Christmas is over and Santa has returned to the North Pole. It is time to enjoy that new radio Santa left you and join our “Fun” Net!!

You can join us tomorrow – Wednesday evening, December 27, at 7 pm for the December D.E.A.R.S. “Fun” Net with the illustrious Bruce Keller at the helm as Net Control! Bruce is always delightful and makes our net “Fun”! Thank you once again, Bruce, for volunteering for Net Control. We really appreciate you!

Please join us from all over the world and check in to our net. Everyone is welcome to check in and share any traffic or announcements with us.

We will begin promptly at 7 pm Eastern Time. In the Orlando area you will find us on the D.E.A.R.S. repeater at frequency 147.300 PL 103.5.  You can also join us via EchoLink node #632802.

Settle yourself in your radio shack, grab a cup of coffee in your D.E.A.R.S. coffee mug (right handed or left handed – either way works) and check in to the net. We want to know you are listening and we can be heard.

We love to share our net with all hams no matter where you may be located. This is a way to ensure we are being heard and our repeater is working properly and ready to be used in case of an emergency situation.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to once again be a part of the “Fun” D.E.A.R.S. Net!!

Kathy Blake  K4WDW

The October D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

V.E. Test Session begins at 5:00 pm
D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting begins at 6:00 pm

V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing. You do not have to be a D.E.A.R.S Club member to attend the V.E. Test Session or the Club meeting. We invite everyone to attend.

Our guest speaker this month will be Derek Smith. Derek is the WDW Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. I’m sure Derek will provide some vital information and everyone will benefit from attending this meeting. I hope you will add this meeting to your calendar and make a special effort to join us.

The meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:

Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room

Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.

Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.

We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.

The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.

See ya real soon!!!
Kathy Blake
K4WDW

The October D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Testing starts at 5:00 pm
Meeting starts at 6:00 pm

V.E. Test Session will be held at 5 pm and is open to anyone who would like to obtain or upgrade their ham license. This includes all levels of licensing.

We have a phenomenal speaker for this meeting. Some of you may remember Gary Ownsby, President of the Chattanooga, Tennessee Ham Radio Club. He has been instrumental as a consultant to our club members with the D-Star and DMR repeaters. I have given him free reign to speak about whatever topic he chooses. I know it will be interesting and you won’t want to miss it!!

The October meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:

Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room

Follow Buena Vista Drive through the light by McDonalds. Take your first right onto Showtime Drive (if you get to the Security Guard Shack, you have gone too far!). Stop at the security camera kiosk, push the button to alert security and show a photo ID (can be a drivers license) to the host or hostess via the security camera. Let them know you are there to attend the D.E.A.R.S. Club meeting. The gate to your right will open. You may park in any of the visitor (or open) parking spaces.

Enter the Cast Services Building through the covered entrance and double glass doors. Turn left and follow the hallway to the end and turn left again. The Players Conference room is on the right.

We will be monitoring the 147.300 pl103 repeater and the 442.000 D-Star repeater. If you have made it to the McDonalds at All Star and are having trouble finding us, just give a call on 146.52 simplex.

The “Chat and Chew” will be at the McDonalds located prior to the All Star entrance. Someone usually arrives between 4 and 4:30 pm.

I hope to see everyone there!!

Kathy Blake

K4WDW

The October D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting and V.E. Test Session will take place on

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Testing starts at 5:00pm
Meeting starts at 6:00pm

The October meeting and V.E. Test session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:

Disney’s All Star Resort Cast Services Building
1601 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Players Conference Room

Continue reading →

The WD4WDW DMR repeater is now on the air. Please check here for information on the talk groups. Our repeater is open to one and all in the Central Florida area, and is always listening to the North American talk group.

The September D.E.A.R.S. Club Meeting will take place on
Wednesday, September 14, at 6 pm.

There will be a VE Test Session at 5 pm prior to the meeting.

If you would like to obtain an amateur radio license or you are looking to upgrade your current license, please feel free to come at 5 pm to take the appropriate test. We will have all levels of testing available.

Our special guest speaker this month will be John Mulhall, Communication/Warning Coordinator for the Orange County Fire Rescue Department Office of Emergency Management. He is an interesting speaker and I know you will enjoy his presentation. Let’s show our D.E.A.R.S. support for John.

The September meeting and VE Test Session will be held in the Players Conference Room at Disney’s All Star Resort. Directions to the location are as follows:

Continue reading →

The WD4WDW DEARS Web site has been moved to a different hosting server. Our account with the old server had expired and we were locked out of the system with no ability to export files or mailboxes / user ID’s. Consequently if you had a WD4WDW.ORG email address, it has since been lost and will need to be recreated. Please look at the contacts page and send an email to the webmaster if you wish to have an email recreated.

73 from the WD4WDW Webmaster.