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 Membership dues for the Lenoir ARC are currently $15. for the year... with a Family Membership at $25.00.  Associate member dues are $10.00...but carries no voting rights. Membership dues for those joining after July 1st  are prorated. ( The club's Constitution and Bylaws requires members be dropped if dues are not paid by March 31st of any given year)

No new members joined the club during the Eatin' Meetin' in December 2006...nor did we have any visitors for this meeting.  There are 141 hams listed for our zip code.  How about bringing one of them with you to the January 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
Our Mailing address is:  Lenoir Amateur Radio Club,  P.O. Box 3276, Lenoir, NC, 28645. Website Address... Our official website address is http://www.lenoir-arc.org  Be  careful when typing it in to your address window of your browser...that's a hyphen (some refer to it as a dash) between "lenoir" and "arc" - not an underscore! Membership
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 ADVANCED SKYWARN CLASS IS THE PROGRAM FOR THE JAN 11TH MEETING! 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 Repeater Chairman stated at the December meeting that we are still awaiting word from SERA & interrested parties on the coordination efforts of our repeater.

Disaster Trailer Committee :  Project is on temporary hold until after completion of other major projects and committments.  

EOC Kiosk Committee: Project is on temporary hold due to construction changes within the EOC.  Kiosk plans will resume after the construction is completed.

Hmmm.  It appears that 2006 will go down in our club's history as "the year of planning". We planned on outfitting our Disaster Trailer; we planned on getting our repeater back on the air; we planned a complete operating station at EOC; and we planned to have more "hands on" interesting fun-type projects at the meetings as well as outside adtivities.  So...what are we going to call the year 2007?  I know! Let's call it "the year of accomplishment" !  Let us each strive to bring about those things that we planned in 2006!!  Granted, some  of our planned projects are stalled at the present time, awaiting for something else to happen.   But let's all take a stand to start the ball rolling and get some of our projects on the "accomplished" list.  It takes a concerted effort on the part of every member of the club!  Are you up for it?
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