Welcome to the Larkfield Amateur Radio Club Inc

Welcome to the Larkfield Amateur Radio Club Inc. website. Operating in Huntington, New York, we currently operate repeater, packet and APRS locations in Huntington and Smithtown on 2 Meters and 70 Centimeters. Please visit our Repeaters link for more details. We offer an abundance of information on amateur radio licensing, emergency communications as well as favorite links & tools for the ham radio world.   To navigate on this site you will see Club related links on the left, and ARES, RACES and general amateur links & information to the right. In the center of the page you will find articles posted by our highly skilled and knowledgeable members. If you click on any of the topic images (at the right of each artical), you will view only those topics. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to e-mail them to me. Thank you for visiting our web site. If you are a club member, please make sure to log in while visiting the site.

Come join the fun at the 2014 Larkfield Amateur Radio Club's Emergency Communications Field Day. Visit our communications site and see 21st Century Amateur Radio in action. Learn how to communicate when land-line and cell phone towers go down. For years, communication experts have known that when all other modes of communication fail, amateur radio is there, on the air, from anywhere. If cell phone service dissappeared during an emergency, how would you communicate with your family?

Amateur Radio operators set up and operate organized communication networks locally for governmental and emergency officials, as well as non-commercial communication for private citizens affected by the disaster. Amateur Radio operators are most likely to be active after disasters that damage regular lines of communications due to power outages and destruction of telephone, cellular and other infrastructure-dependent systems.

At the LARC Emergency Communications Amateur Radio Field Day, you'll be able to see:
Local communications using 2 meter handi-talkies (HT's) and local repeaters
International communications using HF radios.
Monitor public safety frequencies via scanners. See what's happening in your neighborhood!
Try radio for yourself! Get On The Air with our "GOTA" station!

Demonstration Times:
Saturday, June 28 – 2:00 pm -8:00 pm
Sunday, June 29, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm


Location:
West Hills County Park, Huntington, NY
(Highhold Drive off Round Swamp Road)

click here for a map



Directions:
LIE (495) to Exit 48N Round Swamp Road North, to Highhold Drive, make right on Highold, enter park and follow signs to parking lot on your left.

Enter these co-ordinates into mapquest.com or your GPS:

40.8135, -73.4369

Sponsored by the Larkfield Amateur Radio Club