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 February 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 New this month:  Expanded ARRL & ARES news coverage (pages 6 & 7)
The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986!   Zowie!! During the February meeting, Gary Suddreth, KD4YTU, was appointed as the Chairman of the newly formed Mobile Trailer Committee.  Similiarly, Jim Rogers, N4EUX, was selected as the Chairman of the ARES/EOC-Kiosk Committee.
The Mobile Trailer Committee will work towards refurbishing and equipping our recently acquired Disaster Unit Mobile Trailer while the ARES/EOC-Kiosk Committee will assist and advise the EOC in setting up the soon-to-be- constructed  amateur radio kiosk in the EOC.  Both endeavors will enhance interoperability between the two entities during emergencies! SILENT KEY -  We take note of the passing of D.H. Harris, WA4NDF, a Gamewell resident, on March 2, 2006. Things have settled down somewhatly at our QTH...now that the heat-pump has been installed.  Furniture has been moved back to its regular position and the basement is undergoing a radical change through the use of the truck to make many trips to the Salvation Army and the county landfill!  And the den is undergoing a facelift with new curtains, a new computer armoire, and space where I can actually see the floor!!  All this has not been without a price...I'm about frazzled!!  But on the upside, we won't have to suffer the "spring cleaning" syndrome this year.  Yee Haw!  (The XYL just said "Don't count on it!"). Oh well, the trees are budding out nicely...can Spring be far behind?? Back Next