GPS (global positioning system) units are fast becoming a way of life.  Many auto manufacturers are now offering "OnStar" (see last month's editorial!) and the price of small handheld units are now competively priced in the $100-$150 range.  In addition, the Motorola cellphone, Model V-60X, has a built-in GPS (call 911 and you can be pinpointed to within 300 yards)...much better than the older "nearest tower" concept which could be up to 10 miles distant!
     New Car-Jacking                         Scheme! Our Mailing address is:  Lenoir Amateur Radio Club,  P.O. Box 3276, Lenoir, NC, 28645. ARRL Affiliation Our Constitution & ByLaws provide that our Fiscal Year runs from Jan 1st to December 31st of ech year and that yearly membership dues (Lifetime Memberships excepted) become due & payable after Jan 1st.  Members are not considered in arrears until after March 31st.  Members with dues in arrears will be dropped from the Membership Rolls after that date.
There were no visitors or new members during the Nov 8th meeting and with no regular meeting during December due to the Christmas Party, the meeting on January 10th will be a good time to bring a friend to the club meeting! Please note! Speaking of Addresses... The LARC now has a brand-new web domain identity - thanks to Gary, KD4YTU!  He has secured for us the domain address of Lenoir-ARC.org (and .net) .  Gary will set up a number of email addresses using this domain and later will host our very own website on his server free of charge!  Add ti onally, this newsletter will be available on the website for viewing and/or printing simply by clicking on one of the several "tabs".  Work will begin shortly on the design and implementation of the new website!! The editor reserves the right to edit and/or paraphrase articles or "news" submitted for inclusion into the LARC newsletter due to time, content, and/or space constraints.  No political and/or religious viewpoints please!   Submit articles, etc.,  to Jim, N4EUX, at n4eux@arrl.net    tnx! GPS      Our Newsletter
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Committee Reports Jim N4EUX The Newsletter undergoes constant changes...with columns coming/going,  in an attempt to bring you a newsy, easy-to-read format and platform to keep you, the reader, aware of the club's activities. Experimental typefonts, colors, and presentations are made on a regular basis to enhance that goal.
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Also, if you find any "links" to not be working, please let the editor know ASAP! Thanks!! Pg 2 NOTE:  JANUARY 10TH MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE GAMEWELL FIRE DEPT.! The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986 (20 years minus 4) ! Repeater Committee : A new set of crystals were ordered and termination connectors are being sought to enable the club to reactivate the repeater using a length (130 ft) of new low-loss coax feedline.  The club repeater should be back "on the air" shortly.

Disaster Trailer Committee :  At a regular meeting, and after discussion, it was voted upon that the Disaster Trailer be sold.  The trailer has a For Sale sign on it...but so far...no takers.

EOC Kiosk Committee :  The installation of our proposd Delta Loop antenna to be installed atop the EOC Building has been placed on temporary hold pending other "enhanced"  sites that may become available soon.   More later...

I suppose, by this time, that everone has recuperated from the holidays and are thoroughly tired of hearing about making New Year's resolutions...so I won't suggest you make any.  Resolutions usually wind up getting broken anyway.  However, I don't see anything wrong with asking each of you to all join together and make a concerted effort to wind up last year's still-uncompleted projects and to roll up our sleeves to begin the projects that we have been tabling or have projected into 2008!  Won't you pitch in??
Crazy weather?  Yep, you bet!  I don't remember too many Januarys where the temp has reached a daytime high of 69 like it did today.  We have had a very unusual weather pattern over the past 6 or 7 months.  So far, we have been lucky...but will our luck hold out? February has been a traditional snow month for our region and I hope that we will remain lucky and not get any surprises. But if we do...are you ready to deploy to the EOC for emergency work??  Proper training is a must!! Be sure you have completed your courses.
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