Longmont Amateur Radio Club-LARC

Serving the Longmont Colorado Community!

“The mission of the Longmont Amateur Radio Club is to promote, support, and lead amateur radio activities in a manner that honors and exemplifies the radio amateur’s code, builds camaraderie within our membership, and serves our community’s needs.”

Club Events

Come to our General Meeting, Wed. 8/15

Our next Club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 8/15, at 7:00 pm at the Clover Building at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, in Longmont.

Join us to learn how to build a high-power mag loop and auto-tuner.  Hopefully a number of us will be undertaking a build project and you can be one of the happy builders.  We will overview some technical options for the antenna and auto-tuner, and also the costs for the projects.  Depending on your preferences, the loop antenna can handle 10W or up to hundreds of watts.  This is a great option for club members with HOA or other location restrictions.  We will order parts for these projects in the near future, so be sure to come and express your interest in this project.

DXepedition program set for June General Meeting

Have you ever considered going to a far-off island or country and have tens of thousands of hams try to contact you?  Some people do, and it is called a Dxpedition.  This month we look at dxpeditions, how to contact them, and what it is like to be involved in the effort.  Come join us and take a trip around the world!

Frank Harris

 

Frank Gave a Presentation to the LARC General meeting in February 2018

I first became a ham in 1957. College kept me too busy to operate, so my license expired. I got back into ham radio in 1997. My version of ham radio is 100% scratch built equipment. I buy nothing manufactured for ham radio except log books. As the years go by, my station gradually improves. It now covers 80M through 10M on CW. I’m on SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 & 10.

 

My rig is based mostly on the 1986 ARRL handbook. Modern designs in today’s QEX and Handbooks are usually full of mysterious ICs. In my opinion, they don’t qualify as homebrewing. My station will never reach the level of modern commercial equipment, but for me it’s lots more fun. If you wish to swap ideas about scratch-building or need help getting started, please write or e-mail. My station is described in excruciating detail in a free book, “Crystal Sets to SSB”