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The next L.A.R.C. meeting will be held on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 at  7:30 pm.

Silent Key

It has come to our attention that Donald Higgins VE3EVF is a silent key. Here is the link to the Obituary notice.

Field Day pages have been updated
Click link in menu above.

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.

 

 

BrainTeaser

This is our first Brain Teaser question, courtesy of Mike Cook VE3ZMC.

E-mail your response to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The winning entry will be annouced after the LARC March Meeting and gets bragging rights on this site. 

Note the following charts:

 

 

Refraction of HF radio waves by the ionosphere (mostly the F layer) is such that lower frequencies are refracted more than higher frequencies.

Refraction of light waves by glass or water is such that lower frequencies (red) are refracted less than higher frequencies (blue).

Why is that?

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It's that time of year again, subscribe to weather alerts!

Our friend ( Pat Simone, VA3HIS) over at the LMHU have reminded us that we can subscribe to weather alerts.

Sign up for Weather Alerts

1) You can sign up for Environment Canada alerts on your own now!

Click on this website and complete the boxes as instructed…

https://ecalertme.weather.gc.ca/createaccount_e.php

I would also suggest that you bookmark as a favourite, this page:

http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=son

When you do receive these alerts…the subject line says “ECAlertMe”

Alerts will contain “impact” and “call to action” statements. The impact statements will describe the expected impacts relative to the severity of a weather event. Call to action statements will suggest actions to reduce exposure to weather-related risks. 

 2) Emergency Management Ontario’s website (now part of OFMEM) also has weather and emergency alerts that you can sign up for…

 http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/ontariowarnings/ontariowarnings.html

 Simon Says: There is a good Android and IOS App called "Rain Alarm" that is worth checking out.

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Field Day 2015

Yes we are thinking about this already. Thoughts and ideas to make an already good event better.
On Wednesday 15th October we attended a Parks and Recreation meeting in London and confirmed our previously submitted application to use Reservoir Park again in 2015. This is the site we have used for the last couple of years.
FYI your Field Day coordinators for 2015 are This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., we are working together and Simon is ultimately responsible.
Do you have any feedback, interest or suggestions please? email and let us know by clicking on our names above.
As things progress we will duly feedback at club meetings. Also please use the Field Day link in the menu above.

 

 

• LARC has a new brochure to promote the benefit of our club. You can download a PDF version of the brochure.
• Are you interested in becoming an Amateur Radio Operator?  

       To start on a facinating hobby, please visit this link.

• Just a heads-up to those who buy radio equipment off the internet. Read how Fred the owner of QRZ.com pulled in a dishonest individual, who was trying to scam him.  Article on the Scam

 

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

 

 

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