Matthew, Rich, Bill, and John were guests at Buddy Morgan’s Weak Signal Society Meeting. The meeting was held Saturday, November 11. All toll, there were 21 members and guests present.

Weak signal as I understand it is a subset of amateur radio that deals with signal transmission on frequencies VHF and higher over large distances. Large distances may be 400 miles. Weak signal differs from QRP which may reach another station thousands of miles away using 5 watts power compared to a thousand watt signal at higher frequencies reaching another station only about a quarter of that distance. The difference is in the transmission frequency, not the power used to transmit. For sure, both signals may be weak when they arrive, but only the VHF and higher frequencies qualify as weak signal contacts.

 Attendees discuss radio before the meeting. Left to right, Buddy, Matthew, John, and Rich. Bill, not shown, was taking the picture.

 Twenty-one in all attended.This is a very specialized group.

After the meeting attendees relax by the pool, and enjoy lunch, complements of the Morgans.

The overflow lunch crowd in the dinning room, including our hostess Lydia Morgan. Lydia is left of center. (This is not intended to be a political statement. 🙂 )

After the meeting, Buddy gave us a tour of his shop. Some of his assemblies are over 20 feet in length and contain several dozen elements. Buddy’s shop is large enough to easily hold two Greyhound Buses. In fact, that’s what the previous owner built it for.

Towers are very important for this type of radio, and Buddy has two.

Left to right, Bob Doherty, LARC VP,  Police Chief Larry Giddens, and Jim Stewart LARC Board

Liam KM4STS with the mike, and brother Aiden demonstrate radio technique to the  young visitor to the booth in the blue shirt, while dad, Leon KM4STU, looks on.

 A message from our VP

Our general meeting for November has been moved from Monday November 6th to Monday November 13th. Our meeting place is an official Polk County Polling location. Voting machines will be installed Monday and the building will be secured for next Tuesday’s election.

Please help by getting out the word to fellow club members who may not read their email often.

We apologize for the late notice.

Thank you and see all of you a week from Monday… November 13th

73,
Bob

Bob Doherty
KM4BAO
Vice President
LARC

By every measure, the LARC Hamfest was a great success.

Let’s start with Daniel Garlans, a new Tech, seen here congratulated by George KI4NBE. Nice job Dan! I am sure you will put all that technical knowledge to good use in your new hobby.

The man with the winning ticket to our Hamfest drawing was Angel. Congratulations Angel. Hope to see yo at the next meeting.

Left to right, Matthew, club President, Bob, Vice President, Angel, and Hamfest manager, Kevin.

Many hams participated in the tailgate. Lots of new faces from other clubs were present, and this is a good thing.

For more images from this event click on https://photos.app.goo.gl/LNsA3zcNlBPcnfX53

For advanced ticket sales See Sam Shaver. For more information about this event click n the following link: http://fgcarc.org/general-information/

We were long overdue for a picnic. The weather cooperated. The food was great, and of course the company was the best.

There are more pictures online at https://photos.app.goo.gl/QhfKwdSF6ruGrdv72

This is an especially busy time of the year. Please make note of the following club activities coming up.