The 2010 WIQP Post Pizza Party will be held after the closing of the WIQP at Pizza Hut on west College ave. in the back room. The Post Pizza Hut party will be "Pay for your own" so come and go as you please!

Good Luck in the contest!

Brian - KB9LRD

The Wisconsin QSO Party committee recommends that participants adhere to the General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands below 30 MHz (HF) and for bands above 50 MHz (VHF). Please do not use the National Calling Frequencies - such as 146.52 - during WIQP. We suggest using the following frequencies:

6 meters 52.570
2 meters 146.580
1.25 meters 223.520
70 cm 446.200
10 meters 28.400

The above will be the recommended frequencies for the FCARC membership to follow!

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With spring right around the corner, the FCARC will be providing communications for many public service events. Our first event is the 2010 MS Walk at Appleton North School; we anticipate 600 people participating in this walk. The event will start at 10:00 a.m. with setup occurring at 8:30 a.m. If you would like to help out with radio communications for the 2010 MS Walk, please contact me at dsprangers@gmail.com or 757-5245.
For more information about the MS Walk, please visit their website at: National MS Society · Wisconsin Chapter

Regards,
David Sprangers, ND9DW
MS Walk Coordinator

HF'ers: It's 4:40 PM March 14 & you still don't have that WV multiplier?

WV Fone Net (no, I'm not the newest Fonix Grad) 3.811 (+or-, usually -) is at 6:00 PM EDT (5:00 PM CDT). Generally, folks are trying to clear the frequency beginning about 20 or 30 minutes before net start, and some usually are around after net closure.
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Greetings. Just a reminder that the Fox Cities Slow Net will be meeting on 3559.5 KHz at 3 PM today (Saturday).More..

Greetings to all,

This message is being sent to all local young hams and those experienced older hams supporting them in their pursuit of ham radio excellence.

Make plans to participate in the first K8DAR Menominee D.A.R. Radio Club contest entry for 2010. More..

Remember, the Fox Cities Slow CW Net meets on Saturdays at 3 PM on 3559.5 KHz. Please use QRP power levels if you can. More...

The 146.76 Repeater is back on the air!

Back in early September we were told that the old tower will be coming down soon and we should remove our antenna and feedline by the 12th. At the time I expected the repeater to be off the air for 2 weeks tops. That was almost 5 months ago. After construction delays and electrical problems we were given the go ahead with the antenna installation for January 11th.

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Greetings, all. This afternoon we had seven check-ins to the Fox Cities Slow Net, including the net control station. The session lasted 30 minutes. I want to thank: More....

Greetings all. As part of the Fox Cities ARC Rockmite Group Build we agreed to hold a slow speed CW net on Saturday afternoons. It has recently come to my attention that some club members (and maybe others) are interested in the net, even though they haven't built a Rockmite. For this reason, I am inviting everyone who is interested in CW to join us. Much more....