April Meeting 2018

Congratulations are in order.

Eric Allen, KE4ECCholding his certificate for passing the Tech exam.

The background was chosen because our meeting was held the day after Easter.

Next to Peggy Craig Curry, WB3IEX new General, and to his left Joe Hansel KN4KIB a new Tech.

 In the background is the famous Rochester Mushroom House designed by architect James Johnson, who is also the architect of Rochester's Liberty Pole, sometimes know as the stainless steel toothpick. :-)

Opening Remarks and Upcoming Programs

 For those who are not aware, Bob is the mastermind behind the monthly programs. He works tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure that the club is treated to an appropriate and interesting program each month.

Proposal For Training

 During the meeting, Todd made the case for a club sponsored educational program. This will consist of a two day crash course aimed at passing the Technician License Test. This may seem like a stretch but the latest cognitive science suggests that the mind is pretty good at filing; retrieval is another story. However, in many studies, participants shown a hundred faces were able to correctly identify a face shown from a comparison face not shown a surprisingly high number of times. Todd's suggestion of drilling only on only the right answers to questions is similar to the face experiments mentioned above. Faced with the comparison of something you have seen with something you have not seen, your mind is likely to gravitate toward what it was exposed to. Is this in-depth learning? Definitely not! On the other hand, as one ham in the audience put it, a license is a license to learn. If two days after you pass the test you can't recall the starting and ending frequencies of the two meter band, there is always Google.

Todd correctly pointed out that this must be a club effort. Students must associate club members with ham radio if LARC is going to gain any new members from this effort. In many cases, just your presence will be enough. More information will follow.

In the future a General course will be addressed, but unlike the Tech course, this one will focus more on understanding and take considerably more than a weekend.

Education is one of the three pillars LARC stands on. Judging from the hands showing interest, our club is behind this venture. Now we just need candidates.

Florida Parks On The Air

Matthew did a great job covering Florida Parks On the Air, Year Two. During his presentation he displayed some of the equipment he takes with him, including antennas, power supplies, and radios. You can find more about Florida Parks On The Air by visiting our website at LARC Website

 Another Packed House

It is gratifying to see the crowd show for a meeting, and even more gratifying to realize that things just don't happen by accident. Coffee is brewing an hour in advance, chairs are set up for the presentation, and our VE group is testing in the room behind the meeting room. All this happens seamlessly because Sam, Rich, Peggy and many others all pitch in to make it so. They say in the military the first rule is "never volunteer." But consider this. If everyone followed this rule, we would have no military. LARC works because its members pitch in to make it work.

CALL	NAME_FIRST	NAME_LAST	LICENSE_CLASS	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
AA4HT	Robert	Van Winkle	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
AB4XK	Chet	Carruth	Extra	YES
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K2OU	Gary	Perkins	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
K4EMT	Sarah	Clark	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KA2BVC	Alwin	Pogue	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KA4PNE	Yisrael	Freedman	General	YES	YES	DUV-294
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General	NO	NO
KC2RMZ	Brian	Volz	Technician	NO	NO
KG2G	Bert	Onachila	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KG4PWF	James	Scott	General	NO	NO	POL-173A
KI4EFL	Donald	Jeerings	General	NO	NO
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KJ4AFB	Patricia	Morris	General	YES	YES
KJ4DSQ	Roger	Land	Technician	YES	YES	POL-208A
KK4LYQ	William	Paul	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KK4VCN	Eleanor	Marshall	Technician	NO	NO
KM4BAO	Robert	Doherty	General	YES	NO	POL-829
KM4STS	Liam	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STT	Aimee	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STU	Leon	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4UYX	Kenneth	Kozla	General	NO	NO
KN4CHP	James	Edmonson	General	YES	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	Technician	YES	NO
N4ESS	Richard	Kennedy	Amateur Extra	LIFE	NO	PAS-570
N4PEG	Margaret	Lang	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	HIL-1000
N6MRS	Michael	Shreve	General	YES	NO
N7CUC	Samuel	Shaver	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
NJ4Y	Matthew	Stevens	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-680A
W4EMT	Eric	Clark	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
W4JGC	J.	Culler	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-560A
W4XDS	James	Stewart	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
W7STR	Springer	Rush	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
W8DUK	Richard	Grubb	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-782
WX4AMS	Andrew	Stevens	General	YES	YES	POL-838
Guests
WB6ZEQ	Herman	Smith	General