From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Mon Jan 6 05:26:28 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 08:26:28 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Monthly Meeting, 1/6/2014, 7:00 pm In-Reply-To: <1389009665.11.7753.m5@yahoogroups.com> References: <1389009665.11.7753.m5@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Remember to sign in tonight and seek out the person handling the tickets for a chance to win a brand new, BAOFENG UV-5RA, Dual Band, HT. The drawing will take place at the meeting tonight during the meeting. Some lucky winner will take home a new HT this evening and not even have to sneak it into the house. ?Hey, look what I won at the club meeting this evening!!!? Winning is fun! Rich ? N4ESS From: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:01 To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Subject: [LakelandARC] LARC Monthly Meeting, 1/6/2014, 7:00 pm Reminder from: LakelandARC Yahoo Group Title: LARC Monthly Meeting Date: Monday January 6, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (GMT-05.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Location: Westminster Presbytarian Church, 730 South Florida Ave, Lakeland, FL Get reminders on your mobile, Yahoo Messenger, and email. Edit reminder options Copyright ? 2014 Yahoo Inc. All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From billkodak at verizon.net Thu Jan 16 05:05:33 2014 From: billkodak at verizon.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:05:33 -0000 Subject: Looking to buy and reminder Message-ID: Sorry about not letting everyone know about the new posting on the blog. I've had my hands full this last few days. If you haven't please check it out at http://lakelandarc.blogspot.com. Also, if there is anyone out there who would like to sell a signal link USB please contact Jim Stewart at: Jim Stewart W4XDS (863) 521-1511 w4xds at outlook.com Bill From fdrn at tampabay.rr.com Wed Jan 22 15:41:54 2014 From: fdrn at tampabay.rr.com (Robin Retzloff) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:41:54 -0500 Subject: ARES Net Tonight and ARES Meeting Tomorrow Message-ID: All Polk County Amateur Radio Operators, Polk County's January ARES Meeting will be held tomorrow, January 23rd, at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center. Please consider attending as we prepare for a West Central Florida Communications Interoperability Exercise on April 29th. Call me with any questions. Check in to tonight net as KJ4IDH, Judson, takes on Net Control duties. Robin Retzloff AF1RE Polk County ARES Emergency Coordinator 407-421-8422 robinretzloff at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fdrn at tampabay.rr.com Wed Jan 22 15:53:03 2014 From: fdrn at tampabay.rr.com (af1reman) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:53:03 -0000 Subject: ARES Net Tonight at 7:30 and ARES Meeting Tomorrow Message-ID: All Polk County Amateur Radio Operators, Polk County's January ARES Meeting will be held tomorrow, January 23rd, at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center. Please consider attending as we prepare for a West Central Florida Communications Interoperability Exercise on April 29th. Call me with any questions. Check in to tonight net as KJ4IDH, Judson, takes on Net Control duties. Robin Retzloff AF1RE Polk County ARES Emergency Coordinator 407-421-8422 robinretzloff at gmail.com From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Thu Jan 23 19:43:34 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:43:34 -0500 Subject: Ren Monllor medical update from Don Jeerings Message-ID: 5:00 PM Thursday.. Update on Ren (Nestor Monllor) Ladies & Gentlemen, (Sun n Fun and LARC) Ren's Daughter (Gabby) called me this after noon to report that they intend to perform surgery on Ren Tomorrow Friday 1/24/14. Ren was admitted to the Bartow Regional Medical Center Hospital (room 209) suffering from an acute diverticulitis infection. There is a complete stoppage in the intestinal track and he is in a lot of discomfort. He is being given Morphine and they have concerns about bursting of the intestine walls, Gabby's mom is staying at the house and providing transportation for Ansel & Gabby to school. At Sun n Fun, Ren has been very instrumental with teaching tool skills to the Students. He has concerns that the program remain active during his absence. His cell phone is by the bed, but presently, he does not feel like talking very much.. Please pass the word around... Don KI4EFL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ki4nbe at yahoo.com Thu Jan 23 19:50:59 2014 From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:50:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LakelandARC] Ren Monllor medical update from Don Jeerings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1390535459.17175.YahooMailNeo@web126102.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Our Prayers are with Ren and his Family, We will add him to our prayer list at Church. 73 George KI4NBE On Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:43 PM, Rich Kennedy wrote: ? 5:00 PM? Thursday.. Update on Ren? (Nestor Monllor)? Ladies & Gentlemen, (Sun n Fun and LARC) Ren's Daughter (Gabby) called me this after noon to report that they intend to perform surgery on Ren Tomorrow Friday 1/24/14. Ren was admitted to the Bartow Regional Medical Center Hospital (room 209) suffering from an acute diverticulitis infection. There is a complete stoppage in the intestinal track and he is in a lot of discomfort. He is being given Morphine and they have concerns about bursting of the intestine walls, Gabby's mom is staying at the house and providing transportation for Ansel & Gabby to school. At Sun n Fun, Ren has been very instrumental with teaching tool skills to the Students. He has concerns that the program remain active during his absence.? His cell phone is by the bed, but presently, he does not feel like talking very much.. Please pass the word around... Don KI4EFL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fdrn at tampabay.rr.com Thu Jan 23 20:00:30 2014 From: fdrn at tampabay.rr.com (Robin Retzloff) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:00:30 -0500 Subject: Books Missing from ARES Meeting Message-ID: All Attendees of tonights ARES Meeting, I brought several books to tonights ARES meeting as a resource for myself prior to the meeting. I put them out for people to see. I found several are gone and I need them back. My name is on the inside cover. Please return them at your earliest convenience. My address is 2131 Kingswood Ct, Lakeland, Fl 33813. These were not part of the two boxes of stuff given away at the meeting. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Robin Retzloff AF1RE Polk County ARES Emergency Coordinator robinretzloff at gmail.com 407-421-8422 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Fri Jan 24 05:03:30 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:03:30 -0500 Subject: Bea Johnson still in hospital Message-ID: Bea Johnson, Bill Johnson?s wife, is still in the hospital in Lakeland. She could use all of our thoughts and prayers as she works to recover from a recent fall and surgery. Bill, KI4ZMV, LARC Secretary, has been extremely busy at the hospital. If you need to contact him please leave an email. If you need information from him please contact me and I will get you a response as soon as I can. 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This evening, as I was leaving...... Ren had a new outlook on life. Doctors say it's going to be at least 4 to 6 more days before the home trip, They are setting up a major re-hab home plan for him . Don Ki4EFL Comment: I know there is a God, because he answers Prayer. Lets remember Bea Johnson, and keep her on our list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Sun Jan 26 08:10:38 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:10:38 -0500 Subject: Ham Shirts Message-ID: The following is an email received by Ernie, KG4YNI, and forwarded on to me. The shirts look pretty good. Dear Ernest H. Haynes KG4YNI, I would like a moment of your time to introduce you and your club members to HamShirts.com. At HamShirts.com we make wearable?s for the Ham Radio Community. Along with our line of designs we have on our website, we also create custom shirts for Ham Radio clubs, School clubs, Ares groups, etc... Our items are high quality USA Gildan Brand and are made right here in the USA by Hams for Hams. All of our work comes with a 100% money back guarantee. Drop us an email at sales at hamshirts.com and let us help you with any apparel needs for your clubs. As an ARRL club you will receive a 20% discount on our products. Please pass our information along to your club members. We are ham radio operators and we enjoy helping our fellow Hams. Thank you, Tom KC9FOZ HamShirts.com www.hamshirts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Sun Jan 26 10:25:12 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:25:12 -0500 Subject: LARC Picnic, Lake Parker Park, March 15, 2014 Message-ID: LARC PICNIC MARCH 15, 2014 There will be a LARC picnic on Saturday March 15, 2014 at the Lake Parker Park in Lakeland from dawn to 2pm. It will be at the same site as some our previous picnics. The hamburgers, hotdogs, buns, and condiments will be supplied by the Club. We ask that you bring a covered dish to share and your own drinks. Please bring your smiles as there will be pictures taken for the blog. The club will have a station set up for all who would like to operate. Please bring any special projects you might have that you would like to show off or put on the air. We plan on having a Fox Hunt so bring your handhelds and whatever antenna you prefer to hunt the fox. I will be at the location when the gate opens to secure our site. 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I would like a moment of your time to introduce you and your club members to HamShirts.com.? At HamShirts.com we make wearable?s for the Ham Radio Community.? Along with our line of designs we have on our website, we also create custom shirts for Ham Radio clubs, School clubs, Ares groups, etc...? Our items are high quality USA Gildan Brand and are made right here in the USA by Hams for Hams.? All of our work comes with a 100% money back guarantee.? Drop us an email at sales at hamshirts.com and let us help you with any apparel needs for your clubs.? As an ARRL club you will receive a 20% discount on our products.? Please pass our information along to your club members.? We are ham radio operators and we enjoy helping our fellow Hams. ? Thank you, ? Tom KC9FOZ HamShirts.com www.hamshirts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Sun Jan 26 11:21:13 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:21:13 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] Ham Shirts In-Reply-To: <1390763143.17601.YahooMailNeo@web126102.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1390763143.17601.YahooMailNeo@web126102.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <75F8AF885A954E4DBA22FA78B0996C32@RKLT2> That is a good question and I am up for suggestions to present at the board meeting. I will bring that up at the meeting. This email was just forwarded on as Ernie had received it and thought it was a good one to pass along. Rich ? N4ESS From: George Gafford Sr Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 14:05 To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] Ham Shirts Is the club planning on getting shirts made up to sell to it's members or is this just a site for any of us to buy from in any image we like or want? George KI4NBE On Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:10 AM, Rich Kennedy wrote: The following is an email received by Ernie, KG4YNI, and forwarded on to me. The shirts look pretty good. Dear Ernest H. Haynes KG4YNI, I would like a moment of your time to introduce you and your club members to HamShirts.com. At HamShirts.com we make wearable?s for the Ham Radio Community. Along with our line of designs we have on our website, we also create custom shirts for Ham Radio clubs, School clubs, Ares groups, etc... Our items are high quality USA Gildan Brand and are made right here in the USA by Hams for Hams. All of our work comes with a 100% money back guarantee. Drop us an email at sales at hamshirts.com and let us help you with any apparel needs for your clubs. As an ARRL club you will receive a 20% discount on our products. Please pass our information along to your club members. We are ham radio operators and we enjoy helping our fellow Hams. Thank you, Tom KC9FOZ HamShirts.com www.hamshirts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ki4nbe at yahoo.com Sun Jan 26 11:32:23 2014 From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:32:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LakelandARC] Update Ren KG4BAS From Don Jeerings, KI4EFL In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1390764743.38860.YahooMailNeo@web126102.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Thank God for answering Prayers, This is the greatest news I heard today other then the words I heard at Church this morning. So glad God answered all our prayers now to hear about Bea. :) George KI4NBE On Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:17 AM, Rich Kennedy wrote: ? 6:00 PM? Saturday Jan 25th.. Update on Ren? (Nestor Monllor), KG4BAS >> >>Ladies & Gentlemen, (Sun n Fun and LARC) >> >This morning Ren was feeling better (physically" but pretty low In spirit. He had been restricted "nothing by mouth"? including water since the day prior to Surgery. He described his mouth as being dryer than the proverbial popcorn fart. He has tubes in and tubes out pumping and sucking fluids. > >Gabby and Ansell were at his bedside from early morning supporting his woes. Then around 5 PM Ren suddenly brightened up as he saw a food tray coming in the door. Yes, this evening he had Jell-O, Soup, Apple juice, and some other good things. This evening, as I was leaving......?? Ren had a new outlook on life. > Doctors say it's going to be at least 4 to 6 more days before the home trip, They are setting up a major re-hab home plan for him . Don Ki4EFL? ?? Comment: I know there is a God, because he answers Prayer. ????? Lets remember Bea Johnson, and keep her on our list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ladytrekker2008 at yahoo.com Sun Jan 26 12:02:13 2014 From: ladytrekker2008 at yahoo.com (Joy) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:02:13 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] Update Ren KG4BAS From Don Jeerings, KI4EFL Message-ID: Being at work, I second what George said! Joy KJ4RNJ Sent from my LG phone George Gafford Sr wrote: >Thank God for answering Prayers, This is the greatest news I heard today other then the words I heard at Church this morning. So glad God answered all our prayers now to hear about Bea. :) >George KI4NBE > > > > > >On Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:17 AM, Rich Kennedy wrote: > >? >6:00 PM? Saturday Jan 25th.. Update on Ren? (Nestor Monllor), KG4BAS >>> >>>Ladies & > Gentlemen, (Sun n Fun and LARC) >>> >>This morning Ren was feeling better (physically" but pretty low In spirit. > >He had been restricted "nothing by mouth"? including water since the day prior to Surgery. > >He described his mouth as being dryer than the proverbial popcorn fart. He has tubes in and tubes out pumping and sucking fluids. >> >>Gabby and Ansell were at his bedside from early morning supporting his woes. Then around 5 PM Ren suddenly brightened up as he saw a food tray coming in the door. Yes, this evening he had Jell-O, Soup, Apple juice, and some other good things. > >This evening, as I was leaving......?? Ren had a new outlook on life. >> > >Doctors say it's going to be at least 4 to 6 more days before the home trip, They are setting up a major re-hab home plan for him . > >Don Ki4EFL? > >?? Comment: I know there is a God, because he answers Prayer. ????? Lets remember Bea Johnson, >and keep her on our list. > From n4ess at tampabay.rr.com Thu Jan 30 10:10:34 2014 From: n4ess at tampabay.rr.com (Rich Kennedy) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:10:34 -0500 Subject: Reminder: Monthly Meeting Feb 3, 2014 Message-ID: <184A00BF18F94C41AC4B87A01BBC6FFA@RKLT2> LARC Monthly Meeting ? Feb 3, 2014 The LARC monthly meeting will be this Monday at 7pm. Our presentation this month is about power supplies and more specifically the HP DPS-600PB B power supply. How to obtain one and how to set it up a great 13.8v, 47a, power supply with very little effort. We have 4 people testing prior to meeting and hope that they will stay for the presentation. Remember to keep Ren Monllor, KG4BAS, and Bea Johnson in our thoughts and prayers. They are both still in the hospital and working on a speedy recovery. Rich Kennedy ? N4ESS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: