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The Fort Wayne Radio Club is an organization of amateur (ham) radio operators in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Use the menu above to learn more or scroll down for the latest news!
Upcoming Events
| Thu., Feb 21st, 2019, 6:30pm ARES Spotter Training |
| Sun., Mar 3rd, 2019, 1:30pm MARCH FWRC FOX HUNT |
| Tue., Mar 5th, 2019, 7:00pm FWRC Board of Directors |
| Fri., Mar 15th, 2019, 7:00pm FWRC General Meeting |
| Tue., Apr 2nd, 2019, 7:00pm FWRC Board of Directors |
FWRC participates in the annual ARRL Field Day event every June.
FWRC conducts a monthly fox (hidden transmitter) hunt from March through November.
FWRC members bring test eqiupment to one meeting per year for the club's annual "rig clinic."
Every August, FWRC hosts a free tailgate hamfest.
FWRC members participate in the ARRL VHF QSO Party from an upper level of a parking structure.
March Fox Rings a Bell
- Category: News
- Published on Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:41
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The Foxhunt Chronicles
The second foxhunt of the 2013 FWRC's foxhunt season occurred on Sunday, the 3rd of March on a sunny but cold March afternoon. In general good foxhunting weather albeit a little nippy.
The March hunters included the team of Jim & Annie Pliett, K9OMA & KA9YYI plus Carole & Al Burke, WB9's RUS & SSE, the team of Charles Ward & Fred Gengnagle, KC9MUT & KC9EZP, the team of Linda & Steve Nardin, W9's LAN & SAN plus their grandson Alex, and the team of Kim & Jim Machamer, KB9's DOS & DOT,.... In all a total of eleven rabid hunters just chomping at the bit to find their elusive prey.
And serving as the prey for this contest were Bob Dean, KC9UHU & Dave Spence, KB9VTK who were holed-up at a baseball diamond at Harlan Community Park. They had erected a yagi driven by about 50 watts of rf for the high power fox signal, and hid a microcontroller controlled "microfox" within a brass bell located on the baseball diamond property as the actual fox. The microfox was programmed to automatically produce about 50 milliwatts of cw on the fox output frequency for one minute every five minutes. For this hunt the fox frequency was set to 146.31 MHz which is the input frequency for the FWRC's 146.91/.31 repeater, and thus allowed area hams to listen in on the progress of the hunt via the 146.91/.31 machine.
SKYWARN Training Handouts
- Category: SKYWARN
- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:16
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Due to budget constraints, paper handouts are/were not available during the Allen County SKYWARN spotter training Feb. 26. Below are links to the handouts, so you can view and/or print them for yourself. They are in PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Reader.
Reporting criteria (new for 2013)
Graphical depiction of how to maintain Severe Weather Awareness
Beaufort Wind Chart (and Spotter Reporting Format)
Thunderstorm Type Chart and Associated Threats
QR Codes and Shortened Webpage Addresses
Owlie Skywarn Booklet (1.6 MB pdf) from NOAA's National Weather Service
Feb. Minutes Available
- Category: News
- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:33
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Minutes of the February, 2013 FWRC general meeting are now available on this website. For your convenience, use the link below.
 February 2013 FWRC General Meeting Minutes
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Fox Found in Little-Known Park
- Category: News
- Published on Thursday, 14 February 2013 12:16
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The Foxhunt Chronicles
The 2013 Foxhunt season commenced on a darkly overcast Sunday, the 10th of February, amidst a cold, breezy and slightly, here and there, snow covered landscape. Aside from the mild frostbite potential, and the outlook for a bone chilling rain, not a bad day for a foxhunt.
The February hunters included the team of Annie and Jim Pliett, KA9YYI and K9OMA, plus Carole & Al Burke, WB9’s RUS &SSE, the team of Bob Dean & Dave Spence, KC9UHU & KB9VTK, and the team of Charles Ward & Fred Gengnagle, KC9MUT & KC9EZP. Stalwart foxhunters Kim & Jim Machamer, KB9’s DOS & DOT, and Steve & Linda Nardin, W9’s SAN & LAN were not able to participate in this first hunt of the year due to Kim having a case of the Eww-Fung-Gu while Linda is recuperating from a broken hoof which she got from tripping in the garage. Steve didn’t attend because he was nervous about the doctor-vet who was eyeing Linda’s foot and the pistol he carries in his belt.
Auction photos online
- Category: News
- Published on Sunday, 20 January 2013 19:42
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Al Burke, WB9SSE has uploaded photos from the Jan. 18, 2013 FWRC auction. FWRC Treasurer Bob Streeter, W8ST reports that the club recieved income from the auction totaling $402.50
Indiana QSO Party Rules Available
- Category: News
- Published on Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:53
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Tim Gardner, N9LF reports that the rules for the 2013 Indiana QSO Party (INQP) have been posted on the INQP web site: www.hdxcc.org/inqp/. Tim reported taht there are no major changes, only minor clarifications.
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