SP5ZCC also known as SN5Z
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The site of SP5ZCC Radio Club in Sulejowek near Warszawa, Poland
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This is an exceptional radio club. More than 15 percent of the members are females. The club station is
well equipped and regularly on the air. Some members will travel to participate in contests from
superstations and go on DXpeditions. This club has an unorthodox scheme for increasing the number
of its members. They have frequent social gatherings and often entertaint visitors from far away, just
like me. I have visited the club a few times, the first time, I think, it was 5 years ago.
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Maciek, SQ6MS is a member of the club in spite of living in another town
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But the history of the club goes back to the end of the 70's. Two teenagers went to a summer scout
camp and saw an Amateur Radio station in action. Back home, they approached the principal of the
school they were attending in a small residential town of Sulejowek near Warszawa in Poland. �We want
a radio club in our school� - they repeated it enough many times to finally get a permission, and later
an honest, openhearted support from the school principal. In April 1980 the initial club meeting took
place. Tomek, SP5UAF, who has been the backbone of the club for the past 20 years or so, attended
the meeting in spite of being only 11 years old then. Six years later, in February 1986, the licence and
the call sign SP5ZCC were finally issued. Amateur Radio service was suspended for most of SP hams in
early 80's due to martial law.
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Tomek, SP5UAF in the center with SP5ZCC club members, SP5QAN (left) and SQ5IRO (right) during the
SPDXClub meeting. He is now the president of the national DX association.
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A new call sign was granted to the club in 2002 for contesting purposes - viz. SN5Z. But a whole
series of other call signs have been aired by the SP5ZCC-gang in recent years. Some of these were
used from other places and even from other countries. Chris, SP7GIQ a.k.a. SN7Q, has been hosting
different groups of club members since 2001 for RTTY competitions. Roman, SP6RZ, holds frequent
contest multi-op stints with participants from this club - the call signs used there are SQ6Z and SN6Z.
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Visitors at SP5ZCC - Tomek, SP5UAF, in black, talks with Tomasz, SP6T who is the SN0HQ co-
ordinator, between them stands Bogdan, SP5WA a.k.a. 5N3CPR.
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The list of calls activated in different contests and so called special-event commemorations is not
complete but here are some of them: 3Z0WPX, 3Z7TTY, SN70SUL, SN0SUL, SN70M, SO7Z, SP0DXC,
SP0ZCC, SP2000S, SN25ZCC, SN0HQ.
One of the club members, whom I have never met, is Robert, SP5XVY. He leads the local PZK branch,
supports the SN0HQ team, occasionally drops in here, and at least once a year goes on a major
DXpedition. I think he is on his way to Ducie Island, VP6 at the time of writing this story (January 2008).
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Donata, SP5HNK visiting the site of OH0Z in Aland Islands
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At SP7GIQ's contest site - from left Chris,SP7GIQ - Norbert, SP5HGB - Tomek, SP5UAF
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I have met other club members in different locations apart from, of course, the spacious and tastefully
decorated club room. The feminine presence is strikingly visible here.
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Wojtek, SP5ULC is now M0ULC in London most of the time. He helped to arrange the club DXpedition to
Guernsey Islands a few years ago.
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Amateur Radio clubs that are both active on the air and hold social meetings are rare these days. The
SP5ZCC club website is one of the best in its category that I have seen for years (www.sp5zcc.net). And if
you happen to be in Warszawa, Poland try to visit this club - you will be welcome.
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Some of the contest trophies earned by the members of the SP5ZCC club
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The plaque at the entrance to the lyceum school in Sulejowek
(lyceum is a school of secondary education - roughly equivalent of American high school)
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Donata, SP5HNK has a housewifely relation to the club
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The future of the club seems bright. YL Donata, SP5HNK, has a natural solution for increasing the
number of club member. Here is her write-up:
Alternative way to bring the new members to your radioclub
Most of the hams in Poland (and probably outside Poland as well) ask the
questions how to bring new people to the ham radio hobby, how to bring new members to the
radioclubs. There are many options - lectures and demonstrations at schools, stands during the town
or city festivals, demonstrating ham radio
amongst other activities of the local society, leaflets, webpages, magazines, cooperation with scouts
and other groups� but there is another
option, introduced by SP5ZCC radioclub. Let us start from the beginning.
In 1979 two students of a high school in Sulejowek (KO02PF) met the amateur
radio station operators during a scout summer camp. It was enough to get interested in that hobby.
Thanks to the principal of the high school, they could form their own radioclub in one of the school
rooms.
On 13th
April 1980 the first meeting of the club team took place. However, it was
not the day of
the first activity on the bands. The team had to wait until 18th February 1986, due to the martial law proclaimed in Poland in 1981 and its consequences for the
ham radio.
The first band used was 80m, later on a multiband transceiver appeared, as well
as more and more high school students attracted by the mysterious noises, strange constructions on
the roof and a unique atmosphere of the radioshack. The students brought their girlfriends, boyfriends,
brothers or sisters� The club had over 40 members, which was a good score in a town like Sulejowek,
having 15000 inhabitants now and even less 20 years ago.
The main activity of the club was - and still is - contesting. The club is known for
its RTTY achievements, not only in Poland or Europe, but also worldwide. Also for the LF experiments
(the first QSO with a foreign station from SP) and a friendly atmosphere. Our guests usually come back.
However, those high school kids grew up and started to think about a serious life.
Last four years were the years of stag parties and weddings� and the radioshack became empty and
quiet for some time.
It turned out that
we have to think seriously about the new
members, able to keep it running. The club helped in organization of a stay on a ham camp for six kids
from the secondary and high schools in
Sulejowek. Some of them got the licenses. The cooperation with local scouts is also developing.
Here we go back to the alternative option. At least three babies are expected in
the first half of 2008 from the club couples. In one of the cases both parents are licensed hams� so
the future is rather clear.
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Tomek, SP5UAF, who recently got married, holds talks on how to increase the number of club
members the natural way
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SP5ZCC also known as SN5Z
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by s5m on April 5, 2008
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SN5Z "housewife" Donata, SP5HNK has just become Master of Science! PhD & marriage & kids expected asap :-)
161 de Mario, S56A, N1YU
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SP5ZCC also known as SN5Z
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by SM0JHF on November 16, 2009
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The sad news reached me today that the club station has been forced to close down, all the antennas are removed and the room is emptied. SP5ZCC is QRT but the members still hope to find a new location sometime in the future.
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