[QCWA Hotlist] 2018-005 - QCWA Board Appoints Mark Wintersole, W5NZ

[ve6afo at telus.net]

March 17, 2018

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2018-005 - QCWA Board appoints Mark Wintersole, W5NZ As 
Vice President

After the sudden passing of Vice President Larry McCalvy, WA9JMO, the 
QCWA Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of 
Director Mark Wintersole, W5NZ as the new Vice President.

Wintersole was first elected to the QCWA Board of Directors in 2014. 
He served as Chair of the Chapter and Member Relations Committtee 
from 2014 to early 2018, and recently appointed to the Administation 
and Finance Committee (A&F). Wintersole will continue to chair the 
A&F Committee while serving as Vice President.

Wintersole's world of electronics began in 1971 when his Grandfather 
interested him in shortwave listening. He became licensed at age 15 in 1975.

He had part-time jobs in commercial 2-way radio, broadcasting, and 
with the local electric utility, and later graduated from college 
with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Wintersole was then commissioned 
as an officer in the US Air Force, where he served in the airborne 
command & control, nuclear command & control, and 
communications/information management arenas, and later received a 
Masters Degree in technology management.

After retiring from the military in 2004, he served as 
President/Founder/Trustee of the Montgomery EMA Amateur Radio Club, 
President of QCWA Chapter 40, President of the Montgomery Amateur 
Radio Club Inc, and ARES Emergency Coordinator for Montgomery County.

Wintersole received the QCWA Meritorious Award, ARRL Public Service 
Commendation, ARRL Certificate of Merit for search and rescue 
operations, as well as being recognized by the Governor of Alabama 
for Hurricane Katrina support.

He holds an Amateur Extra Class license, is a member of the ARRL, an 
ARRL Volunteer Examiner, ARRL Certified Instructor, member of ARES, 
and a Net Controller (and past Net Manager) for the Central Alabama 
SkyWarn program. He is also a member of the Straight Key Century 
Club, QRP ARCI, European PSK Club, Rag Chewer's Club, Flying Pigs QRP 
Club, and 30m Digital Group, among many others. He loves to pound 
brass and work the many digital modes available, and is an avid contester.

73,

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


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