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.
Last month, visitors were Rick Tilton (N4WYK, Lenoir); Cheryl Langley (KI4VIW, Lenoir); Mark Harrison (WZ4I, Hickory); and Jeremy Barnes (KI4WEJ, Statesville)...all associated with the Slow-scan TV demo team. Thanks to all for the demo and you're welcome to join us anytime! 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:  APRIL 10TH  CLUB MEETING -  GAMEWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT -  7 PM  ! The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986 (21 years minus 4) !
Repeater Committee : James, N4NIN, reports that we are waiting for a warm  day and the tool to install the antenna connectors on the antenna and to try out our new crystals on our selected repeater  frequency.  It may be operational soon!!

EOC Kiosk Committee :  The kiosk is temporarily unavailable to members due to the fact that controlled drugs are now being stored in the rear portions of the top floor of Emergency Management and requires accompaniment of an EMT to gain access.  The kiosk may be moved towards the front of the top floor.

When I look back through the years, I sit in amazement of the pace of new ideas that incorporate advances made in both hardware and software for the ham radio operator!  Just a very few years ago, we didn't even have the PC or the Internet...much less the tools for facilitating support for the activities that increase our enjoyment of ham radio...but more importantly, the means and where-with-all to become valuable public-servants that justify our very existance as hams!  I am referring to programs such as Winlink, Echolink, IRLP, EnComms new Packet terminal software, and APRS.  Then there are websites such as WXSpots, Skywarn, Findmespot, and ScanNorthCarolina. One can only ask..WHAT'S NEXT??    
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