May Meeting of LARC

[N4ESS]

Hello to all,

 

I want to thank everyone that came out last night to our LARC club meeting.
We had a group of 53 show up for the meeting.  A check of the records show
that we now have 83 dues paying members in our club. We had one person test
and pass the extra class exam and that was John Leahy, KK4ITX.
Congratulations to our new extra class.  

 

The March for Babies, March of Dimes event on April 30 had a good turnout
and we were able to man the stations around Lake Hollingsworth with no
problems.  Our youngest member Liam Holzer, KM4STS, 8 years old, got his
parents Aimee, KM4STT, and Leon, KM4STU, out to assist him.  Liam manned his
post and reported in on his HT.  I asked if he drove to the meeting but he
let Mom and Dad take care of the transportation.  

 

We had the pleasure of having several visitors to the club.  We welcomed
Duane Archibald, N4WDH, of Wesley Chapel, president of the East Pasco
Amateur Radio Society, EPARS.  Thanks for coming Duane.  We were also
fortunate to have a couple of visitors that are getting interested in
amateur radio and stopped by to see what they could learn about our hobby.
We will see them back in the next few months for their technician tests.

 

Fred Delaney, K1DU, is getting us ready for field day and is getting the
signup sheets filled with operators.  Please contact Fred and get ready to
support LARC field day.  Fred does a great job of organizing this event each
year and takes great pride in making sure that we are successful.  Thanks
Fred.

 

Matthew Stevens spoke on the use of Log Book of the World, LOTW, and how to
get started in using this useful tool.  

 

Next meeting Bob Siegel, WA4YFN, will be speaking on generators and
emergency power.   Bob has years of business experience in this area and
will bring some great information to the meeting.  I look forward to hearing
his presentation.

 

Al Sheppard, W4ZSC, was with us in spirit as he is in India at this time
having just traveled from Dubai and will be back later this week.

 

Thanks to all and see you soon,

 

 

Rich Kennedy - N4ESS

President

Lakeland Amateur Radio Club

 

813-240-5614

n4ess at tampabay.rr.com

 

 

 

 

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