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)

Visiting with us at the July meeting were Rick Tilton, N4WYK; Tim Slay, N4IB; Ben & David Carswell (KI4PYM & KI4OSV).  Non-ham visitors included Luke Roberts & Mary Litwiler. 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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Want to see changes in the Newsletter? Your suggestions for new topics and/or columns are both encouraged & welcomed. Let the editor know!!!
Also, if you find any "links" to not be working, please let the editor know ASAP! Thanks!! Pg 2 The Bike Ride is next month (September 2006).  Check your equipment! The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986!   Zowie!! Repeater Committee: We are still waiting on SERA's action on our requested frequency repeater pair.  Hopefully, it will be forthcoming soon!
Disaster Trailer Committee : No work has yet begun on the trailer due to other projects/events with a higher priority.
EOC Kiosk Committee: The cabinets/countertop has still not been moved from the Hudson FD to the EOC. They are awaiting an electrician to make some changes there before they can relinquish the cabinet/countertop unit.
I attended the Asheville (WCARS) hamfest and it turns out that their practice of closing up early  coincides with what appears to be the norm for hamfests these days. The grand prize was drawn at 1 PM and by 1:30 PM, I doubt if there was over a couple dealers still "dealing".  Do the hamfest planners not realize that the hamfest falls apart after the grand prize drawing??  It appears to me that the final grand prize drawing time should revert back to drawing times of yesteryear...say 3 PM.  That way, the dealers would have more time to sell and hamfest late-arrivals would still get a piece of the action.  Are you listening hamfest planners???
Durn...it's HOT outside!!!
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