Club Events

Winter Field Day 2023 Video

Winter Field Day 2023 Video

Here’s the YouTube video I made of Breakfast at the Hidden Cafe and Winter Field Day. Thanks to everyone involved in planning the event as well as those that came out to make it a ton of fun!

73,
-Raman, KV0N

WInter Field Day Logo

Join us for Winter Field Day – Jan 28 and 29!

WInter Field Day Info: https://www.winterfieldday.com/

If you are planning to participate we need to know by 1/26, Noon.

It will be at the Terry Building, 350 Terry St,. lots of parking. Inside on the 2nd floor, and there is space across the room for conversations away from the radios. Bathroom facilities. Some will operate overnight. Accessible by wheelchair via the elevator.

Everyone is welcome to come and work some HF, there are control operators. Loggers needed too! It is electronic logging. This is a 24 hour event, Bob Smith has the details
for you.

Contact Bob Smith, N0ZFV @ yahoo.com Let Bob know when you would like to operate, he will make a schedule and assign a frequency. First come first served.

The current plan is to meet for our usual Saturday breakfast (8 AM – Hidden Café, Longmont) then begin setting up at 350 Terry St around 9 AM so we can be on the air by Noon. We’ll start tearing down around Noon on Sunday.

Please let me know if you plan to join us for breakfast on Saturday in case we need a larger restaurant.


The front doors at Terry will likely be locked if you show up after 9 AM but call W0ENO on either of the repeaters or EchoLink and someone will come down and let you in:

VHF: 147.270 MHz (+) 100

UHF: 448.800 MHz (-) 88.5

EchoLink: WØENO-R (node 8305)

Dick
Planning chair
KE0VT

Testing Session – Contact Us

Testing Session – Contact Us


Come to Dec 10 Special Event Station – 75th Anniversary of the Transistor

Come to Dec 10 Special Event Station – 75th Anniversary of the Transistor

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, LARC will be operating the special event station W0T on December 10 from 9AM until noon at the 350 Terry St building. All are welcome to come and make some contacts on HF on the clubs IC7300. We will operate under the club’s license with an Extra as control operator. So, you can operate regardless of your personal license status. Contact WA7EM, Ed at ejmohrman@yahoo.com for more information.

The year 1905 is well known as the “Miracle Year” because Albert Einstein published four papers that changed the laws of physics and were significant contributions to the foundation of modern physics. Similarly, November 1947 – January 1948 were the three magical months that paved the way for modern-day electronics. This was done by three brilliant scientists who were members of the Mervin Kelly’s Solid State Physics Group and Semiconductor Sub-Group at Bell Labs, which were given the challenging task of creating a solid-state semiconductor switch that could replace the vacuum tube. The famous physicists – Walter Brattain and John Bardeen managed to make the first working transistor, now known as the point-contact transistor. The invention was made on December 16, 1947. A week after that, the device was officially demonstrated to Bell Labs executives as a “magnificent Christmas present.” In January 1948, William Shockley demonstrated the junction transistor. All three received The Nobel Prize in Physics (1956) and as per Nobel Prize Committee – “In 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain produced a semiconductor amplifier, which was further developed by William Shockley. The component was named a “transistor.”

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LARC PVET Exam Session on 1/15, Sunday

LARC PVET Exam Session on 1/15, Sunday

LARC is sponsoring a FREE PVET VE Exam Session on SUNDAY, January 15, at 9 am at the Professional Building at 350 Terry Street, Longmont, 80504.

If you are interested in taking any of your amateur radio license exams, please register at: https://hamstudy.org/sessions/w0pct for this session.

Bring your tablet or laptop with WIFI capability to take this exam; paper exams will be available as well if requested.

Face masks are optional, per Boulder County and building rules.

Shy-Wy Hamfest and 5 POTA Activations

Shy-Wy Hamfest and 5 POTA Activations

I went up to Cheyenne this weekend to attend the Hamfest. I drove up with my HF gear and did 5 POTA’s over the weekend.

The video is up on YouTube. Check it out!

73,

Raman, KV0N