News from the president: Fox hunt, test session, etc.

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There will be a W5YI test session this coming Saturday, August 2, from 9 a.m. to 11 am at the Boy Scout office, 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Also:

The August FWRC fox hunt will be this coming Sunday, August 3rd, at 1:30 pm. The hunt will start from the parking lot of the former Marsh Supermarket, 7231 Maplecrest Road at the intersection of Maplecrest Road and Rothman Road on the northeast side of Fort Wayne. The Fox frequency will be the input to the 146.76 repeater (146.16) and the Foxes are Jim and Kim, KB9DOT & KB9DOS. The 146.76 will also serve as the intercom for the event.

And…..

On Tuesday, August 5th, the FWRC will have its board of directors meeting, at 7 p.m. at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne, room 138.

Meeting to recap recent contests

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On July 18th, Friday night, at 7:00 pm at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church we will have the July meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club. The church is at 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne, just south of Snider High School. The meeting will be a wrap up for the VHF QSO Party and the Field Day. Also, we will have some info on the next FWRC On-Line Auction!

See you at the meeting!

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July fox hides in mosquito sanctuary

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foxhunt july 2014

foxhunt cartoonWell, halfway through this beautiful summer, on a clear and muggy 13th of July, three foxhunt teams gathered at the Ft. Wayne Safety Academy as the starting point for this month’s contest. The three teams consisted of Jim & Kim Machamer, KB9’s DOT & DOS plus their nephew Brandon, the team of Steve & Linda Nardin, W9’s SAN & LAN plus grandson Alex, and a team consisting of Charles Ward, KC9MUT, Fred Gengnagel, KC9EZP and Ben Myers, N9IRX.

Robert Dean, KC9UHU single-handedly served as this month’s fox and he was hidden out at the Little Cedar Creek Wildlife Sanctuary at the end of Sunlight Lane off East Fitch Rd. in extreme northern Allen County. He injected 50 watts into a quad at about 16′ as the high power fox, and employed the microprocessor based micro fox rig, running around 10 milliwatts, ensconced in a tree trunk, as the low power fox. Both emitted on 146.430 MHz.

The fox commenced transmitting promptly at 13:30 hours and produced extremely weak, but readable signals at the Safety Academy site indicating that the action was to the north, so to the north everyone proceeded. The Nardin team was following Kim & Jim up Coldwater Rd. way north of Dupont when it spotted Charles and crew buzzing rapidly south on Coldwater as if the Cap-N-Cork were passing out free cold beer samples.

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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette covers FWRC Field Day ops

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Fort Wayne Radio Club’s TJ Walker attempts to make contact with another radio operator Sunday during Field Day at the Dolnick Learning Center at IPFW.Fort Wayne Radio Club’s TJ Walker attempts to make contact with another radio operator Sunday during Field Day at the Dolnick Learning Center at IPFW. Journal Gazette photo.

The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette provided print and video coverage of the Fort Wayne Radio Club’s 2014 ARRL Field Day operation.

Here’s a link to the items on their website.

 

Field Day 2014 plans announced

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field day mapIt is finally here: Field Day weekend! We start tonight with QRP night at Dolnick Learning Center. Run what you brung, bring out your QRP rigs and antennas, see what you can do.

This Saturday morning, there is an optional breakfast, at Cosmos’ restaurant, 3232 St. Joe Ctr Rd., in the Marketplace of Canterbury starting at 7:30 am. This place fills up pretty fast!

At 9:00 am, we start finishing the setup for the event that begun on Friday night.

At 1:30 pm, we will have a pre-start meeting to discuss important features of the event

At 2:00 pm, the Field Day begins!

At 5:30 pm, the Hog Roast gets underway. Cost is $7.00 Bring a side dish or desert.

At 10:00 am Sunday, we have the Field Day Breakfast. Cost is $3.00. Bring your appetite!

At 2:00 pm, the event ends and we start the tear down, take a group picture, and go home and take a shower!

It promises to be a great time! We hope to see all club members come on out!

ON LINE AUCTION RESULTS

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AUCTION RESULTS
 
 
 
FWRC ON LINE AUCTION FINAL RESULTS:
 
Thanks to everyone for making our first on line auction a great success!
Special thanks to Al Burke, WB9SSE, Tom Rupp, KU8T, and Jim Pliett, K9OMA, 
for their help with the cataloging and retrieval of the following items:
 
 
 
ITEM DESCRIPTION WINNER BID DELIVERED(“X”)
 
1    HEATHKIT    K9UWA  $25  X
2    HEATHKIT    K9UWA  $25  X
3    HEATHKIT    K9UWA  $30  X
4    HEATHKIT    K9UWA  $50  X
5    HEATHKIT    K9UWA  $50  X
6    HEATHKIT    W9SAN  $20  X
7    HEATHKIT    KC9YVT $110 X
8    KENWOOD     N9QCL  $150 X
9    KENWOOD     KC9YVT $352 X
10   KENWOOD     KC9UHU $100 X
11   KENWOOD     K9WJ   $110 X
12   KENWOOD     WB9AA  $13  X
13   KENWOOD     WB9SSE $80  X
14   ICOM        WB9AA  $23  X
15   KEY         N9NBA  $45  X
16   FM TUNER    WD9CVI $15  X
17   PRE AMP     WD9CVI $15  X
18   AMP         WD9CVI $15  X
19   POWER SUP   KC9JMK $25  X
20   BIRD LOAD   WB9SSE $125 X
21   EQUALIZER   W9SAN  $5   X
22   EICO        N9NBA  $40  X
23   SCOPE       N9NBA  $65  X
24   SCALE       K3HZP  $3   X
25   SIMPSON 260 AD9ZA  $25  X
26   HP PWR SUP  K9EA   $50  X
27   LAFAYETTE   WD9CVI $15  X
28   PHILMORE    K9UWA  $50  X
29   MERCURY     WB9FTW $35  X
30   GEN RAD     W8ST   $30  X
31   MAGNAVOX    N9TB   $25
32   UNKNOWN     K9UWA  $5   X  
33   UNKNOWN     K9OMA  $10  X
34   RADIO SHK   K3HZP  $2   X
35   GARRARD     WD9CVI $25  X
36   BATT CHRGR  WD9DLC $5   X
37   ALINCO HT   WB9SSE $55  X
38   AUTEK KEYR  KU8T   $25  X
39   EIKI PROJ   W9TE   $20  X
40   SHURE 44    KC9YVT $21  X
41   PC ELECTR   K9OMA  $35  X
42   AEA PCKRAT  KB9MW  $50  X
43   HY-GAIN     KC9ZUO $75  X
44   DELTA       K3HZP  $20  X
45   DELTA       K3HZP  $20  X
46   TEAC        N9TB   $5   X
47   AC VOLTMTR  K3HZP  $5   X
48   DREMEL      W9QHY  $15  X
49   TEXSCAN     K3HZP  $5   X
50   HOME BREW   W9NUZ  $1   X
51   ROOF TOWER  KC9UHU $20
 
 

Field Day planning meeting tonight

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Please join us tonight for a Field Day planning meeting, a demonstration of the FD wireless networking system, and to pick up and pay for your auction items!

It all starts at 7:00 PM EDT at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne (46815). Let’s get into the Field Day Spirit! This is going to be a good one!

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