Field Day 2023 is quickly coming. Field Day will be held the weekend of June 24th and 25th. This year we will hold FCARC Field Day at the Bay Lake Scouting Headquarters at 2555 Northern Road Appleton, WI 54912. We are very excited about this location being in the heart of the valley and of course at the scouting headquarters/store. This site gives us the opportunity to have indoor bathrooms, a meeting/shelter area in case of storms and an area for serving food if we so wish to.

The Eau Claire County ARES/RACES group is proud to sponsor a special event station at the High Grounds Vietnam Memorial Park on Saturday April 15 starting at 1000.
The station will operate until 100 QSL cards are spoken for.
Frequencies are 3.995 on 75 meters and 7.295 on 40 meters.
https://www.thehighground.us
(Original message from Stan Piekarczyk K9STN)

American Cancer Society - Sole Burner 2023 5K 

Saturday May 13th
Breakfast: 7:30am
Roll Call: 8:30am SHARP.
Event starts: 9:00am
Event ends: Close to 11:00am

The FCARC needs operators to help provide Logistics & Communications for the 2023 Sole Burner 5K walk/run. The Sole Burner 5K event has been a traditional community service event for the FCARC providing event support for over 25 years.

The sign-up for this year's EAA Special Event Station is now open to
all FCARC members. Sign up will be opening to all ARRL members
later in April 2023. Sign up will be drawing to a close on
May 08 2023. This has to be done so the EAA can finalize their
planning to accommodate us during the event.

Five people braved the aweful weather to participate in this Build Day. Thanks also to KC (KG9JP) and Donna (KC9THF) for hanging out after VE Testing. Super thanks to John (K9KI) for keeping the sidewalk open.
As best as I know, everyone's Morse Code Practice Oscillators worked. Everyone also took a crack at building the attenuator. It wasn't as easy as I remembered. We didn't really have a method to test those so hopefully they will get some use during the next fox hunt.
Brave souls:
Chris Reitz – N9CVR and Elizabeth
Mike Casper – KC9SCP

The FCARC VEs will be conducting Ham Exams Saturday, March 25 at Maplewood Middle School,1600 Midway Road, Menasha 54952.

Registration starts at 8 am and ends at 9 am. Preregistration is encouraged. A government issued picture ID is required. Please see the ARRL.org website, license information, for other forms of acceptable ID. The application requires a Federal Registration Number and a valid email address. FRN's can be obtained free of charge on the FCC.gov website in the ULS section.

Pizza!!

Pizza !! Pizza !!

The 2023 WQP planning party!

Saturday February 25th!

4:30 pm for 17 -18 FCARC members

LUIGI'S Pizza Place
332 Ahnaip St,
Menasha, WI 54952

Note: Pierre Pizza couldn't accommodate our size of a group.

Congratulations to Joel Kasper, WI4WD, for being the Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club's Ham Of The Year!
We thank Joel for all that he's done to earn this honor. Joel has been a Member-at-Large for quite a while and was instrumental in getting the Maplewood Middle School station up and running, to name a few of his accomplishments.
Joel took the opportunity of receiving the award to call for volunteers to mentor new people, especially the youth, into the hobby. Anyone with interest should let the club know using the Contact Us link of the club website.

Amateur radio operators have always said, "We're prepared for a disaster by providing the community with a back-up communication platform that will always work". The Ham radio community has invested, maintained and practiced to provide a system that will work. We will get the message out, either through CW, Voice or Digital modes of communication.

Hello all,

The 2023 WQP is a few short weeks away!

It's really looking good for the FCARC this year in the WQP contest. The following is a run down so far!

Emails sent: 83 = 94% of the FCARC membership.
Of the 25 that responded 13 will be attending (still very early): 16%

Here is the breakdown of the responses so far:
Indicated working the WQP this year: 13
Indicated the 'Maybe": 6
Indicated "No": 8

Please respond to the original invite email. That would be great!

What this means compared to last year.