*** ATTENTION ALL CLUB MEMBERS ***

Dues for 2014 are due this month. Please send dues to:

Larkfield Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
PO Box 1450
Huntington, NY 11743

Membership Dues schedule:

• Regular       $35.00 *
  
• Age 65 +     $25.00 *
  
• Age 17 -      $25.00 *
  
• Disabled      $25.00 *
  
• Living outside the repeater coverage area $15.00*

* Add $10.00 if you require QSX Magazine to be sent via US. Mail.

For the Member Renewal form click here.

If you have already submitted your dues we thank you for your prompt payment.

LARKFIELD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'S ARRL VEs PROVIDE EXAMS FOR THE TECHNICIAN, GENERAL, AND EXTRA CLASS LICENSES AT THE HUNTINGTON TOWN HALL (100 MAIN STREET). THE HUNTINGTON TOWN HALL IS LOCATED ON JACKSON AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF RTE 25A (MAIN STREET). THE SESSIONS ARE USUALLY HELD AT 9:00 AM ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVEN NUMBERED MONTHS.

WALK-INs ARE WELCOME.

THE NEXT VE SESSION IS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.

Field Day 2013 was a great success for the Larkfield ARC
For a look at some of the 2013 photos click here

FIELD DAY 2013 IS COMING SOON.


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The 2009 Holiday Party was a great success. Food was plentiful and everyone seemed to be in good spirits. Fortunately, there were plenty of tables available; the food and drink completely filled three sizable tables.

The October 8th meeting will feature a “show and tell” at which members can bring in items they have built — related to amateur radio or anything else they think the group would be interested in. If the item is too big or too small to show it you can bring in one or more large photographs or digital images. You will have an opportunity to describe what you did, why you did it, and how you did it.

A computer and a projector (courtesy of Neil KC2TAF) will be available for displaying images or slides in all of the common formats including PowerPoint (ppt), jpg, gif, bmp, etc. Stan N2YKT has volunteered to take pictures at the event.

Every field day is unique. This time however, our “in the neighborhood” back yard operation was based on a Thursday decision, when our club’s Field Day plans fell through. Think “emergency activation” without knowing when or how many of the notified/invited fellow hams would arrive to help. On Friday, I sent out a press release and an email invitation to Pat Biancaniello, an elected member of the Smithtown NY Town Council. This was our pre-Field Day preparation as we started our Saturday morning set-up.

After a firm 48 hour charge as per the directions for first use, I hooked up my new Duracell HD600 Powerpack to my IC706MKII and gave it a test run. I spent the early afternoon sending CQ on 20 meters ssb voice using 100 watts threw my Buddypole. Band conditions were terrible which was good for the longevity test of the powerpack ( more transmitting and less receiving). Bottom line, I was worried about wearing the powerpack out with my long winded CQ's. Instead,...

Based on the May 2008 QST article by Milton Davis, AI6MD, I built a schematic that combines the great features of the Kenwood TM-D700A with The Smart beacon format of the Byonics, Tniytrak III(+). Check it out here in PDF Format.