Silent Key Administrator - Present President 2023 - 2023 Secretary 2020 - 2023 KX1W Ron Fish 29 S. Canary Way Galloway, NJ 08205-6208 QCWA # 29983 OOTC # 4581 Chapter 149 SK Admin

I was first licensed in 1971 as WN1OQT in New Haven, CT, where I was reared. I received my General ticket (WB1BWG) two weeks after graduation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1978. I rarely used that call as I upgraded to Advanced (KD6IT) and then Amateur Extra (NF6D) while working in the Aerospace industry in Southern California. My current and last call is KX1W, which I received in 1984 when I relocated back to New England.

I am a retired Aerospace avionics systems engineer/business development manager. I have worked for Boeing, Northrop, and Lockheed Martin, in addition to small and medium-sized firms.

I was active in the WPI Radio Club, W1YK, although primarily as a SWL since my license had lapsed during my college years. I am a past president of the Northrop Radio Club (then W6VPZ, now WI6NG), a past president of the Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs, and I was the first Affiliated Club Coordinator in the Los Angeles Section of the ARRL when they introduced the expanded field appointments. I was also one of the operators at the 1984 Olympic Village commemorative station in Los Angeles.

In 2006, I earned a Masters in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). I am a Life Member of ARRL, QCWA, and OOTC. I have been on the Publications Committee of QCWA for the past few years, proofreading both the QCWA Journal and the webpage. In 2016, I became the QCWA Silent Key Administrator, and I am currently QCWA National Secretary.

I've had an almost life-long interest in the Sherlock Holmes tales written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and I belong to a number of Sherlock Holmes groups worldwide. I was the Editor of the newsletter of The Sherlock Holmes Wireless Society for twenty years (a group open only to licensed amateurs). I also maintain a number of websites for various Sherlockian groups.

I am also an active Freemason, belonging to a lodge in CT and appendant groups such as the Scottish Rite, York Rite, and the Shrine.

I was the Affiliated Club Coordinator for the Eastern New York Section of the ARRL until last year when I relocated to the Jersey Shore. I have been active on the HF bands since the ARRL bicentennial, on SSB, CW and Digital. I earned WAS and DXCC on phone, currently chasing both on CW and Digital.

September 07, 2023