From gwmann at verizon.net Tue May 1 14:30:33 2012 From: gwmann at verizon.net (George Mann) Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 17:30:33 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <007601cd27e1$a45c2700$ed147500$@net> Was it the one with Don Jeerings doing his power factor demo? George KJ4UW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From billkodak at verizon.net Tue May 1 15:59:11 2012 From: billkodak at verizon.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 18:59:11 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. In-Reply-To: <007601cd27e1$a45c2700$ed147500$@net> References: <007601cd27e1$a45c2700$ed147500$@net> Message-ID: <5CDD632E52C24771B52CDDAA38F9398D@BillDell> George, Yes it was. I was just starting the blog at the time and did not bring my camera to the event. I took his picture at my house a few days later. Bill PS I have to fess up about the last blog. It should be no surprise that the truck behind Patrick did not have the clubs banner on it, and it most certainly did not have an ad featuring Patrick and friend either. :-) Also, the lizard was not behind Don when I took his picture. The Glico gecko was half way around the lake at the Glico station. We really did get t-shirts. I told Patrick that I had plenty of t's but could use another pair of briefs. Unfortunately they were clean out of men's thongs by the time he collect our shirts. :-) Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: George Mann To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:30 PM Subject: RE: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. Was it the one with Don Jeerings doing his power factor demo? George KJ4UW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gwmann at verizon.net Wed May 2 07:11:27 2012 From: gwmann at verizon.net (George Mann) Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 10:11:27 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. In-Reply-To: <5CDD632E52C24771B52CDDAA38F9398D@BillDell> References: <007601cd27e1$a45c2700$ed147500$@net> <5CDD632E52C24771B52CDDAA38F9398D@BillDell> Message-ID: <007201cd286d$776a64a0$663f2de0$@net> This is TOO funny! With Photoshop in your hands, you could be dangerous! George From: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com [mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:59 PM To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. George, Yes it was. I was just starting the blog at the time and did not bring my camera to the event. I took his picture at my house a few days later. Bill PS I have to fess up about the last blog. It should be no surprise that the truck behind Patrick did not have the clubs banner on it, and it most certainly did not have an ad featuring Patrick and friend either. :-) Also, the lizard was not behind Don when I took his picture. The Glico gecko was half way around the lake at the Glico station. We really did get t-shirts. I told Patrick that I had plenty of t's but could use another pair of briefs. Unfortunately they were clean out of men's thongs by the time he collect our shirts. :-) Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: George Mann To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:30 PM Subject: RE: [LakelandARC] LARC Updates to the blog and reminder of upcoming event. Was it the one with Don Jeerings doing his power factor demo? George KJ4UW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ad4ih at arrl.net Wed May 2 11:24:07 2012 From: ad4ih at arrl.net (Joe Pirkle) Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 14:24:07 -0400 Subject: Fwd: [FRUPAC] ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FA17BC7.60304@earthlink.net> LARC Members: In case you do not receive the ARRL bulletins, the following is forwarded for your perusal. 73 de joe/ad4ih -----Original Message----- From: ARRL Web site Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:08 AM Subject: ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12 SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX003 ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12 ZCZC AX03 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 3 ARLX003 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 2, 2012 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX003 ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12 The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring the annual Military/Amateur Radio Crossband Communications Test in celebration of the 62nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May -- May 19 in 2012 -- the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test will be conducted on May 12 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention, scheduled for May 18-20. The annual celebration features traditional military-to-amateur crossband communications SSB voice and Morse code tests. These tests give Amateur Radio operators and short wave listeners an opportunity to demonstrate their individual technical skills and to receive recognition from the appropriate military radio station for their proven expertise. QSL cards will be provided to those stations making contact with the military stations. Military-to-amateur crossband operations will take place on the dates and time in UTC on the frequencies listed for each station. Voice contacts will include operations in single sideband voice (SSB). Some stations, depending on propagation and staffing, may not operate the entire period. Participating military stations will transmit on selected military MARS frequencies and listen for Amateur Radio stations in the amateur bands. The military station operator will announce the specific amateur band frequency being monitored. Duration of each voice contact should be limited to 1-2 minutes. The schedules and frequencies of participating military stations can be found in PDF format on the web at, http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/AMC_Test_2012.pdf. NNNN /EX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From billkodak at verizon.net Fri May 4 05:38:57 2012 From: billkodak at verizon.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 12:38:57 -0000 Subject: LARC Meeting information Message-ID: Hello all, I was asked to remind everyone that we will be accepting canned goods for VISTE . Labels will be provided at the meeting. You can apply your own when you drop off your can or jar. (Please imagine a can or jar with the label "Donated by a ham radio operator from, and then the club's logo including the words, Lakeland Amateur Radio Club.") Bill KI4ZMV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From billkodak at verizon.net Wed May 9 11:14:48 2012 From: billkodak at verizon.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 18:14:48 -0000 Subject: LARC Blog Updated Message-ID: Hello, Blog has been updated. Ron Smith passed his Tech. Patrick and George will return from Egypt this week. http://lakelandarc.blogspot.com Bill PS Many thanks for the overwhelming response to the food drive. It never hurts to do a good turn for a person in need, and to get your name out there in the process. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ladytrekker2008 at yahoo.com Thu May 10 07:48:33 2012 From: ladytrekker2008 at yahoo.com (Joy Eibe) Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 07:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Blog Updated In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1336661313.64193.YahooMailNeo@web46113.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Bill, George had better bring me and Georgie a huge present from Egypt!! ________________________________ From: Bill To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 2:14 PM Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Blog Updated ? Hello, Blog has been updated. Ron Smith passed his Tech. Patrick and George will return from Egypt this week. http://lakelandarc.blogspot.com Bill PS Many thanks for the overwhelming response to the food drive. It never hurts to do a good turn for a person in need, and to get your name out there in the process. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gwmann at verizon.net Thu May 10 08:53:50 2012 From: gwmann at verizon.net (George Mann) Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:53:50 -0400 Subject: Heathkit Educational Systems Closes Up Shop Message-ID: <001201cd2ec5$194d1710$4be74530$@net> You may have already heard the news... Heathkit Educational Systems Closes Up Shop TAGS:Amateur Radio kits , arrl , ARRL Education , educational , heathkit , Heathkit Educational Systems , hopeful , myriad , sales 05/09/2012 For the second time since 1992, Heathkit Educational Services ( HES) has shuttered its doors. Rumors of the legendary kit-building company's demise were posted on QRZ.com, with several readers bringing the news to the attention of the ARRL. In August 2011, Heathkit announced it was returning to the kit building business, and in September, that it would once again be manufacturing Amateur Radio kits. The ARRL tried to reach Heathkit to confirm that the company is still in business, but their phone and fax numbers have a continuous busy signal, and e-mails to the company have gone unanswered. On LinkedIn, a popular networking site, HES Chief Executive Officer Lori Marciniak listed her employment ending at Heathkit as of March 2012. Likewise, Heathkit's Marketing and Sales Director Ernie Wake listed his employment ending in April 2012. An unsubstantiated report on Wikipedia states that "[in] December 2011, Heathkit Educational Systems laid off most employees and in March 2012, the company indefinitely suspended operations." Tom Ferriter, of Technical Education Products, is an outside sales representative for HES, based in Hampden, Massachusetts. "Heathkit is telling us that they have temporarily closed, but that they are hopeful that they will be able to reorganize," he told the ARRL. "While they're not telling us too much, they did say that they were having poor sales for a myriad of reasons and are hopeful that they will be able to refinance the company and negotiate with the bank to refinance some of the debt." ARRL Education and Technology Program Director Mark Spencer, WA8SME, spoke with Ferriter a few weeks ago. Ferriter told him that Heathkit was having problems with its creditors. Ferriter also said that Heathkit told the distributors that it hopes to reopen sometime in the future, but it was his opinion, as well as the opinion of others, that Heathkit was not going to be able to do so. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From n4bvo at yahoo.com Fri May 11 06:52:19 2012 From: n4bvo at yahoo.com (n4bvo) Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 13:52:19 -0000 Subject: New guy on the air-waves - Introduction Message-ID: Greetings, My name is Bob and I live in Zephyrhills. I am new to amateur radio having recieved my Tech license in Sept. 2011. I contacted (LARC)Patrick,KI4CDY in Feb to take the General exam. On March 6th I aced the exam and shortly there after applied for a vanity call sign. During my working career my friends always called me by my initials and finding the call n4BVO available, I ask for it. After 4 years and a couple of months in the Navy I attended Tampa Technical Institute and came away with a degree in Electronic Communication in 1971. I took the FCC exam and obtained a license, but never used it, and it has long since expired. I have worked as an electrician doing residential, commercial, and finally on into the industrial field. I also worked for Motorola, in Ft. Lauderdale, Lykes Pasco in Dade City, and finally a 28 year hitch with C. F. Industries just South of Zephyrhills. My interest in amateur radio was sparked by an article I read where a group in California adapted VHF & UHF radio to the communication system on their motorcycles. At last, something to take the place of CB. I have the interface to add a dual band to my GoldWing, but the wiring is still a work in progress. I have attended 3 of the LARC meetings and I like that the club is 'year round', and not just seasonal. My app and dues are in the mail. Two trips to the HamCation, Orlando in February was a costly one for me, but I now have a decent station that should last for many years. PSK-31 is my mode of choice for the time being. I hope to participate in the LARC 2012 Field Day where I expect to learn a lot. Also having fun on the 2X2 RagChew most every afternoon. Charlie, KI4CRI, does a great job and topics for discussion are endless. Just think, in 20 years or so, I may be one of the 'old timers'. See ya, N4BVO-Bob From k4bhe at tampabay.rr.com Fri May 11 08:56:01 2012 From: k4bhe at tampabay.rr.com (Phil Dentler) Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:56:01 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] New guy on the air-waves - Introduction References: Message-ID: Bob, welcome aboard...... K4bhe...Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: n4bvo To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:52 AM Subject: [LakelandARC] New guy on the air-waves - Introduction Greetings, My name is Bob and I live in Zephyrhills. I am new to amateur radio having recieved my Tech license in Sept. 2011. I contacted (LARC)Patrick,KI4CDY in Feb to take the General exam. On March 6th I aced the exam and shortly there after applied for a vanity call sign. During my working career my friends always called me by my initials and finding the call n4BVO available, I ask for it. After 4 years and a couple of months in the Navy I attended Tampa Technical Institute and came away with a degree in Electronic Communication in 1971. I took the FCC exam and obtained a license, but never used it, and it has long since expired. I have worked as an electrician doing residential, commercial, and finally on into the industrial field. I also worked for Motorola, in Ft. Lauderdale, Lykes Pasco in Dade City, and finally a 28 year hitch with C. F. Industries just South of Zephyrhills. My interest in amateur radio was sparked by an article I read where a group in California adapted VHF & UHF radio to the communication system on their motorcycles. At last, something to take the place of CB. I have the interface to add a dual band to my GoldWing, but the wiring is still a work in progress. I have attended 3 of the LARC meetings and I like that the club is 'year round', and not just seasonal. My app and dues are in the mail. Two trips to the HamCation, Orlando in February was a costly one for me, but I now have a decent station that should last for many years. PSK-31 is my mode of choice for the time being. I hope to participate in the LARC 2012 Field Day where I expect to learn a lot. Also having fun on the 2X2 RagChew most every afternoon. Charlie, KI4CRI, does a great job and topics for discussion are endless. Just think, in 20 years or so, I may be one of the 'old timers'. See ya, N4BVO-Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: