WARO Enters Recess

During the recent WARO Executive meeting, April 2020, there was a motion passed that WARO goes into recess until they can meet at a full NZART AGM to discuss the future of WARO. This was seconded and agreed by the Executive Committee.

Therefore, WARO is now in recess until the AGM being held in Napier 2021, where a Special General Meeting will be held, NOT an AGM.

Executive Committee positions will remain the same until then, subs do not need to be paid this year. Finances will be maintained and held by the Treasurer, until the meeting in Napier.

The reason behind the recess is self-explanatory, due to the lack or no support from WARO members this leaves us no alternative.
— WARO



RSGB Regional Representative Elections

There were Regional Representative vacancies for six regions (Regions 2, 5, 7, 11, 12 and 13). The following have been elected unopposed and their appointment begins now, after the AGM. There were no valid nominations for Regions 2 and 12.

  • Region 5: Vinny Hopkins, M0TAV

  • Region 7: Glyn Jones, GW0ANA

  • Region 11: Dean Brice, G0UIL

  • Region 13: Mark Burrows, 2E0SBM

Joseph 'Bud' Trench, AA3B, named WPX Contest Director

Joseph 'Bud' Trench, AA3B, named WPX Contest Director

Joseph W. "Bud" Trench, AA3B, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania, has been named Director of the CQ WPX SSB and CW Contests, CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, announced today. He succeeds Randy Thompson, K5ZD, who has been serving as Interim Director.

Trench has been licensed since 1970 and has more than 1.4 million QSOs in his logbook (which would be very thick if still on paper!). Bud has a passion for contesting, achieving 15 first-place finishes in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest in the Single-Op Low Power category using call sign V26K, including the current world record. He has been among the top-10 USA scorers consistently since 2005 in the CQ WW WPX CW High Power category and has achieved the top North American score six times in CQ WW WPX RTTY. In addition, he was the Single-Op World Winner of the CQ WW WPX Triathlon plaque in 2014 and competed in WRTC 2018.

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