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 each 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.
This month's report is almost identical to last month's: no new visitors or new members to report for the July 2008 meeting & there were very few members present at the meeting either!  As stated, this is to be expected...longer daylight hours to allow more time to do outside activities such as yardwork, etc. 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:  AUGUST 14TH  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 : In case you have missed it elsewhere (Ha!  Fat chance!), the long coordination process for re-coordination of the club repeater has been realized at last...and the repeater is back on the air at 146.625 (down 600) Mhz. If utilized later, the tone access will be 98.4 Mhz.

EOC Kiosk Committee :  Note: 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, at this writing, still remains in limbo.
First, let's all thank the workparty that was responsible for getting the club repeater (146.625) back on the air!  With the SERA recoordination confirmed, and a new coax feedline installed, LARC now has a voice back on the air!  The workparty consisted of James, N4NIN; Jerry, KF4PJL; Floyd, KF4PJJ; and Art, KI4KVY.  Great job fellas!!
If you read the editorial in the CARES- News that was posted to the server 2-3 days ago, where I paraphrased a comment made to me by a well-known dealer at the WCARS Hamfest, he reported to me that TNC's for use on the analog-digital modes such as packet, etc., could get very scarce in the future due to some manufacturer's no longer filling orders for same. I was called to task for "my" assessment by an ARES member in Mitchell County who is a respected TNC & digital "guru" stating that this wasn't true and TNC's were still plentiful, new and used (on eBay).  So...sorry if anyone was misled!

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