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The next LARC meeting will be held on Thursday February 11 at 7:30 PM, with a presentation by Bob Rice VE3HKY entitled "The Persuit of Simplicity"  Bob’s presentation will detail his quest to build a “7-Band Semi Vertical Trap Antenna” and the support he received from fellow Amateur Radio Operators.  His antenna was published in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of the Canadian Amateur Magazine and meets the following criteria.
Repeater Status:  The new VA3LON is on the air!  Thanks to major efforts on the part of our repeater coordinator, Brad Seward, VE3NRJ to repair and reconfigure the surplus repeaters, VA3LON, is installed and operating at the Arva pumping station with a standby backup system. Thanks also go to London Hydro for their donation of the surplus repeaters, Jim Spicer, VE3CTS for coordinating with them, and Doug Tompkins, VE3IDT, for assistance with the re-installation.
Still at 147.060 MHz with a 114.8 PL tone, but with a stronger signal. Give it a try!

Mutual AID: Would you be willing to answer some questions if a fellow ham needed some advice? Got a problem you can't figure out? Want to try something new but need someone to show you the ropes? Check out our new Mutual AID page, a new way to get people who are looking for assistance together with the folks who can help supply the answers. Let us know what you think of this new facility.

If you use Ham Radio Deluxe, you can download the latest HRD shortwave broadcast text database, provided by Jim Hartford, VE3NRX, from the  Mutual AID page.

Ontario's New Rules For Hand-Held Wireless And Entertainment Devices come into effect on October 26. A late addition to the law seems to exempt amateur radio mobile equipment using a PTT button from any restrictions for 3 years. It would be a good idea to carry a copy of the actual law (see sections 13 and 14) and a copy of your Ham license in case you need to convince a police officer that your mobile radio usage is permitted.

Advanced Ham license study group.  A couple of us are working towards writing the exam for our advanced license. If you'd like to join us, send an email to the webmaster and we'll welcome you with open books.

Pictures and details from Field Day are available here, although it's a work in progress.

Wanted to follow up on a LARC presentation? If we received a copy of the presentation, or any addition websites for references, etc, you'll find them attached to the meeting notice in the Club Events page.

New HF Band Plan Chart:  RAC has announced revised band plans effective immediately. There's a new DX window on 40M, and a bigger one on 80M. Some HF nets may be changing because the frequency they use is now inappropriate in the new plan, so keep your "ears" open for changes. The full details can be found on the RAC website's HF Band Plan page , and here's a summary chart.

Has your Email address changed? We need to know your new one to make sure you get the monthly newsletter. Please update us if this is the case by emailing the webmaster@larc.ca.

Membership: At the summer break, our membership list stood at 102. Membership dues are a significant portion of the income that keeps the club running, and we'd like to thank our members who pay their dues promptly: list of LARC members .

Flaunt your face - show your shack. In our hobby it's not always easy to put a face to all the fellow hams you talk to on the air. To help us all figure who's who, LARC invites its members to submit digital photos of yourself and/or your shack to be published on the membership page of our website. Purely voluntary of course, and if you prefer you can submit just one (depending on whether you think your face or your shack is more presentable).

How will it work?  On the membership page, we'll attach your own picture where your first name appears, and the picture of your shack to your callsign. See the entry for Doug Elliott, VA3DAE for an example.

How do you submit your pictures? Just email them to the LARC site webmaster address, which is
    webmaster@larc.ca

All LARC meetings are located at St. Judes Anglican Church, 1537 Adelaide Street North at Fanshawe Park Road East in London, Ontario at 7:30 PM the second Thursday of the Month (unless otherwise noted, no meeting July and August). For upcoming meetings and other events (including upcoming local Hamfests and Fleas) check out the current event schedule. Everyone is welcome to drop in, you do not have to be a member to come to a meeting as a guest.

Your comments, suggestions, and questions are always welcome - just contact the executive . 

For all the latest news see the Club Newsletter page for the current and older newsletters. If you are not on the newsletter mailing list (or have changed email address) to get your electronic copy each month, send an email to webmaster@larc.ca

You do NOT have to be a LARC member to get our newsletter!

Some other sources of HAM radio news (expect lots of duplication):
     RAC Latest News       RAC's Canadian News       RAC's International News
     The American Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL)
     eHam.net's News Page
     The Amateur Radio Newsline
     WorldRadio
     QRZ.com's Ham News Page
     This Week in Amateur Radio
     Google search for Amateur Radio News
     

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