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Serving London Ontario Canada and Area Since 1920
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The next LARC meeting will be held via Zoom 
 on March 2, 2023.
Guest Speaker will be Mike Cook, VE3ZMC presenting his annual presentation.
You don't want to miss this event.
Previous Meetings of LARC held on Zoom for 2021-2023 can be found here.
 
 
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Thanks to all those who participated in Winter Field Day 2023 event at the station. It was a big success. According to the logs, the following people participated:

VE3CVL - Corrie Van Amelsfort
VA3DWL - David Ledyit
VA3YV - Rick Brown
VA3ZLS - Luke Scarlatescu
VE3ACW - Mike Watts
VE3EAD - Jorge Ferero
VE3EI - Dave McCarter
VE3KGK - David Lambert
VE3NIS - Corbin Lippert
VE3XDM - Gary Wabersich
VE3YOB - Bogdon Scarlatescu

There may have been one or two others who came out, but I am not sure if they operated as they were not in the log.

We made 689 contacts in about 18 hours of a 24 hour event. We ran 3 stations of which 2 were phone and 1 cw.
 
 
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Our log entries have been submitted to the Winter Field Day contest manager. 

i hope everyone had a good time and I hope to see the same level of enthusiasm and participation at the next club station event.

Rick Brown
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Hamfest 2023

SPECIAL EARLY DATE FOR THIS YEAR!!!  
COME SEE US IN THE SUMMER!
 

 Sunday August 20, 2023 at the Dorchester Fairgrounds, 9:00 until 12:00.

For details on Hamfest 2023 please click here.

 

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Fire Prevention Week Special Event Results

 

2022 was another very good year for the Fire Prevention Week Special Event! Six of the stations (orange highlight) logged significantly more QSOs than in 2021.

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Also,  the Clean Sweep certificates have been sent out. Lee K7NM is again graciously donating his printing services at http://photoqsls.com .
 
Thank you all for your service, and I hope to see you again in the 2023 special event!
 
73 and stay fire safe,
- Steve WX2S (Event organizer)
https://hamfire.com/

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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.

Click this link to view the catalog.

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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Events for LARC Members to Participate and Past Meetings
 

Special Group : PI and Kit Builders

 

Previous Meetings of LARC held on Zoom for 2021-2023 can be found here. 

 

Past Meeting Videos for the club Centennial can be found here.

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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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Interesting Articles  

Get your club Lanyard by coming to any meeting and asking an executive, more details here.

Past Interesting Articles are here. 

 

Club Station Tours:

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 $10.00.

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.

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DX Daily -  Site dedicated to the art/science of DX chasing

 

 

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