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 KN6UNL

LDARC has assembled a CW team.

1. Marcos KN6UNL
2. Charlie WK3Y
3. Steve AI6ZW
4. Bruce WA6STA
5. Don N6DMP
6. Fernando KN6SOJ
7. Karen KN6MJS
8. Rick KN6RBP
9. Damon KI6HPV

This team is tasked with making it’s first contact in CW on Summer Field Day.
If you are interested in CW, contact Marcos KN6UNL for more information.

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.

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.

Tickets are also available for our Spring Breakfast Fundraiser!

This years Fall 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 10am to 11:30.

Buy them before the pancakes are hot!

Tonight’s Eagle Net!

10 meter Eagle Net, 8:00 PM (2000) to 9:00 PM (2100).

• First week 10 meters 28.360mhz
• 2nd week 75 meters 3.900mhz
• 3rd and 4th week is 40 meters 7.238mhz. 
• 5th week is for something different. SSB 6,12,17 meters or JS8Call any band.
  It is our hope that our new frequencies will allow us to hear each other better as well as make out of area contacts more regularly. Unfortunately these new frequencies do require a General Class license or better. For this reason, we are keeping it on 10 meters the first Tuesday of each month.

This announcement is now linked near the top of this sites welcome page.
The 2 most recent announcements appear as a clickable link.
Clicking on them expands them right there.
You will also find pictures from our resent events with this announcement and on the club home page as well.

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.
With PiStar and a Yaesu or DMR HT, the world is in your hand.

I am thrilled to announce the NEW LDARC OnLine Store. You will find Shirts, Hats, Stickers, Coasters for Sale. You can also pay your Membership Dues online. And you can do it with a credit card if you prefer that payment method.

As you know KN6AUV is our webmaster. He keeps the roster current on the site and has done a great job with that along with Testing updates and a lot more. When I talked to him about building a store for our website he wasted no time. So just the way we started one morning over Tuesday breakfast, today, over breakfast the store is online. Duane thank you for doing such a great job and doing it so fast. AttaBoy KN6AUV. This is a dream come true and I think another reason why our club is awesome.

Eagle Net Bands & Modes (subject to change)
The Eagle Net has a new schedule!

• 3rd and 4th week is 40 meters 7.238mhz. 

Raffle Tickets are now on sale for our Summer Field Day raffle.

• 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.

Google Cloud Drive File Links (KJ6ER, January 2025)

• KJ6ER Antennas Primer –
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MxEQ0CfcLBhZ-TKTMg2xiMZeGdjsKnBN/view
• PERformer 40M-6M Quarterwave Vertical –
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwSbXXeovjJdT8ijpOi-9FYR–nNsxgD/view
• Challenger 20M-6M Halfwave Vertical –
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Ym2EbsX3F5Zs2oPwLXy-opGgBepnE6g/view
• Dominator 17M-10M Halfwave Vertical –
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1QYlNhYp-JY_Azqn0XJWM7q7Tit0x1m/view
• Dominator 17M-10M Halfwave 2-Element Vertical Beam –
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DvVBdEbcXjrCu5khyLeoEp5gsb9wwlA/view

Greg Mihran, KJ6ER

Campbell, California

www.qrz.com/db/KJ6ER

gmihran@me.com

(650) 714-7577

My letter to Greg,

I just want to thank you for your really great presentation at our club meeting last week. I learned a lot and really was surprised about a few things, especially with regard chokes and efficiency. Really good stuff. You have really refined your information in a way that made pieces fit and lights go on for many of us present that night. More over these antenna designs have reinvented field day for us. We used to deploy EF or G5RV type antennas. It was a real pain to deploy and keep area safe. We now have over 8 people in club with one of those 3 designs (mostly performer). So thank you Sir. Thank you for taking the time to speak to our club. Thank you for all the experimentation and testing you do. And thank you for distilling it so effectively, and making all of it available to the ham community, free of charge.

Rick Gardner KN6RBP
LDARC President

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.

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.