The semi-annual newsletter for The Radio Club of America membersmember The semi-annual newsletter for The Radio Club of America 2021 V.22021 V. 1
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In this issue of the RCA Aerogramaswewe begin a new year! We2021 are atwill thesurely beginning stages Greetings to all of our RCA members prove to beofana Mentoring exciting one as we return t will highlight all that has happened Program. RCA member David Witkowski is working on live activities. o
since my last message to you in the May a framework, to include collecting information on Proceedings. are an in-person First, some exciting news about this year's Technical S ympopotential sium andmentors AwardstoByounger anquet. people. We planIftoyouhave interested in being a mentor, please notify Amy. Techni•caTogether l Sympowith siumIWCE, and Aas wainrdprior s Banyears, quet on Saturday November 20th. We plan to live-broadcast and video-record RCA has co-sponsored the Young youtototravel. all who tookevents the time these events to allow participation for those who areThank unable Both willtoberespond held intoDethe nvesurveys. r, Colorado. As in Professionals awards to up and coming If you would be interested in helping in any of our new past years, we want to move the meeting locations around the country to provide greater local access for our members t young people (35 and under) in the wireless endeavors, please contact Amy our Executive Secretary. industry. This annual year 75% of theInrecipients The the Rocky Mountain area and the west coast. More details about the icipate in RCA's premier event. this case,were thatwomen! will be from • Additionally we have been conducting focus group surveys Margaret Carothers Lynch, Susan Kea, el, etc. will berecipients providedinclude: in the coming months. with younger people, to discover how RCA can provide Austin Schaller, and JoAnna Wang. Their bios and other services and will products That information We are especially excited to confirm that our k e y n o t e s p e a k e r at the Awards Banquet be Drof . Minterest arty Coto opthem. er, inventor of the first handdetails can be found on the RCA or the IWCE websites. willare alsohonored be usedto tohave develop services for our held portable cell phone. Marty Cooper is a long time RCA member, and we himfuture present this year at the Awards • inThe 2021 RCAwith Awardees, and the 2021 class The Cord members. Banquet conjunction the publication of his RCA new Fellows book Cutting . has been determined. They will be presented with their • A reminder to both radio amateurs and short wave I want to remind members that itatisthe time againMeeting to submit awardsall or our Fellows certificates Awards in nominations for Awards and Fellows. The nominations process closes on listeners: RCA Committee is hosting anrelies on-the-air event on Saturday, May 15. Our members have many connections in wireless, and the Awards and Fellow on your nominations of deserving November. 13th tobut celebrate the Full 100th anniversary of the people in wireless. Most of the awards do not require the awardee to be anNovember RCA member, some do. details and forms are on the • We completed a second survey of the remainder of our Transatlantic Tests. During the original event, amateurs RCA Website. members in June. This survey was of our younger members, with modest equipment were able to span the Atlantic, and complemented more of senior in a century of unprecedented wireless started. A is undertaking several New Inthe itiatfirst ivessurvey This Yof eaour r, some which build uponwhich work ushered that President Emeritus Carroll Hollingsworth members. We had a 23% response rate, which is good! invention, culminating in today’s smart phone. President Our ScholRCA arshimember p CommKeith ittee, Kaczmarek ably led bytabulated member Alan Spindel, has been hard at work our scholarship to be more the results, a few Emeritus Tim re-crafting Duffy has been working veryprogram hard to make responsiveoftowhich the needs newand scholarship funds. You will hear more about that are: of the 21st century. This the committee has created thistwo event, several other associated events, a success. soon. o More details are on the RCA Website. 88% would recommend others to join RCA Last year President Hollingsworth started looking into the future for RCA. To continue that effort, year Iatstood uptrade a newshows, temporary • We have returned to live this meetings several o 79% would take advantage of new RCA educational committee chaired by Vice President David Bart to do strategic planning foincluding: r the Club. The wireless world is changing, and we need to programs examine how the Club can prepare itself better for the future. o APCO in San Antonio TX in August, where we had our o 67% would travel to regional events RCA is increasing its outreach to our members, especially in developing n ew wbooth ays thand at Ran CAevening can addcocktail value to your wireless careers. As a event result, o we inaugurated newincommittees whopublications are looking at specific groups within our membership ranks to see how we can better 37% areseveral interested receiving print o RCA had a booth at the Utilities Technology Council serve those members. Todigital increase participation in these committees, I have asked several non-Board RCA members to work with or chair instead of (UTC) in Portland OR, also in August. This is a new these committees including Keith Kaczmarek, Denis Marin, Stephanie McCall, and David Witkowski. If other members are interested in o 53% would like to see RCA meet in New York City trade show for us, with a lot of potential future helping us please contact our Executive Secretary Amy. every second or third year synergy. UTC is very wireless and communications With so much going on, I have asked Executive Vice President Chip Cohe n to hfocused, elp me in working with these committees. and had a number of wireless presentations The surveys revealed a number of services that members are during their event. looking for, and we will be examining these ideas in the coming CA launched a NeTwo w Rthat egiowe nalhave Chapstarted ter thistoyear! A group of RCA members has been meeting in the ocky M ounin taiLas n areVegas a for in the past few o months. look at: We are attending theRIWCE show ars. That group is now formalized into an official RCA Section, and Director Charles Kirmuss is leading that effort. We will get September, and will be having our breakfast to meet these o Education Committee under Dr. Julio Urbina ction members atThe ourRCA meeting in Denver this November! networking event on Wednesday September 29th. is working on a series of wireless education modules, CA continues to be Tradwill e Sbe hoon wsWireless despite101, the pandemic, and o we plan to begin undertaking summer. RCA is the active first of at which for Although we are not a ham live club,activities a numberthis of our E i n S e p t e m b e r i n L a s V e g a s , and at least one other hibiting at several trade shows this year, including A P C O i n A u g u s t i n S a n A n t o n i o , I W C beginners in the wireless industry. The details of these members are hams, and so we attended two regional de show. We hope to see our members at these events and network with them after a long hiatus due to the pandemic. modules will be announced in near future. amateur radio events: Huntsville, AL in August, and year. the The ARRLnew Newwebsite Englandwill Convention in Marlborough, MA.more CA is launching a New RCA Website, which has been in the works for the past feature easier navigation,
ormation, improved visibility for our sponsors and advertisers, and better emphasis on our organizational partners. so, I want to encourage all our members to join us for RCA’s Virtual Events on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 9 PM ET, hosted by