FWARC HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON HAS BEEN FOUND

The club's high altitude balloon that we launched in mid-July has been found, but sadly not recovered.  Two hunters hiking along the Pacific Crest Trail in the Pasayten Wilderness area in the North Cascades has found our balloon using the coordinates of the last know position we received from the APRS transmitter that was in our payload bay.  The balloon came down in very dense forest area with what remains of the balloon, parachute, radar reflector and payload section are stuck 50 to 60 feet up in a couple of trees.  The hunters made an attempt to get a line over the top to pull something down, but didn't have enough paracord to get over the top and back down again.  For more pictures of the launch of our balloon and a YouTube video taken by the hunters, click on the picture on the right.

ROUTE 66 ON-THE-AIR SPECIAL EVENT

The 18th annual Route 66 On-The-Air special event takes place from September 9th through 17th, 2017. Originally started by the Northern Arizona DX Association, it allows amateur radio operators a fun way to “Relive the Ride”, and possibly relive their own memories of Route 66, and celebrate the highway’s 2248 miles of rich history. The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (CBARC) in San Bernardino, CA now organizes the event that has grown into one of the best special amateur radio events each year. Various amateur radio clubs using special 1×1 call signs W6A through W6U operate from cities on or near Route 66. Route 66 runs from Santa Monica, CA to Chicago, IL.

SEPTEMBER IS TIME TO GO FISHING WITHOUT LEAVING THE SHACK

The salmon are running in September and you don't need a fishing pole to catch them.  The 26th annual Washington State Salmon Run, aka the Washington State QSO party, will be held on the weekend of September 16th & 17th.  This is the weekend operators across North America and worldwide look for QSOs with Washington state stations, while operators in Washington state look for QSOs with all 39 Washington state counties, and other stations outside Washington.  Activity runs from 9:00 AM (1600Z) to midnight (0700Z) on Saturday, and from 9:00 AM (1600Z) to 5:00 PM (2400Z) on Sunday.  Prizes of smoked salmon are awarded.  Click on the salmon above for more details.

Saturday:  0900 to 2400  Pacific Time
Sunday:  0900 to 1700  Pacific Time

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE TEAM SCHEDULED TO MEET

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) is scheduled to meet at 7pm on Thursday September 21st at the Federal Way Church of Christ's Teen Center.  The ECRT is the public service aspect of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club.  The ECRT provides backup radio communications and other support to governmental and civic agencies in the times of emergency or disaster.  Some of the ECRT team members also support other non-emergent public service functions such as the Federal Way's Miles for Meso Fun Run.

FW Church of Christ
Teen Center
29904 Military Road South
Federal Way, WA  98003

FWARC MONTHLY BREAKFAST SCHEDULED

The club's monthly breakfast, Hams & Eggs, is scheduled for Saturday September 23rd at the Old Country Buffet Restaurant in Federal Way.  Here is your chance to start your day off right with a good breakfast and some eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's with other ham radio operators from around the area.  This event is open to the public.  No ham license required.  No club membership required.  Just an interest in amateur radio.  Folks start showing up around 8:30am, and we can usually be found near the milk machine.  All will be welcomed.  Hope to see you there!

Old Country Buffet
1816 South 320th Street
Federal Way, WA  98003
Talk-In Freq: 147.040+ (103.5)

CITY OF FEDERAL WAY RECYCLING EVENT

The City of Federal Way is holding another semi-annual recycling event for residents of Federal Way on Saturday September 23rd.  Residents can drop off a variety of items which are not typically collected at the curb and/or banned from disposal.  This fall recycling event takes place from 9am to 3pm in the Wild Waves south parking lot.  Here is your chance to clean out your radio shack of some of those old boat anchors you might have purchased a one of the local ham fests, or other items you have stashed in the garage.  Here is a printable flyer on what items they will be accepting at the recycle event.

Enchanted Park-Wild Waves
36892 Milton Road South
Federal Way, WA  98003

FIFTH SATURDAY DRILL RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

The Pacific Northwest VHF/UHF Society's 23rd annual conference is scheduled to take place the weekend of October 13th & 14th in Moses Lake, WA.  The conference includes the society's annual meeting, guest speakers with topics dealing with VHF/UHF and microwave operations, a catered lunch, and prize drawings.  For more details on the upcoming conference, click on the banner above.

SUNDAY NIGHT NET

Don't forget about the club's Sunday night check-in net on Sunday evenings starting at 7:30pm.  Hear about upcoming events and activities in our area.  We meet on the club's 147.040 repeater.

147.040 Mhz, plus offset, PL=103.5

FRED MEYER COMMUNITY REWARDS SUPPORTS FWARC

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club has been entered into the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. Now, both YOU and the FWARC can receive FM Reward points as a result of your purchases. The Community Rewards program is similar to the FM regular Rewards program, but the club receives the benefits. For the FWARC to receive points as a result of your purchases, you must link the FWARC to your rewards card by visiting the FM Community Rewards web page. Your own Rewards points or fuel points are unaffected. Each quarter, the FWARC will receive a percentage of $2.6M depending upon the amount of points the FWARC receives. Please support the FWARC and link the club to your Fred Meyer Rewards card.

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 https://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 https://smile.amazon.com , please click the logo above.  Thanks for your participation.

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/