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.”

Chuck Poch

Spotting Sites

The topic of the Tuesday night Hamlet Net was “spotting sites.”  Here is a list of the sites that were mentioned:

https://hamspots.net/

https://dxheat.com/dxc/ – Has a “heat map” on the right side of the page.  Set your continent, and it will show you graphically which bands have spots appearing (i.e. QSOs occurring) to various continents.

https://dxwatch.com/

https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php?Lan=E

http://reversebeacon.net/

http://dxsummit.fi/#/

https://www.wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map – WSPR map (if not running WSPR, you can still use to get a feel for band openings.  WSPR is a great program to try if you want to see how far your station can reach.)

https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html – Despite the name, it includes information on many modes (digital and non-digital)

https://gridtracker.org/ – Windows application to display contacts on a map as well as many other features.

Stealth Antennas from Denver Radio Club

Just this past week, BIll Rinker W6OAV gave a presentation on Stealth Antennas in your attic.  I hope this information will help those with HOA issues. I’ll be glad to help in any way I can. I monitor all our DRC UHF repeaters including our DMR (TG 310804) and our Fusion systems.   [email protected]

Thanks and 73

Steve KF0AGY

 

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