The February 2018 Issue of the Allen County HamNews newsletter is now available for download using the link below. This and previous issues are also available for download by clicking the “Files” link in the main menu and then clicking “Newsletters.”
This week’s annual FWRC auction will include the Huster mobile antenna system shown above, with resonators for the 10-, 15-, 20-, 40- and 75-meter HF bands. Everything you need to know to participate in the auction appears elsewhere on this website
Friday’s annual FWRC auction is starting to generate some real interest! Items will include the two Kenwood HF rigs below, both in excellent condition. Everything you need to know to participate in the auction appears elsewhere on this website.
| What: | Our annual January Auction. Got some treasure to sell? Bring it out and see what you can get for it! Looking for stuff? Maybe some accessories or a spare rig? Come on out, you never know till you’re here. |
| Where: | Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Avenue in Fort Wayne. |
| When: | Friday, January 19. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. Auction begins at 7 p.m. sharp. |
| Who: | Anyone with stuff to sell or a need to buy! If you have a higher dollar item, please send a description and photo to Steve, W9SAN, at w9san@arrl.net. We will try to post on our website and Facebook page so that people will see and hopefully come prepared to buy! |
| Terms: | The Fort Wayne Radio Club gets 10 percent of the selling price up to a maximum of $20.00. Cash is preferred. Checks are accepted with local valid ID (like a driver’s license). No credit cards. |
| Other: | This is always a fun time! |
It’s once more time to dust off our roof-mounted mobile and hand-held direction-finding (DF) Yagis, check our DF receivers, and upgrade our maps of Allen County in preparation of the 2018 fox (hidden transmitter) hunting season. The first hunt of the season will occur in early February with hunts planned for the following dates through November:
| 4 February | 4 March | 8 April | 6 May | 3 June |
| 8 July | 5 August | 9 September | 7 October | 4 November |
Fox hunters gather near Daryl B. Cobin Memorial Park (in the former K-Mart parking lot) off Coliseum near the Lakeside Golf Course.
Each hunt starts at 1330, with whoever is serving as the fox transmitting a high power fox signal, strong enough to be heard at Corbin Park, on 146.430 MHz, for one minute. After that, the fox transmits a high-power signal every five minutes, immediately followed by a low-power (microprocessor-controlled) hidden fox transmission, also on 146.430 MHz, for one minute. The low-power fox transmission is a cw signal. Generally speaking, the low-power fox is camouflaged to make it difficult to detect visually.
The board of directors of the Fort Wayne Radio Club will hold its January 2018 meeting tonight, at 7 p.m. in room 138 or 139 at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. in Fort Wayne (just south of Snider High School).
All are welcome!
The main topic will probably be the upcoming (Jan 19) annual auction.
The 2018 SKYWARN storm spotter training session for the Fort Wayne area is scheduled for Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Public Safety Academy on Fort Wayne’s south side. Pre-registration is expected and can be completed at http://alleninspotter.eventzilla.net. NWS recommends that all participants complete online training in advance of the Feb. 20 class. The online training is available at https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23.
More information appears in the flyer below.
The January 2018 Issue of the Allen County HamNews newsletter is now available for download using the link below. This and previous issues are also available for download by clicking the “Files” link in the main menu and then clicking “Newsletters.”
The December 2017 Issue of the Allen County HamNews newsletter is now available for download using the link below. This and previous issues are also available for download by clicking the “Files” link in the main menu and then clicking “Newsletters.”
Minutes of the November, 2017 general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club are now available for download using the link below.