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Club Meeting Alert!
Event: LARC Monthly Club Meeting
Date: Wednesday November 5th, 2025
Time: 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Meeting room will be open at 07:00 PM.
We'll have a talk from Mike Walker VA3MW about the fascinating technology behind the new FlexRadio Aurora, and an update from Paul Picot VE3PIK on the various upgrades around the club station.
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Live Auction - Nov, 15, 2025
LARC will hold a Live Auction, with Auctioneer Scott Fortnum, VE3ISF, at the 427 Wing on November 15, starting shortly after the LARC Basic Course finishes for the day, about noon.
The proceeds of the following equipment from VE3WXD Wayne Draper's estate will go to his wife.
TYT TH-9000 VHF/UHF Transceiver with microphone and power cord.
Yaesu FT-450D HF-50MHz Transceiver with microphone and power cord.
Icom IC-7300 SDR HF-50MHz Transceiver with microphone and power cord.
Yaesu MD-100 Dynamic Desk Microphone.
Icom SM-50 Desk Microphone.
ABR Industries High Flex 118 50 Ohm coax, 100 feet with PL-259 connectors.
In addition Corrie Vanamelsfort also has a HyGain 680 All Band HF 80m to 10m Vertical for sale.
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VA3FIRE 2025 a great success.
VE3RBO Ruth Dahl & VE3ACW Mike Watts
Special thanks to the following operators, who made almost 700 contacts for Fire Prevention Week!
SWL Gianna Pratten
VE3RBO Ruth Dahl
VA3TFH Tom Hart
VA3ATB Brian Bouckley
VA3HYH Hunter Zhang
VE3ACW Mike Watts
VE3EI Dave McCarter
VE3FLJ Joshua Austin
VE3IDT Doug Tompkins
VE3MWL Maureen Wilson
VE3ZLS Luke Scarlatescu
VE3YOB Bogdan Scarlatescu
VA3PTV Pam Van De Velde
VA3TPA Chris Van De Velde
VE3PTV Archie Van De Velde
We'd also like to thank VE3IDT Doug Tompkins for managing and organizing the event, and VE3ACW Mike Watts for being our steadfast Elmer.
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Time to renew your membership
Please go to our membership page to renew.
Thank you for supporting LARC, one of the best Amateur Radio Clubs in Canada
(and one of the largest)
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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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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.
A new catalog is coming soon.
In the meantime,
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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Special Group : Kit Builders
Previous Meetings of LARC held on Zoom for 2021-2026 can be found here.
Past Meeting Videos for the club Centennial can be found 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 $15.00.
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.
NewsFeed
Amateur Radio Newsline - "Your independent source of Amateur Radio news for today's radio amateur."
eHam.net - "ham radio on the net'"
ARRL - "The national association for Amateur Radio - News and Features."
QRZ.com - A site to lookup Hams as well as information.
DX Daily - Site dedicated to the art/science of DX chasing
