The November 2022 issue of Allen County HamNews, the official newsletter of the Fort Wayne Radio Club, is available for download from this website using the link below or the “Newsletters” menu item above.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club meets Friday, October 21 at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Avenue. The meeting beings at 7 p.m. in Raasch Hall. That’s the large meeting room with a nice projection screen and audio system. We will meet in this room from now on.
Attendees should enter through door number 2.
Adam Warrix, KD9NRT will present this month’s program, on using software-defined radios for satellite work.
The club will also elect officers for 2023. There is still time to nominate someone (including yourself) for a position on the club’s board of directors.
Also, club leaders will present ideas for a club window sticker that could be given to all 2023 members.
The October, 2022 issue of Allen County HamNews, the official newsletter of the Fort Wayne Radio Club, is available for download from this website using the link below or the “Newletters” menu item above.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club September fox (hidden transmitter) hunt is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, at 1:30 pm.
As usual, it will start from the parking lot at 24/30 Surplus (a former K-Mart store), 932 N. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. The fox will be on 146.430 MHz FM simplex. The intercom for the event will be the 146.76 MHz repeater in Fort Wayne.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club meets Friday, September 16, at 7 p.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 4700 Vance Ave in Fort Wayne, just south of Snider High School.
The program will be by Carlos Ortiz, KD9OLN, on using a Raspberry Pi to make an airplane tracker.
Other business for the night will include nominations for club officers for next year. You can nominate whomever you would like, or self nominate if you would like to help out on the board of directors.
The September, 2022 issue of Allen Count HamNews, the official newsletter of the Fort Wayne Radio Club, is available for download from this website using this link or the “Newsletters” menu above.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club D-STAR repeater on 442.99375 MHz regained its internet connection Saturday, Aug. 27.
The repeater lost its connection to the network August 5, after the club member who provided the connection from his home via a 900 MHz data link sold the home.
The repeater and its gateway to DPlus reflectors resumed normal function Aug. 27.
A California-based leader in a disaster response organization seeks local assistance as he plans a potential special event station during the organization’s conference in Fort Wayne in September.
Phil Zabell, KI6SMN wrote in an email message to FWRC president Carole Burke, WB9RUS about tentative plans for special event station W9E to operate during the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod National Disaster Response Conference. The conference is scheduled for September 28 through September 30 on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, 6600 N. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne.
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The Fort Wayne Radio Club tailgate hamfest is scheduled for Friday, August 19 in parking structure number three on the Purdue University Fort Wayne campus.
Continue readingThis post is out of date. The repeater regained its internet connection August 27.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club D-STAR repeater on 442.99375 MHz lost its internet connection Friday, Aug. 5.
The club member who provided the connection from his home via a 900 MHz data link is relocating.
The club repeater committee is looking for a way to provide affordable internet service to the repeater site on Parrott Rd., according to committee member Al Burke, WB9SSE. The committee doesn’t know how long finding a solution will take.
In the interim, the FWRC D-STAR repeater remains on the air for local use but will not connect to any reflectors.