It's that time of year again. All memberships expire on December 31st. You can renew right here on the club website (look to your left).The fees are still the same. $15 for regular membership; $10 for retired membership; $5 for additional family members. You're also welcome to renew at the December club meeting.

The FCARC will be having our monthly Fusion digital radio net Tuesday December 4th. The net is held at 8:00 pm on our 145.33 repeater or in the FCARC Fusion Room 40216.

KD9GCX will host this net.

Please contact KD9GCX if you are interested in hosting future nets.

Thanks

Bob Krautkramer

rkrautkramer@yahoo.com

920-540-6949

The Wisconsin QSO Party (WQP) is the first event of each year for the FCARC and its membership.

In the past we've place mostly in the top 10 for the last 2 decades, many of those years we we're in the top 5.

What makes the difference in placing 9th vs 3rd is your participation.

There is a direct relationship with the number of participants from our club and our point standing.

Hello all,

Working on a mapping system that will overlay fixed and mobile stations to help us with our locations during the WQP contest.

The mobile stations that have APRS will be listed and you will have a linked access to view their route progress in realtime.

Each station will list their bands working during the 2019 WQP.

I will need specific information form each constester prior to uploading their pin and data information.

Good luck in the contest!

Brian Long - KB9LRD

The FCARC will be having a monthly Fusion digital radio net the first Tuesday of every month at 8:00pm on our 145.33 repeater. KD9GCX will host the first net Tuesday November 6th. Hope you can all make it.

Please contact KD9GCX if you are interested in hosting future nets.

Thanks

Bob Krautkramer

rkrautkramer@yahoo.com

920-540-6949

The next FCARC Ham Exams will be Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the FCARC Swapfest. They will be held in the lower level of Monarch Gardens, 2311 W. Spencer St. Appleton.

Registration starts at 9 am and ends at 10am.

Our club van needs a name. I am asking for suggestions. At the HamFest in November, you will have an opportunity to vote on which name you like the best.

So far we've had the following submissions:

Foxy
The HamVan
Ham-Ster
John Claude Vandham
HamVantion
Radio Gaga
Foxy VanHam
Jean Claude HamVan
The Vantenna
Spurious Emmision
Z-Van aka zee Van
VanGo aka Van Gogh
The Roaster ie, a metal box with a bunch of ham in it

Several FCARC board members when to NBC TV in Green Bay last Friday to pick up a van which the station donated to us. For those at the Monday club meeting, you'll know all about this.

We spent the entire day getting it ready to drive. That was almost exclusively dedicated to using heat shrink guns to remove the vinyl decals. The station management wanted all trace of NBC, etc. removed before we drove it away.

The FCARC Swapfest is fast approaching! We're having another great hamfest at Monarch Gardens in Appleton, WI on November 4th, 2018. This is a great hamfest with excellent raffle prizes. See http:///www.fcarc.club/hamfest.php for more information! See you there!

73,
Tony, AB9IO

The next FCARC VE Exam will be Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N. Bluemound Drive, Appleton, 54912-2277.
The room number is B134 and the closest entrance is door 12 located on the West side of the building. You can view a floor plan of the College at the following website.
http://www.fvtc.edu/appleton. Walk-ins are welcome. Registration is from 8 to 9 am. We only have the room until 11 am so we will not be able to accommodate late arrivals.