The Club's Next
Monthly Breakfast
"Hams & Eggs"
is scheduled for
August 28th, 2010

Links

Awards

Thanks for all who came out to our monthly breakfast - Hams & Eggs - this past Saturday!

NEXT CLUB MEETING:  August 12th, 2010 at 7 PM

Club Meetings:  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club meets on the Second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Church of Christ's Teen Center at 7pm.  The Teen Center is located at 29904 Military Road South in Federal Way.  All are welcome to attend, even if not a licensed ham.

At our last club meeting...  Our guest speaker for our July 8th club meeting was Rick Young-KF4ZEN.  Rick is out in the pacific northwest this week to do some research on a HF QRP project he is working on for emergency management.  Rick was able to do a quick show-n-tell with some of the software driven radios he is working with.

List of our Past Guest Speakers: Click here.

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

JULY HAS A FIFTH SATURDAY

July 31st is the Fifth Saturday of the month.  That means time for another EOC-to-EOC exercise.  The theme for this upcoming exercise is to exercise our backup plan and operate away from our cozy EOC's such as from a local park similar to field day.  The Federal Way ECRT team will be setting up at Lakota Park just before 10am.  If you are interested in participating, contact our ECRT team leader Jerry Sugden-KC7NA for more details.

Jerry Sugden-KC7NA
e-mail: ecrt(at)fwarc.org

FWARC NOW ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club is now available on Facebook and Twitter.  Come and check us out, follow us, and be our friend. 

WEST SEATTLE NATURAL ENERGY SOLAR SYSTEM A BIG HIT!

Keith Hughs, owner of West Seattle Natural Energy, and the solar energy system he provided to the club's Field Day event was a big hit with all who attended.  Not only did Keith's solar system provide power to two of our transmitters, but he also provided power to two crock pots cooking away in anticipation of our potluck dinner held in the early evening.  Keith's solar system could have easily powered all four of our transmitters giving us extra points for our field day score.  Many thanks to Keith for spending the day with our group!

Update: For FWARC special pricing on a solar
panel package, click on Keith's picture above.

For more information about solar
and wind power systems, please
visit West Seattle Natural Energy's
web site.

FWARC RECEIVES WEYERHAEUSER FOUNDATION GRANT

During a break in the Field Day action, Dave Swartz-KC7RRH,  a Weyerhaeuser employee, presented club president Dan Camp-AF7O with a $3500 check from the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation.  The foundation's "Making WAVES" program was created to foster volunteerism and support employees' good works in the community by providing a framework in which Weyerhaeuser employees, working with community nonprofit organizations, can pledge their time, energy and skills to their volunteer projects.

FWARC 147.040 REPEATER IS OPERATING AT REDUCED POWER

The club's 147.040 repeater located northwest of the Commons Mall in Federal Way is currently off the air due to technical difficulties.  On Saturday, May 2nd our repeater committee made up of Dave Swartz-KC7RRH and Bill Balzarini-KL7BB investigated why the repeater had marginal performance.  It was discovered the output power of our new Motorola MSR-2000 repeater was less than one watt.  The Motorola repeater was quickly replaced with the club's original Maggiore Labs repeater.

 Friday, July 30, 2010
 

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.
Everyone is welcome!

2nd Thursday of the Month
The radio club holds their monthly club meetings at the Federal Way Church of Christ's Teen Center. 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 2010

July 30th - August 1st
Pacific Northwest DX Convention in Vancouver, BC.

July 31st
EOC-to-EOC Drill

August 14th
Radio Club of Tacoma Hamfest at the Bethel High School in Spanaway, WA.

August 15th
Puget Sound Antique Radio Association Annual Antique Radio Swap Meet in Shoreline, WA.

September
Route 66 On The Air Special Event Sponsored by the Citrus Belt ARC.

September 10th - 12th
Northwest Automatic Position Reporting System (NWAPRS) Summer Gathering.

September 11th
Clark County Amateur Radio Club 4th Annual Tailgate Swap Meet in Vancouver, WA

September 18th
Microhams Digital Conference at Microsoft's Corporate Campus, Building 27.

September 24th - 26th
29th Annual TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Vancouver, WA

October 1st - 3rd
Pacific Northwest VHF Society's Annual Conference at Embassy Suites in Tukwila, WA.

October 30th
EOC-to-EOC Drill

November 7th
Fall back to Standard Time (GMT -8).