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Jeff Beals
Just got a call from Myra. Jeff Beals has passed away. I will let everyone know when and where
For services. Beth Israel Chapel in Boynton Beach 11115 Jog Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Date and time will be sent when I know. For sympathy card send to Myra Kitchen 141 Cypress Trace Royal Palm Beach FL 33411 Please distribute widely A tribute to Jeff Beals, WA4AW Jeff Beals, WA4AW became a silent key on <TBA),2024. He lived a life dedicated to community service and Amateur radio. Jeff was elected as Vice Director for the ARRL Southeastern Division in 2022, and was previously Vice Director in the SE Division from Aug 2009- Dec 2010. He was active with the ARRL Field Organization since the late 70s. In the Southern Florida Section he served as the Section Manager, Assistant Section Manager, Affiliated Club Coordinator, Section Membership Coordinator, Technical Coordinator and Technical Specialist. Jeff was first licensed in the early 60s as WN2OUK at age 12 in Long Beach, LI, NY , where he was active with the local 5 Towns Radio Club and Nassau County AREC/RACES. He even had a 2 meter radio on his Bicycle. He held an Amateur Extra Class license and FCC First Class Radiotelephone license (now called a GROL). Jeff's service with amateur emergency communications includes serving as Section Emergency Coordinator for the Southern Florida Section, Assistant SEC, District Emergency Coordinator for the Gold Coast District, Emergency Coordinator and County RACES Officer for Lee and Palm Beach Counties and member of the ARRL National Emergency Response Planning Committee. He was certified at all 3 levels of ARRL ARECC , EC-015, EC-016 and advanced FEMA training. He received State of Florida commendations for service with Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina. He was also deployed to Hurricanes Frances, Jean, Wilma, Matthew & Irma.. Jeff was active with the Quarter Century Wireless Association ( QCWA ) He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Palm Beach Chapter 111 since 1999 and a member of the National Board of Directors and Historian. He was a member of the Highlands, Edison, Everglades & Citrus Chapters of QCWA. He was elected Vice President of QCWA in 2023. He was a life member of the ARRL, QCWA , OOTC and AWA and a Fellow of the Radio Club of America. Past President of the Fort Myers and West Palm Beach ARCs and a member of the Wellington RC, Port St. Lucie ARA, Florida Contest Group, FL East Coast DX Club and life member of the Fort Myers ARC, West Palm Beach ARC, Gold Coast ARA and Martin County ARA. He held membership in the ARRL A-1 Operator Club, Old Timers Club & Royal Order of the Wouff Hong.He also was named " Ham of the Year " by the West Palm Beach ARC. He was a CE and VE with the ARRL and W5YI VEC and VE with the Laurel VEC. His personal tribute to the fathers of electronic communications are memorials to Major Edwin H. Armstrong and Philo T. Farnsworth and was trustee of the callsigns for their pioneering FM and TV stations. He curated the Yesteryear Village Old Radio & TV Museum at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. That club call is W4YYV. His other interests include collecting and restoring classic radios, traveling to hamfests, antique cars and radio-TV history. Professionally, He was the communications supervisor in SE Florida for the State of Florida Forestry Service. He was also a licensed insurance adjuster in the State of Florida and previously, a licensed insurance broker in New York State. He also owned a taxi company in Long Island. Jeff's XYL, Myra, K3PGH is retired and they split their time between residences in Lake Placid & Royal Palm Beach, FL. They also volunteered at many amateur radio events throughout the year. His presence will always be with us, but he will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace Image.jpg |
Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting June 25, 2024 11:30 AM
Steve and the group, I will be with you in spirit at the meeting today but not in person. I apologize for this, but it is beyond my control now. As some may already know, I was assulted on the American Airlines flight going to Hamvention. This was on the first leg of the flight which was to change planes in Charlotte.?This had nothing to do with being a Ham or any political thing. (I had only said good morning and had no other conversation). The person sitting next to me, a young female maybe around 30 but since I am 80 just about everyone is young to me, was just acting bizarre and ended up slugging me on the side of the head. Hard enough to knock me out briefly, break the bridge on my upper teeth loose, and result in a brain concussion among other things. She was duct taped to her seat (the latest version of an Air Marshall is a roll of duct tape) and taken off the plane in Charlotte by a team of armed, weapons in hand, police. The FBI is slowly investigating the whole thing, but they told me it takes them a long time. I suffered a variety of injuries, and these have limited my ability to drive myself more than a few blocks in my neighborhood. I spent a lot of time at Xenia in the facility with the EMT providers. I even missed Steve when he came to the QCWA booth but did see that he had signed in. Instead of lunch today, I will get to have an MRI of my brain looking for more detailed effects on the injuries. I have already had CT scans of my Jaw, Skull and Brain, and my Jawbone where my teeth are to see if implants can be grafted successfully. Plus, a variety of other tests. It takes a lot of time to get tests and see specialists as many of you know. I don't think I need to be in anyone's prayers, but our dear friend Jeff does. He is still trying to recuperate, and it is extremely hard when you have been like a racehorse all your life to suddenly have to stop with no way to run for a long while. Some of you that have gone through serious medical issues will know about that. Please keep him and Myra in your prayers and thoughts. I hope to see you next month or the following. As some of you know, we have another house further upstate than Jeff's and I was planning to be there this summer. So far, I am still in PBC seeing doctors. Thanks for your continued membership and participation, 47 & 73. AJ4XM, Tom Loughney, SBE, IEEE, RCA Fellow President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.
On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 04:11:33 PM EDT, Steve Ikler KS3K <ks3k@...> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone, Just a reminder about our next Tuesday lunch meeting. We meet on the last?Tuesday?of the month,?June 25, 2024. We will meet at?Bonefish Mac's?in Wellington, FL. Bonefish Mac's is located at 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington. When heading west from Rt. 441,that is just past The Mall at Wellington Green on the same side of Forest Hill Blvd. The restaurant has a private room for groups like us, will be able to give us separate checks and has a special $7.99 lunch menu (with purchase of any beverage). Meeting info: Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Place: Bonefish Mac's, 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL Time:? 11:30 am We welcome all local hams to join us for lunch. You do not have to be a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) or our local chapter. Friends and spouses are also welcome to attend and have done so in the past.? Looking forward to seeing you all. Come join us for comradery, lively discussions, seeing old and new friends and finding out what's happening with local ham radio activities. Yes, there's food too. Come on out to support our Chapter. 73, Steve, KS3K |
QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting June 25, 2024 11:30 AM
Good afternoon everyone, Just a reminder about our next Tuesday lunch meeting. We meet on the last?Tuesday?of the month,?June 25, 2024. We will meet at?Bonefish Mac's?in Wellington, FL. Bonefish Mac's is located at 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington. When heading west from Rt. 441,that is just past The Mall at Wellington Green on the same side of Forest Hill Blvd. The restaurant has a private room for groups like us, will be able to give us separate checks and has a special $7.99 lunch menu (with purchase of any beverage). Meeting info: Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Place: Bonefish Mac's, 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL Time:? 11:30 am We welcome all local hams to join us for lunch. You do not have to be a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) or our local chapter. Friends and spouses are also welcome to attend and have done so in the past.? Looking forward to seeing you all. Come join us for comradery, lively discussions, seeing old and new friends and finding out what's happening with local ham radio activities. Yes, there's food too. Come on out to support our Chapter. 73, Steve, KS3K |
QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting May 28, 2024 11:30 AM
Good morning everyone, Just a reminder about our next Tuesday lunch meeting. We meet on the last?Tuesday?of the month,?May 28, 2024. We will meet at?Bonefish Mac's?in Wellington, FL. Bonefish Mac's is located at 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington. When heading west from Rt. 441,that is just past The Mall at Wellington Green on the same side of Forest Hill Blvd. The restaurant has a private room for groups like us, will be able to give us separate checks and has a special $7.99 lunch menu (with purchase of any beverage). Meeting info: Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Place: Bonefish Mac's, 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL Time:? 11:30 am We welcome all local hams to join us for lunch. You do not have to be a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) or our local chapter. Friends and spouses are also welcome to attend and have done so in the past.? Looking forward to seeing you all. Come join us for comradery, lively discussions, seeing old and new friends and finding out what's happening with local ham radio activities. Yes, there's food too. Come on out to support our Chapter. 73, Steve, KS3K |
Trip to WRMI Radio Station May 10 - All Are Welcome
Good Afternoon QCWA Chapter 111 Members and Friends, For your information. Here is information about an upcoming tour of mega-radio station WRMI. Steve KS3K The?Wellington ARC will be visiting? the WRMI Radio Station on May 10, 2024 All are WELCOME. ? If you are interested in going please register at the link below: ? WRMI Radio Miami International 10400 NW 240th Street Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA |
QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting April 30, 2024 11:30 AM
Good afternoon everyone, Just a reminder about our next Tuesday lunch meeting. We meet on the last?Tuesday?of the month,?April 30, 2024. We will meet at?Bonefish Mac's?in Wellington, FL. Bonefish Mac's is located at 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington. When heading west from Rt. 441,that is just past The Mall at Wellington Green on the same side of Forest Hill Blvd. The restaurant has a private room for groups like us, will be able to give us separate checks and has a special $7.99 lunch menu (with purchase of any beverage). Meeting info: Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Place: Bonefish Mac's, 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL Time:? 11:30 am We welcome all local hams to join us for lunch. You do not have to be a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) or our local chapter. Friends and spouses are also welcome to attend and have done so in the past.? Looking forward to seeing you all. Come join us for comradery, lively discussions, seeing old and new friends and finding out what's happening with local ham radio activities. Yes, there's food too. Come on out to support our Chapter. 73, Steve, KS3K |
Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) Lunch Meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2024-REMINDER
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Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) Lunch Meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2024-REMINDER
I will be there. On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 8:05?AM Steve Ikler KS3K <ks3k@...> wrote:
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Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Mar. 26, 2024 11:30 AM
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QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Mar. 26, 2024 11:30 AM
Good evening everyone, Just a reminder about our next Tuesday lunch meeting. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month, March 26, 2024. We will meet at Bonefish Mac's in Wellington, FL. Bonefish Mac's is located at 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington. When heading west from Rt. 441,that is just past The Mall at Wellington Green on the same side of Forest Hill Blvd. The restaurant has a private room for groups like us, will be able to give us separate checks and has a special $7.99 lunch menu (with purchase of any beverage). Meeting info: Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Place: Bonefish Mac's, 10880 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL Time:? 11:30 am We welcome all local hams to join us for lunch. You do not have to be a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) or our local chapter. Friends and spouses are also welcome to attend and have done so in the past.? Looking forward to seeing you all. Come join us for comradery, lively discussions, seeing old and new friends and finding out what's happening with local ham radio activities. Yes, there's food too. Come on out to support our Chapter. 73, Steve, KS3K |
Re: Tour of WRMI Shortwave Radio Station
Thanks for the info, Steve, I really appreciate it. I have been there beffore, and it is very interesting. Well worth the trip. I will try to record it this time. I will look at the ppt and the survey. If their engineer only speaks Spanish, we will need a first class translator for most of us. If you have not seen this before, you will have a lot of questions. It will not be at all what you picture if you used to listen to SW in the 50-80's. It is both very simple and incredibly complex at the same time. You want to be there in the daytime so you can see the antenna arrays sending out over 2 million watts at times. 47 & 73,? AJ4XM, Tom Loughney, SBE, IEEE, RCA Fellow President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.
On Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 10:39:17 AM EST, Steve Ikler KS3K <ks3k@...> wrote:
Hi Chapter 111 Members and Friends, I got this information from Mike Bald K4MIA about a possible group tour of the large shortwave radio station, WRMI, near Lake Okeechobee. It looks interesting. Steve KS3K ----------------------------------------------------- I am setting up a tour of WRMI SW station in Lake Okeechobee. It is the largest SW station in the Western Hemisphere. I was there in 2019 and was very impressed. I attached a Power Point presentation I did at the Wellington club and a survey sent out by the Wellington club. The survey asks if you will come, what day of the week and morning or night. Sat and Sun the engineer only speaks Spanish so we do not think it is a good choice. All are welcome. Need to see how many people will go. They have a min and max number to give a tour. 73 Mike? K4MIA ? ? ? ? ? ?presentation ? ? ? ? survey |
Tour of WRMI Shortwave Radio Station
Hi Chapter 111 Members and Friends, I got this information from Mike Bald K4MIA about a possible group tour of the large shortwave radio station, WRMI, near Lake Okeechobee. It looks interesting. Steve KS3K ----------------------------------------------------- I am setting up a tour of WRMI SW station in Lake Okeechobee. It is the largest SW station in the Western Hemisphere. I was there in 2019 and was very impressed. I attached a Power Point presentation I did at the Wellington club and a survey sent out by the Wellington club. The survey asks if you will come, what day of the week and morning or night. Sat and Sun the engineer only speaks Spanish so we do not think it is a good choice. All are welcome. Need to see how many people will go. They have a min and max number to give a tour. 73 Mike? K4MIA ? ? ? ? ? ?presentation ? ? ? ? survey |
QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Feb. 27, 2024 11:30 AM - REMINDER
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QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Feb. 27, 2024 11:30 AM
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Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Jan. 30, 2024 11:30 AM - REMINDER
See you then. On Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 2:35 PM Steve Ikler KS3K <ks3k@...> wrote:
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QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Jan. 30, 2024 11:30 AM - REMINDER
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QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Jan. 30, 2024 11:30 AM
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YouTube support for ARRL Teachers Institute program
ARRL has been making YouTube appearances to advocate for TI. Their goal is to raise $20,000. https://youtu.be/G5FADjsvtxM?si=TumNO2j1xcyxdH0e ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio Jeff Beals, WA4AW Vice Director ARRL Southeastern Division ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý ARRL members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Member-Emergency Communications/Field Services Committee ARRL Southern Florida Assistant Section Manager PO Box 1584 Loxahatchee, FL 33470-1584 561-252-6707 wa4aw@... http://www.sflarrl.org |
Re: QCWA Chapter 111 (Palm Beach) - Lunch Meeting Dec. 19, 2023 11:30 AM - REMINDER
Sue On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 2:57?PM Steve Ikler KS3K <ks3k@...> wrote:
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