The Club's Next
Monthly Breakfast
"Hams & Eggs"
is scheduled for January 28th, 2012

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Our monthly breakfast - Hams & Eggs - is this coming Saturday!!!

NEXT CLUB MEETING:  February 9th, 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 January 12th club meeting was movie night.  The main feature was a video of the VP8THU South Sandwich Islands DXpedition of January 2002.  Members of the DXpedition had to endure seasickness, a difficult offload of equipment, freezing temperatures, and thousands of penguins during the team's short stay on the islands.  Using four stations with only 100 watts, the team made over 27,000 contacts during the DXpedition.

List of our Past Guest Speakers: Click here.

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

MONTHLY BREAKFAST - HAMS & EGGS - THIS SATURDAY!

The club's monthly breakfast - Hams & Eggs - is this coming Saturday.  Here is your chance to start your day with a good breakfast and some eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's with other area hams.  Hams & Eggs always takes place on the Fourth Saturday of the month at Federal Way's Old Country Buffet restaurant starting around 8:30am.  No License Required, so come out and join us and learn more about area ham radio.

FWARC ELECTION PROCESS KICKS OFF IN JANUARY

January is the start of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's election process.  Please consider running for a position on the club's Board of Trustees.  All positions are open.  Positions include club president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and two trustee positions.  The new officers and trustees will take office on the 1st of June of this year.  If you are interested in running for an officer or trustee position, please contact club president Dan Camp-AF7O for details.

Dan Camp-AF7O
e-mail: president(at)fwarc.org

CITY OF FEDERAL WAY OFFERS CERT CLASS

The City of Federal Way will be presenting another Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course starting February 9th.  This program provides training in the areas of disaster response, including disaster medical treatment, triage, light search & rescue, fire suppression, team organization and more! Using materials developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), staff from Federal Way Emergency Management department, along with professional first responders, provide the instruction. This fast-paced, hands-on course is delivered one night per week over a seven week period. Classes typically run each Thursday evening, ending with a culminating skill test and a certificate of completion.  Registration is required by e-mailing your name, address and phone number to FWEM@cityoffederalway.com For questions, call Federal Way Emergency Management at 235-835-2704.

HAMSHARE.COM TO PRESENT HAM RADIO WORKSHOPS

Bill Balzarini-KL7BB will be presenting various ham radio related topics each Saturday morning starting December 10th through February 25th, 2012.  These FREE workshops have topics such as: D-RATS Digital for EOCs, High Performance Repeater Systems, Digital Messaging Tools, and a Basic Electronic series.  For more details & to register for any of the classes, please visit Bill's website:  http://hamshare.com.

 Saturday, January 28, 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

February 9th
City of Federal Way Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Course Begins.

March 10th
Mike & Key Radio Club's Electronic Show & Flea Market at the Puyallup Fairgrounds.

March 11th
SPRING FORWARD
change to
Daylight Saving Time

March 31st
MicroHAMS Digital Conference in Redmond, WA.

March 31st
EOC-To-EOC Drill

April 14th
Communications Academy at the South Seattle Community College in Seattle, WA.

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 23rd - 24th
ARRL's Field Day 2012

June 30th
EOC-To-EOC Drill

August
Radio Club of Tacoma Hamfest.

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

September
Northwest APRS Summer Gathering in Northbend, WA.

September 29th
EOC-To-EOC Drill

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