FWARC ELECTION TIME AGAIN

With the New Year comes the start of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's election process.  Now is your chance to become a part of the club's leadership that will guide the club for the next coming year.  Nominations are open for all positions of club leadership (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and 3 trustees).  The term for each position is one year.  If you are interested in running for a club leadership position, please contact Club President Daniel Stevens-KL7WM to get in contact with the nomination committee.  Nominations are open until the club's March 12th club meeting.

34th ANNUAL MIKE & KEY ELECTRONIC SHOW & FLEA MARKET

The 34th annual Mike & Key Electronic Show & Flea Market will take place in the Pavilion Exhibit Hall at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, WA on Saturday March 7th.  Doors open at 9am to about 3pm.  Cost is $8 per person.  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club will be manning a club booth up on the second floor.  If you are interested in helping out with our booth, please contact Dan Camp-AF7O for more details.

Dan Camp-AF7O
Email:  af7o(at)fwarc.org

SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK!  TIME TO CHANGE THE TIME AGAIN

It is almost that time again.  Time to run around your house like a chicken with its head cut off adjusting all your clocks to Pacific Daylight Saving time.  The official time change takes place at 2 am on Sunday March 8th so just before you go to bed on Saturday night make sure you advance all your clocks by one hour.  After the time change will be Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) & UTC -7 hours.

FWARC TO RECEIVE "SMILES" FROM AMAZON.COM

The FWARC and Amazon.com are now partners in the Amazon Smile Donation program.  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club will receive a .5 percent donation on each of your purchases made through the smile.amazon.com web site.  You receive the same great service as shopping at Amazon.com.  Your Amazon.com login and password remains the same.  After logging in, please search for & select "Federal Way Amateur Radio Club".  After that, you continue to shop online just like you would on Amazon.com.  To start your online shopping experience at smile.amazon.com, please click the logo above.  Thanks for your participation.

147.040 Mhz REPEATER BACK ON THE AIR

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's 147.040 repeater is back on the air with a refurbished repeater controller.  The refurbished repeater controller does not output a PL tone to the transmitter, as such, make sure your PL decode feature is turned off.  Many thanks to Dave-KC7RRH &  Michael-KF7MBM for digging into the equipment manuals and figuring out the required electrical connections to interface the refurbished controller to the repeater.

HAM RADIO "TECHNICIAN" CLASS COMES TO FEDERAL WAY

An entry level ham radio class will be presented in Federal Way on the two Saturdays of April 18th & 25th 2015 (9am to 5pm).  This class is open to anyone who is interested in starting out in amateur radio.  A recommended study guide is the ARRL Technician Licensing Manual (3rd Ed.), but the group of  instructors will have plenty of handouts and practice quizzes available to assist you pass the required test at the end of the class.  This is a FREE class, however the cost of the test is $15.  This Technician class will be held at the Federal Way Masonic Hall in Federal Way.  If you are interested in attending this class, please contact Daniel Stevens at 206-228-9274 or via e-mail at kl7wm@aol.com, 

Federal Way Masonic Hall
1700 South 340th Street
Federal Way, WA  98003
Daniel Stevens: 206-228-9274 kl7wm@aol.com

HAMS & HOTDOGS CONTINUES AT FEDERAL WAY COSTCO

Hams & Hotdogs continues to be well received on Tuesday's at the Federal Way Costco.  Area ham radio operators come together for lunch starting at 11am to talk shop or not.  All folks interested in ham radio will be welcomed.  Many thanks to Emil-K6LGI for organizing this event, and to Dick-KD5HXE for keeping it going in Emil's absence.

Federal Way Costco
35100 Enchanted Pkwy South
Federal Way, WA

FWARC IS ON FACEBOOK

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club is on Facebook.  Join us on Facebook and stay up-to-date with club activities while you are network socializing.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FWARC/