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FCC Testing 1-21-23 & 1-28-23

Posted on 12/03/2022 by k6ldf

There will be testing Saturday January 21st at Hyatt’s house. More info on our FCC Testing page We’re also testing on Winter Field Day, January 28th. More info on our Winter Field Day page. Congratulations! YOU PASSED! 1-21-23 Test date: … Continue reading →

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Karens Antenna Project

Posted on 09/29/2022 by k6ldf

Radial Party 9-18-22 Great work done really fast. Tuning probably next weekend.

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Early Net 9-26-22

Posted on 09/27/2022 by k6ldf

KE6JGM Clutch failed and calls It Quits on yellow antenna farm. KN6VJO Bad linkage to his transmission. What were the odds. KN6PUR Solar Report Calm. Received invitation from City of Hemet, to have table at this years Christmas Parade. Really … Continue reading →

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Roster Announcement, September 27

Posted on 09/27/2022 by k6ldf

The last week’s announcement. I stated that we would be having a vote on the changes of the Constitution at the meeting we had last week. That did not happen what we did was read the changes and we will … Continue reading →

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Elmer Hour 9-23-22

Posted on 09/24/2022 by k6ldf

On this Elmer hour, we talked about Palomar Engineers, and Bob Brehm‘s great presentation. I (KN6RBP) have ordered some of his products already. Many of our members found his presentation very informative. We also talked about possibly trying some other … Continue reading →

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FCC Testing 11-19-22

Posted on 09/20/2022 by k6ldf

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9-20-22 Roster Announcement

Posted on 09/20/2022 by k6ldf

Tomorrow night 6:30 PM is our September club meeting. We have a lot going on and time is short so I would like to give everybody the heads up on what will be covering. We are voting on changes to … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner Raffle 2022

Posted on 09/19/2022 by k6ldf

We’re raffling a 991a at our Christmas dinner this year.  In addition to the 991a, our Christmas Dinner raffle will include a Hat, T-Shirts, gift cards & a truly adorable, wood trimmed Pistar made by me. It will get you around the … Continue reading →

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LDARC NEWSLETTER SEPT 2022

Posted on 09/18/2022 by k6ldf

SEPTEMBER 21 2022 LDARC MEETING AGENDA

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Elmer Hour 9-16-22

Posted on 09/16/2022 by k6ldf

Saturday is testing day Reasons to take FCC ham license test Today’s Questions. What was your first radio? What radio do you use most? How does ham radio improve your life? On Sunday we will be installing Karen’s Radials References RADIAL … Continue reading →

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Digital Only Net 9-14-22

Posted on 09/14/2022 by k6ldf

Participants were Bob, Lyle, Karen, Rick, Larry, Marcos, Charlie. Steve AI6ZW talked about the Fairview Fire. We called off the Digital Only net last week. Steve also talked about the previous Net where his HT was acting up. KN6RBP jumped … Continue reading →

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9-13-22 Early Net

Posted on 09/13/2022 by k6ldf

Net Control AI6ZW Big group Steve, Larry, Karen, Lyle, Charlie, Fernando, Haden, Andy,Tom NEW K7ECBTalked about the new website k6ldf.com. Pretty fired up about it. Gone fast and fun so far.Cooler weatherChristmas Dinner need more to opt in. Karen doing … Continue reading →

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9-13 Roster Announcements

Posted on 09/13/2022 by k6ldf

We still need to sell more tickets for our Christmas dinner raffle. We’re raffling a yeasu 991a. It’s a great radio and tickets are just five dollars a piece or five for 20. Karen our treasurer, head of the Christmas … Continue reading →

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Local Information Net

Posted on 09/10/2022 by k6ldf

On Monday that Lee De Forest Amateur radio club and our local ham community ran a local information net. It was a controlled net fire related at times very active with callers not always legible sharing observations and solutions.  A … Continue reading →

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Elmer 9-9-22

Posted on 09/10/2022 by k6ldf

We talked about special information net run due to fairview fire. 2. How often to use your callsign or do I use my callsign too much. 3. Gary KN6VJO asked about which HT we would recommend. Antenna design based on … Continue reading →

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9-6-22 Roster Announcement

Posted on 09/06/2022 by k6ldf

Due to the Fairview fire we conducted an emergency Net last night and part of today, sharing information about the fire. I’d like to thank the hams that provided great information. I think overall provided some peace of mind to … Continue reading →

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