The September general meeting will be Friday September 17th at 7:00 PM at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. The program for the September general meeting will be "Woody" Woodbury, KC9CGN, telling us about his experience at the 2010 USA ARDF Championships back in May near Cincinnati, Ohio. The ARDF contest is quite different from our own local monthly foxhunts. There is a lot to be learned from the differences so plan on coming to hear Woody's presentation.

The September, 2010 issue of the Allen County HamNews is available for download from this Web site. It's available in two file sizes:

• Print resolution, 5.3 Mb
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These and previous issues are available by clicking the "Files" link in the main menu at left and then clicking "Newsletters."

The Fort Wayne Radio Club plans to refurbish the 146.94 MHz repeater located at Parkview Hospital on Randallia Drive. When the work begins, the current equipment at Parkview will go off the air and a backup repeater system will go on the air on the same frequency, but from a different location. The backup repeater will be located at the Robison Park power substation on North Clinton Street, near I-469 (the same location as the club's 146.76 MHz and 444.875 MHz repeaters).

The backup repeater system will not have the same controller, so while it is on the air certain features of the regular controller (a Computer Automation Technology CAT-1000) will not be available. These include speed dial, hourly messages and bulletin playback.

Paul Prestia, KA3OPZ makes a modification to the 146.91 repeater's receiver in preparation for an Echolink implementation as Tom Rupp, KU8T observes.

Echolink® capabilities became available on the Fort Wayne Radio Club 146.91 MHz repeater on August 11, 2010. EchoLink software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using streaming-audio technology. Users of the 146.91 repeater can now use Echolink to communicate with any other Echolink-equipped amateur radio station, including other repeaters, remote bases and computer-only stations. The Echolink capabilities on our club's repeater are available to all licensed hams, not just club members.

The Fort Wayne Radio Club conducted our annual tailgate hamfest Friday evening, August 20 in the parking lot of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. If you weren't there, the short video below will give you an idea of what you missed. In addition, see some still photos of the event in our photo gallery.

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