January 23-24 and 26-27   Linc Cundall   Memorial OT Contest	May 3   AWA Spring Meet
January 26, 2008   CC-AWA Winter   Swap Meet	May 3   AWA Museum   Board Meeting
February 9-10   AWA AM QSO Party	May 3   AWA, Inc.   Board Meeting
March 20-22, 2008   CC-AWA Annual Conference	August 20-23   AWA Annual Conference

LINC CUNDALL MEMORIAL OLD-TIME CW CONTEST 
January 23-24, 26-27

CAROLINAS CHAPTER WINTER SWAP MEET 
January 26

AWA AM QSO PARTY 
February 9, 10

CAROLINAS CHAPTER ANNUAL CONFERENCE 
March 20-22

AWA SPRING MEET 
May 3

AWA MUSEUM BOARD MEETING 
May 3

AWA, INC. BOARD MEETING 
May 3

AWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 
August 20-23

 

50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET Our 50th anniversary commemorative booklet Fifty Years of AWA has received high marks from everyone who has seen it. We still have a stock of this profusely-illustrated 60-page AWA history available for those who would like extra copies or those who were not members at the time of distribution and didn't receive one. Cost is $7.00 per copy postpaid, no limit. But once they're gone they're gone--so act now if you are interested!  Send your check to: Antique Wireless Association, P.O. Box 421, Bloomfield, NY 14469.

RECURRING MEETINGS

Antique Radio Collectors of Ohio--meets first Tuesday of each month at 2929 Hazelwood Ave., Dayton, OH (4 blocks east of Shroyer Rd. off Dorothy Lane) at 7 p.m. Also annual swap meet and show. Membership: $10.00 per year. For more info, contact Karl Koogle: mail to above address; phone (937) 294-8960; e-mail KARLKRAD@GEMAIR.COM California Historical Radio Society--For info on current meetings, call the CHRS hotline: (415) 821-9800. CARS, the Cincinnati Antique Radio Society--Meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Gray's History of Wireless Museum, which is part of The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, Inc., located in a building that is now on the National Historic Register at 8070 Tylersville Road, Westchester, Ohio. 45069. For more information contact Tina Hauke at (513) 247-9406. Carolinas Chapter of the AWA--Hosts four "mini-swap-meets" each year (in January, May, July and October) plus an annual conference, "Spring Meet in the Carolinas," on the 4th weekend in March. Executive committee meets approximately quarterly. For more info, visit the web site at CC-AWA.ORG or contact Ron Lawrence, W4RON, Chapter President, P.O. Box 3015, Matthews, NC 28106-3015; phone (704) 289-1166; e-mail W4RON@carolina.rr.com Central Ohio Antique Radio Assn.--Meets at 7:30 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at Devry Institute of Technology, 1350 Alum Creek Rd., Columbus. (1-70 Exit 103B). Contact: Barry Gould (614) 777-8534. Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club--Meeting and auction begins 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Location: Telford Community Center on Hamlin Ave. in Telford, PA. Annual dues: $15.00, which includes a subscription to the club's monthly newsletter The Oscillator. For more info contact Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club, PO Box 5053, New Britain, PA 18901. Phone (215) 345-4248. Houston Vintage Radio Association (HVRA)--Meets monthly on the second Tuesday (April thru Oct) at Bayland Park, 6:30-9 PM in SW Houston. March and November meetings are held on Saturdays at the American Legion Hall off Alba Street in North Houston at 9 AM. Each meeting includes an auction and program. Two one day auctions are held each spring and fall. An annual convention is held in February. A newsletter, The Grid Leak, is published monthly. Membership is $20/yr. Web site: www.HVRA.org. Write: HVRA, PO Box 31276, 77231-1276 or call Bill Werzner 713-721-2242 E-mail: mingqi53@sbcglobal.net Hudson Valley Antique Radio & Phono Society--Meets third Thursday of month, 7 p.m. Meeting, swap meet, and membership info: Peter DeAngelo, President, HARPS, 25 Co. Rt. 51, Campbell Hall, NY 10916. (914) 496-5130. Indiana Historical Radio Society--Meets quarterly in Feb., May, Aug. and Oct. Flea market, old equipment contest and auction at all events. The IHRS Bulletin has been published quarterly since 1971. For meet details and information about the club and our Indiana Historic Radio Museum in Ligonier, IN. see our web site at www.indianahistoricalradio.org, contact Herman Gross, W9ITT, at 1705 Gordon Dr., Kokomo, IN 46902-5977 (765) 459-8308, or email w9itt@sbcglobal.net London Vintage Radio Club--This Ontario, Canada club meets in London on the first Saturday of January, March, May, June and November. Annual flea market held in Guelph, Ontario in September in conjunction with the Toronto club. Contact: Lloyd Swackhammer, VE3I1A, RR#2, Alma, Ontario, Canada N0B1A0. (519) 638-2827. E-mail contact is Nathan Luo at lvrceditor@yahoo.com Mid-Atlantic Radio Club--Meets monthly, usually on the third Sunday of the month at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center in Davidsonville, MD. (But meets once or twice a year in Northern Virginia--check web site for schedules, details and maps). Contacts: President, Geoff Shearer, 14408 Brookmere Dr., Centreville, VA 20120, 703-818-2686 e-mail gshearer@cox.net; Membership Chair, Paul Farmer, 540- 987-8759, e-mail: oldradiotime@hotmail.com. Website www.maarc.org New Jersey Antique Radio Club--Meets second Friday each month, 7:30 p.m. Holds three annual swap meets.Visit the website, www.njarc.org or contact Phil Vourtsis, 13 CornellPI., Manalapan, NJ 07726, (732) 446-2427, pvourtsis@optonline.net Northland Antique Radio Club--hosts four events with swap meets each year (in February, May, September and November) including an annual conference, "Radio Daze," for two days in mid-May. Annual dues are $12.00, which includes a subscription to the club's quarterly newsletter. For more info, visit our web site at www.geocities.com/northland.geo/; contact Ed Ripley at (651) 457-0085; or write NARC, P.O. Box 18362, Minneapolis, MN 55418 Northwest Vintage Radio Society--Meets second Saturday of each month at or about 10 a.m., at Abemathy Grange Hall, 15745 S. Harley Ave., Oregon City, OR. Members display radios, exchange information. Guests welcome at all meetings and functions, except board meetings. For info, write the Society at P.O. Box 82379, Portland, Oregon 97282-0379. Oklahoma Vintage Radio Collectors--Oklahoma City Chapter meets second Saturday each month at Hometown Buffet, 3900 N.W. 63rd St., Oklahoma City, OK. Visitors welcome. Dinner/socializing, 6 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m. Membership, $12/yr., includes monthly Broadcast News. Info: SASE to OKVRC, P.O. Box 50625, Midwest City, OK 73140-5625; or contact Fred Karner at (405) 769-4656 or fkarner@cox.net; or visit our web site at http://members.cox.net/okvrc/ Ottawa Vintage Radio Club--Meets monthly (except June and July) in the Conference Room, Ottawa Citizen, 1101 Baxter Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Lea Barker at (613) 829-1804 or check www.ovrc.org. Membership: $10 Canadian/yr. Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society welcomes visitors to our Saturday flea market/contests in March, June, September, and December. A donation auction is included in September, and our annual luncheon/program is held the first Saturday in December. Our newsletter, The Pittsburgh Oscillator, is published quarterly. website: www.pittantiqueradios.org. For directions or other information call President Regis Flaherty, 724-969-0643 (email: flaherty@netscape.com) or Vice President Bonnie Novak at 412-481-1563 (e-mail radiolady_2001@libcom.com) Society for Preservation of Antique Radio Knowledge (SPARK)--Meets at 7:00 p.m. monthly at Donato's Pizzeria, 7912 Paragon Rd., Centerville, OH. Annual swap meet. Membership, $18/year. Write SPARK Inc, P.O. Box 292111, Kettering, OH 45429; e-mail sparkinc@juno.com or call John Pansing at (937) 299-9570. Texas Antique Radio Club --Meets alternate months in Kyle and Shertz, TX. Contact: Doug Wright, 625 Rolling Hills Dr., Canyon Lake, TX 78133. e-mail dwjw@gvtc.com; website www.gvtc.com/~edengel/TARC.htm

AWA LIFE MEMBERSHIPS    ARE NOW AVAILABLE Cost: $400 (U.S.) / $500 (Elsewhere) Send your check to: Antique Wireless Association, P.O. Box 421, Bloomfield, NY 14469-0421. E-mail: awamembership@rochester.rr.com

WITH THE CHAPTERS    This being the fall of an odd numbered year it was time for the Carolinas Chapter to hold its Board of Directors elections. Joe Koester offered to handle the nomination and election process for the club. There are seven seats on our board, and there have been two open seats for some time now.    Long time BoD member Ted Bryan informed me that he would not be seeking re election to another term stating that he would like his seat to go to someone younger. The remaining four members, Robert Lozier, R.L. Barnett, Barker Edwards and Ernie Hite all said they will run for office again. Stephen Brown is an ex officio non voting member of the BoD by virtue of being a past club president.    Joe mailed out nomination forms to all current club members. Two nominations were received besides those for the four incumbents: Joe Koester and Richard Owens. Since Joe lives so far from the main group, he declined the nomination. Richard can't be on the BoD since he's currently the club Vice President.    It was decided that there wasn't much point in mailing out election ballots since there were no contested seats and we could save the cost of printing and postage. The four nominees were elected by acclamation. We now have THREE empty seats on the board. The next step is for the BoD to appoint the club officers for the next two years; this will be done in January.    The next event on the club calendar is our Winter Swap Meet in Columbia SC on Saturday January 26th. Details about this event can be found on the club web page. Coming up will be our annual conference in Charlotte on March 20 23, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. If you have attended the Charlotte show in the last 4 years you will receive a brochure in the mail.   Ron Lawrence, W4RON, CC-AWA President & Conference Chairman   P.O. Box 3015   Matthews, NC 28106   704-289-1166   W4RON@carolina.rr.com

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