THE SPARK GAP NEWS
October!
Greetings !
This has been one busy September for LCARA Not only have we met for our Wednesday breakfast, but we have pulled the EMCOMM trailer to these functions: Burgin Fall Festival in Burgin KY on the 14th, to Lake Cumberland Air Show in Somerset Ky on the 21st and to The Corvette ShowCase at the Somernites Cruise in Somerset Ky on the 28th.
All three of these events generated lots of interest to the public and fellow hams. We got several interested parties at each and helped them with information needed to study. We also received more invites for other events. These are all extras including our regular sites for upkeep, etc. THANKS to all who helped with the trailer and set.
Check out the www.lcara.net website. The Calendar page is now functional, PayPal working and the application for membership. Look for more additions to come.
Thanks, Fred, Mike M & Chris S. for doing a great job.
Our membership is down and we had to remove 3 who did not renew in August. All members receive a mailed notice when dues are due and a self addressed envelope to return dues. If you fail to renew during your renewal month you are given a 30 day grace period before we remove your name from the roster.
Don, purchased a StarLink system to be shared with LCARA for roaming at our events see your message from Chris P. om the Group.i.o. Emails if you would like to donate to the $80.00 roaming fee each month. We received donations of $225.00 at breakfast on the 25th. Others are sending via check or paypal see our website for paypal. Record keeping of donors, donations and when used is being kept by the Treasurer.
Both the 88 & 150 sites were discussed in great detail and there are more changes coming to enhance our signal, the GMRS at 88 is working great with lots of usage, we are replenishing the GMRS for 150 as we have to cannibalize it for radios when building our CrossBand repeaters last year.
YouTube is growing now as of this posting we have 7068 subscribers, get on board the LCARA ham trail and like, subscribe and comment see website www.lcara.net for links.
Something new for LCARA coming in January 2025 TECHnet details will be announced at a later date once all has been finalized.
Dstar is coming to 150 watch for this date also on the website.
OF INTEREST: If you have not visited our www.lcara.net website I invite you to do so, this site is chocked full of interesting stuff from Inception to date, “We are a club that does stuff” check us out and join in membership. Events etc.
Until next month 73’s