WØENO - Longmont Amateur Radio Club (LARC)

Serving the Longmont/Boulder Amateur Radio Community since 1958

LARC Fall POTA Activation 2026

Oct 17–18, 2026

Location - TBD

Click below for more information

Multiple parks, 10 hours, 2 days POTA activation(zulu time). What a club event!

📻 WØENO Repeaters

2m 70cm
Output 147.270 448.800
Input 147.870 443.800
CTCSS 100.0 Hz 88.5 Hz
Location Justice Ctr Lee Hill
EchoLink: W0ENO-R  |  Full Details →
📅 Hamlet Net: Tue 7pm  |  Social Net: Thu 8pm
LARC'S Mission -“To advance the art, science, and enjoyment of amateur radio; to promote fellowship among amateur radio operators; and to serve the community through emergency communications and public service operations.”

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LARC PVET Exam Session Sunday 7/17

LARC is sponsoring a FREE Patriot VE Exam Session this coming Sunday, July 17th, at 9:00 am.

If you would like to join us, please pre-register at:

www.hamstudy.org/sessions/w0pct

This session is being held at the Professional Building in Longmont, at 350 Terry Street, 80501, UPSTAIRS in the Onyx Room. You may take this exam on your tablet or your laptop, in-person with us.

MARS SAT AWARD

Contact the Mauritian NanoSatellite MIR-SAT1 Today for a chance for a Reward QSO Card!

To celebrate the deployment of the first Mauritian NanoSatellite MIR-SAT1, today, on 22 June 2021 at 10:55UTC, the Mauritius Amateur Radio Society Is giving out four levels of awards to those who decode MIR-SAT1 telemetry (TLM) and forward their results to Satnogs.  Decoder information is provided in the link(s) below.

 

For more information, check out the following links:

https://mars3b8.wordpress.com/2021/06/19/mir-sat1-special-award/

https://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2021-06-18.php

 

Second Chance for an Ed Fong discounted antenna!

In case you missed it or you just want additional antennas the Club will be placing a second order for discounted antennas from Ed Fong (our January General Meeting presenter).

Please fill out the form with what you are interested in. No money is due at this time. We will contact you prior to placing the order to confirm and make those arrangments.

You can see all the antennas and other equipment Ed offers on his website.

Everyone can participate, you DO NOT have to be a club member. Just fill out the form and let us know what you want.

We will be placing the order the first week in June so get your orders in by June 6th!

Chuck will be sending out invoices which will need to be paid prior to June 13th, at which time we will be placing the order.

Please fill out this FORM to Place your order.

 

Order form link: https://forms.gle/U8pM2egRPEoqGhZ37 

 

Feel free to contact Chuck (k0itp) or Mike (w0kki) with any questions

 

Pricing:
 
  • DBJ-1 dual band base antenna – available in HAM (144-148 MHz and 440-450 MHz) or Commercial (152-157 MHz and 460-470 MHz)  $32
  • DBJ-2  dual band roll up antenna –  available in HAM (144-148 MHz and 440-450 MHz) or Commercial (152-157 MHz and 460-470 MHz)  includes 6ft extension, BNC, SMA and SMA female adapter    $32
  • TBJ-1 triband base antenna 2mt/220 MHz/70 cm –- $65  – includes shipping with 6ft of pvc pipe. 
  • 6ft extensions cables (BNC male to  BNC female  $5
  • BNC – female to PL259 (adapter for roll up DBJ-2 to mobile or base) $2.50
  • GP5-SSB Software defined radio   $65

**there is a small fee for shipping in addition to the listed price depending on what you order.

Ed Fong Antenna Order

For our January General Meeting we had Ed Fong speak to us about how he builds antennas. During his presentation he mentioned that the club could place a discounted order for any of the items that they make. Quite a number of people stated they would like to order…Here is your chance!

Please fill out the form with what you are interested in. No money is due at this time. We will contact you prior to placing the order to confirm and make those arrangments.

You can see all the antennas and other equipment Ed offers on his website.

Everyone can participate, you DO NOT have to be a club member. Just fill out the form and let us know what you want.

We will be placing the order the first week in April so get your orders in by April 5th!

Please fill out this FORM to Place your order.

 

Order form link: https://forms.gle/R9xyi1fp9byKqX3v7 

 

Feel free to contact Chuck (k0itp) or Mike (w0kki) with any questions

 

Pricing:
 
  • DBJ-1 dual band base antenna – available in HAM (144-148 MHz and 440-450 MHz) or Commercial (152-157 MHz and 460-470 MHz)  $32
  • DBJ-2  dual band roll up antenna –  available in HAM (144-148 MHz and 440-450 MHz) or Commercial (152-157 MHz and 460-470 MHz)  includes 6ft extension, BNC, SMA and SMA female adapter    $32
  • TBJ-1 triband base antenna 2mt/220 MHz/70 cm –- $65  – includes shipping with 6ft of pvc pipe. 
  • 6ft extensions cables (BNC male to  BNC female  $5
  • BNC – female to PL259 (adapter for roll up DBJ-2 to mobile or base) $2.50
  • GP5-SSB Software defined radio   $65
 

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