Director Candidate - ( Incumbent ) Val Erwin - W5PUT 1419 Latigo Lane Flower Mound, TX 75022-6588 QCWA Life Member # 18381 Phone: 817-490-6122 FAX: 817-491-1483

Val is a current member of the QCWA Board of Directors.

Discovering ham radio with a "green-eyed" Philco radio in Colorado, he became licensed in 1959 as KN0YCJ, becoming K0YCJ.

College recruitment by Texas Instruments resulted in a move to Texas and a new call, W5PUT. Moving to Collins Radio Company, he remained for 13 years. Later, while working at Xerox Corporation, he formed/sold two companies: Erwin Communications and RF Consultants Inc. Departing Xerox in 1983, he founded International Compliance Corporation (ICC), offering engineering services. ICC was sold in 1998.

Semi-retired, Val continues engineering consultation through his firm, Summit Associates, Inc. He and his wife are avid ballroom-type dancers. A 20+-year collector of telegraph straight-keys, he attends 15-20 hamfests/year performing QCWA functions and pursuing that elusive rare key. An automobile enthusiast, Val enjoys driving his Shelby Mustang on weekends.

Affiliations:

QCWA Life Member / Dallas Chapter # 41 QCWA (former President) / Oklahoma Chapter # 63 QCWA / Ft. Worth Chapter # 72 QCWA / ARRL Life Member / OOTC / Dallas Amateur Radio Club Life Member / National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE) / IEEE, EMC Society

Licenses/Certificates:

FCC General Radio Telephone License with Radar Endorsement (former First Phone) / NARTE-Certified EMC Engineer / FCC Amateur Radio License, Extra Class / FAA Private Pilot