Longmont Amateur Radio Club

On the Thursday Nite Net tonite, Doug (KE0SI) reminded us about the Special Event Station that LARC is sponsoring this Saturday August 5th starting at 10:00 AM at Thompson Park, here in Longmont. The event is commemorating the Boulder County Fair and is expected to run from 10 until 5 or 6. All are welcome to join in on the fun of making some HF contacts.

Please contact Doug (KE0SI) for more details.....303-883-2782  or click on his name on the 'ABOUT LARC' page to send him an e-mail....

The presentationscheduled for this meeting is about Mesh networking and the CARBBN system in Colorado.

LARC is sponsoring a new Amateur Radio Technician class (beginner level) that starts on Monday, July 31st, at 6:00 p.m. at the Niwot Fire Station at 8500 Niwot Road, Longmont, 80503.  This class ends on August 24th, in time for the August 26th Exam Session.  You can register on the Technician Class link on the Education page on the left, and will be sent directions on how to pay to reserve your seat in this popular class. The class tuition is a bargain at only $10, and the ARRL Amateur Radio License Manual (spiral-bound) is only $25 with the instructor-discounted price.

The LARC VHF and UHF repeaters are now operational at their new Justice Center location.  The move took three days to dissassemble, erect new antennas, and re-assemble the repeaters at the new location.  At this time the same components are in use, but a number of items including the controllers will be upgraded over the next few months.  In addition, we hope that some final tuning should further improve performance.  Please give the repeaters a workout and report any problems.

There are still six seats available in the beginning Ham Radio Technician License Preparation Class which begins Tuesday, May 30th!  Register for this class NOW, so you have your license for your summer fun!

The LARC VHF and UHF repeaters are now operational at their new Justice Center location.  The move took three days to dissassemble, erect new antennas, and re-assemble the repeaters at the new location.  At this time the same components are in use, but a number of items including the controllers will be upgraded over the next few months.  In addition, we hope that some final tuning should further improve performance.  Please give the repeaters a workout and report any problems.

A new Technician License Preparation Class begins on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.  This class runs on Mondays and Thursdays through June 22, with the test following on June 24th.  (It starts on a Tuesday for the first week because Monday is a holiday.)    To register, click on the Education link on the left.

Since I am unable to ker-chunk the repeater today, that tells me that the plan for removing the antennas from the Fire Station has occured as planned. 

The current plan is to now move the repeater(s) to the Justice Center and the target for completion is by End of Day tomorrow.

I will posat any further progess update here as I get them..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Jerry 

LARC is having a VE Exam Session on Saturday, May 20th at 10:00 am at the Niwot Fire Station at 8500 Niwot Road, Niwot, CO  80503.  It is associated with the General License Preparation Course that is completing on Thursday, May 18th, but it is open for walk-ins from the general public.  To register for this session, please click here.