Grenada Amateur Radio Club is now recognized as the body to conduct exams for amateur radio licenses. They have a new website www.garc.gd/ These islanders have exceriseized their own disaster preparedness plan, and equipped their volunteers for the job. FAIRS has given radio equipment, literature, and funds for outreach. Along with that, a hi-gain antenna and peripheral equipment have been shipped to Grenada.
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April 30, 2013
Ukrainian license for FAIRS club station in Lviv was issued for delivery to Victor Goncharsky (US5WE). The station was assigned call sign UR4WXW.
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April 30, 2013
Held second VE testing session at the high school and Joshua Ray of FCHS ARC is now licensed, with call sign KK4QWC! Thanks to Wally Denison (WD1U) for heading things up.
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Spring 2013
FAIRS has cooperated with the Floyd Amateur Radio Society in joint training sessions, drills and events. Monetary support has been given recently.
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Joyce LaRonde Visits from Dominica
FAIRS was host to Joyce LaRonde from Dominica, who is visiting to the States related to elder care, which she provides. Joyce attended several community functions and gatherings the first part of March, and spoke to groups (including youth – student age) about their impact and potential for goodwill outreach.
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February 21, 2013
The final in-school club day for the school year was held today for N4FCH where a special presentation was made. The attendance of students were greater today in comparison to those who can regularly meet after school. View the video of the event here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIErVMFbsaM
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February 11th-14th, 2013
N4FCH participated in School Club Roundup held February 11th-14th with lots of interest from the kids. We did very well for it being our first time out! The kids are halfway to the ARRL’s: they worked all States (WAS) and made a contact in France! They were very excited about that. We have been working with tracking satellites for sat-com as well as working with digital modes.
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FAIRS FCHS Radio Club January 2013
BE A PART OF THE GOODWILL – N4USA FLOYD, VA www.fairs.org
In July of 2012, Mrs. Annemarie Radke, instructor at FCHS,
indicated interest in being our sponsor for much-anticipated school club for
amateur radio. She believes it is a great opportunity for the kids, and guided
FAIRS, along with members of Floyd Amateur Radio Society to get things set up.
At the end of the month, we enjoyed a tour by Dr. Richard Turner (KZ4VT), principal of William
Byrd High School, who met with us to share ...
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FAIRS Present at Many Local Events
FAIRS has been present at many local functions with event stations, booths, and press articles to make folks aware of our ability to provide emergency help and training. Highlight events of ’11-’12: FAIRS 20th Anniversary On-Air Celebrations; Floyd Town Jubilee, where we sponsored fun radio talk and activities for children; hosting Cub Scouts and other groups at Floyd Community Amateur Radio Station; Amateur Radio Field Day 2011; as supporter of local music at Oak Grove Pavilion; as supporter ...
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2011-2012 Highlights
The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service’s (FAIRS) board of directors worked to create a guiding philosophy for the year insuring the foundation continues to move in the desired direction. The guiding philosophy for 2011-2012 states: to focus on community and to invite other to be a part of the goodwill.
In the 2009-2010 year FAIRS worked to move their focus from internationally to in their home community in Floyd, Virginia. Now in the 2011-2012 year FAIRS works to continue foll...
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