The EAA 2018 Special Event Station sign up had been scheduled to close on
5/07/2018. It is an unpublished fact that for 2018 the ARRL will have a presence
in Hanger "B" at Airventure 2018. We will have a 70cm radio link established
between the two sites, and personal interaction between them is anticipated also.

To accommodate the ARRL I am letting sign up stay open until 5/14/2018
accordingly, as there are currently a few shift openings still left open. This
will allow any additional ARRL members to sign on.

There has been a couple of changes made to the 146.76 and 145.33 repeaters.
Both have been updated to DR-2X Yaesu System Fusion. The reason is it will give greater remote control of both systems.

The Repeater Committee recently proposed that the 145.33 repeater be operated in Fusion digital only to promote the technology. The FCARC Board agreed and it was voted on during the March meeting.

Greetings all,

The American Cancer 5k Walk/ Run is in need of communication and logistic operators on May 12th from approx 8:30 am till 10:00 am.

Your event coordinator, Brian Long - LB9LRD, will also be hosting a cookout the week before (May 5) with Gary Akulian and his wife as guests. Gary is the Soleburner event coordinator and would love to thank you in person for your time and effort. So sign up and come out to the cookout. Signups are at kb9lrd@gmail.com

Attention FCARC members:

Due to the recent weekends snow storm and the UW-Fox Valley not being open for our April meeting, we have some very important business to cover during the months of April and May. That is to nominate, have people accept the nomination and to vote for new officers of the club. The following positions are to be voted for in May: Vice-President, Treasurer and 3 x Member at Large positions.

There is a NWS (National Weather Service) spotter training coming up this Saturday Mach 24 at 10am Grand Chute Town Hall. For those that have not attended a spotter training course of for those looking to take a refresher course, I recommend that you do so. In addition to this session there is one coming up in Winnebago County next month. For more information, see the NWS website www.weather.gov/grb

Happy Spotting & 73,

Bernie - N9YMC

The next FCARC VE Exam will be Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N. Bluemound Drive, Appleton, 54912-2277.
The room number is B142 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.

The sign-up for this years EAA Special Event Station is now open to
all FCARC members. Sign up will be opening to all ARRL members
latter in March 2018. Sign up will be drawing to a close on
May 07 2018. This has to be done so the EAA can finalize their
planning to accommodate us during the event.

The FCARC will be providing communication support for the 2018 Walk MS at Appleton North High School on Sunday, April 29.

The event will start will start around 8:30 AM and will finish around 12:30 PM.

If you would like to support the MS Society by provide communications for the 2018 Walk MS, sign up here: http://fcarc.us/node/14

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at dsprangers@gmail.com or call me at 920-757-5245.

David Sprangers, ND9DW
Walk MS Coordinator

Just heard from Terry/ N9AOT boasting of the 84 degree weather in Florida at HAMCATION. More importantly, Terry picked up the 50/50 prize for this month. It is an openSPOT from sharkRF. Tickets are only a $1.00 and the prize value is $229.00. WOW only a buck for this great new item that does DMR, D-Star and System Fusion. Unit will be raffled at the Awards Banquet on Feb 17. See you there, 73 - Bernie-N9YMC

With great sadness that I report that Bob Cleveland - W9HID has become a Silent Key. Bob was FCARC member over the years and was the FCARC Vice-President from 1993-1995.