The History of the European CW Association

The Chairmen of EUCW

1. SMØIX Sven Milander c/o SCAG 1980
2. DL7DO Ralf Herzer c/o AGCW 1981
3. G8PG Gus Taylor c/o G-QRP 1982
4. PAØDIN Din Hoogma c/o VHSC 1983
5. SM5TK Kurt Franzén c/o SCAG 1984
6. DL6MK Edgar Schnell (sk) c/o HSC 1985-1987
7. G4FAI Tony Smith c/o G-QRP 1988-1990
8. ON5ME Oscar Verbanck c/o SHSC/EHSC (*) 1991-2006
9. LZ1PJ Ivan (Johny) Ivanov c/o LZCWC since 2007

Growth History of EUCW (join dates)

1979

EUCW founder clubs: SCAG (SM/OZ), AGCW (DL), GQRP (G).

until 1981

TOPS (G), SARS (Scarborough ARS)(G), HSC (DL), CWC (HB9), VHSC (1981.11.28)(PAØ).

1982

BQRPC (PA/ON/LX), INORC (I).

1983

HCC (1983.09.01)(EA).

1986

BTC (1986.02.15)(ON), UFT (1986.09.01)(F), SHSC (1986.12.01)(ON).

1988

FISTS (1988.06.01)(G), U-QRQ-C (1988.12.03)(R).

1989

FOC (1989.09.01)(G).

1990

EHSC (ON).

1991

HACWG (HA), U-CW-C (R/UR).

1992

OK-QRP (OK), CTCW (CT).

1993

HTC (HB9).

1994

3A-CW-G (3A), MCWG (Z2), OHTC (OH), EA-QRP-C (EA),

1995

SPCWC (SP).

1997

9A-CWG (9A), I-QRP-C (I).

1998

OE-CW-G (OE).

1999

ITC (I), YL-CW-G (DL), RTC (DL).

2000

GTC (SV).

2001

CFT (ON).

2002

EACW (EA).

2003

CTC (9A).

2004

LZCWC (2004.08.20)(LZ), RU-QRP (2004.12.22)(R).

2005

IS-QRP (2005.09.21)(IS0).

Other Events in EUCW

1978

SCAG took the first initiative. Statutes were proposed on 1978.06.27 (These statutes are re-printed in SCAG-NL #50 from April 1978). According to these statutes only clubs with at least 100 individual members could be members. The leadership of EUCW should rotate on a yearly base.

1979

EUCW founded officially.

1986

CWC (HB9) deleted on 1986.02.15. SCAG leadership proposes withdrawal of SCAG from EUCW (1986.03.01), to be decided by the annual assembly. 1986.05.31: SCAG Assembly in Copenhagen postpones decision about EUCW withdrawal. DL6MK encounters difficulties to find a new EUCW president. TOPS, SARS, HCC, INORC could not take over presidency. UFT proposes a EUCW award.

1987

DJ2XP takes over the Fraternizing Party. The FP date changes from June to late November. 1987.04.25: SCAG assembly in Täby gives up plans for withdrawal from EUCW.

1988

Novice award of GQRP gets the status of an official EUCW activity. EUCW Net (80 m QTC net) operative since September.

1990

TOPS withdraws from membership because of a lack of activity (1990.07.01), the option to re-join remains open. Fraternal links to non-European clubs established: QRP-ARCI (W/K) and GPCW (PY). The SCAG Straight Key Day on New Year's Day becomes an official EUCW activity.

1991

Worked EUCW Award created (1991.04.27) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Samuel F.B. Morse. HCC (Spain) generously met the cost of printing the certificates (in the UK), which were designed by G4FAI. First award winner: DK9EA (1991.09.30). Generous donations received from other clubs were reserved for use on future EUCW special projects. CWAS (PY) associates as another overseas guest. It takes over the tasks of GPCW (PY).

1992

Membership rules were modified in order to open EUCW for small clubs. The decision was taken by mail vote. 18 clubs were invited to vote, 13 were in favor of the change, 1 disagreed, 1 agreed conditionally, 3 clubs did not respond.

1993

SLDXC (Saar-Lorraine DX club) applied for membership but was vetoed down for being rather a DX club than a CW club. Well-defined membership application policy established, all non-CW clubs and all non-European clubs will be excluded from the application procedures. QRP clubs will remain an exception because QRP is inherently linked to CW. The Fraternizing Party gets an extra sponsorship from EA3DOS who donates miniature ("Lilliput") keys to winners.

1994

New statutes were adopted. Changes include: Clubs with at least 100 individual members will have FULL (i.e. voting) membership. Clubs with 5 to 99 members will have RESTRICTED (i.e. non-voting) membership. The term of office of chairmen is 3 years.

2000

Membership application from CW-C-UFRC (Belgium) published in EUCW Bulletin 2000/2. Likewise the GACW from Argentina offered co-operation with EUCW. Proposal for a new constitution.

2001

CW-C-UFRC (Belgium) changed name to CFT. FISTS donates a EUCW QRS Week as new EUCW activity. First QRS Week held in April 2001. UFT dedicates a 160m contest to EUCW.

2002

Professional Radio Operators CW Club International from Romania applied membership but was vetoed down.

2006

DJ2XP retired from his post as EUCW AWARD and Fraternizing Party manager. These jobs are taken over by DK7VW. Unfortunately, the results of the 2005 Frat Party got lost in the takeover procedure.

Notes:

This list is based on my AGCW-Info and SCAG-NL archives from the 80ies and my EUCW Bulletin archive (starting 1991). Several friends helped to improve my data (see acknowledgments below). Yet, this list is incomplete and may contain errors. Please send corrections or additional infos to:...eucw (at) agcw.de... Thanks in advance.

(*) ON5ME donations covered the running costs of the presidency at 100% during his term of office, i.e. official EUCW assets have only been used to cover running costs of other EUCW officers. Thanks Oscar.

Acknowledgments to contributors:
Corrections and updates came from: PAØDIN, ON5ME, DK5KE, G4FAI (chronological order).