Fort Wayne Radio Club

FWRC Members:

We have been asked to participate as operators for the annual Skywarn Recognition Day event that is coming up on Friday, December 6th to Saturday, December 7th from 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC at the National Weather Service site in North Webster, Indiana. This is a special event station for the WX9IWX station at the NWS, and will join other Skywarn SE stations around the country.

In the past, other Northeast Indiana clubs have helped to activate this Special Event, but now we are being asked if we can help out. If you can run one of the VHF stations on that Friday evening, please let us know. On Saturday, we can set up HF stations and run most of the day, if possible. The NWS has plenty of room inside, so we would probably not need to run in the trailer, or any outside location.

If we are going to help support this effort, I need to hear from all of you that are interested in the next week or so. This is not an event you can decide to help on Saturday morning and just jump in the car and head up there! We will be interested in phone, CW, and digital operators for the HF bands, 80 to 10, and also VHF operators for FM and internet based modes as well. We can use the call sign W9TE or WX9IWX.

Sound like something you might want to help with? Want to show the NWS that we support the Skywarn program at all levels? Please reply to W9SAN@ARRL.NET, and let me know, but please don’t drag your feet on this one!

The November 2013 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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For a limited time, when you either renew your FWRC membership or create a new Membership, you will be automatically entered into a drawing for a new Baofeng model UV-5RE ‘PLUS’ dual band HT with USB programming cable. Each new member or renewal, either individual or family, will receive one entry ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased for $1 each. People who have renewed early for 2014 are automatically entered. student memberships for 2014 do not include a free ticket, but they may purchase them for the $1 charge.

The entry time period is from the FWRC Nov meeting, on Nov 8th, to the drawing at 11:00 am on Nov 17th, at the Fort Wayne Hamfest. You need not be present to win. The HT will be on display at the FWRC tables at the Hamfest, across from the ACARTS main table setup. Early renewals will start at the club meeting on November 8th, or you can send in your application to our PO box and be eligible as long as it is received by November 16th.

This is offered to encourage all to renew or join for 2014 NOW! Why not get’r done right away, you won’t have to worry about it later, and you could start the new year with a new dual band HT!

This Tuesday night, October 29th, the Fort Wayne Radio Club will hold its Board Of Directors meeting for November at 7:00 pm in room 138 of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne. All are invited.

Topics for the meeting:
1.) November meeting details
2.) Some of the video taken at the Wabash Cannonball rail excursion this weekend (maybe show some highlights at the meeting)
3.) discuss the December meeting / Christmas Banquet
4.) discuss ways to get more people to do contesting and Fox Hunting
5.) Setup at the FW Hamfest
6.) 91 antenna work
7.) Fox Hunt conclusion and bonfire/party

The general meeting will be on Friday, November 8th, a week earlier than normal due the Fort Wayne Hamfest on Nov 15-16-17.
Hope to see you there!

Minutes of the October, 2013 general meeting of FWRC are now available for download from this website in PDF format. Use the link below.

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FWRC members:

We are looking for members that would like to work part of the upcoming CQ Magazine World Wide DX contest on phone this weekend. The current plan is to meet at Rich, KC9PUX location starting at 1:00 pm on Saturday. We can run up to about 8:00 pm that evening. This is a small chunk of the total contest, but it will give us a taste of operating, and lay the ground work for a much bigger effort possibly next year.

If you are interested in giving contesting a try, please contact me at W9SAN@YAHOO.COM or KC9MUT@YAHOO.COM or KC9PUX@GMAIL.COM. We need operators and loggers to fill all the hour slots from 1 to 8.

If you were not present for the 2014 Club Elections this past Friday night, here are the results:

President: Steve Nardin, W9SAN
Vice Pres: Carole Burke, WB9RUS
Secretary: Al Burke, WB9SSE
Treasurer: Bob Streeter, W8ST
Communications Manager: Charles Ward, KC9MUT
BOD: Tom Baker, N9TB
BOD: Tom Rupp, KU8T
BOD: Kim Machemer, KB9DOS
BOD: Linda Nardin, W9LAN

Special thanks to :

Rich Gilson, KC9PUX
Jon Preble, AD9DX

who were also running for BOD positions. We appreciate your participation!!

I am looking forward to a great 2014, which will be the centennial year for the ARRL.

Next month’s meeting will be a video of Fox Hunting fun, by Charles, KC9MUT. This should be great!

Join us this Friday night, October 18th, for the monthly meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club. We gather at 7:00 pm at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, at 4700 Vance Avenue in Fort Wayne, near the intersection of Vance Ave and Reed Road, just south of Snider High School.

The main business task of this meeting is the election of club officers for next year. Although nominations are still open, the following is the slate as it now stands:

PRESIDENT: W9SAN Steve
VICE PRES: WB9RUS Carole
SECRETARY: WB9SSE Al
TREASURER: W8ST Bob
COMM MGR: KC9MUT Charles

For the BOD, we must choose 4 of the following 6:
W9LAN Linda
KB9DOS Kim
KU8T Tom
N9TB Tom
KC9PUX Rich
AD9DX Jon

The presentation for the evening will be on Antenna Analyzers, and we will be comparing several different ones to see which is more accurate! Bring yours if you like!

This Tuesday night, October 8, at 7 p.m. please join us in room 138 of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, at 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne, for our board of directors meeting.

All are welcome! We will be discussing the upcoming meeting and election, as well as the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) operation, and possible running of the CQ WW DX contest!