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.

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.

Our Monthly Club Meeting for April

Our Meeting tomorrow April 16th 6:30PM at our NEW location 1111S State St. Right off of Stetson, sharing the same lot with J&M. 

Meeting Agenda:

• Atta-Boy Acknowledgements 
• Video Presentation
• Club Discussion Q&A.

Zoom Link

https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F99439713588%3Fpwd%3DZmNwUXZLSTZQSzJTdi9VUkZ6YktLZz09

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.

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

New Saturday Night Net 75 Meters 3.900 Mhz Saturday Night

This new net is a Roundtable Net and starts at 6:30PM till whenever.
75 Meters EVERY Saturday night.

New Simplex Net on Sunday Nights!

We have a new simplex net on Sunday right after out SwapNet.
The net begins on this repeater at 7:30 on LDARC repeater in FM. Net control will provide frequency information. Then we return to the club repeater for the next frequency.

• 2M 147.405 Mhz C4FM & FM LTAC1
• 2M 146.540 Mhz C4FM & FM LTAC2
• 70CM 431.085 FM C4FM & FM LTAC3
• 70CM 446.150 FM C4FM & FM LTAC4

I would like to thank Mary Ortiz KO6GYP for designing a nifty LDARC club shirt.
This is not a official club shirt. It’s only available today and tomorrow with the link below.

https://wstshop.store/lee-de-forest-amateur-radio-club2-2?s=hanes-5250&c=Navy&p=FRONT

And thank you for designing this great looking shirt and making it available to members.
Mary gets a AttaBoy!

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?

Jackie KC7CBN is offering her vintage karaoke machine and disks to anyone who would like to have it. Contact Jackie or me with any inquiry’s.

Amateur Radio Complaints

Amateur radio complaints should be as specific as possible, citing dates, times, and frequencies on which alleged violations occurred. Complaints should also include a name and telephone number where the complainant can be reached for further details, if necessary. Please submit your complaints/concerns regarding amateur radio to the Commission’s on-line complaint system. The appropriate form for your complaint can be found here: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov and click on the radio icon.

Willful or Malicious Interference Complaints

Section 97.101(d) of the Commission’s Rules prohibits amateur operators from willfully or maliciously interfering with or causing interference to any radio communication or signal. 47 C.F.R. § 97.101(d).

The Spectrum Enforcement Division, in conjunction with the Regional and Field Offices, is responsible for responding to complaints of willful and/or malicious interference among amateur radio service licensees.

 

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/amateur-radio-complaints

Lets have some fun, and change up Bands & Modes a bit.

On the third Tuesday for bands and modes, from 20:30 to 21:00 we work for points, fun & prestige. all while improving our HF capabilities.

Here’s the plan.

• 2 Points for any QSO on any band, using any mode.
• 1 point for any QSO another station makes using the frequency you shared with the group.

1 bonus point for each QSO you post on QRZ.com

And for those of you who really want get big points,
10 points for any CW contact on any band.

Finally, as an incentive to help new hams use the tech area of 10M

2 bonus points for any QSO made by you or another station you sent to the tech area of the 10M band.

Our regular 10M frequency will continue to be our net frequency.
Points and frequency’s are to be reported to net control. Only then do the points count.
Net control will also keep track of who found a frequency we use for a QSO’s.

The winner will receive an official, LDARC, ATABOY.

All QSO’s must be made using modes and frequencies indicated on the icom band plan linked here
As always, only operate within the parameters of your FCC license.

I just made all of this up so any feedback you have will be appreciated.