PAARC Nominates and Elects 2020 Board of Directors

At the November 1, 2019 meeting we held nominations for the 2020 PAARC Board of Directors. The following members were nominated for positions, and since they were the only nominations, they accepted these positions on the board for next year:

2020 Officers with one year terms:
President – Wes Hammerschmidt,  N3HWH
Vice-President – Ed Leshinskie, K3BVQ
Treasurer – Nate Rosenthal, N2ADD
Secretary – Melody Bowers, KB3SJR

Executive Board Member Elected to a 3 year term ending Dec. 2022:
Jay Moyer, K3JY (finishing a term in 2019, and re-elected)

2020 Board Members who continue to serve their terms:
Executive Board – Pete Kobak, K0BAK
Executive Board – Steve Sobota, K3ALV
Club License Trustee – Bob Rex, K3DBD

We are grateful for all who served the board in 2019 including those named above, plus Bill Stauffer, KA3RMM (Club License Trustee) and Ben Trave, K3BJT (Vice-President).  Thank you all for stepping forward to lead the club. And thank you to all who voted at the 11/1/19 meeting.

Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club (PAARC) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization focused on education.

Control Ops Needed for EPA Section Nets

Posted: 11/18/19: Net Control Operators are needed for EPAEPTN. At the moment I have openings available Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. NCS is also needed for the PA Fone Net on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you are interested in any session, please contact me. Experience not necessary. NCS is really easy and we will provide training.

73,

George W3GWM
Eastern PA Section Manager
w3gwm@arrl.org

WA3PZO awarded Russia’s E.T. Krenkel Medal

Former CQ Public Service Columist, Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO, has been awarded Russia’s E.T. Krenkel Medal, a prestigious honor bestowed on individuals and organizations for outstanding global contributions to Amateur Radio. A long time ARRL volunteer, Josuweit has served in many section and national ARRL positions. He reported on amateur radio public service and emergency communications for over 10 years. In addition he has been active in local clubs in the Philadelphia area. Josuweit currently serves on the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club’s Board of Directors, and is trustee of WM3PEN, one of the bonus stations active during the 13 Colonies Special Event.

The award’s namesake, Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel, was a radio amateur who, over the years, used the call signs RAEM, U3AA, and UA3AA. Born in Poland, Krenkel was an Arctic explorer who took part in the first Soviet “drifting station,” North Pole-1. He was made a “Hero of the Soviet Union” in 1938 for his exploits. Among other things the award recognizes individuals around the world who have had a role in the Mass Media and Club Radio Stations.

Krenkel’s son, T.E. Krenkel, is among the four signatories to the award certificate. The younger Krenkel, a professor at the Moscow Technical College of Telecommunication and Informatics, pointed out that his father served as the first chairman of the Central Radio Club in the USSR. Krenkel’s image appears on postage stamps from the USSR and Russia, and he authored a biography, My Callsign is RAEM. In the era when all radio amateurs received QSL cards via Box 88, Moscow, Krenkel was allowed to have his own postal address on his QSLs and was issued the non-standard RAEM call sign, which lacked a numeral.

Josuweit is the 201st recipient of the award and only the 24th person in North America to be so honored.  Further information on the award can be found at: http://krenkelmedal.org/index.php?id=49

Club Meeting – 1/3/2020: Travels with KB3SBC & WA3WSJ

Join PAARC members on Friday, Jan. 3rd, 2020 at 7:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA for a presentation by Walt, KB3SBC, and area author Ed, WA3WSJ, on their many travels in pursuit of amateur radio contacts.  See WA3WSJ’s webpage for his adventures with Pedestrian Mobile.

An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at 5:00 pm prior to the meeting. Visit the License Exam webpage for details on how to sign up.

Club Meeting – Dec. 6: Callsigns Open Mic

Join PAARC members on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 at 7:00 pm for a pleasant evening with a discussion of callsigns and what your callsign means to you. This is an informal meeting without a presenter, but with an open mic. Here the the types of things you may choose to speak about: your name and call, when you were first licensed and your call then, what class of license you now have, what phonetics you use, who was your first contact, what strange or best looking QSL Card did you ever receive, and what mode of transmission do you prefer.

The 2020 Board was nominated at the Nov. meeting and since there were only single members nominated for each office, we will have a meet and greet of the new board. Holiday refreshments will be served.  We meet at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., Limerick, PA.

An Amateur Radio license exam will take place at 5:00 pm prior to the meeting. Visit the License Exam webpage for details on how to sign up.