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.
One visitor, Kurt Mullis of Hickory, NC, attended the January 2008 meeting.  We hope that you will see fit to join our membership during the February meeting, Kurt. One new member (Mary [Litwiler] LePierre) joined as an Associate member.   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
Our Mailing address is:  Lenoir Amateur Radio Club,  P.O. Box 3276, Lenoir, NC, 28645. WEBSITE ADDRESS...          About Membership Dues
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:  FEBRUARY 14TH 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 : The new crystals  have been received.  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 :  THE DISASTER TRAILER HAS BEEN SOLD...THEREFORE NO FURTHER REPORTS FROM THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE FORTHCOMING AFTER THIS ISSUE.

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...

While we have yet to shake the drought that has been plaguing us lately, the rains of recent have been a welcome sight.  It was beginning to look like the dust bowl around here for awhile.  Oh, speaking of the weather, the National Weather Service has a brand new transmitter on the air, broadcasting from an Iredell County communications tower, located in Mooresville, NC. The radio frequency is 162.525 Mhz. The callsign is KJY85 and is designed to cover the foothills and southern piedmont of North Carolina. According to a NWS website, the output power is 1000 watts. This station went into full operation a couple of days ago, sources state.

Plans for an ARES meeting at the EOC is in the offing...with NIMS 200 training as the order of business for the meeting.  Watch your email for a date and time announcement!  


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