QCWA CHAPTER 21 NEWSLETTER  

OFFICERS PRESIDENT                                      Edward Clinger  WA8DRT                                           330-484-1102            VICE PRESIDENT                              Mel Vye              W8MV                                                 330-697-5425 SEC.-TREAS.                                    Judith McCune N8AIM                                                 330-499-2520 DIRECTORS Dennis Moriarty                                 K8AGB 330-452-3872 Julius Erdos                                                 KD8XD                                                     330-492-3937       NEWSLETTER AND WEB PAGE EDITOR Joe Vignos                                                    W1FEZ 330-497-7742 REMINDERS LUNCH at TIM'S TAVERN on Parkway St., Canton. First Wednesday at 12:00 P.M. BREAKFAST Saturdays 9:00 AM, Perkins Family Restaurant on Everhard Rd, Canton.

MEETING NOTICE DATE: SATURDAY, August 14,2010 TIME:12:00 Noon. PLACE: QTH of W8MV, 71 Whitefriars Dr, Akron OH 330-697-5425              MENU: Catered Lunch,sanwiches, snacks etc. COST:Caterering cost divided by number attending RESERVATIONS:     Mail, phone or email Secretary Judy McCune by August 11th. DIRECTIONS: Get offI-77 at exit 120, Arlington Rd.  At end of exit turn left and go under the freeway onto Arlington Rd.  Then turn right at third traffic light ont Moore Rd.  Take Moore Rd. until it ends at South Maine St.  Turn right onto S. Main St., cross a bridge and the turn left onto Whitefriars Dr.  Address is 71 Whitefriars. PROGRAM:  Chow down!  Then explore the lake by boat (weather permitting) followed by a short business meeting. Time to discuss upcoming election. (Caucuses  etc. MEMBERSHIP 25 Active Members Members who have not paid their dues. have been placed on the inactive list. Chapter 21 members belong to all three Stark County Amateur Radio Clubs as well as the TUSCO and Akron area clubs. Good recruiting territory. Amateur Radio Operators licensed in 1984 are eigible for membership in QCWA. Contact Secretary Judy McCune for an application form.

John T. Edel      age 81 of Jackson Twp., passed away July 21, 2010 at The Laurels of Canton. John was born Feb. 19, 1929 in New Castle, Pa., to the late John and Virginia (Bender) Edel and moved to Massillon in 1958. He served in the US Navy and received an Honorable Discharge. He graduated from Wheeling High School, received a BS in Education from West Virginia University and a MS Degree from Tuskegee Institute. For a number of years he taught chemistry and mathematics at Perry High School, Tuslaw High School and finished with twenty two years with Plain Local Schools at Glen Oak High School. His personal interests included amateur radio, Jackson Lions Club (past president), and he volunteered with income tax preparation for AARP. He served on the national QCWA Board of Directors for ten years. He attended St. Jacob Lutheran Church, Massillon. He was an avid bridge player. John is survived by his wife, Janet Elaine (Snider) Edel, with whom he shared 58 years of marriage. They have four children, John 'Jay' (Debbie) Edel of Findlay, Ohio, Charla Edel Chrisman of Clearwater, Fla., Frank S. (Sheri) Edel of Palm Harbor, Fla., and Christa (Brad) Wolansky of Wichita, Kan. John has six grandchildren and one great granddaughter. A Celebration of John Edel's life will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Paquelet Funeral Home in Massillon. The Rev. Lynn Williamson will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Friends are invited to call Sunday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home and Monday from l0 a.m. until the service. The family would suggest contributions to the American Cancer Society, Hope Lodge, 11432 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Messages of support and sympathy can be sent to the family at www.paquelet.com. Paquelet –Massillon A Golden Rule Funeral Home 330-833-3222 Published in the Canton Repository on July 23, 2010 Continued in previous column

SK John Edel K8LBZ with QCWA 50 YEAR CERTIFICATE John Edel K8LBZ,  QCWA #18998. John was a past President and Director of QCWA Chapter 21, and past National Director of  QCWA. He was first licensed in 1958 and joined QCWA Chapter 21 in 1985.  We all enjoyed John's cheerful atitude and his attendance at Quarterly Meetings of Chapter 21, Breakfast at Perkins and monthly lunches at Tim's Tavern. Friends are invited to call Sunday July 25 from 5-8 p.m. at the Paquelet Funeral Home in Massillon. and Monday from l0 a.m. until the service.  Our condolences to his wifeJanet and their sons and daughters. _________________________________________________                  SUNSHINE  REPORT Denny Frey, K8NIB, is residing at the Regency Retirement Center 4512 22nd St NW Rm 115, Canton, OH 44708.  Phone 330-479 9203    Please let any Chapter Secretary, 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. 3

Denny Frey, K8NIB,recovering from a back problem, He is now residing in The Regency on Whipple Ave in Canton. He is doing therapy and would like visitors. He can be reached on 330-479-9203.  He now has a hand-held 2 meter rig in his room and is looking for you on the local repeaters.

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>.

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.