This year the annual Fort Wayne Radio Club auction was held on Friday, January 20, 2012. There were 35 attendees who signed for an identifying number for the auction. Nine attendees were not club members. Those who came to watch and not participate in the auction activity did not need to take an identifying number, and were not counted in the attendance list.

There were 24 active participants this year, with two who both sold and purchased items. There were 20 participants who only purchased items, and two participants who only sold items. In total, there were five sellers at the auction including the club itself.

A total of $174 changed hands this year. The auction benefit to the Fort Wayne Radio Club was $123.50. The high dollar value equipment donated by Raytheon did not attract any offers at the auction.

This year there were nine renewing memberships paid at the auction. If you are not a club member this year, please consider renewing your membership for this year. When you renew your membership in FWRC, you will receive a confirming email from the treasurer (providing you tell us your email address!). The confirmations are sequentially numbered, so you can tell how many people have renewed prior to your renewal.

I really appreciate the help of W9DJS, WB9SSE and W9SAN in helping keep track of the auction proceedings, and in behalf of the club, I want to thank Chad Beech and Paul Prestia for their auctioning abilities.