online resources QCWA provides.  Cyberphobia isn?t an acceptable excuse in the 21st century.  Learn to use what?s available.  The eJournal is only published online...and that won?t be changing.  Our website offers a wide variety of materials to help you promote QCWA at hamfests and the like.  You can easily renew your QCWA membership via credit card or PayPal, update your bio, and much much more.

QCWA membership is a living, breathing entity that must be fed and nurtured if it?s expected to thrive.  With your help, we can continue to grow together, improve the QCWA experience, and make a positive impact on our hobby.

73 de W5NZ!

Mark Wintersole
Member, QCWA Board of Directors
Chairman, Chapter & Member Relations Committee

From wintersolem at msn.com  Tue Dec  8 11:28:47 2015
From: wintersolem at msn.com (Mark Wintersole)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:28:47 -0600
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter Annual Report
Message-ID: <BAY175-DS137141DE6244F29422F38EAE080@phx.gbl>

Chapter Officers --

December is again upon us and it?s time to file your Chapter?s Annual Report, as required by Article VII, section 2(d) of our Bylaws.  It?s easy to do and only takes a few minutes.  Go to the Members Only area of our redesigned web site and click on ?Annual Report? in the Officers Section.  It will indicate the date last year?s report was completed and provide you the opportunity to submit your 2015 report.

73 de W5NZ!

Mark Wintersole
Montgomery AL
Chairman, Chapter & Member Relations Committee

From ve6afo at telus.net  Fri Dec 11 17:13:43 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:13:43 -0700
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2015-017 - QCWA Activities Manager, Rich Ferch,
 VE3KI -  Receives Award
Message-ID: <mailman.79.1449872105.10830.qcwahotlist@mailman.qth.net>

December 11, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-017 - QCWA Activities Manager, Rich Ferch, VE3KI - 
Receives Yasme Foundation Excellence Award

The <http://www.yasme.org/>Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has 
named the <http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php>N1MM Logger+ 
logging software development team to receive its Yasme Excellence 
Award. Team members include Tom Wagner, N1MM; Rick Ellison, N2AMG; 
Steve London, N2IC; John Bednar, K3CT; Nikolay Safronov, NA3M; Pete 
Smith, N4ZR; Andreas Hofman, KU7T; Larry Gauthier, K8UT, and Richard 
Ferch, VE3KI.

The Yasme Excellence Award recognizes an individual or individuals 
who, through their own service, creativity, effort, and dedication, 
have made a significant contribution to Amateur Radio. "The 
contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating, or 
organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for Amateur 
Radio to grow and prosper," the Yasme Foundation announcement said.

N1MM+ is a major revision to the original N1MM Logger program, 
involving a volunteer effort to rewrite and test more than 250,000 
lines of code. The program continues to be available free, and is 
updated and supported on a regular basis.

(Thanks to 'The ARRL Letter')

73,

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

From ve6afo at telus.net  Thu Dec 24 17:52:08 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:52:08 -0700
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Test
Message-ID: <mailman.104.1450997546.10830.qcwahotlist@mailman.qth.net>



From ve6afo at telus.net  Thu Dec 24 17:59:46 2015
From: ve6afo at telus.net (ve6afo at telus.net)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:59:46 -0700
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] 2015-018 - QCWA Seeks Replacement Scholarship
	Chairperson
Message-ID: <mailman.105.1450998046.10830.qcwahotlist@mailman.qth.net>

December 24, 2015

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2015-018 - QCWA Seeks Replacement Scholarship Chairperson

The Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc. (QCWA) Scholarship 
Committee Chair, Tim Donovan, W4CLK, has announced his desire to 
retire his volunteer appointment after serving for three years.

Donovan replaced QCWA Scholarship Chair Leland (Buddy) Smith, Jr., 
W4YE, on November 7, 2012. Smith served for 8 years prior. During 
Donovan's three year term, QCWA awarded 68 individual scholarships 
totalling $114,500.

QCWA is seeking a qualified person to chair the QCWA Scholarship 
Standing Committee. The candidate applying is required to be a QCWA 
member in good standing and will be experienced in using 
spreadsheets. The successful candidate will maintain a list of all 
scholarship donations, send 'thank you letters' to donors 
contributing to the scholarship fund and provide a list of donors for 
the QCWA Journal. This is done electronically.

The scholarship committee does its work through the use of e-mail. 
Final recommendations to the Board of Directors are carried out via a 
teleconference or video conference meeting.

When applying for this position, please send a photo and short resume 
to QCWA President, Ken Oelke, VE6AFO at <ve6afo at telus.net>.

Applicants requiring further information on the position should 
contact QCWA President, Ken Oelke, VE6AFO at <ve6afo at telus.net>, 
or phone 403-226-5840.

This is a volunteer appointment to be approved by the QCWA Board of Directors.

73,

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

