January 2018--Printing In The Third Dimension

A New Ham

Congratulations to Robert Baltos, KC3KST after successfully passing his Technician's Grade License Exam.

3D Printing Presentation

Our main speaker for the evening was Bob Doherty who did a fine job explaining and even demonstrating 3D printing to the group. One of LARC's pillars is Education. We are fortunate to have many members with diverse backgrounds and willing to share their knowledge. 

Prep before the meeting which included a live demonstration of 3D printing.

This key is one of the many ways 3D printing can be put to use.The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

An example of what is possible with 3D printing. The above is a working straight key.

Bob presenting 3D Printing Technology

Once again Bob did an outstanding job with his treatment of 3D printing. Maybe not radio per se, but then again creativity is bringing together technologies from many fields to solve a problem in an innovative way. It is said that after trying a hundred different filiment materials for his electric light, the solution was finally found in his wife's sewing basket. Thread, which when carbonized, did the trick. Focus is good, but sometimes defocusing is even better. Let your mind wander.Stay open to new ideas, and new tools.

Captivated audience.

Bob with 3D printer operating in the foreground.

Over fifty people attended.

By my count there were 38 members signed in, 10 ham guests, and at least 3 wives and children bringing the total attendance to well over fifty.

CALL	NAME_FIRST	NAME_LAST	LICENSE	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
KI4DNO	Larry	Walker	General	YES	YES	POL-218A
WD4LKY	Charles	Bukoski	Advanced	LIFE	NO
KB4BDQ	Judith	Bukoski	General	LIFE	NO
KG4YNI	Ernest	Haynes	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-296A
N4FRK	Victor	Saxe	General	NO	NO
KT2T	Michael	Oliver	Amateur Extra	LIFE	YES	POL-322A
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
WZ1P	Daniel	Gagnon	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KJ4RNJ	Joy	Eibe	General	NO	NO
KF4Q	William	Busbin	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KK4BMI	David	LaFave	General	LIFE	YES
K2OU	Gary	Perkins	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
W4ZSC	Albert	Sheppard	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-843
NJ4Y	Matthew	Stevens	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-680A
N4ESS	Richard	Kennedy	Amateur Extra	LIFE	NO	PAS-570
N4PEG	Margaret	Lang	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	HIL-1000
KK4LYQ	William	Paul	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
WX4AMS	Andrew	Stevens	General	YES	YES	POL-838
KK4OGM	Ronald	Herring	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KG4PWF	James	Scott	General	NO	NO	POL-173A
KA2BVC	Alwin	Pogue	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
W8DUK	Richard	Grubb	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-782
KK4YXR	Franklin	Fitzgerald	Technician	YES	YES	POL-801
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General	NO	NO
KK4ITX	John	Leahy	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	PAS-607
KM4CUG	Debra	Leahy	Technician	YES	NO
KM4BAO	Robert	Doherty	General	YES	NO	POL-829
KC2RMZ	Brian	Volz	Technician	NO	NO
AE4RM	Roger	Meadows	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-914
KM4STS	Liam	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STT	Aimee	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STU	Leon	Holzer	General	NO	NO
N7CUC	Samuel	Shaver	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	Technician	YES	NO
W4SAJ	Stephen	Justus	Amateur Extra	NO	YES	POL-115
Guests
K4XZM	Gerry	Carpinetti	Amateur Extra
N4WDH	Duane	Archibald	Amateur Extra
W5JI	Joseph	Di Mare, JR	Amateur Extra	New Member
KN4IOC	Howard	Johnson	Technician
KK4VCN	Eleanor	Marshall	Technician	New Member
W4VCO	Byron	McKubben	Advanced
KR4R	Johnnie	Ritter,JR	Amateur Extra
N7BUP	Philip	Stickney	Amateur Extra
KN4JIQ	Tanner	Sims	Technician
KN4ITQ	Joseph	Lunsford	Technician	New Member

January 2nd 2018

We have a new Extra!

 

John, center, Laurent is our new Extra. Seen photographed along with the usual suspects, and one party crasher. Seems like everyone wants to be a ham these days.

 

Darrell Davis on the Raspberry Pi

Darrell always does a fine job presenting topics of interest to ham radio operators. The Pi is no exception. It is a historical fact that most of the first to experimenters with home computers before Apple and Microsoft were ham radio operators.

 

 We had an quite a showing for Darrell's presentation. 

 Other speakers

Matthew, making the opening remarks to the meeting.

 

Bob gave an update to his presentation the month before on the Outernet.

Fred showed off a new, inexpensive HT that he picked up.

Kevin made a pitch for the Club Logo Stickers. See Kevin if you wish to purchase one.

CALL	NAME_FIRST	NAME_LAST	LICENSE_CLASS	ARRL_MEMBER	ARES_MEMBER	SKYWARN
KI4CDY	Patrick	O'Neil	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-219A
WD4LKY	Charles	Bukoski	Advanced	LIFE	NO
KB4BDQ	Judith	Bukoski	General	LIFE	NO
K4JZ	William	Aten	Amateur Extra	LIFE	NO	POL-933
KJ4UW	George	Mann	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-410
N4FRK	Victor	Saxe	General	NO	NO
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
WZ1P	Daniel	Gagnon	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KJ4DSQ	Roger	Land	Technician	YES	YES	POL-208A
K2EUH	Robert	Foxworth	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-405A
KJ4AFB	Patricia	Morris	General	YES	YES
W4JGC	J.	Culler	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-560A
NJ4Y	Matthew	Stevens	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-680A
WX4AMS	Andrew	Stevens	General	YES	YES	POL-838
W4XDS	James	Stewart	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KG4PWF	James	Scott	General	NO	NO	POL-173A
N6MRS	Michael	Shreve	General	YES	NO
W8DUK	Richard	Grubb	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-782
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General	NO	NO
KM4BAO	Robert	Doherty	General	YES	NO	POL-829
N4KWR	Kevin	Rought	General	YES	YES	POL-868
KC2RMZ	Brian	Volz	Technician	NO	NO
N2TE	R.	Marchese	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
AE4RM	Roger	Meadows	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-914
WB4OMG	Harmon	Morgan	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KF4TPW	Lydia	Morgan	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
KN4CHP	James	Edmonson	General	YES	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	Technician	YES	NO
W7STR	Springer	Rush	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K4QW	Christopher	LeBlanc	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KI4ZMV	Bill	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
K20U	Gary	Perkins	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	NO
WA4MMO	Jeff	Shuck	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	NO
Guests and New Members
KM4DMD	John	Laurent	Amateur Extra	New Member
W4VCO	Julian	Homan	General
KD8HIH	James	Carrier	Extra
KN4IOC	Howard	Johnson	Technician
KT4WX	Darrrell	Davis	Extra	Speaker
WW1WDP	Bill	Paul	Extra	New call KK4LYQ
KC1WE	Rex	Mott	Extra
N4WDH	Duane	Archibald	Extra
KK4VCN	Eleanor	Marshall	Technician

An Evening With Yaesu

The Lakeland Amateur Radio Club invites you to join us for an “Evening with Yaesu!” on Tuesday January 16^th, 2018 at 7:00 PM.

This FREE event will feature a presentation from John Kruk N9UPC Sales Manager for Yaesu USA. The meeting is open to all.

In addition to John’s presentation he will be taking your questions about the current state of our hobby.

The meeting will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church located at 1425 Gillmore Ave., Lakeland FL. For a Google Map and Directions Click Here

All are invited, including members of all radio clubs in the area.

Put The Annual TECHCON On Your Calendar

Coming up on Saturday February 24, 2018, will be the 4th Annual TECHCON,
the West Central Florida Section Technical Conference.  The conference
will be held at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center, 1890 Jim
Keene Boulevard in Winter Haven, FL.  The location is actually between
Winter Haven and Lakeland in Polk County just off of State Road 540. 
The doors will open at 8:00 A.M., and the conference will begin at 8:45
A.M., with the first presentations beginning at 9:00 A.M.  For more
information go to the TECHCON page on the Section website at
http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/wcftechconference/.  If you are
planning on attending, please register so we will know about how many
will be in attendance.  Registration and attendance at TECHCON is free.

There will be a Friday Evening Social, the evening before TECHCON, on
February 23, 2018, from 6:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., at the Sonny's BBQ
restaurant, 4600 Recker Highway, in Winter Haven, FL., a few miles from
the Polk County Emergency Operations Center.

Our special guest speaker from ARRL HQ will be Bob Allison WB1GCM, the
Assistant ARRL Lab Manager.  Bob does many of the product reviews in QST
Magazine.

Flyers for the conference and a list of nearby restaurants and lodging
has just been uploaded to the TECHCON page on the Section website:
http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/wcftechconference/.

73 de Darrell KT4WX

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ARRL West Central Florida Section
Section Manager: Darrell Davis, KT4WX
kt4wx@arrl.org