On October 14, some 500 runners and walkers gathered on an a calm, overcast Saturday morning for the 24th annual St. Joe’s 5K Run/Walk.  The Fox Cities Radio Technical Society was asked by race coordinator Ned Hughes to capture video of the course and display it in the ballroom at […]

2017 St. Joe’s 5K Run/Walk

In the past few months, members of the FCRTS have been working on a project to make IP Telephones work on a portable ad-hoc network. We have completed two phases of the project which include configuring Raspberry Pi 2 to function as a PBX using an Asterisk image specifically made […]

Wireless IP Phone System

At our last club meeting, we had some guests from the Appleton Makerspace stop in.  Shane Grey (president) and one of their members, Mathew Peterson (KD9BKC) stopped in to discuss some projects happening in their group.  They were kind enough to invite our members out to their space on Thursday […]

Appleton Makerspace – Club Tour

For CommunityFest, the FCRTS was able to bring our technology to the FCARC’s deployment to provide extra eyes and ears for the Neenah Police.  The FCARC helps to provide extra security to ensure the safety of the public attending the event. The FCRTS cameras were setup at Doty Park for […]

2015 CommunityFest

The 2015 MS Walk in Appleton is now behind us.  This was the society member’s first opportunity of the year with all new equipment to be deployed on behalf of the Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club.  Overall, it’s safe to call this event a success.

2015 MS Walk

With our first meeting in our new schedule done, I would like to explain the focus of our new meeting structure. To assist in bringing Amateur Radio operators into technologies that may have been in use in recent years, we are focusing on having an education focus time at each […]

We’re not just Meshin’ Around Here

Today (3/31) is the last day that the FCRTS meetings will be held on Tuesday mornings.  As of April 7th, meetings will be held Tuesday afternoons every other week.  The calendar has been updated with the new information.

Regular club meeting changes

The club membership had a small wing party and skills afternoon on Saturday.  Everyone gathered at the Stoneyard in Greenville to enjoy a wing party that was generously donated by Larry (WB9KMW).  Thank you, Larry!

Wing Party and Skills Afternoon