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.”

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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” 

 

New Technician Class Starting Monday, February 5th

A new Technician License Preparation class starts on Monday, February 5th, at the Niwot Fire Station.
This class will run on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for three weeks, ending with the VE Exam Session on Saturday, February 24th.  For more information or to register, go to w0eno.org/education or click on the Education link on the left and go to the Technician class link.

LARCFest 2018 – Vendors Registered

Check out this page frequently to see who has signed up for the event this year

 

Call Name Items for Sale                                                                                                   
   Angela’s Creations Put your Call Sign on a hat or other wearables.                       
 KF4TT  Scott Fox  
 W7DKZ  Robert Humberson  
 K0IKP  Bill Busch  
   Willis Whately  
   ArtCraft Electronics  
 W0TOK  Paul Washa  Paul is planning to come barring bad WX, 20% off on ARRL books
 WB2EQD  Calvin Warnecke  
 K8ZTT  Dick Williams  ARRL Card Checker
   Denver Radio Club  
WH6MS Mike Smith  
  Nikki Harvey    
  Douglas Nielsen  
  Melissa Clark  
  Radios – Stuff  
  RDR Electronics  
  Renewal by Andersen  
  Radio Dan  www.radiodan.com
 K0KNE Tom Stratton  
  David Denslow  
  Bruce Thompson  
  Robert Baumann  
  Jaclyn Collins  
  Bryant Hart  
  Mindy Lott  
  Ronda Benjamin  
  BARC Jrs In the NW Corner as usual
KA0BSA BCARES Boulder/Broomfield County Amateur Radio Services
WA3QLW Leslie Varnickle National Traffic System
 KE0GJ Don Hohisel  
  Lloyd Willever   
  RMHAM  
  Frank De Vall  
  Don Carroll  
  Ivan Gabriel  
 W2SRQ Ellicott Electronics  
  Dave D’Epagnier  
  Michael Kubasti  
 AA6TV Donal Apte  
  Bascombe Wilson  
 KE0QIP Chuck Vanderschaaf  
  L2 / Ham Supply  
  Robert Sherwood  
  Susan Velo  
     
     
     
     
     

LARCFest 2018 – Starting Point for planning this year’s event

 

1/7/2018 – Jerry updated the Mastrer Plan fter the board meeting in January

12/7/18  –  Jerry Added the Master Plan spreadsheet file to this page.  Proposed Budget is in the second Tab

 

LARCFest 2018 – Starting Point for planning this year’s event  

This Page is set to be Editable by Board Members and NOT viewable by anonymous users

Jerry Created this page to provide a common spot for all contributors to the eventual public LARCFest web Page to be used in our advertising

Link To NCARC Hamfest Site for ideas   Link to ARA Hamfest site for ideas.

Board has decided that a Flyer is needed for this year’s event –  (So we can pass out event details at the NCARC (Jan) and ARA Events (Feb)

Jeff has volunteered to build the Flyer this year – Plan is to include Hamfest and Craft Fair together in advertising.

Larry is looking into Google ADWORDS for target advertising via the web

I uploaded all the files from Bryan to use for ideas…. Thanks Bryan…..

I need to ask Larry to remove the right side navigation material from this page…. maybe he can teach us how to do it… if we have the power 

 

Edge of Space Science (EOSS) – Presentation @ Nov Gen Meeting

 

We are pleased to announce that EOSS will be presenting at our November General Meeting.  Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) is a Denver, Colorado based non-profit that explores science using amateur radio positioned on high altitude balloons.  EOSS flew balloons carrying radios during the recent solar eclipse.  This should be an interesting conversation from a number of perspectives.

New Shortened Technician Class Starts Thursday, Nov. 2!

Our last Technician License Preparation Class for 2017 begins on Thursday, November 2nd, at 6:00 pm at the Niwot Fire Station.  If you or anyone you know might be interested in getting your beginner-level Amateur Radio License before the holidays, this is the class for you!  

This class offers the same material as our other Technician classes, with 24 hours of training.  However, it will be condensed over a 9-day period using weeknights and two Saturdays, so you can get licensed without as much time committment as our usual month-long classes.  We will cover exactly the same things that our normal class offers.  

Get more information and/or register today by clicking on the Education link on the left to reserve one of the seven seats left!

Oct Meeting – Workshop to test HT Antennas

In October we will have a workshop to test the performance of our HT antennas using an antenna analyzer and forward/reverse watt meter.  

So, please bring your HT and get tested!