Warrior Walk 2018

Once again LARC supported Lakeland’s Annual Warrior Walk to benefit local veterans. We had more than enough club members to man all positions. This was not only an opportunity to serve the community, but also a chance for some of our newer members to talk radio with more experienced club members. This was a win win for all involved. 

I would like to thank everyone who contributed images. Click here to view them.

New Tech

Congratulations John!

John Sanford KN4NTK holding his Technician’s Certificate

CALL FIRST LAST LICENSE ARRL ARES SKYWARN
AA4HT Robert Van Winkle Amateur Extra YES NO
K1DU Frederick Delaney Amateur Extra YES NO
K4EMT Sarah Clark Amateur Extra NO NO
K4ZVU Gilbert Lucas Advanced
KG4YNI Ernest Haynes Amateur Extra YES NO POL-296A
KI4EFL Donald Jeerings General NO NO
KI4NBE George Gafford Amateur Extra NO NO POL-316A
KI4WRX David Zdanowicz Amateur Extra YES YES
KJ4RNJ Joy Gafford General NO NO POL-600A
KJ4UW George Mann Amateur Extra YES NO POL-410
KK4RAH Stephanie Hildreth Technician NO NO
KK4VCN Eleanor Marshall Technician NO NO OSC-074
KM4STS Liam Holzer General NO NO
KM4STT Aimee Holzer General NO NO
KM4STU Leon Holzer General NO NO
KN4FBD John McCullough Technician YES NO
KQ4KX Richard Sharp Amateur Extra LIFE NO POL-127A
KR4R Johnnie Ritter Amateur Extra YES NO
KT4WX Darrell Davis Amateur Extra YES YES
N4ESS Richard Kennedy Amateur Extra LIFE NO PAS-570
N4HES Arthur Hess General YES NO
N4LVG Robert Young General
N4PEG Margaret Kennedy Amateur Extra YES NO HIL-1000
N6MRS Michael Shreve General YES NO
N7CUC Samuel Shaver Amateur Extra NO NO
NJ4Y Matthew Stevens Amateur Extra YES YES POL-680A
W4EMT Eric Clark Amateur Extra NO NO
W4MQB Barbara Ritter Technician YES NO
W7STR Springer Rush Amateur Extra YES NO
WA4ABN Michael Hildreth Technician NO NO
WA4MMO Geoffrey Schuck Amateur Extra YES NO
WB6ZEQ Herman Smith General NO NO
WB8PHD Joseph Goertzen General NO NO
WX4AMS Andrew Stevens General YES YES POL-838
G. Lucas Guest
Glenn Smith Guest
John Standford Guest
Joseph Goertz Guest

The First Fusion Digital Net

Those of you who have Fusion digital capable radios might like to join the club’s first digital net. This event will be held July 20th (Friday) at 7:30 pm on the club’s repeater. The plan is to make this a regular habit every Friday at 7:30 pm.

Dxpedition to the Dry Tortugas

Some information you may find helpful if you wish to participate.

https://twitter.com/k4r_EL84

http://k4r2018.com/

From Rich N4ESS:

Here is the web page for our trip this weekend.  http://k4r2018.com/   We will be on the air starting Friday, 6 July at Noon, and end Sunday, 8 July, around Noon.  We will put in as many hours as we can, sleep a bit and start over again or as long as the batteries hold out.
Matt, NJ4Y, and Robert, KE4AL, will be working satellite passes for this trip.
I will be on CW HF, CW and FT8 on 6 meters and if time and battery allows Matt will be on HF SSB.   I get all of the CW work as the other two are keeping busy with all of the satellite passes.  There is a link on the webpage that will show you just how many satellite passes there are.  Each on lasting only a few minutes and then it is off to the next bird. 
Keep a watch on DX Summit for spotting of our frequencies.
Hope to work you on the radio,

Rich – N4ESS

Thursday Night Net July 5, 2018

Attendance on this Thursday Night Net – 16 total, and not bad considering the thunder, lightening, and rain.

CALL FIRST LAST LICENSE ARRL ARES SKYWARN
K8TPH Richard Wilt General YES YES
KB0QMN George Rezac General NO NO
KD0VNI Robert Hamilton Technician


KI4EFL Donald Jeerings General NO NO
KI4NBE George Gafford Amateur Extra NO NO POL-316A
KI4WRX David Zdanowicz Amateur Extra YES YES
KI4ZMV William Johnson Amateur Extra YES NO POL-840
KJ4DSQ Roger Land Technician YES YES POL-208A
KM4UYX Kenneth Kozla General NO NO
N4HES Lee Hess General YES NO
N6MRS Michael Shreve General YES NO
N7CUC Samuel Shaver Amateur Extra NO NO
N8YRE Jonathan Berry Amateur Extra


W7STR Springer Rush Amateur Extra YES NO
WB6ZEQ Herman Smith General NO NO
WZ1P Daniel Gagnon Amateur Extra NO NO

Celebration Dinner After Field Day 2018


Click here for more images the Donald took at the dinner.
Way to go Don. Great job!

Attendance sign-in sheet

By some counts there were close to fifty in attendance. This number included spouses who were not also ham radio operators. 

CALL NAM FIRST NAME LAST ARRL ARES SKYWARN
AA4HT Robert Van Winkle YES NO
K1DU Frederick Delaney YES NO
K4EMT Sarah Clark NO NO
KG4YNI Ernest Haynes YES NO POL-296A
KI4EFL Donald Jeerings NO NO
KI4NBE George Gafford NO NO POL-316A
KI4WRX David Zdanowicz YES YES
KJ4RNJ Joy Eibe NO NO
KJ4UW George Mann YES NO POL-410
KK4RAH Stephanie Hildreth NO NO
KK4VCN Eleanor Marshall NO NO
KM4STS Liam Holzer NO NO
KM4STT Aimee Holzer NO NO
KM4STU Leon Holzer NO NO
KN4FBD John McCullough YES NO
KQ4KX Richard Sharp LIFE NO POL-127A
KR4R Johnnie Ritter YES NO
N4ESS Richard Kennedy LIFE NO PAS-570
N4HES Arthur Hess YES NO
N4PEG Margaret Kennedy YES NO HIL-1000
N6MRS Michael Shreve YES NO
N7CUC Samuel Shaver NO NO
NJ4Y Matthew Stevens YES YES POL-680A
W4EMT Eric Clark NO NO
W4MQB Barbara Ritter YES NO
W7STR Springer Rush YES NO
WA4ABN Michael Hildreth NO NO
WA4MMO Geoffrey Schuck YES NO
WB6ZEQ Herman Smith NO NO
WB8PHD Joseph Goertzen NO NO
WX4AMS Andrew Stevens YES YES POL-838
KT4WX Darrell Davis YES
N4LVG Robert Young
K4ZVU Gilbert Lucas
John Standford
G. Lucas
Joseph Goertz
Glenn Smith

Field Day Stats 2018 and Historical L4LKL Class 4A

Year Points Rank # In Class Ratio
2012 4394 40 158 0.25
2013 4676 33 156 0.21
2014 4516 39 150 0.26
2015 5370 31 156 0.20
2016 4012 40 132 0.30
2017 4068 37 133 0.28
2018 5154


Data Analysis
The data suggests no significant change year over year. Bottom line, we are holding steady.

Thursday Net 6/28/18

Traffic on the net has picked up of late. That’s a good thing. Remember, if you are short on time, just say short timer, any time, give your call sign and you are done. All check-ins are welcome.

CALL NAME FIRST NAME LAST LICENSE CLASS ARRL ARES SKYWARN
K1DU Frederick Delaney Amateur Extra YES NO
K8TPH Richard Wilt General YES YES
KB0QMN George Rezac General NO NO
KE9VS Richard Burbes Extra


KI4EFL Donald Jeerings General NO NO
KI4NBE George Gafford Amateur Extra NO NO POL-316A
KI4WRX David Zdanowicz Amateur Extra YES YES
KI4ZMV William Johnson Amateur Extra YES NO POL-840
KM4CHP James Edmonson General


KM4PYG Warren Coons General


KM4STT Aimee Holzer Extra YES

KM4UYX Kenneth Kozla General NO NO
KN4FBD John McCullough Technician YES NO
N4HES Arthur Hess General NO NO
KN4LKK Jason Burns Technician


N4LVG Robert Young General


N4TWR John Brewster Technician


N4WKR Tawney Mazek General


N6MRS Michael Shreve General YES NO
N7CUC Samuel Shaver Amateur Extra NO NO
W4STC Steven Curtis Technician


WB8QQR Norman Nissen Advanced


Field Day 2018 Was A Smashing Success

Liam and Kenny, the dynamic duo!
Click here to watch the video and read the full story! 

Click here for images from field day 

I would like to thank Kevin for the dramatic image above, all the aerial images, and many of the people pictures in our album. I would also like to thank Don,Rich and others who also contributed photos. There is a lot of photographic talent out there.  

This was a year of firsts.  For starters we were fortunate to have a reporter from the Ledger interview one of our youngest hams. Liam did an outstanding job. Also a first, we had a real power outage when a limb from a tree fell on the power lines feeding the building. We went dark, but the generator kept us on the air. How realistic is that! Another first was a second power failure, when our main generator went out. Not a problem though. Backups were quickly put into service, and we were off and running again. Yet another first was the food. Instead of the usual dogs and burgers we feasted on Jimbo’s pulled pork and chicken, in addition to the dishes brought in to pass. Finally, there was something else very special this year. Several hams new to the hobby were exposed to a wealth of information relating to antennas and operations, and most important, given the opportunity to get some on the air, experience. This was a good thing.  

Field day is a lot of fun, but it also involves a lot of hard work. Setup, tear down, and cleanup went smoothly. Patrick and Kevin did a fine job getting and serving the food. From all appearances, operations went well. Antennas were up and ready well in advance thanks to Rich, Bill Busbin, and of course Fred. On behalf of Matthew, and all the board members I thank all who put the extra effort into making this event the success it was. Pat yourselves on the back. You deserve it. 🙂