Fort Wayne Radio Club

The Fort Wayne Radio Club is again offering an incentive prize for those who pay their 2018 club dues prior to and during the Fort Wayne Hamfest.

This year’s incentive is a TYT MD-380 Analog & DMR 70 cm hand-held transceiver. Check your November QST for an in-depth review of this radio. DMR is expanding rapidly and is quickly becoming a major digital mode.

Some points to remember:

1. If you are already paid for 2018, you are automatically entered!
2. Pay your 2018 dues at the Hamfest prior to 1:30 pm on Nov. 19 and you are entered!
3. You need not be present to win.
4. Additional chances can be purchased for $1 each.
5. Drawing for the radio will be at 1:30 pm on Sunday, Nov. 19 at the hamfest.

Send any questions about this opportunity to Steve Nardin, W9SAN@ARRL.NET.

The October 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.”

September’s foxhunt occurred on Sunday 10 September, again with a reduced number of hunters in the game because that Sunday was also the date of the Findlay Hamfest. So the hunters that participated consisted of the team of Linda and Steve Nardin, K9’s LAN and SAN and their grandson Alex, the team of Charles Ward, KC9MUT, Fred Gengnagle, KC9EZP and Phil Hooper, AB9IZ, and individual hunter Clarke Derbyshire, KG9FM.

Serving as the fox was Don Glick, K9LI, who situated himself in Reservoir Park (now known as Ivan Lebamoff Park) on the corner of Creighton Ave. and South Clinton St., a few blocks south of Parkview Field. Don used a 5 watt hand held to taunt the hunters who were initially situated at Cobin Memorial Field. He emplaced the microfox within a metal birdhouse on the grounds of Reservoir Park and both he and it squawked on the usual foxhunt frequency of 146.430 MHz.

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The September 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.”