‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ SERVING AS THE MARYLAND DC SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR, WILL COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF ABERNETHYS TERM AS SM, WHICH ENDS IN JULY 2007. A MEMBER AND A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LAUREL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, CROSS HAS SERVED AS PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY ARES EMERGENCY COORDINATOR AND RACES RADIO OFFICER. NCDXA TAKES OVER AS ARRL W3 INCOMING QSL BUREAU EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2, THE NATIONAL CAPITOL DX ASSOCIATION NCDXA, WWW. QSL. NET/ NCDXA/, ASSUMED SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARRL THIRD CALL AREA INCOMING QSL BUREAU. THE NEW BUREAU ADDRESS IS NATIONAL CAPITOL DX ASSOCIATION, PO BOX 1149, CLINTON, MD 20735 5149. NOTED DXER FRED LAUN, K3ZO, WILL MANAGE THE BUREAU. HE TAKES OVER THE REINS FROM WELL KNOWN QSL MANAGER AND DXER MARY ANN CRIDER, WA3HUP, WHO OVERSAW W3 INCOMING QSLS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. HER TENURE HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR ITS LENGTH OF SERVICE AND FOR THE COLLEGIAL ATMOSPHERE SHE HAS NURTURED AMONG HER LOYAL BAND OF SORTERS, LAUN SAID OF CRIDER, WHO RECEIVED THE 2005 ARRL PRESIDENTS AWARD LAST NOVEMBER. HER ENCYCLOPEDIC ‰ FROM PAGE 43 ‰ K7OER N7WR KC8KEY WX8U N9JZX N0AX KC0RFN KM5IX KB5WEV W6MSU AD7CP KA7OES W7WVF K8KHZ W8UY KB9KEG W0AYO AB0RG WB5IZD AB5WF K6MXD KD7CPV N7OGM W7WWS ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ