The Fall '99 meeting will be on Saturday October 16, 1999, again at the Plainsman Restaurant on Highway 5, 2.5 km west of Clappisons Corners and Highway 6 in Dundas Ont. Coffee will be available at 9:00 AM. The meeting will START AT 10:00 AM. Please be on time. Complete and return the enclosed form, with your cheque for $ 15.00 per person, by Oct 7/99 in the addressed envelope provided. For more information check in to the Chapter 73 Net on 3,773 kHz at 9:00 AM Sundays. The guest speaker will Bob Morden VE3EIM, of London, Ont. See the following agenda for details. Meeting Agenda Report of The Year 2000 QCWA International Convention Committee.
We will have an up date on the current status of the move and when the museum is expected to re-open. Association Reports
Bob VE3DEIM of London will be speaking on the topic "Spying Through the Ages" and particularly about Spy Radios used from WWI through the Vietnam era to present day use of satellites in spying. He will demonstrate several radios including the WWII vintage ANPRC-5 used in England. He also will discuss some of the training that took place at Camp "X".
Membership Information Welcome to our New Members who joined since our May 1999 meeting:
Silent Keys - Joe Jeffery, VE3GB, a well-known former member from London, Ont. and former member Edward (Bill) Williams VE3WA Membership Dues Check your address label. The figures "12/98" on the top right hand corner indicate the expiration month/year of your Chapter73 membership. If your membership has lapsed or is due shortly, please include the fee of $10.00 per year when returning the forms. If the label does not show a date your membership has lapsed for more than a year or you are a guest. For information on joining QCWA or if you have any questions regarding your current membership status contact the Secretary / Treasurer at the meeting. Convention 2000 Oct 12-15 in Toronto The committee met in May '99, and reports all long term planning and arrangements well under way. The present executive committee is as follows:
Open positions, for which we will be leaning on people in October include:
Three members of the committee are expecting to attend the 1999 Convention in St. Louis, MO., in September and will present a full report. E-Mail Addresses If you wish to have your e-mail address included in the next listing of Chapter Members List fill in the line on the Luncheon reply form, or if you will not be attending send an e-mail to the Sec/Treas: ve3dwh@kwarc.org QCWA Certificates
Remember you must either be a Life Member or Paid -up to qualify for a certificate from QCWA Head Office. If you received a certificate directly from headquarters & wish to be formally recognized, bring it along to the meeting. Headquarters will only issue the Gold Certificates if you are a current paid up member of the International QCWA. If you have received a certificate directly from Headquarters, bring it along to the meeting. To contact the Chapter 73 Sec/Treas you may use my e-mail address ve3dwh@kwarc.org or via packet at VE3DWH@VA3SED. Highlights from May ’99 Meeting
Our thanks to Brian Gingell VE3BWG, of Waterloo who made all the arrangements and accompanied Fred in the van, and to Harold Grosskurth VE3DYG, of Guelph who drove the van. Additional Silent Keys who passed away, or the information was received after the May Newsletter was printed were, Norm Busk VE3AGW, H.S. Van Winkel VE3FWE, Jim Millar VE3AGC, Gordon MacFarlane VE3YF, Bill Bushell VE3DXY, Bob Rotenerg VE3AKN who was a member of the "Convention 2000" committee) and Hans Wetzel VE3MLL, who was also on the committee and who passed away April 21. May Meeting Guest Speaker The guest speaker was Herb Hilgenberg VE3LML of Burlington. Using a video projector, Herb described, how he provides weather forecasting for sailors aboard the "yachts at sea". Using SSB Marine Band radio operating on 12.359 MHz., and a home-brew "X" beam he communicates daily with sailors from Bermuda to the Caribbean. He is active 8 hours a day , 7 days a week, suggesting safe routes for as many as 80 boats a day. Herb has received many testimonials from sailors as well as the Coast Guard and the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Fred Hammond VE3HC paid a brief visit and
was presented with a certificate recognizing 70 Years as a licensed Radio Amateur. The
presentation was made by Croft Taylor VE3CT, Vice-President of QCWA. 