Fort Wayne Radio Club

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Fort Wayne Radio Club We are a group of people that love Amateur Radio and all that it entails. Information released since the latest newsletter can be found on our news Web page.

Many of the club members participate as weather spotters for the National Weather Service SKYWARN® program to help protect the community from the threat of severe weather. Some members also participate in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and Military Affiliate Radio Service (MARS). For information on the club's current activities including the club's monthly meetings (all are welcome), see our latest newsletter. Read about the club's history
Club Roster

Don't remember if you've paid your dues for this year? Check the official list of current members. If you're not on it, fill out the application form in the back of an Allen County HamNews newsletter and bring it with your dues to a club meeting or mail it in. If you believe you've paid but don't find yourself on the roster, contact the club treasurer. Repeaters

The Fort Wayne Radio Club operates the repeaters listed below. Are are open to the ham public and none require CTCSS (although some transmit a 131.8Hz tone for the convenience of operators):
Frequency Location Notes
146.76 - Northern Fort Wayne (Clinton St. near I-469) Alternate Quad 2 SKYWARN. 200 ft.
146.94 - Northeast Fort Wayne (State Blvd., Parkview Hospital) ARES, autopatch. 150 ft.
146.91 - Northeast Fort Wayne (IPFW campus) Echolink node 519521. 165 ft. (rcv)/40 ft (xmit)
442.99375 + Downtown Fort Wayne D-STAR. 120 ft.
444.875 + Northern Fort Wayne (Clinton St. near I-469) 186 ft. ATV 439.25 In, 910.250 Out. 165 ft. 144.340 Audio & control


Foxhunts

The Fort Wayne Radio Club sponsors monthly foxhunts (radio direction finding contests). Find the date and time of the next foxhunt on the club calendar. Read the rules and procedures for foxhunts (PDF file). Radio Direction Finding (RDF) Team

Learn how to become a part of FWRC's RDF team to help track down problem signals. W9TE participates in the ARRL Logbook of the World and has uploaded contacts made since April 22, 2006. Electronic QSL Manager is Gary Stebbins, KC9GGV. Want To Learn More About Ham Radio? If you would like to find out more about amateur radio, please contact our club president or communications manager. Meetings are usually held on the third Friday of each month at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave, Fort Wayne, Indiana (See a map). Our meetings are open to anyone that wants to learn more about amateur (ham) radio. Please join us in this exciting hobby.

Thanks to all who showed up today to help straighten up and clean out the repeater shack!
10/17/2026

Thanks to all who showed up today to help straighten up and clean out the repeater shack!

10/14/2026

Calling all Scouts, Scouters, and Ham Radio operators! 📻🏕️

The world’s largest digital and on-the-air Scouting event, Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), takes place October 16–18, 2026!

Every year, millions of Scouts take to the airwaves to connect with fellow Scouts across the country and around the globe using amateur radio. It’s an incredible hands-on way to learn about science, technology, and global communication—and most importantly, it’s a lot of fun!

🔗 Learn more about how to participate, find frequencies, and get resources at the ARRL JOTA page: www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota

10/10/2026

From last nights club meeting. We talked about POTA operation in September, ways to engage youth in amateur radio, upcoming repeater shack clean out, new tower at Robison Park, Purdue Club, school club round up, and the Big Foot Special Event on the air. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio ARRL - Indiana Section

10/10/2026

November QST Magazine is HERE

Here's a snapshot of what you'll see 📸⤵️

"3Y0K: The Bouvet Island DXpedition"
🎥: Includes BONUS Video Content

“Chasing Desecheo and Bouvet from the Mountains”
🎥: Includes BONUS Video Content

“Solar Cycle 25 Update”

& much more!

ARRL Members can read the DIGITAL EDITION now:
🔗 - arrl.org/qst

09/21/2026

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

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09/12/2026

From our meeting last night. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio ARRL - Indiana Section

09/11/2026

QST:

Today September 11th, the Fort Wayne Radio Club will hold its general meeting. All are invited, club members or not, licensed hams or not! If you can't make it to the meeting we will try to video it and post it on our Instagram page later this weekend.

Topics for the meeting include the following:

1.) A POTA activation for the fall this coming Saturday, September 12th at 10:00 am down at J Edward Roush recreation area in Huntington, IN. Tom, KU8T, will detail the operation at the meeting.

2.) Our Indiana QSO Party T-Shirts are in! Those who have earned a free one by turning in a log to the HDXCC with FWRC as their club affiliation can pick them up at the meeting. If you can't make the meeting, please contact W9SAN for ways to pick them up.

3.) There will be a presentation by the Red Cross who are trying to put together a communication-if-all-else-fails network for the local north east Indiana and north west Ohio area. This is something we hams can easily do!

4.) We have proposed that we do a Winter Field Day (WFD) operation the end of January. A club member is offering a location to do this and up to 10 members have stated that they are very interested, and I am sure that there are many others as well who would like to do WFD.

5.) Since this is the "Year of the Club" we would like to see if people are also interested in doing CQ World Wide and maybe the ARRL 10 meter contest in December (great contest for tech licensees, use SSB on 10 meters!).

6.) The club has floated the idea of a "Remote Operations Team" to help get hams with severe restrictions to use remote HF stations and get on the air with just a computer! The club would help with tech know how and hopefully also build and maintain some remote stations.

7.) We are still working on details for the 76 and 875 repeater tower rebuild at Robison Park. If we have any new info, we will present that.

8.) If there is time and I have it ready to go, I have another Tech Talk presentation.

WHEW!! It should be a great meeting!

HELP NEEDED: If someone can help me with the T-shirt distribution and video camera for the meeting, I would greatly appreciate it!

73, Steve, W9SAN

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