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Federal Way Amateur
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WA7FW
     
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The Club's Next
Monthly Breakfast
"Hams & Eggs"
is scheduled for
May 25th, 2013


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Memorial Day May 27th, 2013
 

SEA-PAC is right around the corner.  See below for details.


NEXT CLUB MEETING:  June 13th, 2013

Club Meetings:  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club meets on the Second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Public Schools Support  Services Center at 7pm.  The FWPS SSC is located at 1211 South 332nd Street  in Federal Way which is the new facility at the south end of Celebration Park, and just east of the FW Community Center.  All are welcome to attend, and no license required.

At our last club meeting...  Our guest speaker for May 9th club meeting was Frank Sebastian-K7FNS.  Frank, a FWARC club member, is the director of the Emergency Management Group for Seattle's Seafair.  Frank gave a quick overview of Seafair and some of its official events.  Frank then covered more in depth of how the 5,000 plus volunteers are organized to support all of the Seafair events.  Additionally, Lincoln Chambers-KF7BNZ presented a quick little tool to make out of an orange juice container to get the oil back into your Honda EU-2000 generator to complete your oil change.  We also completed our 2013-14 election process.  Our new officers & trustees are listed below.

List of our Past Guest Speakers: Click here.

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


Please Welcome!
Thomas Tuttle-KG7BXO (Kent)
Thank You For Renewing!
Larry Knox-W6QBP (Federal Way)
Craig Dahl-KF7UPR (Federal Way)
Daniel Olson-KE7SLY (Federal Way)
Ken Dawe-KE7SIM (Federal Way)
Bill Balzarini-KL7BB (Aurburn)
Lincoln Chambers-KF7BNZ (Kent)
Gary Anderson-KF7TBC (Kent)

FWARC MONTHLY BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's monthly breakfast - HAMS & EGGS - is this coming Saturday May 25th.  Here is your chance to start your day with a good breakfast and do some eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's with other area hams. Breakfast buffet is being served at the Old Country Buffet starting around 8:30am, and we can usually be found near the milk machine or in one of the conference room.  Come join us.  All are welcomed!  Hope to see you there.


ARRL NW CONVENTION COMING TO SEASIDE OREGON

The ARRL Northwest Division's annual convention, aka Sea-Pac, is scheduled to take place in Seaside, OR from May 31st through June 2nd.  Billed as “the Northwest’s largest ham convention”, Sea-Pac includes seminars, exhibits & flea market, a spaghetti feed, banquet, VE testing, and lots of door prizes.  To register or for additional details please visit the Sea-Pac website.

ARRL NW Division Convention
http://seapac.org


FWARC ELECTIONS COMPLETED

The May meeting of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club marks the completion of the club's long election process.  Votes have been marked and ballots have been received & counted.  The new officers & trustees take office as of the 1st of June.  The following are the results of our recent elections:

Position:  Electee:
President:  Daniel Stevens-KL7WM
Vice-President:  Bob Rutherford-KE7UUU
Secretary:  Ellen LeVita-KE7MPN
Treasurer:  Craig Davis-KE7MPM
Trustees:  Tom Stevens-KE7ZMJ
Carl Reitz-N7DOG
Michael Richardson-K7YXA

Many thanks to Dave Swartz-KC7RRH for serving as our club President for the past year, and to Dan Camp-AF7O for serving as Past President.


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/

 


 Friday, May 24, 2013
 


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 Digital Communications Group meets on the first Thursday of the month.  If you are interested in Icom's DSTAR digital radios, or an amateur radio wi-fi network, this is the group for you.

2nd Thursday of the Month
The radio club holds their monthly club meetings on the second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Multi-Service 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 2013

May 31st - June 2nd
ARRL Northwestern Division Convention (aka SeaPac) in
Seaside, OR

June 8th & 9th
ARRL VHF QSO Party

June 22nd & 23rd
ARRL Field Day

August 2nd & 4th
58th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention in Spokane, WA

August 3rd & 4th
ARRL UHF Contest

August 17th
Puget Sound Antique Radio Association's Antique Radio Swap Meet in Shoreline, WA

August
Highline ARC Swap-fest in Des Moines, WA

August
Northwest Citizens Corps Expo in North Bend, WA

August 31st
Radio Club of Tacoma Hamfair in Graham, WA

September 6th - 8th
Northwest Automatic Position Reporting System (NWAPRS) Summer gathering in Northbend, WA

September 14th - 16th
ARRL VHF QSO Party

September 21st - 22nd
Western Washington DX Club's Salmon Run (aka WA State QSO Party)

October 19th
North Kitsap Amateur Radio Hamfest in Bremerton, WA

October
Boy Scouts of American
Jamboree On The Air

November 2nd - 4th
ARRL Sweepstakes

November 3rd
FALL BACK to Pacific Standard Time.  Retard clocks back one hour.

December 6th - 8th
ARRL 160-Meter Contest

December 14th & 15th
ARRL 10-Meter Contest

 

 

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the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club
Please feel free to contact the club's president
via e-mail: president@fwarc.org


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