The March 6th meeting will be held at the Polk EOC instead of the normal meeting location. There we, along with several other clubs, will receive SKYWARN training. Training will start promptly at 6:30 PM. Be sure to arrive early.
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Edward Frank Falcon, Jr.
September 19, 1946 – February 08, 2017
Edward Frank Falcon, Jr., 70 years old of Zephyrhills, FL passed away on Feb. 8, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Tampa, FL to Edward and Annie Falcon. He was predeceased by his parents, grand-daughter: Michelle Booker, and daughter-in-law: Jenny Booker. He is survived by his wife: Janice Falcon; children: Jane Booker-Scrivens (Larry), David Booker, Jr. (Shirley), Mike Booker (Bonnie), Kenny Booker; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and several cousins. There will be no service per his request. A memorial service may take place at a later date to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Moffitt Cancer Center. Arrangements were made by Hodges Family Funeral Home.
Janice Falcon – KM4IEY
39848 Pretty Pond Rd
Zephyrhills, FL 33540
The Reams family announces the celebration of the completed life of Calvin Edward Reams who was born on September 11th 1924 and passed away on February 10th 2017 He is now with his late wife Idalee Brouillette to whom he was married for 51 years.
They had two children Calvin Edward Jr. and Mary Jeanne plus three grand children and one great grand child.
He was a WWII Veteran and fought at the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war he worked for General Telephone first as line man and later in management. He was a life long Mason and a ham Radio operator.
To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Calvin Edward Reames, please visit our Tribute Store.
On February 8th, 2017 Ed Falcon KI4EXO passed away. He is survived by his wife Janice KM4IEY.
On February 10th, 2017 Ed Reames K9RWP became a silent key. He is survived by his son, Ed Reames Jr. N3PGW.
The location for the March 6th meeting is the Polk EOC. The meeting will start at 6:30. LARC along with several other clubs will receive SKYWARN training at this time. Click here for directions to the EOC.
There was a record turnout for the February monthly meeting. Over sixty were present, pushing the limits of our current location. Patrick gave an overview of finances, then Bill presented this j-pole build story. All 19 units for sale were sold. Finally, Matthew presented a program on Parks On The Air.
Before the meeting, Marcus Harmon and Kenneth Kozla successfully advanced. Marcus KD2GTW is now extra, and Kenneth KM4UYX is now General.
Left to right, Richard, Ron, Marcus KD2GTW, Peggy our Testing Coordinator, Kenneth KM4UYX, and Al .
Good news! Thanks to Ernie KG4YNI becoming a SysOp we now have an EchoLink connection to our repeater. Echolink is very flexible and opens the world to Hams, even if all you have is a Tech license. With EchoLink you can literally go from your PC, smart phone, or tablet to any other EchoLink site in the world. If you happen to be traveling, or are a snowbird interested in keeping touch via the LARC repeater, EchoLink opens the door for you as well. Simply click on KG4YNI’s node (781052), and you will be patched into the Lakeland repeater as if you were a local user.
You can learn more by clicking on the following link. EchoLink Site
As far as EchoLink is concerned we are in North America, United States, Area 4. Following the links to this location you will see all the EchoLink sites in Area 4. Searching for the key word Lakeland will show all the sites for Lakeland. KG4YNI will be one of them. Simply click on it to open the Lakeland Repeater.
So why not make a New Year’s Resolution to add EchoLink to your Ham Radio Experience?
Happy New Year!
The Tampa Bay Hamfest was a great success. The new venue was much nicer that last year, and there was no shortage of vendors.
During this event, Ellen White became the first to receive the “Ellen White Award” for outstanding contributions to ham radio over the years. Ellen will tell you that it was her invitation to speak at LARC last year that got her back into ham radio, along with the support of several friends. Ellen, you are an inspiration to all of us.
And the winner is:
Bill KI4ZMV, LARC’s secretary and blogmaster, who won grand prize in the drawing. Bill is a happy camper, and will make good use of this new tool to insure the next club build project, 2 meter, 70 centimeter j-poles are tuned properly after assembly.
Rich N4ESS, outgoing president, now current board member, is presented with a token of appreciation on behalf of the board and members by the incoming president, Matthew KK4FEM.
The 2016 Christmas party is history. This was our first event in the new location. Like anything new, there is always a bit of trepidation. Things went smoothly, due in no small part to a lot of planning and a dose of good luck. Please click here for more pictures.