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May 2025 newsletter available

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The May 2025 issue of Allen County HamNews, our official newsletter, is available for download using the link below or the “Newsletters” menu item at the top of our web pages.

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March 2025 newsletter available

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February 2025 newsletter available

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January 2025 newsletter available

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December 2024 newsletter available

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November 2024 newsletter available

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October 2024 newsletter available

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September 2024 newsletter available

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August 2024 newsletter available

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Thanks to all who came out to the #hamfest #arrl # Thanks to all who came out to the #hamfest #arrl #hamradio #hamradioperator #amateurradioclub #amatuerradio
More pics from day 1! Some members in the pics W9 More pics from day 1!  Some members in the pics W9SAN, W9LW, KD9LFW, W9KMH, KC9EZP, WB9TYJ, KE9IWX, KC9MUT, W9KMH, Skywarn training. Thanks Jim for taking these pics.  #hamfest #arrl #hamradio #hamradioperator #amatureradio #amatureradiooperator
Wrapping up day 1 at the #hamfest. Stop@out tomorr Wrapping up day 1 at the #hamfest. Stop@out tomorrow we will be there till 2 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. #arrl  #hamfest #hamradio #hamradioperator #amatuerradiooperator
Join us at the #allencountywarmemorialcoliseum tod Join us at the #allencountywarmemorialcoliseum today and tomorrow #arrl #hamradio #amatuerradio #amatureradiooperator #hamfest
QST: Take some time this Veterans Day to remember QST:

Take some time this Veterans Day to remember the sacrifices made by our vets to ensure our freedom! I know that there are several veterans in our club membership and we certainly appreciate their service!!

73, Steve, W9SAN
QST: Please join us at 6:30 pm at the Good Shephe QST:

Please join us at 6:30 pm at the Good Shepherd Church at 4700 Vance Ave (just south of Snider High School) for the October general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club. Enter the church through door #2, however, if door #2 is locked, please check at door #3, the kitchen, to see if it is open.

The presentation for the meeting is on using Radio Telemetry for Wildlife Tracking. In this case, Bats were the subject of the operation!  Learn how radio can be used to enhance research on animal movements.

Also, the meeting will be elections for the Board Of Directors for 2025. Most of the BOD members are up for reelection, but you can nominate (or Self nominate) for any position right up to the time that balloting is closed (at the meeting). So if you wish to be put on the ballot, please contact me or any BOD officer to get added.

A map to the church is shown below:

73, Steve, W9SAN  #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amateurradio #amatuerradiooperator #arrl
We have added that anyone taking their test as a n We have added that anyone taking their test as a non-ham will be free, the $15 fee paid by the Fort Wayne Radio Club! #arrl  #hamradio  #hamradioperator  #hamradiocommunity #amatureradio  #amatureradiooperator #emergencycommunications
QST: The September Fox Hunt is scheduled for 1:30 QST:

The September Fox Hunt is scheduled for 1:30 pm EDT on Sunday, September 15th. 

As our usual practice, the high power Fox will transmit for 1 minute on and 4 minutes off on the simplex frequency of 146.430 MHZ FM. Once the high power Fox has been localized, there is a 50 milliwatt low power fox that transmits on 2.5 minute intervals on the same frequency. We use the 146.760 MHZ FM repeater in Fort Wayne as our “intercom” when anyone needs help or has other traffic to pass.

All are welcome! If you are new to fox hunting, we will be glad to show you the ropes and help you get started! It is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon having a good time with Amateur Radio!

The start location is near the geographical center of Allen County, Indiana. Locals know this as the old K-Mart location on Coliseum Blvd.

SEE YOU ON SUNDAY!! #arrl #hamradio #hamradiooperator  #amateurradio #amatureradiooperator
QST: Please plan on coming out to the Allen Count QST:

Please plan on coming out to the Allen County Safety Fair this Saturday, September 14th, and meet and greet with the team of ARES, SKYWARN, and FWRC to represent Amateur Radio! If you come, please bring the family to check out all the different organizations that will be present. The fair runs from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Also, help identify the role that Amateur Radio plays in public safety!! Wear your call sign hats, T-shirts or anything that identifies you as part of the radio Fraternity!!

Stop by the FWRC trailer and chat with the operators, even take a turn at being on the air.  More will be discussed at the FWRC meeting on Friday night.

Here is a map to the Public Safety Academy in the old South Town Mall location: @arrlhq #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amatureradio #amatureradiooperator #amatureradiomobilestation
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Pictures from the W9GT Estate “Come and get it” party last Saturday. Thanks to all who helped. Both storage lockers are empty now, saving Jack’s widow a bunch on rental fees!!

@arrlhq #hamradio #amatureradio
GET OUT YOUR BEST KEY!!!..... Like mine here: 8-1 GET OUT YOUR BEST KEY!!!..... Like mine here:

8-10 tonite . . . Heat up the bands while staying cool in your shack! See you on 91 following.
73,
Steve W9SAN

@arrlhq #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amatureradio #amatuerradiooperator
The Fort Wayne Radio Club annual Tail Gate Hamfest The Fort Wayne Radio Club annual Tail Gate Hamfest is tonight, August 9, at Purdue Fort Wayne parking garage number 3, second level. Setup starts at 6:00 pm and we get underway at 6:30 pm and go until the last person leaves. This hamfest is FREE to buyers, sellers, and anyone that just wants to come out and see what is going on!  We usually have a pretty good turn out, so come on out and see in person the hams you have been talking to on the air!

If you have purchased any equipment at our estate sale from the shack of Jack, W9GT, you can come out and pay for and pick up your rig. 

Anything Amateur Radio or related (like computers; etc.) are OK to sell.  One year, someone was selling vegetables from their garden (hey, hams have to eat, too).

We look forward to seeing you there!

73, Steve, W9SAN
#hamfest #arrl #hamradio #amateurradioclub
QST: The August Fox Hunt is scheduled for 1:30 pm QST:

The August Fox Hunt is scheduled for 1:30 pm EDT on Sunday, August 4th. 

As our usual practice, the high power Fox will transmit for 1 minute on and 4 minutes off on the simplex frequency of 146.430 MHZ FM. Once the high power Fox has been localized, there is a 50 milliwatt low power fox that transmits on 2.5 minute intervals on the same frequency. We use the 146.760 MHZ FM repeater in Fort Wayne as our “intercom” when anyone needs help or has other traffic to pass.

All are welcome! If you are new to fox hunting, we will be glad to show you the ropes and help you get started! It is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon having a good time with Amateur Radio!

The start location is near the geographical center of Allen County, Indiana. Locals know this as the old K-Mart location on Coliseum Blvd.

SEE YOU ON SUNDAY!! #arrl #hamradio #hamradiooperator  #amateurradio #amatureradiooperator
QST: If you read the latest QST magazine from the QST:

If you read the latest QST magazine from the ARRL, check out page 20. You will see a familiar face, that of FWRC member AC9EZ, Jim Anderson. 

If you catch him on the air, be sure to congratulate him on once again being published!!

73, Steve, W9SAN  #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amatureradio #amateurradioclub #amatuerradiooperator
QST: Again a big TNX to all those who helped make QST:

Again a big TNX to all those who helped make the Fort Wayne Radio Club the Top Indiana Club!  Here is a look at the latest hardware we have received:

Yes, that is 5, count them, 5, years in a row we have won the TOP CLUB award! FB!!

73, Steve, W9SAN

(thanks to KC9EZP, Fred, your call was omitted from the operators in the Ham News. Sorry!) #arrl #hamradio #hamradiooperator  #amateurradioclub  #amatureradio #amatureradiooperator
Pics from our field day event #arrl #arrlfieldday Pics from our field day event #arrl #arrlfieldday #arrlfieldday2024 #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amateurradioclub #amateurradiooperators #amatureradiooperator #amateurradio
#fieldday2024 #arrlfieldday #hamradio #hamradioope #fieldday2024 #arrlfieldday #hamradio #hamradiooperator #amateurradioclub #amateurradiostation #amateurradiooperator #beradioactive
QST: The Governor of Indiana, Erick Holcomb, has QST:

The Governor of Indiana, Erick Holcomb, has issued a proclamation declaring this Amateur Radio Week. See attached from the Indiana ARRL section:

73, Steve, W9SAN

ARRL  The National Association for Amateur Radio ARRL - Indiana Section #amateurradiooperator #hamradiooperator #hamradio #amatuerradiooperator #amateurradioclub #ARRL
QST: Please plan on joining us this coming Friday QST:

Please plan on joining us this coming Friday night, June 14th, Flag Day, to help plan our Field Day operation down at Historic Fort Wayne, and to build up some new dipole antennas. We have had 5 1:1 Baluns donated to the club and we have about 2500 feet of antenna wire, so we are going to put together some new dipoles for the club trailer. These will be put into action for things like Field Day and Indiana QSO Party plus others.

We need to know how many of you would like to come out and help setup, operate, eat great food (includes pulled pork this year!!), operate some more, shoot the bull with fellow hams, and help tear down on Sunday. It is a great way to see what Amateur Radio is capable of with stations set up “In the field” under sometimes difficult conditions! In 2012, we arranged to have a Derecho come and pummel the city, but we were still able to get W9TE on the air!!

Please contact any BOD member to let us know you are on tap for FD operation!  More details will be coming!

ON THE AIR MEETING:
 On Monday night, June 17th, at 7:00 pm on the 146.760 repeater

WHEN:
 Start of setup:  Saturday, June 22 at roughly 9:00 am.
 Operators meeting:  at roughly 13:30 pm
  Start of ARRL Field Day:  exactly at 14:00 pm EDT 
  Food event:  at 17:30 pm (5:30) bring your appetite!!
 End of Field Day and start to tear down:  Sunday 14:00 pm EDT

WHERE:
 Historic Fort Wayne downtown. Please park at the parking lot on the east side of Spy Run Blvd and use the greenway to safely pass under Spy Run and enter the Fort.
 Handicapped:  contact us for details on how and where to park right at the Fort grounds.
 See map below!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!

(PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WATERFALL OUT THIS BULLETIN)

73, Steve, W9SAN

#amatuerradio #hamradio #amatuerradiooperator #hamradiooperator #amateurradioclub #ARRL #arrlfieldday2024
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