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X-MITTERPUBLIC SERVICE
THROUGH COMMUNICATION
March 2018 Vol. 57 No. 3
Are we really prepared?
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CLUB INFORMATION
W3SK VHF Analog Repeater Frequency: 146.790 MHz (-0.6, 131.8pl)
W3SK UHF Fusion Repeater Frequency: 448.225 MHz
PWA Webpage URL: pennwireless.org
PWA Email: [email protected]
PWA Executive Board: [email protected]
Technet Email Reflector: [email protected]
Penn Wireless Association holds regular meetings consisting of general club business, current
committee reports, group discussions, featured programs and a social period. This meeting is held at
the Falls Township Building, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills, PA on the fourth Monday of each
month at 7:30 pm. Please contact the club vice president to add your business topic to the meeting
agenda.
VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!
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In this issue ...
From The Editor - Spring ???? 2018 4
PWA News and Reminders 5
On The Cover - Are We Really Prepared 6
February General Meeting Minutes - K3JQH 8
March E Board Meeting Minutes - K3JQH 9
TechNet Activity Report - February - K3JQH 11
PWA Auction Rules 12
ARRL News 13
ARRL March Contest Corral 15
ARRL April Contest Corral 16
All About Antennas - Part 4, Bob Grove - W8JHD 17
Digital Voice War - R. Natividad - N6PET 20
March Calendar 28
April Calendar 29
Take the FCC Amateur Exam 30
PWA Membership Application Form 31
Contact Information 32
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Well the calendar says it’s offi-
cially here. You couldn’t prove it
at my QTH.
I’d like to apologize to the read-
ership. This month’s X-Mitter is
late. We here in Pike County
were without power and other
utilities for nearly two weeks. As
a result, work on this issue was
delayed. It proved to be a sober-
ing experience in preparation
and our current reliance on tech-
nology and infrastructure (see
Pg. 6 for the “On the Cover” de-
tails).
Well, hopefully the most ex-
treme winter weather will soon
be gone. Time now to think of
pleasanter times and activities.
With the winter we’ve been
through, I’m sure that those of
us with outdoor antennas and
feed lines, have a large task
ahead checking our installa-
tions. Amazingly, with all I’ve
been through, my antenna in-
stallations survived unmo-
lested. I know some of our
Members were not so fortu-
nate.
The warmer weather promises
to bring the return of our fa-
vorite activities, ham fests,
public service events, and
Field Day. Time to pack up the
long Johns and Mukluks,
check out the rigs and anten-
nas and get back on the air.
Jim—KE3LA
PENN WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
FROM THE EDITOR
Spring???? 2018
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PWA News and Reminders
Ed Wells’ Embedded Processor Class continues on the 3rd Thurs-day of each month at the Falls Twp. Municipal Bldg.—Rm 202, 7:30 P.M. PWA General Membership Meet-
ing, 03/26/18, Main Meeting Rm., Falls Twp. Municipal Bldg., 7:30 P.M., V.E. Sessions available by appointment, contact Ben Johns, [email protected]
Agenda: E Board meeting synop-sis, refreshments, PWA Club auc-tion, Constitutional amendment ratification
Field Day 2018 - PWA is still seek-ing Members to participate in plan-ning details for our 2018 Field Day effort. Field Day Committee meets after the conclusion of each Gen-eral Membership meeting. Please consider attending and offering your suggestions.
QCWA QCWA is open to all ama-teur radio operators who have been licensed for 25 years or more. Chapter Five is open to two levels of membership which allows amateurs who have not yet reached 25 years of licensing to become a member. Chapter Five encourages members to be part of their local radio clubs such as PWA. Several PWA members are also members of QCWA and we look forward to welcoming any amateur operator into QCWA.
PWA TechNet, Sunday evenings, 8:00 P.M. local on the W3SK re-peater, 146.790 Mhz., - offset, 131.8 P.L. Join the discussion every Sunday night. Topics vary but al-ways informative. Consider becom-ing Net Control. For information contact Ben Johns, K3JQH
Dues and Member participa-
tion are the life blood of
PWA. Please stay active and
up to date on your dues.
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ON THE COVER — Are we really prepared?
As we dig out from our fourth
Nor'easter this month, I think we
need to ask ourselves, are we really
prepared?
As Amateur radio operators, we take
pride in thinking that our skills in
communication and planning may put
us ahead of the general population in
preparing for and surviving disasters.
Is this true or are we fooling our-
selves?
I decided to wintered in the Poconos
this year. I like the winter season and
enjoy the solitude here during it. I
didn’t anticipate it would prove to be
the worst winter in 25 years at this lo-
cation. I know how bad it can be up
here on the top of the mountain, par-
ticularly in the winter. As a result, I
always have taken precautions when
staying here during the winter
months. My preparations include an
onsite generator to cover power out-
ages, propane reserves for heating and
cooking and stores of water, food and
fuel. I thought that I was prepared for
most contingencies. And then came
the first storm on March 2nd.
I’ve often heard Nor’easters described
as winter hurricanes. The first March
storm truly proved to be one, at least
in this location. Blizzard conditions
with wind speeds exceeding 60 mph.
The results: 24 inches of heavy, wet
snow and so many trees down as to
have the mountain declared a disaster
area. Access in and out of the area was
blocked for four days due to the num-
ber of downed trees. A number of resi-
dents had to be rescued by the Na-
tional Guard. All roads being closed
became significant as it blocked any
efforts to resupply food and fuel
stores. Power, phone, cable and Inter-
net access remained down for an addi-
tional two weeks despite heroic efforts
by local responders and utility compa-
nies.
So how did I fare? With no power,
well water was unavailable. I had
twenty gallons of water stored which
barely covered my needs, between
cooking and water for the toilet. Gaso-
line for the generator ran out before
the roads were reopened. Food stores
proved to be adequate. The extremely
cold temperatures outside permitted
me to save most of the refrigerated
items. I did loose all items from the
freezer. I guess the most inconvenient
aspect of the whole episode was the
lack of communications. Imagine that,
a communicator who couldn’t commu-
nicate.
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ON THE COVER — Are we really prepared?
So what did I learn? First, if evacua-
tion from your area is recommended,
take that recommendation seriously. I
had planned to leave but delayed to
prep my home prior to departure. That
delay caused me to become stuck here.
Secondly, if you decide to stay or must
stay, remember you may be on your
own for an extended period. I’ve often
heard that people should be prepared
to be self-sufficient for at least three
days. This may be a valid recommen-
dation for more limited events but
large scale disasters/events would
quickly exhaust any preparations made
for a three day time frame.
My recommendation, if you have the
resources and space, would be to plan
for at least a week. As we’ve seem in
other disasters/events, it often takes
weeks rather than days for government
resources to respond to the communi-
ties involved. Remember the following
survival guidelines:
Daily minimal water requirement
2 quarts of water per day per person
Daily minimal caloric intake
1200 calories per day per person
‘73
Jim—KE3LA
Photos — First March 2018 Nor’easter — Pike County
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February General Membership Meeting Minutes
Penn Wireless Association
P.O. Box 925
Levittown, PA
Membership Meeting minutes - February 26, 2018
Meeting opened by President KE3QC, Tom with the pledge of allegiance and a round of
introductions.
Treasurer report by K3FKW, Ken approved by motion of K3JQH, Ben and seconded by
W3LSX, Dennis.
Cully, N3HTZ reported on the repeater with comments about plans for additional input
sites and explanation on voter logic that may be causing some dropouts caused by mar-
ginal signals confusing the voter logic. Cully also reported on tonight's VE session result-
ing in successful testing for one General and one Technician license.
Membership committee; Steve, KB3ORG announced that dues collection activity is on
hold pending outcome of proposed constitution changes.
Steve also announced in regards to fund rising that the PWA dinner at Margaritas has
been deferred due to some paperwork requirements that we were not aware of.
K3JQH, Ben reports that Technet activity is slightly down and that Jeff, N3SXW has vol-
unteered to take a position as net control and he will be added to the April schedule.
Proposed constitution changes were presented by Ben, K3JQH. Copies of the proposed
changes were distributed and opened for discussion. Voting to take place at the next Gen-
eral meeting.
Dave, K3TX again made comments on activity at ARRL headquarters.
After a short refreshment break we reconvened to a presentation by AF4NC, Tom Mills
Tom presented a slide show and commentary on his collection of QSL cards.
Tom's collection includes some unique personal cards and some interesting historic
documents as well.
Motion to adjourn by Alex, KB3SYY
Respectfully, Ben - K3JQH, Recording Secretary
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March E Board Meeting Minutes
Penn Wireless Association
P.O. Box 925
Levittown, PA
Executive board meeting - March 12, 2018
Meeting called to order by President Tom, KE3QC at 1940 with the following at-
tendees: N3FEL, Howard, W3LSX, Dennis, K3FKW, Ken, K3TX, Dave, K3JQH,
Ben, WA3QVU, Mark, and N3HTZ, Cully.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
VE - N3HTZ reports successful candidates for one Technician and one General at
the last VE session.
Treasurer - K3FKW reports for the month of February: Beginning balance
$xxxx.xx, incoming $xx.xx, outgoing $xx.xx, ending balance $xxx.xx.
Repeater - N3HTZ Cully reported on the storm power outage and that new bat-
teries are in possession awaiting installation and commented on the power source
shared with the other repeater on site. K3JQH questioned the audio level on the
station ID announcement. Cully will make an adjustment.
Program - WA3QVU declared March will be the club auction and April will be
K3TX on CW. Mark brought up the possibility of having Red Cross training on
basic life saving techniques.
Fundraising - KB3ORG, Steve not present, no report.
TECHNET - K3JQH reported that Jeff, N3SXW will resume in rotation as net
moderator. He will be added to the March schedule.
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February E Board Meeting Minutes
ARRL - K3TX reported on director nominations and Dave also brought up the
proposal to expand privileges for the technician class license. A consensus of
those present would not approve.
FUSION - WA3QVU discussed poor activity on the Tuesday net and talked about
creating a local Philly node at Steve's location that would be locked from connect-
ing to other "rooms". WA3QVU suggested we have another meeting with Dom of
the DVRA club.
Constitution - K3JQH reported that the proposed amendments have been pre-
sented to the general membership and ready for voting at the next meeting.
Open discussion:
WA3QVU mentioned the Trenton Tradefest.
General discussion on Field Day concerning field mowing, GOTA station and in-
viting Boy Scouts or some other group of youngsters.
For the auction, K3JQH will bring the excel sheet and numbered tickets.
A brief discussion concerning the holiday party.
Start planning for the NAQP ssb on Aug 18.
Meeting adjourned at 2101 by motion of W3LSX, 2nd by K3FKW.
Respectfully: K3JQH, Ben
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Tech Net Activity Report (February)— K3JQH
PWA Technet Activity Report
The following stations have contributed to Technet activity for the month of Feb-
ruary.
KC2CJB, CHRIS (2)
KC8HFH, O'DELL (2)
KC3INP, GLENN (1)
K3JQH, BEN (3)
WA3KVN, CHARLIE (4)
KE3LA, JIM (3)
KB3MTW, MICHELLE (4)
KE3QC, TOM (1)
WA3QVU, MARK (3)
N3TMX, PAUL (1)
WA3ZPC, BRUCE (2)
All stations are welcome to join in on the activity where technical topics are wel-
come as well as casual "rag chew".
Technet activity is scheduled every Sunday evening beginning at 8 PM local time
on the W3SK repeater (146.790, -600, PL 131.8).
73, K3JQH, BEN - NET MANAGER
Editors Note: PWA is always seeking additional Net moderators. This is an ex-
cellent way to improve your traffic handling capabilities. Please contact Ben
K3JQH ([email protected]) to join the rotation or to offer possible discussion topics
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March Club Auction Rules
PWA AUCTION RULES 1: The primary purpose of this auction is to serve as a fund raiser for the Penn Wire-less Association general fund. Many items will be donated to the club. Individuals who wish to sell items thru the club may do so provided they adhere to the following auction guide lines; 2a: Each item or box lot placed at auction must have this auction form and a $2.00 list-ing fee. This fee is waved for club members. 2b: If the item or box lot does sell, PWA will retain10 percent of the “hammer price” to be donated to the club, up to a maximum of $35. (10 percent of a $350 sale) The $2.00 fee is again waved. 2c: The seller must be present during bidding. DO NOT place a “Reserve Price” on your item(s) or on this form, only a starting bid. DO NOT mention the “Reserve Price” to anyone in the room. Instead, the seller will give the auctioneer a “thumbs up or thumbs down” sign to indicate final sale. 3: Please remember PWA is only the auctioneer; we DO NOT guarantee any item nor guarantee any sale. The sale itself is between the buyer and seller. Seller ________________________________ Call _____________ Item ___________________________________ Model ___________ Starting Bid ____________ (NOT the “Reserve Price”) Tell us about the item. Does it work? What accessories?
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ARRL News
Why We Are Recommending Enhanced HF Privileges for Technician Licensees
ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited
phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, and 15
meters. These recommendations were put forth by the ARRL Board of Directors’ Entry-Level Li-
cense Committee (ELL), which explored various initiatives and gauged members’ opinions through
surveys conducted in 2016 and 2017.
Specifically, ARRL proposes to provide Technician licensees, present and future, with phone privi-
leges at 3.900 to 4.000 MHz, 7.225 to 7.300 MHz, and 21.350 to 21.450 MHz, plus RTTY and digi-
tal privileges in current Technician CW allocations on 80, 40, and 15 meters. The ARRL petition is
in recognition of the tremendous technological advances and changes in Amateur Radio.
“This action will enhance the available license operating privileges in what has become the princi-
pal entry-level license class in the Amateur Service,” ARRL said in the petition. “It will attract
more newcomers to Amateur Radio, it will result in increased retention of licensees who hold Tech-
nician class licenses, and it will provide an improved incentive for entry-level licensees to increase
technical self-training and pursue higher license class achievement and development of communica-
tions skills.”
We encourage everyone to read the full petition, which can be found at www.arrl.org/Technician
Enhancement
Key Points:
• A thorough review of operating privileges available to the entry-level license has not occurred
since the late 1970s when the Novice class license— the entry-level license at that time— was
modified to allow Novices access to a limited portion of the 10-meter band, which included the first
HF phone privileges for that license class.
• The 2-year process that led to the development of this petition did include significant input from
the Amateur Radio community. The two surveys that the ELL Committee conducted on this issue
drew more than 8,000 responses from ARRL members.
• If the operating privileges are changed as proposed, the Technician class license, (which is now
the entry-level license class since the FCC prohibited the issuance of new Novice class licenses in
2000) will be comparable to the “foundation” license found in many Amateur Radio administrations
around the world. These foundation licenses include a broad array of basic HF phone, CW, and
digital privileges in addition to the VHF/UHF privileges already available with the current Techni-
cian class license.
• Technician licensees, now numbering at about 378,000, comprise more than half of the US Ama-
teur Radio population. Yet, the Technician class license is insufficient for the purpose that the FCC
made for it 18 years ago. Many who obtain Technician class licenses do not participate actively, do
not pursue on-air and public service opportunities,
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do not renew their licenses prior to expiration, and do not pursue higher license classes. There is
an uncomfortably large attrition rate among Technician class licensees. Those who obtain Techni-
cian-class licenses are not pursuing upgrades to General class licenses because they don’t find the
operating privileges offered by the Technician class license interesting enough to keep them from
pursuing other, non-radio-related activities.
• The proposed addition of a total of 275 kHz of HF phone privileges, spread across the 80, 40,
and 15-meter bands would allow Technicians the opportunity to develop and expand their under-
standing of HF propagation. In addition, this proposed change would allow Technician licensees
to participate in public service-oriented, emergency, and Section traffic nets on 75-meter phone
frequencies from 3900 to 4000 kHz, since 47 out of 50 states conduct their primary state/section-
wide public service activities on those frequencies.
• Technician licensees already hold CW privileges on the frequencies on the 80, 40, and 15-meter
bands where the proposal would add HF digital privileges. Those digital privileges will attract
younger people to Amateur Radio.
• There is no proposed change to the 200 W Technician HF power limit. Also, the few remaining
Novice licensees would gain no new privileges.
• While some believe that the addition of the frequencies takes away the Technician’s incentive to
upgrade, consider that current Technician HF privileges involve 850 kHz on 4 bands, with the
proposed addition of 275 kHz on 3 of those bands, so the total under this proposal is 1125 on 4
bands – 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters. Compare that to General class HF privileges: 3150 kHz across
9 HF bands – 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. In addition, Generals have access to
the 5-channels on 60-meters, and the two newest bands 2200 and 630 meters. The incentive to
upgrade from Technician to General is almost tripling the available HF spectrum and allows those
who upgrade access to 8 additional bands, including the prime day-time bands of 20 and 17-
meters. Also, when a Technician upgrades to General or higher, they also are permitted the maxi-
mum Amateur power level of 1500 W.
• Demographic and technological changes call for a “periodic rebalancing,” and there has not been
such a rebalancing in many years. The FCC has not assessed entry-level operating privileges since
2005, and yet Amateur Radio has changed dramatically since then, with many more modes of
communication having been developed.
• ARRL does not propose changes to the Technician class question pool, which is reviewed and
updated every 4 years by the NCVEC’s Question Pool Committee. The current pool already tests
for all of the basic technical and operating information that would allow Technician-class licen-
sees to safely and appropriately use the proposed additional spectrum.
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All About Antennas - Part 4- Bob Grove, W8JHD
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All About Antennas - Part 4- Bob Grove, W8JHD
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All About Antennas - Part 4 - Bob Grove, W8JHD
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Digital Voice War — N6PET — R. Natividad
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PWA General
Membership Meeting
7:30 P.M.
Club Auction
Good Friday Passover
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Easter
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Volunteer Examiners
Take the FCC Amateur Exam...
Our ARRL/VEC VE Team is ready and willing to administer any license grade/upgrade or code element test. Confirm your intention to test with Ben Johns, VE Contact at 215-657-5994 not later than the Friday evening before the 4th Monday of the month. Please advise us in advance of any special needs you may have in successfully completing the intended test. Our testing session begins promptly at
6:30 pm and remains active until all license grades desired are administered. We do not recommend, nor is it our practice, to adminis-ter repeat examinations of similar license grades to any candidate. However, progres-sive license grades may be attempted by any applicant at no additional charge. Please
come prepared with the following items.
Confirmation of appointment letter, email, note, etc. Walk-ins are not guaranteed a
test session.
Test fee of $15 in cash or personal check
payable to ARRL/VEC.
Either of the following ID methods:
- One legal photo ID (driver or non-driver license, passport, radiotelegraph license,
or other legal photo ID)
OR
- Any two of the following IDs: Non Photo ID/Driver License, Social Security Card, Birth certificate, Minor's work permit, Util-ity bill, bank statement, business corre-spondence specifically naming the per-son, postmarked envelope addressed to the person at their mailing address as it
appears on the FCC Form 605
Any of the following ID numbers: Tax-payer ID (Social Security Number), IRS issued EIN (Employer Information Num-ber), Alternate taxpayer ID Number (ATIN), FCC Issued Registration Number
(FRN), FCC Issued Licensee ID Number
The **original** plus one copy of your FCC license or CSCE (Certificate of Suc-cessful Completion of Examination). The original will be returned immediately to
you.
If applicable, a Physician's Statement if necessary to validate your claim of diffi-culty at reading, writing or speaking when
requesting special assistance.
A calculator is recommended and allowed if ALL internal memories are cleared and can be demonstrated free of information. A simple four-function calculator is sug-
gested.
One or more black-lead pencils and eraser, and a ball point pen.
Good Luck!
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P.O. Box 925
Levittown, PA 19058
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Personal Information (please print):
Name: __________________________________________________ Date :
___________________
Street Address:
_____________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________________ State ________ Zip
_____________________
Home Phone: _____________________________ Cell Phone:
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Birth Date: ______________ Occupation: ________________________________ [] active [] re-
tired
License Information:
Call Sign: ________________________ Class: [] Novice [] Tech [] General [] Advanced [] Extra
Date First Licensed ________________ Previous Calls:
_____________________________________
Preferences:
ARRL Member? ___________ Other Clubs?
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Bands/Modes Frequently Operated
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Emergency Power? ______________ Portable/Mobile? ____________________________________
Favorite Amateur Radio Activities: (note all that apply)
[] Awards [] Traffic [] Contesting [] Digital Radio
[] Rag Chewing [] MARS [] Field Day [] QRP
[] Projects [] Newsletter [] Fund Raising [] Renewable Energy
[] DX’ing [] Fox Hunting [] Public Service [] QSL Card Collection
[] County Hunting [] Packet Radio [] Rig Restoration [] __________________
[] Education [] Hamfest [] Antennas [] __________________
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Executive Board ...
PRESIDENT To m Staf ford, KE3QC
VICE PRESIDENT Dennis Powel l , W3LSX
RECORDING SECRETARY Ben Jo hns , K3JQH
TREASURER Ken M arinoff , K3FKW
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Roy Tho ma s , KB3LNP
Contact Information
Committees Chair Call Email
Badges KE3QC [email protected]
Constitution K3JQH [email protected]
K3TX
Education WB2OOB [email protected]
Elmer
Field Day 2018
Fundraising KB3ORG [email protected]
Fusion Steering WA3QVU [email protected]
Historian
W3SK Trustee K3TX [email protected]
WE3F Trustee K3JQH [email protected]
Past President KE3LA [email protected]
Programs WA3QVU [email protected]
Public Relation
QSL Manager
Refreshments WA3QVU [email protected]
Repeater N3HTZ [email protected]
Sergeant-at-Arms KE3LA [email protected]
TechNet Director K3JQH [email protected]
VEC Contact K3JQH [email protected]
VEC Coordinator N3HTZ [email protected]
Webmaster
Tom Stafford
Ben Johns
Dave Heller
Ron Small
Open
Open
Steve Willans Mark Hinkel
Open
Dave Heller
Ben Johns
Jim Petrosky
Mark Hinkel
Open
Open
Mark Hinkel
Cully Phillips
Jim Petrosky
Ben Johns
Ben Johns
Cully Phillips
Steve Willans KB3ORG [email protected]
PWA relies on Members volunteering their time and expertise to insure a vibrant and ac-
tive club. Please consider joining or chairing one of the above listed Committees.