Twin City FM Club - Announcements

Club Meeting - "Is Twin Cities Communications Ready for a Major Disaster"

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:10:10 -0600

We are just a little over a week from one of the best Twin City FM Club programs this year! Barry, W6GFN and Frank, N1UW take on a tough topic "Is Twin Cities Communications Ready for a Major Disaster".

Find out what the two local experts think as they relate their emergency experience at the Twin City FM Club meeting Tuesday, November 11 at 7:30PM. Barry, the Disaster Services Technology Coordinator for the Twin Cities Chapter American Red Cross and Frank, the ARRL Dakota Division Section Manager will together bring you the info you need to know in the event of a local catastrophic event that could effect you, and your communications abilities. This program, is of interest to everyone, especially emergency service amateurs, will follow the Annual Election and business meeting.

News Line Op List

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:57:42 -0500

For all you Saturday Swap Net Control Guys (SSNCG) The list of News Line Operators (and the announcement of the net) has been updated on the events list. In the details of the event has who is scheduled to run News Line for that day.

73,
N7YBH

1st Annual TCFMC Raffle Winners

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:30:54 -0500

Here are the much anticipated winners of the 2008 TCFMC Raffle.
The Drawing was held at Louisiana Oaks Park in St Louis Park. Attended by K0BUD,WG0G,N0ZK,N7YBH,N0NY and WB0N.

1St Place - Took the 32' HD TV
Ted Eckstrom, K0LTX
Golden Valley, Mn

2Nd Place- $100 Gift Certificate
Eugene H. McDougall, KC0GRP
Edina, MN 55435

Thank-You To All and 73
Bert WB0N

TCFMC 2008 Picnic

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:39:20 -0500

Get ready for the summer amateur radio TCFMC event of the summer!
It's the Twin City FM Club Annual membership picnic. Lots to dogs,burgers and lots more along with fun with your radio friends from throughout the Twin Cities. If you are not a member of the Club this is your chance to join,.
The TCFMC Annual membership picnic gets under way as the grills get heated up and chefs Bellows and Torney serve of the good food at 6PM at Brookview Park in Golden Valley Tuesday, August 5.Brookview is at the intersection of Hwy 55 and Winnetka in Golden Valley just south of 55 in the Large Shelter. Be sure to get there early! If you are not a member you can join at the picnic,. TCFMC Picnic, Brookview Park, August 5, 6PM!

2008 FD Results !!!

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:04:47 -0500

Hi all,
Thanx to all who participated at The W0EF FD site this year.
We had our share of problems but all in all it was a good FD for us this year.
Great to see all the good ops we had there including The phenom Cal K0DXC.
Man can he rock on CW!
We had overall a very good group of seasoned as well as newer up and coming ops there. And as usual our setup crew was the best in the business.
Now for the brass tacks:

TCFMC Giant Prize Drawing.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:37:16 -0500

It's your choice of grand prize in the TCFMC First Annual Prize Drawing contest!

Tickets cost $5 each and are available at Radio City. A maximum of 600 tickets will be sold.

Grand prize - Your choice of either:

A Yaesu FT450AT HF radio, complete with auto tuner and ready to go in your shack or your car!

Or a 32 inch HD Television!

Second prize:

$100 gift certificate to a store of your choice!

See the great FT450 AT on display now at Radio City. Buy a $5.00 drawing ticket from Radio City or from TCFMC.

Deadline for the drawing is October 18th!

The K0BUD Roast

Sat, 31 May 2008 11:26:08 -0500

Unfortunately a house fire (I am the fire dept. chaplain) kept me from the roast so I thought I would take this venue to vent my remarks and invite others to do the same.

I was going to wear my clergy collar and make the following remarks.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here to remember the life of Mike. IN life he helped so many hams but now his key is silent. (Pause acting like someone is talking)

CQWPX Contest!!!!

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:22:03 -0500

Hi All,
Well this is your last chance this contest season to work from the club station W0EF.
And its even the easiest contest of them all .... All you want is prefex's and more prefex's
So you want to work anyone anywhere DX , Local ,stateside ,VE .........Thew more the merrier!
Also we now have the new computer on station 2 networking in writelog with station 1 ,so we can enter as a multi 2 and double the fun. (when enough ops are there 2 stations,when not 1 station)

TCFMC GroundWave Contest Results 2007

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:39:07 -0600

Hi All,
1st I would like to thank all who participated in this years TCFMC GroundWave contest! I had a lot of Fun and hope all who joined in did so also.
Now here are the Plaque winners for this year:
Fixed Station K0MPH Roger Roth
Moblie/rover KE0L James Fielder
6 meter N0SBU George Lavallee.
Congratulations to all the winners!!!!!!!
Again thanx to all who participated Especially KC0RET Greg who was W0EF for the contest once again! Thanx Greg !!

TCFMC March meeting Tuesday March 13th

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:53:44 -0600

The TCFMC General meeting Presenting:
RTTY Renaissance With K0RC Bob.
Bob draws upon years of amateur radio experience
to Present "RTTY Renaissance" You may have heard about it,but have you ever tried Radio Teletype?
Bob brings you this world in a fun presentation.
From minimum equipment to lots of great software,
see how easy rtty is on your computer!
Bob follows the 730pm business meeting with his presentation.All members of the amateur radio community are encouraged to attend.

W0EF wins 1st place !!!

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:49:45 -0600

Hi all,
The TCFMC contest team W0EF won 1st place in the 10th area in the CQWPX Contest!! In the March 2006 contest.Ops :KC0RET,K0BUD,KN0F,KC0QNA,KC0TRX,KB0FH,W0QT and WB0N. The interesting thing is it was our lowest score in a couple years so go figure!Anyways Good Job all!
And we will be back doing it again this year,so if you want to sign up for the Award winning contest team W0EF let me know please!

NA QSO Party SSB

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:04:48 -0600

We will be operating WØEF in the NA QSO Party Jan 20th from noon to midnight.
It is a fun little contest. To join in contact Bert WBØN@aol.com or cell # 612-819-0832
73 all Bert WBØN

FCC rule change

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:28:00 -0600

NEWS
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D. C. 20554
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action.
See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

10M lineup for W0EF

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:03:37 -0600

Well here is the lineup for the ARRL 10M contest this weekend sofar!

Sat Dec 9th
11am to 1pm KC0RET Greg and W0NCR Bob
1pm to 3pm K0AD AL (mr CW running solo)
3pm to 5pm K0BUD Mike and he needs a partner!!!!

Sun Dec 10th

11am to 1pm no one yet
1pm to 3pm noone yet
3pm to 5pm KC0VCU Rusty and WB0N Bert

November 14 Election Results

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:54:59 -0600

At the TCFMC annual meeting, the following members were elected to office effective January 1, 2007:

Reelected
VP - Bert Benjaminson WB0N
VP - Al Dewey K0AD
Treasurer - Ted Eckstrom K0LTX

Newly Elected
VP - Tom Sneed N0ZK (Floyd Winters seat)
VP - Bruce Schmiedlin KC0TPV (Greg Merth seat)

To ensure a smooth transition, please submit membership-related information to Tom Sneed and Quaterwave information to Bruce Schmiedlin.