Announcement by KE6JGM
There Will Be Testing At Rick’s House
Saturday May 17th 2025 @ 8am
More info on our Local Licensing Exams Page.
Announcement by KN6RBP
Our next after testing workshop will be on the PiStar WPSD dashboard
and steering a PiStar with a Yaesu HT.
I will also demonstrate DMR cross-mode and the settings associated with that.
75M Net time has moved to 8PM.
New Saturday Night Net 75 Meters 3.900 Mhz Saturday Night
This new net is a Roundtable Net and starts at 8:00PM till whenever.
75 Meters EVERY Saturday night.
Due to the Big Bear Ham Escape and other scheduling conflicts on April 26th, our Monthly LDARC Board Meeting is pushed to May 3rd at J&M at 11am we will also have breakfast that morning also at J&M at 9am. Our Regularly scheduled monthly weekend club breakfast on April 26th at 9am is still on for that day with no meeting afterwards.
Our fox hunt at Simpson Park is scheduled for May 10th with a Fox hunt Planning Meeting scheduled for May 5th on zoom.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F93753769544%3Fpwd%3DEKOO1aCaNtFZtZWg2s8Q9sO8T1sLz6.1
Please contact Bob KE6JGM with any questions you may have.
Buy Summer Field Day Tickets
Summer Field Day Raffle 2025 Items (so far).
- FTM-150RASP
- Palomar Bullet EF 55″ Complete Kit.
- XIEGU G90 HF RADIO w/ Network and cooling accessories. (Partial Donation from N6CG)
- FT 70D (Donated by N6DMP)
- Chameleon Antenna CHA SS25
- PiStar Simplex Hotspot (donated by KE6JGM)
- Duplex Hotspot w/color screen (donated by KM6JWS)
- 6 Palomar Mix31 Torr0id Prize is 2 with 3 winners.
- 4 13 turn HF Chokes w/ Palomar Torr0id.
Summer Field Day Raffle Tickets on sale Now!
Raffle Ticket Prices:
- $ 5.00 = 1 Ticket
- $20.00 = 5 Tickets
- $40.00 = 12 Tickets
- $50.00 = 15 Tickets
- $100.00 = 35 Tickets
We have lots of really nice things in this Raffle for you to win. So please, Support our club and have a pretty good chance of winning something cool on a summer day. And since there’s no time like the present. Raffle Tickets can now be purchased in our spiffy new OnLine store.
That’s right, the same place you can buy club hats, t-shirts, Pins & coasters as well as club membership, now has Summer Field Day Raffle tickets available with all the same quantities and price breaks.
So if you haven’t already, check out the NEW LDARC Club Store.
And while you’re there, buy some raffle tickets. And of course, raffle tickets are available wherever you see KN6MJS. Like at tomorrow nights club meeting for instance.
This years Spring Breakfast Fundraiser will be at the Colonial Country Club on May, 24th.
Tickets are adults $10.00, children $5.00. Friends and family are also invited.
We’ll be serving from 9am to 11:30.
- Pancakes (blueberries & chocolate chips available in the side).
Home made from scratch (KN6UNL specialty). - Bacon and/or Sausage Patty
- Scrambled Eggs
- Orange Juice, Apple Juice, Coffee or water.
Quality food, served by quality Ham, Radio Operators.
Bring yourself, and bring friends & family. If you know someone who enjoys a good breakfast, invite them. The more the merrier.
Eagle Net Changes
- First week 10 meters 28.360mhz
- 2nd LDARC HF Contest Returns
- 3rd 10 meter FM 29.630 Mhz
- 4th week is 40 meters 7.238mhz.
- 5th for this month we will go to 17 meters 18.125 Mhz
We have been telling you about the Watch Duty App (indispensable for fire information).
The MyShake app is your must have for local earthquake information and early warning.
Know what’s shaking with MyShake. Available at a app store near you.
California, where it’s always fire and earthquake season. Are you ready?
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1467058529
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.bsl.myshake
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC9148.PDF
There’s always a lot going on at the Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club!
Keep up with what’s happening, by frequently visiting our club website.
You’ll find all club announcements & newsletters, as well as LDARC,
meeting & event information.
K6LDF.com, where the ham is always fresh.
