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We have decided to cancel the February meeting due to weather concerns.  The next meeting will be March 17th.

The next club meeting will be held on February 17 at the County Administration Building (same as the Drivers License Bureau), 152 S. Fulton St, Wauseon at 7:30pm.

Notes to Pass Along:

We still need a few additional hams for the Open Door 5K this coming Saturday, please let me know if you can assist.

Upcoming Hamfests:

02/16/2014 Livonia, MI
02/16/2014 Mansfield, OH
03/15/2014 Marshall, MI
03/16/2014 Toledo, OH
04/12/2014 Highland, MI (Milford)
05/16/2014 Dayton, OH (5/16 to 5/18)
06/07/2014 Tedrow, OH (FCARC)
06/08/2014 Chelsea, MI
06/15/2014 Monroe, MI
07/20/2014 Van Wert, OH

Further details can be found at the ARRL Website: http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/search

Club Nets:

Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 8pm Informal Two Meter & ARES Net -- 147.195+

Good morning Fulton County,

Jim McBride (K8JPD) has requested the clubs help with a 5k run/walk being held February 15th in Delta.  The course starts at the Open Door on Palmwood, to Adrian, in and out of the cemetery, up to Co Rd H, then over to 7-2, and back down to Palmwood.  We would need about 8 people to assist with monitoring the course at various intersections.  This is very similar to the work we do at Lockport and Fayette.   Please send me back a message if you think you will be able to help at this event.  We plan on meeting at 8:00am for course assignments and I would expect the event to last only a few hours.

Event details can be found at:
https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Delta/OpenDoorOpenYourHearts5kRunWalk?embe...

We plan on using the K8LI repeater for communications.

73 for now

Hi folks, I've put together a list of events, hamfests, and other amateur radio related happenings for 2014.  Let me know if I missed anything for the year.

Tom (KC8UOM) has a confirmed appointment for January 25, but was requested to push back the start time to 11:15am.  The test location remains the same at the Delta Public Library.

Happy New Year From the Fulton County Amateur Radio Club! We had a great year full of public service events, educational workshops, and radio contesting.

Club Officers:
Your 2013 officers remained unchanged from the previous year, with Bryan Patterson (kb8elg) as your club president, Craig Szczublewski (kd8kbu) as your club VP, Angela Infante (kb2avn) as secretary, and Lu Ann Kuney (kb2elh) as Treasurer.

Repeater:

We made improvements to the environmental controls of the primary repeater site, installing more efficient air conditioning and heating. The amplifier took a bit of damage, mostly from age and use, but we expect to have this repaired soon.

The results are in for OSPOTA 2013.  For Multi-Operator, Mutli-Radio High Power, we ranked 10th out of 17th with a score of 4,601.  I have a link here for the results:

2013 OSPOTA Finals

Hello everyone, here are some notes from the November 18th Club meeting:

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm with 15 members in attendance. Minutes from the previous meeting and the treasurer's report were read and accepted.

Committee reports follow:

Repeater Committee:  A wellness check on the repeater site will be scheduled within the next couple of weeks to make sure the shack is in good condition for winter and to check all fittings and cabling.  KB8ELG reports that DSL service will not be an option since the best cost the local ISP could provide was more then the limit the club members decided to set.  For the interim, the 440 link to the K8LI repeater is still planned to provide IRLP and Echolink services.

Thanks to KD8NAU, KD8TPF, KD8ERB, KB8ELG, WD8KRS, WB8ZOI, K8LI, KC8PCU, and KB8GOM from KD8KBU for taking the time out of your day to help at the Lockport 5K/10K.  A little rain fell, but we still had a great time at an uneventful race.  The Kaiser Half Marathon is coming up in November, see you all then!

It's that time of year again! The Fulton County Health Department has requested our assistance for this years Lockport 5k/10k Run & Walk at Goll Woods.

When: Saturday, October 5th, 2013, 9:00am
Where: Lockport Mennonite Church, Stryker, OH

Lockport Mennonite Church is located at the corner of Williams Co Rd 21/N and Co Rd I-25.

We need to meet at the church by 8:00am for assignments and setting up the base station. The course is run on county roads through Goll Woods. Things usually wrap up by 11:00am, sometimes sooner. We have safety vests we'll bring along. If you bring an HT, make sure you charge up the night before otherwise you should be able to operate from your vehicles. We plan to operate on 146.460 FM simplex.

That's the info I have for now. If anyone else has anything to add, please send to fcarc@mailman.qth.net.

Please reply back to me if you can assist!

73!

Craig Szczublewski - KD8KBU

Hello everyone, here are some notes from the September 16th Club meeting:

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm with 15 members in attendance. Minutes from the previous meeting and the treasurer's report were read and accepted.

Committee reports follow:

Members in Distress: KB8ELG was unable to attend due to a minor back injury from over he weekend.  It was also reported that KC2RCU was recently in the hospital but is believed to be out.

Education: The Autumn Tech Class will not happen at this point.  We thought we had fairly good interest, but did not have anyone follow up.  At this point we are considering a Spring class.  K8LI suggested instead a Winter class, perhaps in January when there is little to do outside.