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Welcome to the New FWARC website!

Welcome everyone to the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's new website! We moved to this new platform as it provides more features and communications, and provides our club members with more control of THEIR information. Club members can sign up for forums, check our calendar for upcoming events, sign up to volunteer for upcoming activities, and change their membership information. Please let me know what you would like to see on our new website, or if you have any questions.

FWARC Analog FM Repeaters

147.040 Mhz, plus offset, PL=103.5
146.760 Mhz, minus offset, PL=103.5
442.950 Mhz, plus offset, PL=103.5
442.925 Mhz, plus offset, DCS 036

Greater Federal Way Ham Radio Repeaters

Welcome Repeater Roundabout Participants!

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club operates and maintains four analog FM repeaters & four D-STAR repeaters located in the greater Federal Way area. All of the club's repeaters are OPEN repeaters and are available to all licensed hams to operate. In addition to our D-STAR repeaters, the club maintains the Reflector 035 (REF035) D-STAR reflector.

Click here for more on the club's various repeaters: FWARC Repeaters

FWARC D-STAR Repeaters

442.925 Mhz, plus offset, WA7DR-B
146.840 Mhz, minus offset, WA7FW-C
443.850 MHz, plus offset, WA7FW-B
1290.100 MHz, minus offset, WA7FW-A

More D-STAR Information

Holiday Dinner Scheduled for December 10th

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's annual holiday dinner is scheduled to take place on Thursday evening, December 10th at 6pm at Puerto Vallarta Mexican restaurant in Federal Way. Puerto Vallarta is located at 2002 SW Campus Drive in the Twin Lakes area of Federal Way, located just east of 21st Ave SW between the CVS Pharmacy and Key Bank.

There are only 35 seats available for dinner.

Puerto Vallarta Menu

Register for our FWARC Annual Holiday Dinner 2026

Monthly Club Meeting Coming Soon!

For our November 12th club meeting, we will be working on the club's budget for 2027, and our Education Coordinator, Perry–WB7NIL will continue with the final presentation of ANTENNA BUILDING FUNDAMENTALS where we will break into 2 teams and each team will construct an HF 10m antenna using the knowledge from the previous 2 presentations.

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's monthly meeting is scheduled to take place on the second Thursday of the month. We meet at the Federal Way Public School's Support Service Center. The board of trustees meeting starts at 6pm, and the general club meeting starts at 7pm. These club meetings are open to the public. No club membership required. No ham radio license required. Just an interest in amateur radio. All will be welcomed. Hope to see you there! For more details, please visit: FWARC Club Meetings

FWARC Board of Trustees & General Club Meetings

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Meeting ID: 863 3869 9771 and Passcode: 796248

Monthly Club Meetings:
The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club meets on the second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way school district's Support Service Center (SSC), aka the bus barn. The board of trustees meets at 6:00 pm, and the general club meeting starts at 7:00 pm. The SSC is located at 1211 South 332nd Street in Federal Way, WA. The SSC is located across the street from the south end of Celebration Park.

Monthly Meetings Detail Page

EMCOMM:

The club's Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm via Zoom. The ECRT is the public service aspect of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club. The ECRT was organized at the request of the City of Federal Way to provide backup radio communications and support to the city and civic agencies in the times of emergency or disaster. Some of the ECRT members also support other non-emergent public service functions such as some of the area fun runs and many of the Seafair events in the Puget Sound area. Zoom log-in information can be found by clicking on the ECRT Details page link below.

ECRT Details Page

Monthly Breakfast:

Our Hams & Eggs monthly breakfast takes place on the fourth Saturday of the month starting around 8:30am in the morning. Here is your change to start your day off right with a good breakfast, and some eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's with other ham radio operators in the Federal Way area. This activity is open to the public. No ham radio license required. No club membership required. Just an interest in ham radio. We meet at the Denny's Restaurant located in the northeast corner of Enchanted Parkway & Highway 18. Hope to see you there.

Hams & Eggs Details Page