QCWA CHAPTER 21 HOME PAGE
CANTON, OHIO

 LATEST UPDATE: JUNE 28, 2009



 

OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
     PRESIDENT         Edward Clinger             WA8DRT
                                   330-484-1102                                               
     Dennis Moriarty          K8AGB                          To Nov.  2010    
      330-452-3872   
          
                   VICE-PRES               Mel Vye                          W8MV
330-697-5425
                               Phil Gizzi                           W8IIV                 To Nov. 2011
330-494-7188
SEC.-TREAS.           Judith McCune             N8AIM
        330-499-2520
Newsletter/ Web Page  Editor    
 Joe Vignos     W1FEZ

                                   330-497-7742                                     
 
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It's that time again!


June lunch group
1FEZ, 8EAR, Guest, 8DRT, 8LBZ & 8AIM

First Wednesday "Lunch at Tim's Tavern"
Join us July 1st at Noon.

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QCWA Chapter 21 Quarterly Meeting
May 30, 2009



President Ed Clinger WA8DRT congratulates Julius Erdos KD8XD on his slide show presentation.  Looking on are (L to R)  Polly, Sharon, Judy and Pat. Empty chair was photographer W1FEZ.


Julius Erdos has a smile of satisfaction after presenting a slide show he created in 1984 for the Canton Amateur Radio Club.  It featured getting into Amateur Radio, club members and the 1984 CARC Field Day

 Fifteen members and guests enyoyed lunch and an entertaining program presented by Julius Erdos KD8XD. (See pics above.)  A short business meeting was held after the program. Members were reminded of the Lunch at Tim's on Wednesday June 3.  Plans for the 3rd Quarter meeting were discussed. The meeting will be held at the home of Mel W8MV & XYL Martha Vye on the Portage Lakes. Several members who were not at the February Meeting (W8MV, W8EAR and W1FEZ) gave short rundowns on how they became interested in ham radio and obtained their license. Chapter 21 Director  Phil Gizzi  W8IIV has been hospitaized the past week ane has moved to a rehab facility for further treatment.  Keep poste for an update.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

W8DKI   John Linton, Jr.   June 11th

REMINDER
BREAKFAST AT PERKIN'S ON EVERHARD RD. CANTON, OH  SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:00
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  NEW MEMBER

Welcome aboard the good ship QCWA Chapter 21 to Michael Sciarini WA8MKH,  a QCWA Life Member, from Dover, OH.  His wife Carol KB8IMH, his son Stephen KC8IDJ and his daughter Michelle KB8ILK.

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   SUNSHINE  REPORT

Denny Frey, K8NIB,recovering from a back problem, has moved from Altercare of Nobles Pond to The Regency on Whipple Ave in Canton.       He believes he injured it accidentally while working in his radio shack. He is doing therapy and would like visitors. He can be reached on
330-479-9203.  He now has his 2 meter rig in his room and is looking for you on the local repeaters.


  Let any Chapter Officers, Directors or Newsletter Editor know of any serious illness of members.

Ed Note. We are either awfully healthy or have had our ailments for so long that we don't want to talk about them!



FCC LOOKS TO RAISE VANITY CALL SIGN FEES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR


The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (NPRM) on May 14 seeking to raise fees for Amateur Radio vanity call signs
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-126A1.pdf. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $12.30 and is good for 10 years; the
new fee, if the FCC plan goes through, will go up to $13.40 for 10 years, an increase of $1.10. The FCC is authorized by the Communications
Act of 1934 (as amended) to collect vanity call sign fees to recover the costs associated with that program. The vanity call sign regulatory fee
is payable not only when applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity call sign for a new term. Instructions on how to
comment on this NPRM are available on the FCC Web site http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/howtocomment.html>.
The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only when applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity call signfor a new term. The first vanity call sign licenses issued under the current Amateur Radio vanity call sign program that began in 1996 cameup for renewal three years ago.
Those holding vanity call signs issued prior to 1996 are exempt from having to pay the vanity call sign regulatory fee at renewal, however.
That's because Congress did not authorize the FCC to collect regulatory fees until 1993. Such "heritage" vanity call sign holders do not appear
as vanity licensees in the FCC Amateur Radio database.

Amateur Radio licensees may file for renewal only within 90 days of their license expiration date. All radio amateurs must have an FCC
Registration Number (FRN) before filing any application with the Commission. Applicants can obtain an FRN by going to the ULS
<http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/> and clicking on the "New Users Register" link. You must supply your Social Security Number to obtain an FRN.
Excerpts from 
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 28, No.20
May 22, 2009
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR 2009 CLUB YEAR.

At Annual Meeting November 15, 2008.  Arm twisting time is over. Election finalized. Nelson Caley W8EAR turned over gavel to Ed Clinger WA8DRT.  Pictured above left to right are outgoing President W8EAR Nelson Caley, Vice President W8MV Mel Vye, Director K8AGB Dennis Moriarty, Director W8IIV Phil Gizzi,  Secretary-Treasurer N8AIM Judy McCune and President WA8DRT Ed Clinger.  CONGRATULATIONS !

FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES

MINUTES : CHAPTER 21
FEBRUARY MEETING CHAPTER 21

QCWA Chapter 21 held their 1st Quarter Meeting on February 21 at the HomeTown Buffet of Canton, OH.  We had 6 members and 4 guests in attendance.  Missing were the snowbirds and those who took the weather forecast of a bad snow storm to heart!  After introductions and a wide selection of food from the buffet, President Ed Clinger WA8DRT opened the meeting. Judy McCune N8AIM presented the Treasurer's report.

A motion was made by Perry Ballinger W8AU and seconded by Stan Smith WA8NZE to donate $75.00 to the QCWA Scholarship Fund in memory of our silent keys of 2008;  Myron Koyle W8FNM, Myron Kiefaber W8BML, and James Foltz K8SWE.  The motion passed unanimously.  There were no reports of recent hospitalizations. 

Ed introduced our program, which was to be an informal talk by each of us about how we became hams.  Phil Gizzi W8IIV, Ed Clinger WA8DRT, Stan Smith WA8NZE, Perry Ballinger W8AU, Julius Erdos KD8XD, and Judy McCune N8AIM all reminisced about becoming hams.

Due to eqipment problems, the slide presentation  by Julius Erdos KD8XD was postponed until the Spring Meeting .

Respectfully submitted,

Judy McCune  N8AIM  
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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER  HAS BEEN MOVED TO ARCHIVES.              



How about trying this one out?

* ARRL's 500 kHz Station, WD2XSH, Wants to Hear from You: Fritz Raab,W1FR, coordinator for ARRL's 500 kHz Experimental Station, WD2XSHhttp://www.500kc.com/>, reports that fall has brought lower static and good propagation, making excellent conditions for the 500 kHz
experimenters. The experimental license, issued in September 2006 <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/15/104/>, has more than 20
active stations. Raab said that last year, a second US experimental license -- WE2XGR, with five participants -- joined the project, as well
as experimenters in the UK, Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic. These stations' operating modes include CW, QRSS, PSK-31 and others.
Contacts have been achieved at distances up to 1234 miles, with signals received from all over North America, Alaska and Hawaii; trans-Atlantic reports are not uncommon. "The 500 kHz experimenters are experiencing excellent propagation conditions," Raab said. "The best time to listen is between sunset and sunrise." The operating frequencies are: WD2XSH -- 505.2-510 kHz; WE2XGR -- 505-515 kHz; UK -- 501-504 kHz, and SM, DL, OK -- 505.0-505.2 kHz. Raab requests that listeners file reception reports at the experiment's Web site so that they become part of the station's data base <http://www.500kc.com/>.

Additional information can be found at the experiment's Web site and also in the July/August 2007 issue of QEX <http://www.arrl.org/qex/2007/07/raab.pdf>.
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 27, No. 42
October 24, 200

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Thursday night Chapter 21 Net

As noted on page 1 of the August 2008 Newsletter.  K8AGB Dennis Moriarty  talked to John Kalafice / W0OZZ in regards to Chapter 21 re-starting a weekly Thursday Evening Net on his Repeater System, which is linked on ( 6 meters+2 meters+ 432 Mhz ).

John said: Yes to Chapter  21 resuming a weekly net on Thursday evening.

[ No CTCS tone is required on 6 meters, The N.E. Ohio normal 2 meter CTCS is required on 2 meters as is the N.E. Ohio
432 band normal CTCS tone required on that band ]

 
W8AGB has offered to be Net Control to get things moving.  Due to his having another comitment on the 1st & 3rd. Thursdays of each month except July and August, we will need other volunteers for Net Control.
 
All we need to determine is a start date, Keep in mind ample lead / promotion time to spread our good news.  Let's get th3 ball rolling!

Let's get the ball rolling!
 
STAY TUNED to the Web Page for further developments.
 

MEMORY LANE.
 

45 years ago, on June 14, 1963, the first meeting of QCWA Chapter 21 was heldFirst Elected Officers were:

President: Lyle Gray W8EUK
Vice- President: Henry McLaughlin W8OYV
Secretary- Treasurer Camella  Cicerello W8NAL
Directors
Rob Roy W8HR
Earl Reichman W8NBK


FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN MOVED TO "ARCHIVES Chapter 21 Link"
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RECENT SK 's     

Full Obituaries can be found on Archives Chapter 21 Link.


James E. Foltz 84, K8SWE, QCWA #19369 of Canton, died on Monday,September 29, 2008.  Jim was first licensed in 1960 and joined QCWA Chapter 21 in 1986. Our condolences to his wife Rosemarie and their three daughters and their families.

Myron Kiefaber 83, W8BML,
QCWA#21627 of North Canton, died on August 11, 2008. Myron was first licensed in 1948 and joined Chapter 21 in 1975. Our condolences to his daughters and their families.

Myron Koyle 78, W8FNM, QCWA #20167 of Canton, died on March 3, 2008.  Myron was first licensed in 1962 and joined Chapter 21 in January  1987. Our condolences to his wife Adelaine and his family.

Leland E. Covert 79, KA8FTM 
QCWA # 32367 of Canton;  Township, died on November 4, 2007.   Lee was first licensed in 1979 and joined Chapter 21 in 2004.  Our condolences to his wife Janice and their family.


Jack Bennett 84, W8WEN  QCWA #32182, of Alliance, died on October 31,2007.   Jack was first licensed in June 1941. He joined QCWA Chapter 21 in August 2003. We send our condolences to his wife Martha and family


QCWA CHAPTER 21

10,500th recorded web site activation occurred June 23, 2009!


"What happened to the Chapter 21 Thursday night Net?"

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QCWA Chapter 21 and National News




QCWA. The Quarter Century Wireless Association Inc. was founded December 5, 1947, as a non-commercial association of radio amateurs organized for the promotion of intersest in Amateur Radio Communication and experimentation, for the establishment an advancement of the radio art and of the
public welfare.

QCWA National Nets:   SSB Sunday at 2000Z on 14347MHZ   . CW Wedensday at 2000 EST on 7035 MHZ.



HAPPY  46th  ANNIVERSARY

The Chapter 21 Charter was granted on May 15, 1963
 The first meeting was held June 14, 1963.

          

FIRST Elected Officers
President: Lyle Gray W8EUK
Vice- President: Henry McLaughlin W8OYV
Secretary- Treasurer Camella  Cicerello W8NAL
Directors
Rob Roy W8HR
Earl Reichman W8NBK

 
WANTED: NEW QCWA MEMBERS.
Radio Amateurs licensed ANYTIME in 1984 will be eligible for membership on Jan.1 2009.
If you know any, please let  our Secretary know.


MORSE CODE EXPANDS!  Who sais CW is dead.  A new CW character for the @ symbol which is used in such things as e-mail addresses has been formally proposed.

To keep up with the times, however, the IARU proposed adding a new character--the commercial "at" or @ symbol--to permit sending e-mail addresses in Morse code. The draft new recommendation proposes using the letters A and C run together  to represent the @ symbol.
 (That's "dit dah dah dit dah dit")

+Morse "@" character official as of May 3, 2005



DUES ARE DUE
STILL ONLY $5.00
Please check your QCWA Natl. Dues.
We do not receive that info until Dec.

MEMBERSHIP STATUS

  25 Dues Paying Members


Welcome aboard !    Chapter 21 members belong to all the three Stark County Amateur Radio Clubs as well as the TUSCO and Akron area clubs.  This should be fertile hunting grounds for new members. 



      NET THURSDAY AT  7:3O  IN LIMBO!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
   



HAPPY BIRTHDAY

APRIL

W8AU   Perry Ballinger   5th
W8MV   Mel Vye   10th
WD8IPE   Herb Bushong   23rd

MAY

W8DIR   Andrew Hogue   8th
W8EKL   Mae Rauvola   19th

JUNE

W8DKI   John Linton, Jr.   11th

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VANITY CALL  FEES TO RISE

* Vanity call sign fee to rise: The FCC regulatory fee to obtain an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will rise from $16.30 to $20.80 on August 6th, 2004. The FCC announced the new fee in a Report and Order (R&O) in MD
Docket 04-73, "Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2004." The FCC says it anticipates 7800 applications for FY2004--2000 fewer than the previous fiscal year. The FCC expects revenue collected from the vanity call sign regulatory fees in FY2004 to rise by more than $2100. The R&O becomes effective 30 days after it's published in The Federal Register. ARRL will announce when the new, higher vanity fee becomes effective.  (From ARRL letter June 25, 2004)

LST 325

Pictures, stories and links to LST 325 have been moved to a seperate page (as was ARCHIVES).

Use LST 325 Link at top of page.




SK's
2008
Jim Foltz, K8SWE, died September 29, 2008

Myron Kiefaber, W8BML, died August 11, 2008

Myron R. Koyle W8FNM, died March 3, 2008
 
2007
Leland E. Covert  KA8F, died November 4, 2007

Jack Bennett W8WEN, died Otober 31, 2007

Harold Kay McCune W8LNK died June 10, 2007

David L. Glass  W8UKQ died April 3, 2007.

2006
Albert M. Albert  W8TTJ died October 5, 2006.

John Underwood W8GAC died January 23, 2006.
2005
Harold Davis W8NNS died  May 21, 2005.

Shirley Rex K8MZT died May 7, 2005.
2004
Charles Scott K8BYC died December 28, 2004. 

David Polen W8FRB died November 29, 2004. 

Ray Scoville K8DEN died  November 11, 2004. 

Ralph Schoener  W8TPS died October 10, 2004.  Charter member of  QCWA Chapter 21. 

Myrhl Lemley W8MND, died September 7, 2004. Charter member of QCWA Chapter 21. 
Arlan Smith, WD8CIB, brother of Stan Smith WA8NZE, died on July 4th. Funeral services were held on July 7th. Our condolences to Stan and Doris and to Arlan's family.

Edward Gammeter W8CSU, January 7th, 2004. Past President QCWA Chapter 6, Pittsburgh,  PA and member Chapter 21 Canton, OH.
          

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REMINDERS
QCWA NET. Thursday at 7:30 P.M. On 145.11, W0OZZ Repeater

 LUNCH AT TIM'S TAVERN on Parkway St. Canton.  First Wednesday at Noon.

BREAKFAST.  Saturday mornings 9:00 A.M. At Perkins Family Restaurant on Everhard Rd, Canton,OH.


  WRITE IT DOWN .

     Mark your calendars NOW for the year 2008 Chapter 21 Meetings.

           FEBRUARY 16    MAY 31  AUGUST 16    NOVEMBER 15

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   SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RADIO CLUB.
Here is a listing of the Meeting Schedules for Amateur Radio Clubs in our Area.  They are our source of recruiting new members for Chapter 21.

Alliance Amateur Radio Club meets the 1st Wedensday of the month at 7:30 PM in  Conference Room 1 A of the Alliance Community Hospital, 200 East State St. Alliance, OH 44601

Canton Amateur Radio Club meets the 3rd Wedensday each month at 7:30 P.M. In the Stark County  E.O.C.,  lower level, Stark  County Sheriff's Office, Rt. 62 East.

Massillon Amateur Radio Club meets the 1st  Friday of the month at 8 PM in the Massilon Senior Citizens Building, 39 Lincoln Way West.

TUSCO Amateur Radio Club meets the 1st & 3rd   Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM at Don Pancho' Restaurant, 117 West High Ave., New Philadelphia.


NEW INTERNET ADDRESS FOR
 QCWA CHAPTER 21 WEB PAGE.

 Through courtesy of CMH Electonics we now have a new and much easier Web Page address to remember. Store it in your Bookmarks or Favorites. It is,

 http://www.cmh.net/qcwa



QCWA CHAPTER 21 NET

Net became dormant im Spring of 2005.  Lack of interest, timing of net on Thursday evening and lack of activity of 145.11 repeater have been cited for the demise. Attempts to start Net up again have been futile!  Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Contact one of the Chapter officers or directors.

May 19th
W1FEZ
Joe Vignos
4 1/2 ck-ins*


January 13th
WA8NZE
Stan Smith
10  ck-ins



TOP'S in 2004 
Stan Smith  WA8NZE had 15 ck-ins on June 10, 2004
Ed Clinger had 15-ck-ins on April 29, 2004
Rodger Trompower KA8FTS had 13 ck-ins on April 22, 2004
Dave Polen W8FRB had 13 ck-ins on February 5th, 2004
Stan Smith WA8NZE had 13 ck-ins on January 29, 2004

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MORE QCWA NEWS


QCWA CHAPTER 21
QCWA “CENTURY CLUB”  MEMBERS

                                                                 
                             W8EAR Nelson Caley
                 W8BML Myron Kiefaber         W8IIV Phil Gizzi  

     W8TPS Ralph Schoener,SK      W8EKL Mae Rauvola            K8MZT Shirley Rex  SK
 
        W8FRB Dave Polen, SK          W8NNS Harold Davis SK        K8BYC Charley Scott, SK

                                           W8CSU Ed Gammeter, SK             W8EUK Lyle Gray   SK                     K8NIB  Denny Frey    
             
                                          
W8MND Myrhl Lemley                        W8DIR  Andrew Hogue                    W8MO Kelly Heinbuch    
                             
 
                                           W1FEZ  Joe Vignos                                                    

QCWA CHAPTER 21 CHARTER MEMBERS

       W8TPS Ralph Schoener  SK

W8MND Myrhl Lemley  SK Sept. 7, 2004


Worth Noting
 Chapter 21 Charter was granted on May 15,1963.
The first meeting was held June 14, 1963

First Elected Officers
President.     Lyle Gray W8EUK
Vice-Pres.    Henry McLaughlin W8OYV
Sec.-Treas.  Carmella Cicerello W8NAL
Directors
Rob Roy W8HR
Earl Reichman W8BNK



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 QCWA CHAPTER 21 NEWSLETTERS.

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