Fort Wayne Radio Club

We regret to report that FWRC member Joseph Randall, KJ9R became a silent key November 21, 2021.

According to an obituary published on Facebook by the Midwest Funeral Home and Cremation Society (link below), a funeral service will take place at noon ET Tuesday, November 30 at the funeral home, 1415 West Coliseum Blvd., with viewing and visitation two hours prior.

During the 2021 Fort Wayne Hamfest the Fort Wayne Radio Club conducted three raffles. Two of these were for a club membership renewal promotion. Renewing or new members had a choice of entering drawings for a small spectrum analyzer or a dual-band, handheld transceiver. The third raffle was a complete HF station intended for a new ham (someone who has had a license for two years for less and did not have an HF station already).

The winners are:

• Dual-band, handheld transceiver: Tony Vining, KD1MTI, a new FWRC member.
• Tiny spectrum analyzer: Bill Lamb KD9HWH, a renewing club member.
• HF station: Grace Shollenberger, KD9QXX, a new ham and club member who is attending Trine University.

Congratulations to all the winners!

One lucky, new ham radio operator will win an Icom HF transceiver and accessories during the 2021 Fort Wayne Hamfest.

Any person who meets the criteria listed below may enter the drawing at no charge.

To qualify for the drawing, a person must:

• Hold a valid U.S. Technician, General or Extra Class amateur radio license or have passed an official exam (e.g., during the hamfest) for a Technician, General or Extra Class amateur radio license that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not yet issued, and
• Have never held an amateur radio license issued by the FCC prior to November 17, 2019, and  
• Not currently own any device that transmits on any amateur radio HF bands (10 meters through and including 160 meters), including a transmitter or transceiver. Ownership of a stand-alone HF receiver that lacks the ability to transmit does not disqualify an entrant.

The widow of a deceased ham radio operator donated the following equipment (pictured above) for the drawing. It is her wish to help a new ham get started on the HF bands.

• An Icom IC-745, 10 thru 160-meter, 100-watt, multi-mode transceiver with matching ICOM SP-3 speaker.
• An Icom SM-10 compressor and graphic equalizer with microphone.
• An MFJ 949E Versatuner antenna tuner.

In other words, the prize is a complete HF starter station, except for antenna and feedline.

The FWRC will draw the winning name November 14 at the end of the Fort Wayne Hamfest, so all entries must arrive before then.

Qualifying persons (see above) may enter the drawing at the FWRC table at the 2021 Fort Wayne Hamfest or by contacting by telephone or email any of the FWRC officers or directors listed below. Entrants should be prepared to demonstrate that they meet the qualifications described above.

• Carole Burke, WB9RUS, wb9rus@comcast.net, (260)-637-1989
• Paul Prestia, KA3OPZ, phixer@gmail.com, (260)-2463042
• Bob Streeter, W8ST, w8st@arrl.net, (260)-672-9737
• Al Burke, WB9SSE, aburke55@comcast.net, (260)-637-1989
• Steve Nardin, W9SAN, w9san@yahoo.com, (260)-482-4039
• Bill Hopkins, K9WEH, k9weh@outlook.com, (260)-341-4338
• Clarke Derbyshire,   cderbyshire@comcast.net, (260)-485-6255
• Stuart Hall, stuarthall@aol.com, (260)-418-1755
• Charles Ward, KC9MUT, kc9mut@gmail.com, (260)-312-6338
• Terry Bowman, K9FMX, tjbowman@frontier.com, (260)-705-7128
• Larry Teminoff, KB9OS, Temenoff@pfw.edu, (260)-490-3089

The Fort Wayne Radio Club is again holding a 2022 club dues promotion. This year’s promotion includes two raffles:

• A tinySA® brand handheld spectrum analyzer that covers 100 KHz to 960 MHz (including the MF, HF, VHF and UHF ham bands). It has a 2.8-inch touch screen and electrostatic discharge protection. See the tinySA wiki page for more information.
• A Baofeng UV-82 dual-band (two-meter and 70-centimeter bands), handheld, FM transceiver.

The promotion is already underway and will run through the end of the Fort Wayne Hamfest, which ends November 14. All persons who pay their 2022 FWRC dues during the promotion will be entered with one chance in the raffle they choose. Individuals may purchase additional chances in either raffle for $1.00 per chance. All entrants must specify which raffle they are entering.

Members who have already paid their 2022 dues have automatically entered one of the raffles. Those members include W9GOO, WB9RKB, KC9GGV, KC9Z, KD9HWH, KD9SXK, Chris Jehl and any others who have paid their dues since the time this article was written.

Individuals who wish to pay their 2022 dues may do so at the FWRC table during the hamfest or by completing and mailing this special membership form with a check payable to Fort Wayne Radio Club to the address below.

Fort Wayne Radio Club
P.O. Box 15127
Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5127

To qualify for one of the raffles, mailed forms must reach the P.O. Box by noon November 13.