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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

147.040 Repeater is again OFF-THE-AIR due to high VSWR!

The club's 147.040 Mhz repeater is again off the air due to high
VSWR. We suspect that antenna has a leak or a crack on the fiberglass
ray dome allowing rainwater to get in and affect the antenna elements.
A new antenna has been placed on order, but no ETA has been given.
Until we can replace the 147.040 repeater's antenna, please use the
club's 146.760 repeater.

146.760 Mhz repeater has a minus offset, and a PL tone of 103.5.

FWARC DSTAR 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

Monthly Club Meeting Coming Soon!

The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's monthly meeting is scheduled to take place on the second Thursday of the month. We meet in person and via Zoom. 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!

FWARC Board of Trustees & General Club Meetings

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94324510328?pwd=UmR4YkxCL1djYytzZVVwaGhnMmZOUT09

Meeting ID: 943 2451 0328 and Passcode: 14704

Electromagnetic Pulse by Carl-WA7JRJ

Entry Level Technician Licensing Class Scheduled

Our next Technician Licensing Class will be held on October 26th - 27th, 2024.

The Technician ham radio license is the entry level FCC license of those interested in getting started in amateur radio. This FREE class will cover each of the ten areas on the FCC test. Our class will run from 8am to 5pm on Saturday and from 8am to 3pm on Sunday. The required FCC test will be given starting at 3:30pm. To sign-up to take our Technician Licensing Class, please click on the button below.

Technician Licensing Class Details

If you are a licensed ham and would like to help with our training program or be a VE, please click on the buttons below.

Sign-Up as an Instructor

Sign-Up as a Volunteer Examiner

Spring Forward, FALL BACK!

We will be Falling Back to Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Sunday November 3rd at 2am in the morning. Prior to going to bed on Saturday, it is recommended that you turn back your clocks by one hour. While you are running around the house looking for clocks, take the time to replace the batteries in your smoke & CO2 detectors. It could save your life. After the time change, we will be -8 hours in reference to UTC/GMT time.

Daylight Saving Time
Ends: 1st Sunday in November
Starts: 2nd Sunday in March

Check Your Software

After the time change, take a look at your ham radio software to make sure the clocks changed, or not changed, depending on the case, in your software. With the electronic QSL services, such as Logbook to the World, eQSL, QRZ.com, and others, if your log doesn't match his log within a few minutes, you don't get credit for the contact.

Reference to UTC/GMT
Daylight Saving Time: -7 Hours
Standard Time: -8 Hours

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 at the Federal Way City Hall. 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.

ECRT Details Page

Federal Way City Hall
is located at:
33335 8th Ave South
Federal Way, WA 98003

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