Fort Wayne Radio Club

The annual FWRC Christmas banquet will occur on Friday 13 December at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church starting at 6:30 pm. The club will provide both baked and fried chicken, drinks and cutlery. Attendees should arrive with other carry-in dishes and desserts as is the usual practice.

“Again this year a gift exchange is planned. Those wishing to participate should bring a ham radio related item with a value of about $10.00 plus or minus, identified as for an OM or YL. The identity of the person supplying the gift should be noted on the gift inside its wrapping.

So mark your calendar for Friday, 13 December, 6:30 pm, and plan to attend to enjoy good food and a little holiday comradeship with your fellow area hams.”

Kenneth Allen Helms, K9ZT, who for years served as editor of Allen County HamNews, even after moving from Fort Wayne to Tennessee, became a silent key Nov. 20. 2019. He was 69. A brief obituary appears on a funeral home website.

Minutes of the November, 2019 general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club are avilable for download.

The final Fox Hunt for 2019 started with a search for a good hiding place. On our way back from Toledo Julie and I came across the Blue Cast Springs Environmental Preserve, a part of the Acres Land Trust system, and is about 3 miles from Ohio on the East side of Allen County (basically at the corner of Bluecast Rd. and Old US 24 East). It looked promising, but we were concerned that we would not be heard from the starting point. A bit of scrounging and head scratching led us to construct a flimsy 28 foot support on which to put our homemade 4 element yagi to serve at the high power fox. We tried it out 9 days prior to the 3 November hunt , and our Sniffer pulled it right in from the Cobin Memorial Park starting point.

On the day of the hunt, 3 vehicles were ready. One vehicle had Jim, Annie, Al, and Carole, K9OMA, KA9YYI, WB9SSE and WB9RUS; the second vehicle included Steve and Linda, W9SAN and W9LAN, and their grandson Alex, and the third had Spencer, KD9NRS. Missing were regulars Charles, Fred, and Bill, KC9MUT, KC9EZP and K9WEH.

Minutes of the October, 2019 general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club are available for download.

The October foxhunt occurred on Sunday the 6th of October, which again turned out to be a beautiful early Fall day in Indiana, temperatures in the mid 70’s, and a mostly blue sky with a pleasant breeze to make things comfortable following early morning showers.

Three teams were arrayed for this hunt. The first consisted of Charles Ward, KC9MUT and Bill Hopkins, K9WEH. The second team was formed by Steve & Linda Nardin, W9’s SAN & LAN plus their grandson Alex. And the third team included Don Glick, K9LI, his wife Julie, and her dad, Ed.

Jim and Annie Pliett, K9OMA & KA9YYI plus Carole & Al Burke, WB9’s RUS & SSE were the fox for this contest. They decided to check out the just recently opened Promenade Park complex downtown where the Wells St. and the Harrison St. bridges cross the St. Mary’s river. It is a very nice facility; the Parks Department did a nice job on this one.

Minutes of the September 2019 general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club are available for download, using the link below.