The Club's Next
Monthly Breakfast
"Hams & Eggs"
is scheduled for February 25th, 2012

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Our next club meeting is scheduled for February 9th.  Come join us!

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.
 

NEXT CLUB MEETING IS FEBRUARY 9TH

Our next set of club meetings is set for February 9th.  Please feel free to come join us for the evening and see what we are all about.  The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's monthly club meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month.  We will hold our next club meeting at the Multi Service Center located at 1200 South 336th Street in Federal Way starting at 7pm for our general club meeting.

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

MICROHAMS DIGITAL CONFERENCE SET FOR MARCH 31st

The next MicroHAMS digital conference is set for Saturday March 31st at the Microsoft campus out in Redmond.  Guest speakers for the upcoming conference will draw heavily from local presenters and will reflect on local interests and local amateur radio digital technology developments.  The cost of the upcoming conference is $25 and includes lunch.  Space is limited and advance registration is highly recommended.  For the latest updates, please visit the MicroHAMS MHDC webpage at www.microhams.com/mhdc/ .

WASTEMOBILE SERVICE AT SUPERMALL EACH WEEKEND

For those of you who are getting ready to do your spring cleaning, King County solid waste division has a weekly wastemobile service setup at the Auburn SuperMall each Saturday & Sunday.  The wastemobile will accept solvents, batteries, pesticides, antifreeze and old gasoline.  For more details, please visit the King County Solid Waste's website at:

http://www.lhwmp.org/home/HHW/disposal-locations.aspx#auburn

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.

 Wednesday, February 08, 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