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The next LARC meeting will be held via Zoom 

April’s Club meeting is our annual antenna presentation.

We have four presenters:

Doug Elliott: HWEF.

Mike Watts: Military NVIS.

Dave McCarter: Raised vertical antennas.

Doug Thompkins: Tower and Beam Installation.

April is our last virtual meeting for the year. The zoom invite will be sent out the Sunday before the meeting of April 6^th. Subsequent meetings will be held in person at the Wing. 

 

Notice bylaw changes:

At the next club meeting we will also need to vote on a number of bylaw changes. The proposed changes are on the website here and the link will be published again in the next newsletter.

  

Previous Meetings of LARC held on Zoom for 2021-2023 can be found here.

 

 

 

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 Al VE3GAM is organizing a spring Pota Meetup 

Many other POTA stations will be on the air and activity will be higher than normal.  Contact Al if you wish to participate.

 

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 Hamfest 2023

SPECIAL EARLY DATE FOR THIS YEAR!!!  

COME SEE US IN THE SUMMER!

 

 Sunday August 20, 2023 at the Dorchester Fairgrounds, 9:00 until 12:00.

For details on Hamfest 2023 please click here.

 

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Order your Custom LARC Clothing now! 
 

Custom LARC T-Shirts, Short Sleeve Polo Shirts and Hooded Sweatshirts in all colours and sizes are now available. The LARC Logo, your call sign and name are included.

Click this link to view the catalog.

Contact Lee Cassar VA3XLC via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to order.

 

 

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Events for LARC Members to Participate and Past Meetings

 

Special Group : PI and Kit Builders

 

Previous Meetings of LARC held on Zoom for 2021-2023 can be found here. 

 

Past Meeting Videos for the club Centennial can be found here.

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 Want to become part of this great hobby?

From the Saturday after Labour day to early December, we present the Basic Ham license course.

Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details.

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.

Register now for the upcoming basic course here.

Resources on getting your ham license are available here.

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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. 

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) 

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