Welcome to the Frederick Amateur Radio Club!

In order to streamline accepting dues and other donations and payments, the Frederick Amateur Radio Club will now use Zelle in place of PayPal.  Why?  Because it’s both easy to use and free for both the club and the member, and provides a simpler approach from a tracking and accounting perspective.

What is Zelle?  It’s simply the ACH funds transfer mechanism made “app-friendly”.  Most financial institutions support Zelle natively, either within their web portal or smartphone app – so the “sign up” process is often done within your existing connection to your institution.  On the off-chance that your institution does NOT support Zelle, there is a separate smartphone app that can bridge the gap.  Please know that we are still happy to accept checks and cash at meetings, or checks via the club PO Box.  When sending funds, you’ll send them to treasurer@frederickarc.org and while we’ll know who sent the funds, in the memo line, it’s best to put a note such as “Club Dues for 2025 from (your call sign)”.

Want to know more about Zelle?  Find their Frequently Asked Questions here: Top Zelle Questions | Zelle. Ready to give it a try?  With 2025 just around the corner, it’s a good opportunity to both try Zelle AND send the club dues of $15.  As always, let me know if there are questions.

Mike K3MMM

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The Frederick Amateur Radio Club holiday party will be held on Monday December 16th at 6pm at the Independent Hose Company social hall (where club meetings are held – 310 Baughmans Lane Frederick – parking and entrance in rear of building).  PLEASE plan to join us for the festivities, and bring your significant-other, friends and neighbors. This will be a pot-luck event, so please plan to bring something to share.

In order to minimize overlap, I’ve made two things:

1. Sign up sheet, where you can let us know what you’ll be bringing.  The sign-up sheet is here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2qxnaPLOEu7UAuN-urjx78QtZEbqRrRD40FaoQmLoCrQAZQ/viewform?usp=dialog
2. Sign up result sheet – so you can know what others have already signed up to bring. The result sheet is here: www.frederickarc.org/holiday2024.html – you may need to refresh your browser to see the very latest entries.

Cheers & 73!
Mike K3MMM

At the November club meeting, many members brought their Go Kits to share ideas.  Here are some kit photos from the meeting, in no particular order – click on a photo for individual image, then click on the photo again for a much larger image:

The November 2024 meeting of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club is coming this Monday November 18th at 7PM.  We meet at the Independent Hose Company social hall, at 310 Baughmans Lane in Frederick.  Parking and social hall entrance are in the rear of the building.  After a short business meeting, Dave N3DRL will lead a discussion of portable “GO” kits.  If you have a GO kit of any type, please bring it along for show and tell.

Meetings are always best in person, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen.  Next best is to join via Zoom using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86031809702?pwd=bkFCM0pYL0g1RndpZVNjd01rN2FYQT09
If you join via Zoom, PLEASE either include your call sign or name in your Zoom profile.  This will help identify you as a human and not a bot. Thanks!