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| For The Long Time Hams, It's QCWA |
This poem is from the ''My Testimony -- To Soar With Jesus Collection''. Written by Daryl Stout. (C) Copyright 1989, 2024 by Daryl Stout. All Rights Reserved. Any abuse or unauthorized usage of this poetry will be dealt with at The Judgment Before Jesus Christ. The ''Soar With Jesus'' Eagle Design was created and designed by Dale Larison, and it is used by permission.
Once an amateur radio operator has been licensed a minimum of 25 years, they are eligible for membership in the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA). It doesn't matter what license class one is, whether or not they passed a Morse Code test (in the United States, the Morse Code requirement was dropped entirely on Feb. 23, 2007), or what they do in the hobby. While some have been licensed since before World War II...as of 2020, if you were first licensed as an amateur radio operator, anytime in 1995 or earlier, you can join the organization. A message from the QCWA President to prospective members, is located here...and an overview of member benefits is located here. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view/print the file(s).
The organization has the following events:
1) Yearly gatherings at Hamcation in Florida in February, and at Hamvention in Ohio in May.
2) QSO Parties in March on both RF and on CQ100.
3) Weekly Nets on RF...with a 20 Meter Voice (Phone) Net on Sunday afternoon (2000 UTC year round)...a 40 Meter CW (Morse Code) Net on Wednesday Evening (8pm US Eastern Time)...a CQ100 Net on Friday mornings (11am US Eastern Time), and a Digital Net on The QuadNet Array on Sunday afternoon (5pm Eastern Time. You do NOT have to be a member of the QCWA to check into the nets...just have the appropriate amateur radio license. Further details on the amateur radio hobby are located here.
My original callsign of N5VLZ was granted Aug. 7, 1991. As of June 5, 2009, I was granted the vanity callsign of AE5WX. As of Dec. 27, 2012, I was granted the vanity callsign of WX1DER. And, as of March 22, 2019, I was granted the vamity callsign of N5VLZ.
With 1991 being the first year I was licensed, I was able to join the QCWA in 2016...and as of late 2019, I am now a Life Member of the organization.
Written by Daryl Stout, N5VLZ
2) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Experience and knowledge, there to lend a hand.
Operating on the air, DXing, or contests.
QRP, Mountaintop, or modes we find the best.
3) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Operate above reproach; and not as a sham.
QSO Parties to enjoy, and our weekly nets.
Many friends for you to make, you will not regret.
4) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Preparing for emergencies, readying our plans.
We work parades, bike-a-thons, there to meet a need;
Communications for those involved, doing it all for free.
5) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
We give back to radio, with classes and exams.
Whether it's new license, or an upgrade gained.
So much exists for you to do, in license class, obtained.
6) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
No matter what your license class, with us, you can stand.
Novice, Technician, General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra, there;
No matter what modes you operate; your choice, we don't care.
7) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Gatherings at hamfests, in vacation plans.
While elite of the hobby, elitists we are not.
Looking for new contacts, and for the sunspots.
8) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Writing books, doing forums, at hamfests, 'cross the land.
We share the knowledge we have gained, for those who want to learn.
All that's with the hobby, no limits where to turn.
9) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Around the world, part of us, from each and every land.
Local chapters there as well, for eyeball QSO's.
So much in the hobby there, all you cannot know.
10) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Awards and certificates, for the modes and bands.
Yearly or Life Member, it's your choice to do.
Monthly news, there to read, download there, and view.
11) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
Decals, mugs, badges there, QSL cards, stamps.
Embroidered hats and shirts as well, membership supplies.
Lapel Pins and other things, there for you to buy.
12) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
We also there fund scholarships, for ham students plans.
Current members nominate those, who are deserving there.
To help them through their studies, to graduate, prepared.
13) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
In years of being licensed, knowledge has been crammed.
So much now, for you to share, with hams young and old.
Like the Christmas rig you got; joy there to behold.
14) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
While it is a hobby, life makes other plans.
Ham licenses for a 10 year term; reminder to renew.
A service to our members, is part of what we do.
15) QCWA; it's for the long time ham.
No matter how much on the air, working on the bands.
If licensed at least 25 years, and licensed today.
We'd love to have you join us, and what we do, each day.