The Club's Next
Monthly Breakfast
"Hams & Eggs"
is scheduled for
 May 26th, 2012

Links

Awards

Our next club meeting is scheduled for May 10th, 2012.  Come on out & join us!

NEXT CLUB MEETING:  May 10th, 2011 at 7 PM

Club Meetings:  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club will meets on the Second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Multi Service Center at 7pm.  The The Multi Service Center is located at 1200 South 336th Street  in Federal Way.  All are welcome to attend, and no license required.

At our last club meeting...  Our guest speaker for our March 8th club meeting was Jerry Talyor-KD0BIK who joined us from Denver, CO via a Skype video internet connection.  Jerry talked about the Summits On The Air (SOTA) program, highlighting some of the basic rules, how points are awarded, and some of the awards that can be earned.  SOTA is an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. 

List of our Past Guest Speakers: Click here.

Map to the club's meeting place: Click here.
 

OREGON ACES TRAINING COURSE COMES TO TUKWILA

The Oregon Auxiliary  Communicators Emergency Solutions (ACES) Inc.'s basic certification training course will be presented at the Tukwila Fire's Station 51 during the Fridays & Saturdays of May 4th & 5th, and May 12th & 13th.  This training and certification will involve sixteen hours of classroom training followed by eight hours of practical evaluation to which the operator must demonstrate the specific learning competencies outlined for the course. This course will cover basic emergency communications topics and procedures for operating VHF/UHF voice only. Students attending this course are expected to bring a hand held amateur radio with instruction book as well as proof of completion of the IS-100, IS-200 & IS-700 FEMA courses.  Students should have a working knowledge of their radio and be able to do basic programming of frequencies and other parameters covered in the course.  Cost of this certification is $25 at the door.  To register, please click on the ACES logo above.

Tukwila Fire Station 51
444 Andover Park East
Tukwila, WA  98188 

WASTEMOBILE SERVICE AT SUPERMALL EACH WEEKEND

For those of you who are getting ready to do your spring cleaning, King County solid waste division has a weekly wastemobile service setup at the Auburn SuperMall each Saturday & Sunday.  The wastemobile will accept solvents, batteries, pesticides, antifreeze and old gasoline.  For more details, please visit the King County Solid Waste's website at:

http://www.lhwmp.org/home/HHW/disposal-locations.aspx#auburn

 Thursday, May 17, 2012
 

Federal Way Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 23415
Federal Way, WA  98093
moreinfo(at)fwarc.org
 

Join the FWARC, or Renew Your Club Membership Here
 

Federal Way ARC
Repeaters
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147.040 +
146.760 -
442.950 +

All three repeaters require
a PL tone of 103.5 Hz.

The Radio Club meets on
the 147.040 + repeater each
Sunday evening at 7:30 PM.  Feel free to check into our
weekly net.

FWARC D-STAR Repeaters
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1290.10- WA7FW-A
443.850+ WA7FW-B
146.840- WA7FW-C

(Click here for more details
on the club's repeaters.)
 

Upcoming Events

Sunday Nights at 7:30PM
The radio club meets on the air on the 147.040 + repeater for a weekly check-in net. Feel free to join in.

1st Thursday of the Month
The area's D-Star Users Group meets on the first Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Church of Christ's Teen Center at 7PM.
Everyone is welcome!

2nd Thursday of the Month
The radio club holds their monthly club meetings on the second Thursday of the month.  Board of Trustee's meeting is at 6PM, and general membership meeting starts at 7PM.
Everyone is welcome!

3rd Thursday of the Month
The Club's Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) meets at 7PM at the South King Fire & Rescue Station 62.
All are welcome to attend.

4th Saturday of the Month
Our monthly breakfast, Hams' & Eggs. Come join us for a good breakfast, and eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's at 8:30AM at the Old Country Buffet behind the Billy McHale's Restaurant.
You guessed it, All are welcome!

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UPCOMING EVENTS
IN 2012

May 18th - 20th
Washington State Search and Rescue Conference in Goldendale, WA.

June 1st - 3rd
ARRL Northwestern Division Conference (aka Sea-Pac) in Seaside, OR.

June 14th
Flag Day!  Display the Stars & Stripes from your QTH!

June 23rd - 24th
ARRL's Field Day 2012

June 30th
EOC-To-EOC Drill

July 13th - 16th
Pacific Northwest Salmoncon QRP
Get Together in North Bend, WA.

August 11th
Radio Club of Tacoma Hamfest in Graham, WA.

August 18th
Puget Sound Antique Radio Association Annual Swap Meet in Shoreline, WA.

August 25th
Highline Amateur
Radio Club Swapfest in Des Moines, WA

September 7th - 9th
Northwest APRS Summer Gathering in Northbend, WA.

September 8th - 16th
Route 66 On The Air Special Event Stations.

September 15th & 16th
Washington State Salmon Run QSO Party.

September 29th
EOC-To-EOC Drill

October
Pacific Northwest VHF Society annual conference.

October 20th
North Kitsap Amateur Radio Hamfest in Bremerton, WA.

November 3rd
2012 D-STAR Workshop in Federal Way

November 4th
FALL BACK
Return to
Pacific Standard Time

October
Pacific Northwest VHF Society Annual Conference.

December 29th
EOC-To-EOC Drill