Volume 5   Number 02                       February 5, 2008                Editor  Jim Rogers, N4EUX                                    Published Monthly
Lenoir, North Carolina "Dedicated to Public Service" Training!
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Lenoir ARC is set for February 10th (Thursday), 7:00 PM, at the Gamewell Fire Department .  The Fire Department is located on Hwy 18 South toward Morganton, NC about 7 miles from downtown Lenoir. Visitors welcome!
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Go to home page of our website and click on "Calendar of Events" at top of screen for a grid-type calendar for a more comprehensive listing of upcoming events...or  click here .
The Caldwell Amateur Radio Emergency Services (CARES) Net is called every Sunday night at 8:30 PM on the 147.33 (Hibriten) repeater. This is a formal directed net and is sponsored by the ARES. Its purpose is to train, and keep in readiness, a pool of qualified emergency radio operators in the event of a local and/or regional emergency.  Net checkins will be called by alpha groups and, unless you check in & out, you will be called again during the informal portion to offer any comments, etc.  The 147.33 repeater has a CTCSS tone of 141.3 mhz.       ??   Did you know...  ?? President Howard Taft weighed 350 pounds.  He got stuck in a bathtub in the White House and someone had to be called to pull him out.  He then had a special tub made.  It was so big that, when it was delivered, four White House workmen climbed into it and had their picture taken.

(Reprinted from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts, 1981 Ed., Pg. 348). K F 4 W O D http://www.lenoir-arc.org One of the best ways to sharpen your emergency communications skills is to check into the weekly CARES Net (see column at right).

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      MEMBERSHIP DUES

Membership dues are due and payable after Jan 1st for all members (except Life Members). Our new Constitution & ByLaws requires a member to be dropped from the rolls if yearly dues are not paid by March 31st.
     MEETING PLACE CHANGE FOR 2008 !!
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be February 14, 2008 and will be at the GAMEWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT.   The Gamewell FD is located on the right on Hwy 18 South (toward Morganton) about  7 miles from downtown Lenoir.
Next GAMEWELL FIRE DEPT CLASS
Calls & Photos. Click here . The club's CHRISTMAS PARTY - 2008 photos can be viewed by clicking here . CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS RATIFIED!
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During the regular club meeting of January 10, 2008, the draft to modify our governing document(s) (which included wording to facilitate our compliance with 501 (c) 3) as proposed by the Constitution & ByLaw Committee, was ratified by acclamation from the floor by members present in view that all requirements were met to enact such changes to our Constitution & ByLaws, dated April 13, 2006. Click HERE for your copy in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.  For a hard copy, print out the .pdf NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY

The 2008 NC QSO party will start at noon local time on Sunday, February 24 and run until 10pm.  Sponsored by the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, W4NC, the event is one of the most exciting state QSO parties and can be especially fun if you're new to contesting.  The power limit is 100W, so you don't need a big amp to compete.  The object of the contest is for out-of-state stations to work as many NC stations in as many NC counties as possible.  Stations within NC try to work as many NC counties, other states, Canadian provinces and DXCC countries.  We need as many counties as possible on the air to give folks contest multipliers!  Why not make this a special club event?  How about working the contest mobile to get more counties on the air?  For more information check out http://www.w4nc.org .
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