The November 2021 issue of Allen County HamNews, our club’s monthly newsletter, is available for download from this website, using the link below or the “Newsletters” menu item above.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club’s October general meeting will be held Wednesday, October 13, at 6 p.m. ET at the DuPont branch of the Allen County Public Library, 536 E. Dupont Rd.
The meeting will feature club elections for 2021. Nominations, including self nominations are accepted up to the time of voting.
Tom Rupp, KU8T, will do a presentation on the Parks on the Air program, which promotes emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial-level parks. Tom is one of the country’s top POTA operators!
The August 2021 issue of Allen County HamNews is now available for download from this website using the link below or the Newsletter menu above.
Edward Scott, K9EJS is seeking licensed amateur radio volunteers to support a two-day, 100-mile trail run at Chain O’ Lakes State Park near Albion next month.
Edward is Amateur Radio Emergency Service emergency coordinator for Whitley County. He is recruiting volunteers for 65 four-hour shifts from 6 a.m. October 9 to noon October 10. The Indiana Trail 100 (IT100) event needs radio operators at 13 locations around the park.
The IT100 provides an unusual opportunity to practice the kind of 24-hour field communications a disaster might require.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Edward via email at k9ejs@arrl.net or 260-229-7479. If volunteering, include in your message the hours you are available. Edward also requests that readers share this information widely, to help him recruit as many volunteers as possible.
The Two-Meter Classic Sprint continued with the August edition held on August 7, 2021, lasting 30 minutes from 1300z to 1330z. Although the number of submitted score summaries decreased in August to seven, contact totals in each of the logs has increased, with one station breaking the 20+ qso mark. It is great to see the level of two meter activity increasing in some portions of the country!
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The September 2021 issue of Allen County HamNews is available for download from this website using the link below or the “Newsletters” menu item above.
Minutes of the August 2021 general meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club are now available on this website, but clicking the link below or via the “Files” menu item above.
The August meeting of the Fort Wayne Radio Club is scheduled for Wednesday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at the main location of the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza. at 6:00 pm. Paul Prestia, KA3OPZ will speak about D-STAR use and registration.
The annual FWRC tailgate hamfest is scheduled for Friday, August 20, on the Purdue Fort Wayne campus, in parking structure number three. Setup begins and 5:30 and sales begin at 6 p.m.
Admission is free for buyers and sellers.
The August 2021 issue of Allen County HamNews is now available for download from this website, using the link below or the “Newsletters” item on the menu above.