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LARC Meeting Notification

Because of the current COVID-19 emergency the club station is presently closed.

This includes all normally scheduled activities: Wednesday evening kit building, CW group sessions and Saturday morning activities.

The April 2nd meeting (the antenna meeting) is cancelled and it is probable that the May meeting will also have to be cancelled.

An announcement will be posted here as soon as possible. Please watch the LARC.ca web site for updates.

Also note that there will be a weekly update meeting held on the Monday night VE3LON Net at 8 PM.

the Elmer Net is starting up again - Tuesdays at 8 PM on the VE3OME repeater.

There's a social net Tuesday mornings at 10 on the GYQ repeater that's replacing the face to face meeting at Cherryhill mall.

And wash your hands!

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Minutes from March 30th VE3LON Net

Here's a summary of the update from Mike Cook, VE3ZMC during the net:

- club station at the 427 Wing is closed

- Kit builders meetings are cancelled

- CW practice meetings are cancelled

- LARC meeting scheduled for April 2 is cancelled

- LARC meeting scheduled for May 7, including our Annual General Meeting, is cancelled

- the election will be done over the Internet, and will consist of 2 parts:

- a nomination process, which members can use to nominate candidates

- an election process, which will use a computer system called Electionrunner

- both processes will be overseen by the election committee

- Full details of the processes will be given on the LARC website, and updates will be given in the Monday night net.

- nominations will occur April 12-19, and the election from April 26-May 3, results on May 4

- Field Day will proceed in a modified format. See the ARRL website for details. It is anticipated that many hams will be participating from home

- the Status of the Run for Ovarian Cancer on May 10 has not be determined yet

- the Status of the MS Bike Tour, July 25/26 has not been determined yet.

Cheers,
Doug Elliott VA3DAE

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Special Announcement and Request

LARC is celebrating its centennial this year and we want to have lots of photographs of past events and gatherings to illustrate our recent and more distant past. Please look back in your collections and let us have the files or borrow any prints you might have which show the people and places important in the club’s life. If you have electronic files we would appreciate your attaching them to an email which explains who is in the photo and where it was taken.

If you send prints we will scan them and get the original back to you. Please pencil the names and event on the back along with your name and call.

Thank you for helping LARC celebrate 100 years!

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Congratulations to these new graduates who have their license.

February, 2020

Spencer Hamilton, VE3YOZ

Paul Unger (with CW), VE3XT

December 2019

Carroll Cecile, VE3OCD

Doug Brereton, VE3KIO

Gregory Popelas,VA3CBN (H)

Jun Ignacio (H), VE3NUJ

Peter Wallbridge,VA3PGZ

Randy Greig,VE3YRG (H)

Scott Fortnum,VE3ISF (H)

Stephen Matthias,VE3BWK

See you on the waterfall!

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Want to become part of this great hobby!

How to become an Amateur Radio Operator (Ham), for more detail go here.

Do you need an examiner to provide a test for your license, a list can be found here.

Resources on getting your ham license are available here.

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Antennas and More Antennas

The April LARC meeting was very well attended and there was significant interest in the antenna information presented.

There were requests for further information on these antennas. Here is a page of resources.

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Interesting Articles

Get your club Lanyard by coming to any meeting and asking an executive, more details here.

Past Interesting Articles are here.

Upcoming Events and Calendar

The calendar for meetings and events can be viewed here.

Club Meetings:

September through June, LARC meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month ( note this is a change from previous years, which were held on the Second Thursday of the month). The meetings start at 19:30. Location of meetings is LARC Club station, 427 Wing, 2155B Crumlin Road North London, Ontario (43.033766, -81.1589447) There are a variety of guest speakers, and you will have a chance to meet other hams to discuss your interests in amateur radio. All hams, SWL’s and interested individuals are welcome.

Grid Square information can be viewed here.

Club Station Tours:

The LARC Club station is located at, 427 Wing, 2155B Crumlin Road North London, Ontario (43.033766, -81.1589447)

If an individual or group wish to have a tour of the club station, they can drop by any Saturday between 10am and 12:00 noon. Generally on Fridays members come to the club station around 11:00 and stay until 2:00. The 427 Wing has a lunch special every Friday at a nominal charge of $10.00.

It would be suggested that you email the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in advance to make us aware of your interest in the tour.

Notes from our meetings

Presentations from our meetings will be posted here

Do you have a project you want funding for that will benefit the club!

See the guidelines for LARC Projects here and submit to the president, for executive review.

Canadian Ham-Radio Callsign Database: Search for the callsign information of Canadian Ham Radio operators (optimized for cell phones)

Hams and Eggs Breakfast update

The location for the HAMs and Eggs Saturday breakfast is

Mary's Place Restaurant, 1494 Dundas St., London Ontario N5W 3B9.

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The club's logging software and a contributor to our HAMFEST door prizes offerings is N3FJP.