Radio Opportunities

Some of us are a bit shy about getting on the air. Good news! The club offers two low risk opportunities, especially for new hams, to practice radio. First there is the Wednesday afternoon Rag Chew. This is held every Wednesday at 11:00 AM. Then there is the LARC Net, held every Thursday at 7:30 PM. These are only a two of the many opportunities to get on the air. Anytime you have a moment, and your radio handy, you can always push the button and say your call sign slowly and phonetically followed by "listening." If that doesn't work, try your call sign followed by "radio check." Finally, if you happen to be on the air and hear a couple hams chatting, and would like to join in, listen for a while to get the gist of who and what, then toss out your call sign. Hopefully the other parties will pause between transmissions to let you pop in. If nothing else it is always nice to get a signal report.

This is the log for Thursday May 30th provided  by Robert. 

N6MRS Mike

N7CUC Sam

KN4SAV Ed

KN4SAU John

WX4NEX Norman

KN4OTO Kay

KI4FEL Don

WB8QQR Norm

N4HES Lee

KN4LEH Dan

K1OPQ Dave also has a Kenwood TS570D for sale 275.00 and needs help changing channels on a Kenwood TH 22AT


Robert Young AG4E

May General Meeting 2019

We have several new Hams and Ham upgrades!

LARC had a very busy testing day. There were seven successful candidates: five Techs, one General and one Extra.Congratulations to all.

From left to right VE John, Ed KN4SAV Extra, Justin KN4UJJ Tech, Gabriel KN4UJK Tech, Larry KN4UJI Tech, Steve KM4QBT General, VE Richard, and VE Bill

From left to right VE Richard, VE/coordinator  Rich, Nate KN4UJM  Tech, Brenda KN4UJL Tech, VE John

Show And Tell

This months Show and Tell featured two mini exhibits. The first was a demonstration of reading barcodes using the same hardware and software the club uses to take attendance every month. The second exhibit was Darrell Davis's Go Kit pictured below.

Can anyone out there hear me?

We have all asked this question from time to time, especially with band conditions being what they are these days. Our main speaker for the evening, John Leahy KK4ITX, has an answer. John spoke at length on WSPR Net, the tool he uses to determine both band conditions as well as antenna effectiveness. WSPR Net, is a series of listening stations dispersed through out the world. By sending a signal packaged in a specific way and using special software it is possible to determine which of the WSPR stations received your signal. From their location you can then determine both band conditions and the effectiveness of your equipment. Because the system updates frequently it is possible to make meaningful comparisons, for example between two antennas tested minutes apart.

A graphic from John's presentation demonstrates what is possible. His presentation in entirety can be found on the club's website at .LARC General Meeting Notes

Attendance

 

CALL	FIRST	LAST	CLASS	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
AA4HT	Robert	Van Winkle	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
AB1DX	Oliver	Richards	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
AB4XK	Chet	Carruth	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K0ZD	John	Stanford	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K4EMT	Sarah	Clark	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
K4JZ	William	Aten	Amateur Extra	LIFE	YES	POL-933
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General	NO	NO
KF4Q	William	Busbin	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KF4TPW	Lydia	Morgan	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KI4CDY	Patrick	O'Neil	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-219A
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-415A
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KK4BMI	David	LaFave	General	LIFE	YES
KK4ITX	John	Leahy	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	PAS-607
KK4LYQ	William	Paul	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-834
KK4OGM	Ronald	Herring	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KK4VCN	Eleanor	Marshall	Technician	NO	NO	OSC-074
KM4BAO	Robert	Doherty	General	YES	NO	POL-829
KM4CUG	Debra	Leahy	Technician	YES	NO
KM4DMD	John	Laurent	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-845
KM4QBT	John	Rogers	Technician	NO	NO
KM4STS	Liam	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STT	Aimee	Holzer	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KM4STU	Leon	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KN4BOE	Thomas	Conner	General	YES	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	General	YES	NO
KN4FRA	Susan	Pugh	Technician	NO	NO
KN4OTS	Harley	Leavitt	General	NO	NO
KN4PIH	Richard	Lennon	Technician	NO	NO
KN4PVO	Jesus	Perez	Technician	YES	NO
KN4SAU	John	Beatty	General	NO	NO
N4ESS	Richard	Kennedy	Amateur Extra	LIFE	NO	PAS-570
N4FRK	Victor	Saxe	General	NO	NO
N4HCZ	Robert	Griggs	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
N4PEG	Margaret	Kennedy	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
WA4MMO	Geoffrey	Schuck	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
WB4OMG	Harmon	Morgan	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
WB6ZEQ	Herman	Smith	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
WX4AMS	Andrew	Stevens	General	YES	YES	POL-838
Guests
K2TDR	Ringo	Breton	Amateur Extra
K3JAZ	Larry	Turner	General
KE4IPE	Russell	Gunter	Technician
KI4CRI	Charley	Gribble	Amateur Extra
KK4TBK	Frank	Fernandez	Technician
KN4LEH	Dan	Dickey	Technician
W4OD	Michael	Smith	Amateur Extra
WB8QQR	Norm	Nissen	Advanced
	Robert	Sanchez
	Bing	Bartlet
	Don	Alexander
	MinHee	Rezac

Another Sucessful March For Babies

For many years the Lakeland Amateur Radio Club has been supporting the Lakeland March For Babies. Yes, everyone has a cell phone, but with ham radio you only need one number to contact everyone or anyone on the team. In past years we have helped with scratched knees, twisted ankles, and even tired toddlers. This year, we were ready, but the March went on without incident. That's a good thing.

Most of the members pose before dispersing to their stations.

One of the functions we perform at this event is that of determining the last of the marchers and reporting back their location. This year the marchers holding up the rear were my good neighbors, Jim and Frances Robinson. They are the two in the rear pushing the baby carriage.

 A few photos follow as evidence of all the hard work our club puts into this event.