FWRC cancels plans for multi-op INQP entry

The Fort Wayne Radio Club’s planned operation for this Saturday’s Indiana QSO party will not be taking place due to a lack of response to join us. However, we will now switch to plan “B” which goes as follows:

All hams with HF capability are requested to operate in the QSO party as much as they can, keep good logs, and submit them to the Hoosier DX club with Fort Wayne Radio Club clearly listed as their club affiliation. In that way, we will accumulate all the points earned by everyone for the club total. Hey, it worked before, in 2012, and the club ended up with a nice plaque and bragging rights because of it!!

And no excuses, you technician class operators! Techs have privileges on 10 meter SSB and 80,40 15, and 10 meter CW in the Novice sections of those bands, so don’t be left out!

With the New England QSO party, the Delaware QSO party, and the W7 QSO party on the same day, that gives 40 percent of the country doing a contest! Work toward WAS!

Also coming up this Sunday is the FWRC May Fox Hunt. It will begin at 1:30 pm at the Carrington Field parking lot, next to the old K-Mart on Coliseum Blvd. This will be our first “Ride Along” Fox Hunt, so if you are interested in Fox Hunting, this is the time to give it a try!

FWRC members welcome at Apr. 28 board meeting

FWRC Members, please join us this coming Tuesday night, April 28, for the May, 2015 Fort Wayne Radio Club board of directors meeting at Good Shepherd Church, 4700 Vance Ave, in Fort Wayne.

Items up for discussion include the following:

  • Indiana QSO Party
  • VHF QSO Party
  • ARRL Field Day
  • May banquet
  • Three Rivers Festival Parade participation

We hope to see you there!

April fox “stumps” hunters

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Fort Wayne Radio Club Fox Hunters searching for a hidden transmitter on the playground of Roanoke Baptist Church

Well now, given that the weather in February and March sucked in general, and specifically as regards foxhunts, April the 12th rewarded us with a simply beautiful day to pursue the wily canine in the wilds of northeast Indiana for the April contest. The hunters included the team of Linda & Steve Nardin, K9’s LAN & SAN, the team of Charles Ward, KC9MUT & Robert Dean, KC9UHU, and the team of Jason Eicholtz, KC9UOQ & his daughter Kiley, plus Clay Rust, KC9WUJ. Unfortunately veteran hunters Jim & Kim Machamer, KB9’s DOT & DOS were unable to participate in this one.

The role of the fox was provided by Jim & Annie Pliett, K9OMA & KA9YYI plus Carole & Al Burke, WB9’s RUS & SSE. Their lair was the playgrounds of the Roanoke Baptist Church situated at the corner of Feighner Rd. & Lafayette Center Rd. near the GM truck plant in south west Allen County. We of course had obtained permission from the Roanoke Church’s pastor to use the playground as the fox lair after explaining to him what it was all about. Turns out he had had an uncle who was a ham, so he was eager to graciously grant our request.

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KB9YKU SK – Arrangements announced

Ken Ulrick, KB9YKU, became a silent key on Wednesday morning, April 15th.

KENNETH L. “KB9YKU” UHRICK, of Fort Wayne, went silent on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at St. Joseph Hospital. Born on March 16, 1954, in Fort Wayne, he was a son of Nancy Uhrick of Fort Wayne and the late Chancy L. Uhrick. He was self employed in the HVAC industry and a member of the Fort Wayne Ham Radio Club. Also surviving are his sisters, Renita (Gary) Nahrwold of Fort Wayne and Becky (Ron) Trabel of Monroeville; mother, Nancy Uhrick of Fort Wayne; aunt, Lucille (Herman) Handy of Fort Wayne; uncle, Merl Uhrick of Columbia City; and several nieces and Nephews. He was also preceded in death by four brothers. Funeral service is 11 a.m. Monday, April 20, 2015, at C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home 1327 N. Wells St., Fort Wayne, with calling from 10 to 11 a.m. www.sloanandsonsfuneralhome.com

Ken was a member of the Fort Wayne Radio Club. He will be missed by all.

The April 2015 Issue of Allen County HamNews Is Now Available

HamNewsIcon 2015 04The April 2015 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.”

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