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

Monthly POTA (Parks On The Air) Activation Starting 3/20

Come join us!

LARC will be holding a monthly POTA event to help current and prospective members get comfortable and proficient with using ham radio equipment. We will use this time to also train and certify club members on the Club’s Go-Box and antenna system. It is encouraged to bring your own gear if you have it, but the club will provide an HF and VHF/UHF radios (the Go-Box) for use during these events.

Times will be assigned for the go-box usage in 1hr time slots that you will need to sign up for. Dates and time are subject to change. Feel free to come early or stay late depending on your comfort level. 

All events will start at 9am MST.

To sign up and register in advance please submit this form so that we kow you are coming and can inform you of any changes.

For specific info on Parks On The Air go to: https://parksontheair.com/

This is an outdoor event please plan accordingly knowing that Colorado weather can change quickly and often.

For more information please email w0kki@w0eno.org

Some of the locations that we will be visiting are:

  • Boyd Lake State Park
  • Rocky Flats Nation Wildlife Refuge
  • Barr Lake State Park
  • Eldorado Canyon State PArk
  • Cherry Creek State Park
  • Golden Gate State Park
  • Pawnee National Grassland
  • Rocky Mtn National Park

Download the current flyer with planned outings subject to change.

LARC – Ham Net Challenge

Are you up to it? I have a challenge for you. 

Below you will see a list with all the nets I was able to find on the web. 
I would like for you to help update, maybe attend one or many of these nets to see what they are like. 
 
 
The Goal: 
To create the best list of nets for the state of Colorado!!! Then I will post it on the w0eno.org website. 
 
For any corrections or additions please send the information to me. K0ITP@w0eno.org
 
I’m giving it 2-3 weeks to get this list as detailed as we can so we can publish it to the w0eno.org website. If you can reach nets in Wyoming add them as well. 
 
Thank you all for your help and support in this effort.
 
So get on the air and start enjoying the nets Colorado has to offer!
 
Current List:  (Updates as I get them) Download here

Join our LARC Net Thursday at 8pm

You are invited to join us on our weekly LARC Net Thursday evening at 8:00 pm on our VHF/UHF repeater(s), listed on the left.  Hope to hear you on the air!

RMHAM – Radio Programming with Chirp

Next TUESDAY, Jan. 19th, at 7:30pm Chris K0SWE is giving an RMHAM Tech Talk on Radio programming with CHIRP.CHIRP is an open source program for programming radios from most manufacturers. The talk will cover setting channels as well as other radio properties using Baofeng, Kenwood and Yaesu radios as examples.

This could be a good way of making sure your radio has not only your local ARES group’s channels programmed, but also neighboring districts which you may need to interoperate with.

To get the Zoom key and and password please sign up for the class at

https://www.rmham.org/cgi-bin/rmham-u/signup

As always these talks are free and will be available on the RMHAM web site rmham.org afterwards.

73 -WillemAC0KQ

SANTA IS LIVE ON THE AIR NOW! HO-HO-HO!!

Get your children, grandchildren, & neighborhood kids on the air right NOW with Santa from 6-7 pm TONIGHT and TOMORROW NIGHT (Fri & Sat) to talk to Santa & tell him what they want for Christmas!  (Or just to say hello to him!)

Active on our UHF/VHF repeaters now as well as on Echolink:

VHF:  147.270  +100

UHF:  448.800  -88.5

Echolnk:  W0ENO-R, Node/Station 8305

SANTA IS LIVE ON THE AIR NOW! HO-HO-HO!!

SANTA IS ON THE AIR all the way from the North Pole!! HO-HO-HO!! From 6-7 pm MDT time, tonight (12/3) and through Saturday, 12/5!   Get your kiddos, grandkiddos, neighborhood kids (masked, of course!) on the air with Santa to tell him what they want for Christmas! A licensed ham radio operator is required, & all contacts go through the LARC Repeaters on VHF at 147.270 MHz +100 or on UHF at 448.800 MHz -88.5.

SANTA IS ON THE AIR! HO-HO-HO!

SANTA IS ON THE AIR all the way from the North Pole!!
HO-HO-HO!!

 
From 6-7pm MDT time, tonight (12/1) and through Saturday, 12/5!

 
 
Get your kiddos, grandkiddos, neighborhood kids (masked, of course!) on the air with Santa to tell him what they want for Christmas! A licensed ham radio operator is required, & all contacts go through the LARC Repeaters on VHF at 147.270 MHz +100 or on UHF at 448.800 MHz -88.5.

LARC Santa

to Dec. 5. The club is encouraging licensed ham radio operators to give their children
and grandchildr

 

 

en a chance to connect with Santa in a safe, distanced wa

Click Here to view the entire LARC Santa project article as published in the Times-Call.

 

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served.  We honor and appreciate your service to our country!