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 still just $12. for the year with a Family Membership at $20.00.  Associate member dues are $7.00...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 visitors were present and there were no new members to join the club at the January 2006 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
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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Want to see changes in the Newsletter? Your suggestions for new topics and/or columns are both encouraged & welcomed. Let the editor know!!! Pg 2 Valentine's Day - February 14th!  Don't forget your sweetie!
The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986!   Zowie!! Several new committee members volunteered and were appointed at last month's meeting (see above).  
Trailer Committee : Dorney LePierre, KG4YNM; Gary Suddreth, KD4YTU; Robert Reid, WR4UNC; Paul Gragg, KI4IPD; Clayton Crump, KE4VJH; David Bruner, KI4KWT; and Pat Crump,  KE4LWD.
ARES Kiosk/EOC Committee : Dorney LePierre, KG4YNM; Pat Crump, KE4LWD; Robert Reid, WR4UNC; and Jim Rogers, N4EUX.
Also named: New chairperson for the Public Relations Committee: David Roberts, KI4JSQ. NEW LICENSEE -  No new  licensees were reported to the Editor during the previous month. It has been a madhouse at our QTH for the past week or so.  The upcoming installation of a new heat pump has necessitated an early spring cleaning of our basement (many years of accumulated "junk" and other assorted treasures) the likes of which I haven't seen in many a year!  You would be surprised of where all those old heat ducts (to be replaced) run overhead in the basement garage...ducts that need to have clear space below for the installation crew's access.  Any furniture that has a duct outlet behind it has to be moved as well!!  WHEW!  (The Salvation Army has had an unexpected bonus, as well as the County Landfill). Back Next