[QCWA Hotlist] 2022-007 - QCWA Board Appoints Activities Manager

[Ken Oelke - VE6AFO]

August 20, 2022

*From QCWA Headquarters*

http://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2022-007 - QCWA Board Appoints Activities Manager

The QCWA Board is pleased to announce the appointment of QCWA Life 
Member # 29803 John Kludt, K7SYS (ex K4SQC), to fill the position of the 
QCWA Activities Manager.

John was born in Portland, OR, and grew up in Seattle, WA. He was first 
licensed in 1962 by the 'Mike and Key Radio Club' under the direction of 
“Pop” Brown, K7LED (SK). John reports, “We met in his basement on Angle 
Lake near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and marvelled at his high-end 
Heathkit station”. He was granted KN7SYS and became K7SYS after 
receiving his General license. After many years as K4SQC and now an 
Amateur Extra, he I decided to return to his old call, K7SYS. John 
enjoys state QSO parties: "pretty hard to play in the 7 QSO party as an 
in region station with a 4 call, just as it was difficult to work the 
Georgia QSO party as a “local” with a 7 call!"

He is a retired physician. After three decades in Atlanta, he relocated 
to be closer to his children and grandchildren in Sandpoint, ID.

He continues to be interested in little pistol contesting and Dxing, as 
well as satellites. The station is a Flex 6700 usually on 20 m (50 watts 
on FT8) into a GAP vertical. His other interest is 1.296 GHz EME running 
125 watts to the feed of a 1.8 meter portable dish from Sub-Lunar 
Systems using the Flex 6700, Demi transverter and W6PQL PA. A Kenwood 
D-710G and IC-910H rounds out the station, and is used primarily for ISS 
packet operations and occasional satellite contacts.

He still has a Heathkit Twoer, complete with Turner microphone, from his 
first days in amateur radio. This was his introduction to VHF and 
remains a "favorite rig", even if there is no one left on 2m AM. Back in 
the day DX was Seattle to Portland running 5 watts AM to a small 
homemade Yagi.

47 & 73,

Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, QCWA Inc.



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