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Meetings and Events 2009/10

DATE EVENT

Thu Sep 10 First LARC meeting of the 2009/2010 year - Pat Ross VE3CNX presents an intriguing technical detective story entitled Powerline Interference. Remember to renew your dues! (4.5 MB Zipped Powerpoint Presentation here)

Sat Sep 12
Barrie-Orillia Hamfest

Sat Sep 19
Tentative date for a Fox Hunt. More info to follow

Sun Sep 27 LARC 32nd Annual Flea Market. Open to public from 9AM to 1PM at the Western Fair Special Events building, $6 admission. Tons of stuff to check out, major vendors, club table to help sell your old gear, and a guarantee you'll run into someone you haven't seen in a while. See the flyer for more details.

Thu Oct 8
LARC Meeting - Steve Struthers VA3TDZ, ARES EC for Middlesex North Central will give us an Update on ARES.

Sat Oct 17
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club Hamfest

Sat Oct 17
LARC participates in the London Scouting Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) at Spencer Lodge on Windermere Road. Volunteers needed to demonstrate and explain our hobby to youngsters from 8AM to 4PM.

Sat Oct 24
York Region Amateur Radio Hamfest

Thu Nov 12
LARC Meeting - London Hydro hosts a control room tour, Presentation by Deputy Fire Chief Dan Oldridge on the Fire Department's radio network, and a presentation by Michael Martin from IBM on the Smart Meters being introduced by London Hydro. The microwave acorn video is here, and some of the material Michael discussed can be found on this City of London Website. Please note the copyright notice.

Thu Dec 10
LARC Christmas Potluck Dinner. Bring alone your favourite dish, and join us for an evening of food and face-to-face with your Ham Radio friends. We'll have an earlier start than ususal - stay tuned to this website and the newsletter for more details.

Sat Dec 19 RAC Winter Contest. Rules can be found on the RAC website.

Thu Jan 14
LARC Meeting - Presentation by Dave Lambert, VE3KGK entitled Jamaican Journey - the story of a DX-pedition to Jamaica operating as 6Y5KG. The Powerpoint presentation is big, 35MB, due to all the pictures.

Sat Jan 30 - Sun Jan 31
Annual Winter Field Day, organized by SPAR. You can participate from home - see the website for details. Looks like the brave plans of a few hardy souls to participate out-of-doors in some fashion may not come to fruition.

Sat Feb 6
Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Big Event 32 Hamfest

Sat Feb 27
Burlington ARC Spring Flea Market

Thu Feb 11
LARC Meeting - Bob Rice. VE3HKY describes his 7 Band Semi-Vertical antenna which was recently written up in RAC's TCA magazine. Bob's website describes the antenna construction, and a British antenna evaluation praised the design (40 years ago). Here's Bob's Powerpoint presentation (8.8 MB).

Thu Mar 11 LARC Meeting - presentation by Mike Cook, VE3MC entitled "How they see through us" - an exploration of medical imaging, including CT (Computed Tomography) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanning.

Sat Mar 27
Peel and Mississauga ARCs Ham-Ex 2010

Thu Apr 8
LARC Meeting ( No date change due to church Easter activities.) Dave Colvin VE3ZDC will talk about "The Changing Face of Emergency Management". Dave works for the City of London in Emergency Management, and will bring us up-to-date on the realities of answering the challenging question: "What if?"

Sat Apr 17
North Shore and South Pickering ARCs 34th annual Durham Region Hamfest in Whitby

Thu May 13 LARC Meeting - John Watson VE3EZP will discuss his travels, and QRP operation, in Greece and Germany, including a demo of the "Ms Mosquita" self-contained QRP carry-on suitcase. You can download his 113 MB presentation here.

Sun Jun 6
GARC & KWARC Central Ontario Hamfest, Cambridge

Thu Jun 10 LARC Meeting - Jim & Tim Spicer (VE3CTS, VE3TJS) explore Terrestrial Digital Television and the Digital Transition. On June 12, 2009 all full power television stations in the United States had to complete the transition from analog (NTSC) to digital (ATSC) broadcasting. On August 31, 2011 a similar transition is scheduled to take place in Canada. Come out to the meeting to learn about terrestrial digital TV, learn the truth about some common myths and see a live demo. Their presentation as a 1.6 MB pdf file can be found here.

Sat
Jun 12
London Vintage Radio Club Flea Market, Hammond Manufacturing, Guelph

Sat-Sun Jun 26 - 27
LARC Field Day. A weekend overflowing with radios, friends, contacts, and excitement. Great chance to take some time at a radio and make some contacts for the contest.

Thur Jul 1
Canada Day RADIO-THON for Charity, Niagara Peninsula ARC. (RAC Canada Day contest)

Sat
Jul 10
Burlington ARC Ontario Hamfest 2010, Milton

Sat Aug 14
Brantford ARC Hamfest 2010, in Burford, Ontario.

Sat Sep 11
Ottawa ARC 14th Annual Hamfest in Carp, Ontario

Sat Sep 11
Barrie ARC & Orillia ARC Hamfest in Barrie

Sun Sep 26
33rd Annual LARC Flea Market - never too earlier to start sorting through your treasures!

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DATE	EVENT
Thu Sep 10	First LARC meeting of the 2009/2010 year - Pat Ross VE3CNX presents an intriguing technical detective story entitled Powerline Interference. Remember to renew your dues! (4.5 MB Zipped Powerpoint Presentation here)
Sat Sep 12	Barrie-Orillia Hamfest
Sat Sep 19	Tentative date for a Fox Hunt. More info to follow
Sun Sep 27	LARC 32nd Annual Flea Market. Open to public from 9AM to 1PM at the Western Fair Special Events building, $6 admission. Tons of stuff to check out, major vendors, club table to help sell your old gear, and a guarantee you'll run into someone you haven't seen in a while. See the flyer for more details.
Thu Oct 8	LARC Meeting - Steve Struthers VA3TDZ, ARES EC for Middlesex North Central will give us an Update on ARES.
Sat Oct 17	Hamilton Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Sat Oct 17	LARC participates in the London Scouting Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) at Spencer Lodge on Windermere Road. Volunteers needed to demonstrate and explain our hobby to youngsters from 8AM to 4PM.
Sat Oct 24	York Region Amateur Radio Hamfest
Thu Nov 12	LARC Meeting - London Hydro hosts a control room tour, Presentation by Deputy Fire Chief Dan Oldridge on the Fire Department's radio network, and a presentation by Michael Martin from IBM on the Smart Meters being introduced by London Hydro. The microwave acorn video is here, and some of the material Michael discussed can be found on this City of London Website. Please note the copyright notice.
Thu Dec 10	LARC Christmas Potluck Dinner. Bring alone your favourite dish, and join us for an evening of food and face-to-face with your Ham Radio friends. We'll have an earlier start than ususal - stay tuned to this website and the newsletter for more details.
Sat Dec 19	RAC Winter Contest. Rules can be found on the RAC website.
Thu Jan 14	LARC Meeting - Presentation by Dave Lambert, VE3KGK entitled Jamaican Journey - the story of a DX-pedition to Jamaica operating as 6Y5KG. The Powerpoint presentation is big, 35MB, due to all the pictures.
Sat Jan 30 - Sun Jan 31	Annual Winter Field Day, organized by SPAR. You can participate from home - see the website for details. Looks like the brave plans of a few hardy souls to participate out-of-doors in some fashion may not come to fruition.
Sat Feb 6	Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Big Event 32 Hamfest
Sat Feb 27	Burlington ARC Spring Flea Market
Thu Feb 11	LARC Meeting - Bob Rice. VE3HKY describes his 7 Band Semi-Vertical antenna which was recently written up in RAC's TCA magazine. Bob's website describes the antenna construction, and a British antenna evaluation praised the design (40 years ago). Here's Bob's Powerpoint presentation (8.8 MB).
Thu Mar 11	LARC Meeting - presentation by Mike Cook, VE3MC entitled "How they see through us" - an exploration of medical imaging, including CT (Computed Tomography) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanning.
Sat Mar 27	Peel and Mississauga ARCs Ham-Ex 2010
Thu Apr 8	LARC Meeting ( No date change due to church Easter activities.) Dave Colvin VE3ZDC will talk about "The Changing Face of Emergency Management". Dave works for the City of London in Emergency Management, and will bring us up-to-date on the realities of answering the challenging question: "What if?"
Sat Apr 17	North Shore and South Pickering ARCs 34th annual Durham Region Hamfest in Whitby
Thu May 13	LARC Meeting - John Watson VE3EZP will discuss his travels, and QRP operation, in Greece and Germany, including a demo of the "Ms Mosquita" self-contained QRP carry-on suitcase. You can download his 113 MB presentation here.
Sun Jun 6	GARC & KWARC Central Ontario Hamfest, Cambridge
Thu Jun 10	LARC Meeting - Jim & Tim Spicer (VE3CTS, VE3TJS) explore Terrestrial Digital Television and the Digital Transition. On June 12, 2009 all full power television stations in the United States had to complete the transition from analog (NTSC) to digital (ATSC) broadcasting. On August 31, 2011 a similar transition is scheduled to take place in Canada. Come out to the meeting to learn about terrestrial digital TV, learn the truth about some common myths and see a live demo. Their presentation as a 1.6 MB pdf file can be found here.
Sat Jun 12	London Vintage Radio Club Flea Market, Hammond Manufacturing, Guelph
Sat-Sun Jun 26 - 27	LARC Field Day. A weekend overflowing with radios, friends, contacts, and excitement. Great chance to take some time at a radio and make some contacts for the contest.
Thur Jul 1	Canada Day RADIO-THON for Charity, Niagara Peninsula ARC. (RAC Canada Day contest)
Sat Jul 10	Burlington ARC Ontario Hamfest 2010, Milton
Sat Aug 14	Brantford ARC Hamfest 2010, in Burford, Ontario.
Sat Sep 11	Ottawa ARC 14th Annual Hamfest in Carp, Ontario
Sat Sep 11	Barrie ARC & Orillia ARC Hamfest in Barrie
Sun Sep 26	33rd Annual LARC Flea Market - never too earlier to start sorting through your treasures!