The CWops Ambassador Program
CWops ambassadors are members who have been specially chosen by the CWops president to represent the club in ambassadorial areas of the world. Those who are interested in various CWops activities and who want to learn more about our programs or attaining membership should email the ambassador closest to his/her QTH. CWops ambassadors are knowledgeable about all aspects of CWops and active in some or all activities.
Current List of CWops Ambassadors
United States
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| Northwest | Willie Baber WJ9B |
wlbaber@ bellsouth.net |
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| Southwest | Arkady Ten NU6N |
nu6n@ yahoo.com |
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| North Central | Charlie Van Way N0CVW |
cvanway@ kc.rr.com |
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| South Central | Keith Dutson NM5G |
kdutson@ sbcglobal.net |
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| New England | Bruce Blain K1BG |
bruce.blain@ charter.net |
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| North Mid Atlantic | John W. Thompson, K3MD | k3md009@ gmail.com |
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| Southeast | Juan Lopez AC6ZM |
jloz34@ hotmail.com |
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Canada
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| Western | Carole Eng, VA7QCE |
va7qce.cwops@ hotmail.com |
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| Eastern | Serge Bertuzzo VA3SB |
smbertuzzo@ bell.net |
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Europe
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| NWE | Duncan Fisken, G3WZD | duncan.fisken@g3wzd.radio |  |
| SWE | Bertrand Banlier, F6HKA | f6hka@aol.com |  |
| NCE | – | – | |
| SCE | – | – | |
| EE | – | – |
Asia
| Area | Ambassador | |
| RUA | – | – |
| CN | – | – |
| JA | Hiro Sugisaka, JJ1FXF | jj1fxf@gmail.com |
| MEA | – | – |
| SA | – | – |
Oceania
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| OC | Chris Chapman, VK3QB | vk3qb@hotmail.com |  |
Africa
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| AFN | – | – | |
| AFS | Raoul Coetzee, ZS1C | raoulcoetzee@yahoo.com |  |
South America
| Area | Ambassador | ||
| SAN | Jan-Claude Mercier, FG8NY | fg8ny@hotmail.fr |  |
| SAS | – | – |
The CWops ambassador program, sanctioned by our directors and members, is moving forward. There are seven maps: United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and South America, with the ambassadorial ‘areas’ delineated. For example, in the US, the NE area is the states that normally have 1, 2, 3 or 8 in the callsigns. The SE is the states with a 4 in the callsign.
If you look for your QTH, you will find it in one of the ambassadorial areas. These were drawn up based on geography, not the numbers of licensed amateurs. Some areas include multiple countries with different local languages. In only rare cases is an ambassador a ‘national’ appointment (e.g. China and Japan). Most ambassadors will cover two or more states, provinces or countries.
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map of United States areas: NW, SW, N.Central, S.Central, NE, SE click map to enlarge |
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map of Canada areas: WCA, ECA
click map to enlarge |
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| map of Europe
areas: NWE, SWE, NCE, SCE, EE
click map to enlarge |
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| map of Asia
areas: RUA, CN, JA, MEA, SA click map to enlarge |
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| map of Oceania
areas: OC click map to enlarge |
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map of Africa areas: AFN, AFS
click map to enlarge |
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| map of South America
areas: SAN, SAS
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The Ambassador Committee Chairman, Peter Butler, W1UU (w1uu.peter@gmail.com), advises the Board of Directors and the President of CWops to strengthen the outreach to our membership. Ambassadors will be appointed based on their locations within an ambassadorial area. CWops activity is a key qualifier. In essence an ambassador is expected to represent CWops at ham events (if any) in his/her area. An ambassador should be able to speak, with assurance, about all CWops activities and programs. Ambassadors will have at their disposal presentations that can be used at an event. In addition, an ambassador can request a CWops banner and sample awards to be used for a booth at a large ham event. For example, the club currently has banners and samples for use in North America (Dayton), Japan (Tokyo Ham Fair) and Europe (Friedrichshafen).
Ambassadors are also encouraged to write articles for publication by ham media in their area (if any). Depending on the number of ambassadors who are serving, each will be asked, from time to time, to provide a report for Solid Copy. The ambassador program will make a very strong statement about the international character of CWops. Today, the club membership is largely made up of US amateurs. There are many qualified CW operators in other areas of the world who do not know about CWops, yet. Our ambassadors are expected to reach out to these people and, at least, make them aware of CWops and its activities and programs.