Due to some scheduling conflicts, we’ve had to move the meeting night a couple times this year. Here are the anticipated meeting dates at the Samaritan Community Health Education Center for 2019:

January 15 – THIRD Tuesday
February 19 – THIRD Tuesday
March 12 – SECOND Tuesday
April 16 – THIRD Tuesday
May 14 – SECOND Tuesday
June 11 – SECOND Tuesday
July 9 – SECOND Tuesday
August – TBD
September 10 – SECOND Tuesday
October 8 – SECOND Tuesday
November 12 – SECOND Tuesday
December 17 – THIRD Tuesday

We’re scheduled to be at the front of the line for next year so hopefully we can land all the Second Tuesdays for our meetings.

See you on the 15th at 6pm at Samaritan CHE, please bring your radios, we will doing a small exercise.

Daron

General class!

• $25 for book.
• 20+ hours, one, two, three weekends or ?
• Study question sheet provided prior to instruction.
• Location TBA, possibly Willie’s barn or ?
• Test arranged for end of class.
• Contact Chuck Gerttula 541-270-3232.

Field Day is always the fourth weekend in June, nationwide. Join us at Toledo’s Waterfront Park, from 11am Saturday to Sunday morning.

http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/emergency_management/page/4631/lcso_media_release_-_annual_field_day_2018.pdf

Due to a conflict, the location for Amateur Radio Exams has changed for the April 14 session. We will be in the McEntee Meeting Room at Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St., in Newport. The time is 9 am, as usual. We usually get there at the last minute, so don’t worry. Park in the lower parking lot, and enter through the downstairs door.

Walk-ins are welcome, but it can be helpful to know you’re coming:

choirboy1953 at gmail.com
541 270 4114 (texting works)

Update: No change to the tone on 145.370 yet. Sometimes things take a little longer than anticipated. We now have a link to a document listing local repeaters and other frequencies, under the “Documents”  tab here on the LCARC N7OY.org website.

Recently the Club purchased a Yaesu System Fusion DR-1X for the 147.300 repeater. The repeater is set in Automatic Mode Select (AMS), so it can be used in either YSF digital or FM modes. For FM use, set to Tone Squelch 156.7. The use of Tone Squelch is to prevent FM users from having to listen to the digital noise. There is no “tail’ on the repeater.

Several improvements are being made to the 145.370 (ACS) repeater. The tone will change very soon to 156.7, and eventually the same tone will be added to the output, so you can use Tone Squelch if desired.

We will be back at Samaritan Center for Health Education, 740 SW 9th St. in Newport for the foreseeable future.

Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) meets at 6pm, followed by the Club meeting at 7pm. All are welcome to both meetings.

A 2-day license preparation class is being offered August 26 and 27, 9am to 3pm on Saturday, at Samaritan Center For Health Education, 740 SW 9th St in Newport. 1pm to 5pm on Sunday. Sign up on Eventbrite.

Members of the Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club (LCARC) will be participating in Amateur Radio Field Day, June 24 – 25 at Waterfront Park in Toledo.

Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.

Please come join us!

The Club recently bought a new Yaesu System Fusion repeater for the 147.300 on Otter Crest. A small group made the initial installation, and it is up and running now. Set tone Squelch to 156.7, and try it out!

We’re making plans for our Special Event, the Oregon Coast Total Eclipse, call sign N7E, August 20-22, 2017. Because we anticipate unprecedented crowds and traffic, we will not plan to travel to a central location, but will operate from “distributed” locations, at home, or locations within walking distance. We have designated frequencies in General portion the 80, 40, and 20 meter bands, and in the Technician portion of the 10 meter band, which we will plan to operate “at or near.”

3.820 MHz

7.200 MHz

14.245 MHz

28.350 MHz

For members of Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club (or local hams who wish to partici;ate with us), sign up for your preferred bands and times at SignUp.com.

For more information on the Special Event, click on the Eclipse menu above.