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

ARRL Field Day Report

 ARRL 2015 Field DayReport

2015 Field Day was a spectacular event, with 15 operators making 381 contacts.  Thanks guys for your good effort.

We had three stations on the air much of the time. All our equipment was on battery power. using the batteries from a cell phone tower.

Saturday Don, ke0ee, cooked up brats, and hamburgers for the guys.  He also provided dinner and breakfast Sunday.

 
 Band  Contacts
10 meters- SSB  8
 15 meters – SSB 46  
 20 meters – SSB 227 
 20 meters – CW 46 
 40 meters – SSB 58

We had antennas up for 17 meter (not a contest band)

Paul, ac0qe, set up a PSK31 station on 17 meters and taught a class on setup and operation.

We also had 6 different antennas.   Guys could work non contest bands with their own rigs.

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Digital ATV

Digital ATV – Jim Andrews and Don Nelson presented – July 2015 General Meeting

Mini-Maker Faire

Mini-Maker Faire                                                            LARC will have a booth at this event

 

 

Turkey Trot – 2014

If you are seeing these pictures on the What’s New Page, be sure to click on ‘Read More’ at the bottom to see a picture

of the volunteers.

 

 

 

LARC Volunteers (Left to Right)

Mark Mollenhauer (KD0GOC), Tom Priestly (KD5ZDT), Bill Honeyman (KG6CNL), Terry Bullett (KD0ZWU) ), Joe Callahan (KD0JCC),

Jerry Schmidt (N0OUW),Jim Pellouchoud (N0IRK), Doug Altman (KE0SI), Dave Palmer (N6KL), Nathan Carlson (KD0OEO),

Chip Stewart (AB0XH), Mark LeBlanc (N7PUR)