W4HOD received our Certificate of Affiliation from the ARRL last week. This is a very important document to us, as it shows how far this club has come in 2 years. We have pulled together as a team and achieved all we set out to do. The future does look bright!

Several members stand out for their contributions. I won’t name them here, but you know who you are. Thanks for everything you do.

KA4PKB, KA4NDY and I had breakfast as Hardees on Wire Road in Auburn this morning. We had a good breakfast and then discussed the world’s problems and solved a good many of them.

Afterwards we went to the clubhouse and started working on the 80 meter dipole that KI4KUT loaned us for the Alabma QSO Party next Saturday. W4HOD is pleased to have our newest member Darrell, K9MUG helping operate our CW station for the QSO Party.

Darrell donated an Icom-746 PRO to our club last month. We presented him with a lifetime membership in W4HOD and purchased a brick on the ARRL Terrace in Newington in his name.