Club Dues Announcement 

The end of 2008 means that Annual Club Dues are due by January 1st. Full membership in the club will remain at $20.00 per member. Family membership add-on will remain at $3.00 per family member.

Membership requirements are as covered in Article V of our Club By laws which are posted on the website.

Membership expires December 31 of current year regardless of the month you joined. That is why we have discounted dues for new members joining later in the year.

Dues can be paid at any meeting, by mail or online via PayPal. Click HERE to pay your dues online for 2008.

Silent Key

Hank Marzina KB3FNM, 67, Bethel Park, March 4th 2009. “Loving husband and best friend of 46 ½ years
to Mary Lou (Gigliotti) Marzina. Proud father of Jeffrey (Lora), Gregory (Janet) and Stephen (Barbara) Marzina. Beloved grandfather of Travis, Alexa, Elena, Emily, Eliza, Jacob, Madelyn and Nathan. Son of the late Henry Jr. and Veronica (Ruffing) Marzina. Spent 21 years with BK Elliott Co. and Oce Industries leaving in 1981 to begin operating his own business, Precision Reproductions, retiring in 2007. He was a member of the So. Hills Power Squadron, Library Sportsmen's Club, Camp Buckhorn, Pleasant Hills Rotary Club, the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, and Pittsburgh Area Killifish Association. He was a
longtime tropical fish enthusiast, keeping and propagating unusual and exotic fish.”

“WASH lost a great member and friend of the club on March 4th, 2009 after a several year battle with
cancer. Hank Marzina, KB3FNM became a ham through his acquaintance with Don and Margie Stark,
N3HOW and N3HOZ and their mutual interest in the US Power Squadrons. Hank was an active member
both in WACOM and then WASH where he became involved with many things including arranging a Field
Day site at the last minute when we found no other place to go, being a net control station for our weekly
Sunday evening FM net, and operating the club station on Field Day and PA QSO party. Hank's
infectious personality, quick wit as well as his helpfulness will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go
out to Mary Lou, Hank's wife and his sons Jeff, Gregg and Steven and their families.”
— Kevin Smith N3HKQ

Club HAM Fest

Now in our Fourteenth big year!
	WASHfest 2009 WashFest 2009 Main Prize Winners 1st Prize: FT897D Yaesu HF/6m/2m/70cm W/60m - Ed Oelschlager, N3ZNI 2nd Prize: IC92AD ICOM 2m/70cm D-STAR SUBMERSIBLE - Bill Menk, W3LAB 3rd Prize: Z100 LDG Electronics .1 to 125 Watt Auto Tuner - Dave Kitzinger, N3DFK

Club Updates

The clubs newsletter website is not working at this time. for the time being, here are the last few months of newsletters:

• July
• September
• October
• November

2009 Pittsburgh Marathon Needs Your Help!!

Sign up now to help work the 2009 Pittsburgh Marathon! We need around 150 Amateur Radio operators to help make this huge event a success. On-line registration makes it easy to volunteer. Even if you are new to Amateur Radio you can always help.

You will simply be paired up with a more experienced operator. We need people at mile posts, aid stations, shadows, on buses, bicycles and more.

Plan now on working the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 3rd, 2009. You'll be glad you did. For more details and to sign up simply go to:
marathon.central.org
Also: www.pittsburghmarathon.com

Contact: Jeff Hutzelman N3NHS
jhutz@cmu.edu
412-401-8348
Thanks in advance for your support!

Coming in May!! NP2SH will be activated once again. Stop back for details!!

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