Welcome to the Frederick Amateur Radio Club!

The Frederick Amateur Radio Club holiday party will be held on Monday December 18th at 6pm at the Independent Hose Company social hall (where club meetings are held – 310 Baughmans Lane Frederick). PLEASE plan to join us for the festivities, and bring your significant-other. This will be a pot-luck event, so please plan to bring something to share. To that end, my bride suggested that it might not be good to have everyone bring desserts (although I don’t see the problem)

As always, let me know if there are questions – you can also send me a note at my callsign @arrl.net

Cheers & 73!
Mike K3MMM

Come one, come all to the Frederick Amateur Radio Club meeting on Monday November 20th in the social hall of the Independent Hose Company, located at 310 Baughmans Lane in Frederick.  Parking and entrance are in rear of the building.  This month we will have a presentation by Mark AC3EW regarding new HF digital voice modes.

While it’s always better in person, we expect to broadcast the meeting via Zoom – link is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85487265741?pwd=VFErODAzeUVVVVkwQytLN2NrbVJrZz09

Club meetings are open to all interested parties from the community – we welcome visitors.  If you have an interest in any aspect of radio communications, feel free to drop by.

Saturday October 7th was a big day for amateur radio in Frederick County.  We participated in both the Scouts BSA Seneca District Camporee and the ARRL Maryland DC section Simulated Emergency Test (SET), operating from the Frederick County Health Department, using their equipment.  While the morning was a tad wet, the afternoon was glorious and both events were a success. 

At the camporee, dozens of scouts learned the fundamentals of radio communication, things like keying and releasing PTT on mic, speaking clearly, etc.  We also reviewed the basics of finding a hidden transmitter using a receiver and Yagi directional antenna.  All of the scout troops that came through were successful in both aspects.

At the SET, several operators went out to find US Geological Survey markers and reported located markers to Net Control, which was operating from the Frederick County Health Department.  We look forward to including the FCHD into a regular testing/exercise routine. 

The Frederick Amateur Radio Club will meet on Monday October 16th at 7pm in the social hall of the Independent Hose Company, located at 310 Baughmans Lane in Frederick.  Parking and entrance are in rear of the building.  Our presentation this month is by Tony KC3MBE on strategies for using a spectrum analyzer, specifically the TinySA in amateur radio.  If you have a spectrum analyzer (any variety) and/or anything that you’d like to test, please bring it along.

While it’s always better in persion, we expect to broadcast the meeting via Zoom – link is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85487265741?pwd=VFErODAzeUVVVVkwQytLN2NrbVJrZz09

Club meetings are open to all interested parties from the community – we welcome visitors.  If you have an interest in any aspect of radio communications, feel free to drop by.