Welcome to the Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club
2012 Spring Picnic
Greeting's everyone. I hope all had a great Easter weekend. This email is being sent to ALL F.S.A.A.R.C. members to let you know our annual spring picnic is going to be Sunday May 6th at 1:00 p.m. at Pavillion #1 at Ben Geren Park on South Zero in Ft. Smith. The club will provide all the Hamburgers and Hot Dogs as well as the ice and picnic related plates, cups and plastic silverware. We ask that members PLEASE bring a picnic related item as well as a drink of their choice. There will be some tables available for those of you that may have something Amateur Radio related that you may wish to sell, buy, trade or give away. Also, we will be located between the bathrooms and the kids playground for those of us that may have their kids or grand children with them at the picnic. If you have any questions or need more information about this event PLEASE don't hesitate to call me on the 146.640 repeater.
We hope to see you ALL there!!!!!!
73 Mike W5TMC
Field Day Photos
Photos from the 2011 Field Day in Greenwood have been posted on the web gallery.
Thanks to Gloria Fitzgerald, KE5EJR, for the excellent pictures.
Field Day 2011
The Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club will be conducting it's annual ARRL Field Day operations at Bell Park in Greenwood, Arkansas on Saturday June 25th and Sunday June 26th 2011.
Operations will commence at 1:00pm on Saturday and conclude on 1:00pm Sunday.
Setup will be from 1:00pm Friday, June 24th. Dinner will be provided for those that assist with the set up Friday night.
Field Day Results 2011
Call Used: W5ANR
GOTA Station Call: (none)
ARRL/RAC Section: AR
Class: 4A
Participants: 35
Club/Group Name: FORT SMITH (AR) AREA ARC
Power Source(s): Generator
Power Multiplier: 2X
Bonus Points:
| 100% Emergency Power | 400 |
| Media Publicity | 100 |
| Set-Up in Public Place | 100 |
| Information Booth | 100 |
| W1AW Field Day Message | 100 |
| Site visit by invited elected official | 100 |
| Site visit by invited served agency official | 100 |
| Submitted via the WWW | 50 |
| Total | 1050 |
Score Summary:
| CW | Digital | Phone | Total | |
| Total QSO | 1004 | 78 | 1396 | 2478 |
| Total Points | 2008 | 156 | 1396 | 3560 |
Claimed Score with Power Multiplier: 7,120
Submitted by:
Charles H. Floyd, W5JE
2309 Dove Lane
Mountainburg, AR 72901
E-mail: w5je@yahoo.com
Comments:
VERY HOT!!!!!!!!!!Near heat exhaustion. Four of members had to leave the site due to heat.
Museum Ships On The Air
There will be over 60 special event stations located on board museum ships across the U.S. on the air on June 4-5, 2011. There will be all kinds of ships on the air including the USS Batfish a WWII sub located in Muskogee, OK. The Broken Arrow club will sponsor the operation from the sub. There are two Ham stations at the War Memorial Museum in Muskogee, WW2SUB, the Batfish and W2OK the USS Oklahoma. Only a part of on of the mast from the USS Oklahoma is on display at the museum. Most of the special event stations will have qsl and certificates available for the contacts made. If you have time listen to the bands and see how many of the museum ships you can contact. Two of the FSAARC club members Levi, wa5wrn and Royce, ke5tc will be operating from one of the stations as they are also members of the Broken Arrow group.
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Local Weather
Fort Smith Radar
Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR
May 21 2012, 5:53 am CDT
Mostly Cloudy
Temp: 67.0 F (19.4 C)
Wind: North 0.0
Barometer: 30.13"
Dewpoint: 63.0°
Humidity: 87%
Visibility: 10.00miSunrise: 6:09 Sunset: 20:19
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