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(Weekly activities are summarized at the bottom of this page)
Start__Date | Event Name | Description, Website |
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Jan 2, 2020 | LARC Meeting | |
Jan 25/26 | Winter Field Day | Website with rules |
Feb 6 | LARC Meeting | Doug Elliott VA3DAE: High Altitude Balloons - Chasing APRS Ghosts |
Feb 26 | Exercise Marconi-Braun | City of London Emergency Exercise to test communications interoperability. Details from Doug Elliott VA3DAE |
Mar 5 | LARC Meeting | Mike Cook VE3ZMC: We're All in the Dark - An Exploration of Dark Matter and Dark Energy |
Mar 19 | LARC Board Meeting | CANCELLED 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
April 2 | LARC Meeting | CANCELLED Annual Antenna Analysis. A topic of vital interest to hams, with lots of practical ideas. |
April 16 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Apr 25/26 | Exercise Arrowhead Response | Field Exercise in conjunction with 31 Signal Regiment. Emphasis on HF and Military/Civilian interaction and cooperation. Somewhere North West of London - details to follow |
May 7 | LARC Meeting | Update on Digital Modes, plus our Annual General Meeting (AGM) where we elect our board of directors for the next year. Special bonus: the members will be also asked to approve some bylaw changes proposed by the board. |
May 10 | Run for Ovarian Cancer | Support of a 4 hour event in Springbank park. Like a mini version of the MS Tour. Need roughly 12 ham volunteers. details to follow. |
May 24 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
June 4 | LARC Meeting | Preparations for Summer Field Day, with rising excitement. |
June 18 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Jun 27/28 | Summer Field Day | Demonstrating that London hams are out standing in their field (at 427 Wing), with pot luck supper, ad libbed antenna art, 31 Signal Regiment participation, chances to try lot of rigs and antennas, and all the ham conversation you can handle. ARRL Information Page here |
Jul 25/26 | MS Tour | Ham communications support for the annual MS Tour. Bicyclists go from Grand Bend to London, and then back the next day. We need about 20 ham volunteers for Net Control, Checkpoints and the Voyageur vans. Contact Doug Elliott for more info, or visit MS Website |
Sep 3 | LARC Meeting | |
Sep 11-14 | Airshow London 2020 | Activities at 427 Wing may be restricted |
Sep 12 | Ham course start | Start of LARC Basic Ham License course. Saturday mornings from 9-noon, from first Saturday after Labour day to early December, excluding Thanksgiving weekend. For more informtion, please contact instructor@larc.ca |
Sep 17 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Sep 20, 9:00 - noon | LARC Hamfest | Annual Hamfest at Dorchester Fairgrounds (then head for LARC Centennial celebration!) |
Sep 20, noon - evening | LARC Centennial Celebration | LARC has been around for 100 years! Come help us celebrate. |
Oct 1, 7:30 | LARC Meeting | |
Oct 15 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Nov 5, 7:30 | LARC Meeting | |
Nov 19 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Dec 3, 6:30 | LARC Meeting | Annual LARC Christmas Pot Luck Supper. Plan on arriving between 6:30 and 7 PM, so we can set up your culinary contribution and enjoy supper and entertainment. |
Dec 12 | Ham course end | Last session of the Ham course, where the final exam (100 multiple choice questions) is written. |
Dec 17 | LARC Board Meeting | 7:30 PM, at 427 Wing |
Dec 19 | RAC Winter Contest | See the RAC website for details |
Weekly Activities
Day, Time | Activity |
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Daily, 7PM | JO Net, in memory of John Ohnmacht, at 7 PM on the VE3GYQ repeater |
Saturdays, 8:30 AM - 10:30 | Hams & Eggs breakfast at Mary's Place restaurant in the Eastown mall near Highbury and Dundas. Everyone welcome! |
Saturdays, 10 AM - 1:00 | Activities at the 427 Wing: Tours of the ham facilities, Q & A with experienced hams, Kit building, repair and troubleshooting of gear, operating club radios, sometimes taking part in contests, and a lot of shooting the breeze |
Saturdays, 9:00 AM to 12:00 | From the Saturday after Labour day to early December, excluding the Thanksgiving weekend, we present the Basic Ham license course. Contact instructor@larc.ca for details. |
Mondays, 8PM | The Monday night net, led by Brian Bouckley VA3ATB, on VA3LON, 147.06 MHz |
Mondays, 8 PM | Northern Ontario Dstar net. No cross connects, Dstar only |
Tuesdays, 9AM | Coffee get together in the food court at Cherryhill Mall, 9 AM - 10:30 ish |
Wednesdays, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Kit building at the 427 Wing (and anything else that people want to do) |
Wednesdays, 8:00 PM | The ARES net, led by Doug Elliott VA3DAE, on VE3OME, 145.45 MHz |
Wednesdays, 21:30 UTC | The YL DX net, on VE3TTT every other Wednesday (International) |
Thursdays, 7:30 PM | LARC Meeting at the 427 Wing on the first Thursday of the month. See LARC.CA for details |
Thursdays, 7:30 PM | LARC Board meeting at the 427 Wing on the third Thursday of the month. |
Thursdays, 7:30 PM | Morse Code practice sessions, on the 2nd, 4th, and occasionally the 5th Thursday of the month |
Thursdays, 8 PM | The PROCOMM (Provincial Communications) Net at 8 PM. On all SORT repeaters except VE3GYQ, plus Allstar |
Fridays 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Lunch with the 427 Wing folks. Excellent food for $10 |
Fridays, 8PM | Tech net, run by Reg in Australia (originally from Ontario). On all SORT repeaters except VE3GYQ, plus Echolink |
Fridays, 9PM | Dstar Digital net, with many cross connects and reflectors linked in. Locally, Dstar is on VE3TTT 442.300+ |
Saturdays, 7PM | Triple T net (originally on VE3TTT) at 7 PM on all SORT repeaters plus Echolink |
Sundays, 8 PM | The PROCOMM (Provincial Communications) Net at 8 PM. On all SORT repeaters except VE3GYQ, plus Allstar |