Welcome to the Frederick Amateur Radio Club!

Field Day 2023 is just around the corner on weekend of June 24^th & 25^th. Here is the plan as of now:

• We’ll be operating from Remsberg Park at 7408 Holter Rd in Middletown 21769
• Setup will begin around 9:00-ish, and we’ll start making contacts at 2:00pm, then run until Sunday afternoon.
• We plan to run three HF stations + a Get On the Air (GOTA) station for non-licensed operators.
• Our goal is to run 100% solar/battery, and keep the generator as a backup plan.
• Feel free to bring a camping tent for a quick cat-nap.
• Feel free to bring your own radio or antenna to try, or use one of the radios that we’ll have in operation. Also feel free to bring whatever gear you may have questions about, and it’s very likely that someone can help you sort it out.
• We’re making this a pot-luck food event; if you can, please bring your favorite dish to share.

So, PLEASE plan to stop by and make some contacts, or just socialize for a while. If you have questions, feel free to send me a note – my address is current on QRZ.com.

73!
Mike K3MMM

Come one and all to hang with the cool kids at the June meeting of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club.  We will meet on Monday, June 19th at 7pm at the Social Hall of the Independent Hose Company, located at 310 Baughmans Lane in Frederick.  We welcome all visitors, both licensed hams and members of the greater community who may be interested.  We will finish planning for Field Day next weekend and hear a presentation by Howard AE3T on Working the World on 2 Meters via the Moon!

Please join us in person or via Zoom – use this link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85487265741?pwd=VFErODAzeUVVVVkwQytLN2NrbVJrZz09

Please join us for the May 2023 Frederick Amateur Radio Club meeting, scheduled for Monday May 15th at 7pm.  Meetings are held in the social hall of the Independent Hose Company, located at 310 Baughmans Lane in Frederick.  Parking and hall entrance are located at the back of building.  Club meetings are a great way to meet other local ham operators, are open to anyone who is interested – we encourage visitors to stop in. This month we’ll have a presentation by Kerri KB3WAV and Ray KC3RW regarding basics of Parks on the Air (POTA) activations. 

If you can’t join us in person, you’re welcome to join via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85487265741?pwd=VFErODAzeUVVVVkwQytLN2NrbVJrZz09

Join us for an Amateur Radio Fox Hunt at the Catoctin Creek Park & Nature Center on May 13, 2023 starting at 10:30 AM – immediately after the monthly club breakfast. Rain date is May 20, 2023. Weather changes and talk-in via W3FDK 146.73MHz repeater. The park is located at 2929 Sumantown Road, Middletown, MD 21769. We will meet in the parking lot near Shelter 2, unless the park is very busy, then we will meet in the overflow parking area. Just look for the fox hunt signs and vehicles with antennas!

An Amateur Radio Fox Hunt is a practice drill to find hidden radio transmitters using RF direction finding techniques. Since this is a receive only drill so you do not have to be licensed to participate in this event. All our transmitters will be on the two meter band, and we will have loaner equipment, if you just want to give it a try.

We’ll have two fox hunts set up.
1. One fox hunt with one transmitter near the shelter (less than 100 yards level walking). This is a training hunt where experienced fox hunters will be happy to assist you by showing different techniques to do radio direction finding.
2. The second hunt for the more seasoned fox hunters will have four transmitters (foxes) hidden in the park, along the trails. This one will require some walking. When you find your first fox, it will have a tag on it with the frequency of your next fox. You can then repeat to find the rest, or just come back to sit and talk with other HAMs!  A .pdf flyer for the event is here: Foxhunt-5_13_23.pdf

If you’ve never been to the Catoctin Creek Park & Nature Center you will find this a hidden gem of Frederick County. There are lots of walking trails through the woods, a playground, water access and a Nature Center with wildlife displays inside. More info on the park is here:  Catoctin-Creek-Nature-Center