Welcome to the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club

Time 2020-09-08 05:03:11

Web Name: Welcome to the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club

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All club meetings are currently on hiatus until after the Coronavirus situation is cleared up. Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Public Schools Support Services Center at 7pm. The FWPS SSC is located at 1211 South 332nd Streetin 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 May 14th club meeting was cancelled due to the Federal Way school district closing all of their facilities to outside groups. Our club meetings will resume after the Coronavirus situation has ran its course. List of our Past Guest Speakers: Click here. Map to the club's meeting place: Click here. Dave Funk-WA7RSO is putting on a ?Tech Net? presentation via Zoom Meeting this coming Thursday evening at 7pm. Dave is going to cover some of the components used in the project presented in the September 2020 issue of the QST magazine. Dave has worked on Minuteman Missile systems, AWACS radar planes, and at the Boeing Space Center in Auburn, and has been an educator for the Puyallup School District. Dave has been an Extra class licensee for a very long time, and has been a FWARC guest speaker on a number of occasions. Please feel free to drop in and listen to Dave?s presentation this coming Thursday evening. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85150457265?pwd=V2JEckdxZks3VFdlQ1J4L0FnclNvdz09 Meeting ID: 851 5045 7265 Passcode: 466300 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 CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19 Our next set of club meetings has been scheduled for Thursday evening September 10th, 2020. We will continue to meet at the Federal Way Public School's Support Service Center (SSC) throughout 2020. The SSC is located across the street from the south end of Celebration Park in Federal Way, and just to the east of the Federal Way Community Center. The event is open to the public. No ham radio license required. No club membership required. Just an interest in amateur radio. The club's Board of Trustees meeting starts at 6pm, and the general membership meeting starts at 7pm. Hope to see you there. All will be welcomed! Federal Way Public Schools Support Services Center 1211 South 332nd Street Federal Way, WA 98003 Talk-In Freq: 147.040+ (103.5) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS. Instead, we will meet via ZOOM video conferencing. Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) will be meeting at 7pm on Thursday evening September 17th. The ECRT is the public service aspect of the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club. The ECRT was organized to provide 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 some of the fun run held in Federal Way, as well as many of the Seafair events in the Puget Sound area. Share Life Center 31919 6th Ave South Federal Way, WA 98003 Talk-In Freq: 147.040+ (103.5) The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club's monthly breakfast, Hams Eggs, takes place on Saturday September 26th at Old Country Buffet in Federal Way. Here is your chance to start your day off right with good breakfast and some eyeball-to-eyeball QSO's with other area ham radio operators. This event is open to the public. No ham radio license required. No club membership required. Just an interest in amateur radio. Folks start showing up around 8:30am or so, and we can usually be found near the doors of the large conference room. Come out and join us. All will be welcomed. Hope to see you there! Old Country Buffet 1816 South 320th Street Federal Way, WA 98003 Hams Hot Dogs lunch continues to be a popular event each Tuesday from 11am to Noon at the Federal Way Costco store. Another opportunity for area hams to get together to talk shop and feed their face. Membership with Costco is now a requirement, but not with the FWARC. You don't need a ham radio license to attend, just an interest in amateur radio. If you are not a Costco member, let the ID checkers know that you are going to the pharmacy or have an eye appointment. Federal Way Costco 35100 Enchanted Parkway South Federal Way, WA 98003 the Special Meeting of May 6, 2020. In reference to Section 5.2.2 of the FWARC's bylaws, more than five club members have recently requested a special club meeting to be held on May 6th at 7pm. Due to the Coronavirus, the special club meeting will be held via Zoom video conferencing. All club members should have received an email with a link to join the Zoom video conference. For more details concerning accessing the Zoom video conference, please contact Bill Shorr-KI7OOI via email: ki7ooi(at)fwarc.org. 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. 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. 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/ the Federal Way Amateur Radio Club Please feel free to contact the club's president via e-mail: president@fwarc.org Please address any comments or suggestions about this web site to the club's web master via e-mail: webmaster@fwarc.org FWARC D-STAR Repeaters --------------------------------- 1290.10- WA7FW-A 443.850+ WA7FW-B 146.840- WA7FW-C 442.925 + WA7DR-B (Graham, WA) (Click here for more details on the club's repeaters.) The radio club meets on the air on the 147.040 - repeater for a weekly check-in net. Feel free to join in. 2nd Thursday of the Month The radio club holds their monthly club meetings on the second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way Public Schools Support 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 Funeral Alternative's Share Life Center. Lots of free parking. 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 on the north side of 320th Street across from the Commons Mall. You guessed it, All are welcome! ---------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2020 August 7th - 9th 66th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention in Portland, OR. August 13th FWARC Monthly Club Meetings August 16th Puget Sound Antique Radio Association's Antique Radio Swap Meet at Shoreline Community College in Shoreline, WA. August 20th Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) Meeting August 22nd Hams Eggs Monthly Breakfast August 29th 5th Saturday Drill September 10th FWARC Monthly Club Meetings September 17th Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) Meeting September Digital Radio Summer Gathering 2020 at Valley Camp RV park in North Bend, WA. September 26th Hams Eggs Monthly Breakfast September 26th Washington State Convention in Spokane Valley, WA. October 8th FWARC Monthly Club Meetings October 15th Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) Meeting October 24th Hams Eggs Monthly Breakfast October 31st 5th Saturday Drill October Pacific Northwest VHF Society Conference. October Kitsap County ARC Hamfest in Bremerton, WA. November 12th FWARC Monthly Club Meetings November 19th Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) Meeting November 28th Hams Eggs Monthly Breakfast December 10th FWARC Monthly Club Meetings December 17th Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) Meeting December 26th Hams Eggs Monthly Breakfast

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