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 month of October 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 November 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 NIMS 100 TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING! The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986 (20 years minus 4) ! Zowie!! Repeater Committee: The Repeater Chairman stated at the October meeting that we are still awaiting word from SERA & interrested parties on the coordination efforts of our repeater.

Disaster Trailer Committee : Nothing new to report at present.  Project is on temporary hold until after completion of other major projects and committments.  

EOC Kiosk Committee:   Nothing new to report from this committee for the current month .

We have a lot of stuff coming up for the club in the very near future (but that is what a progressive club is all about, isn't it?).  For the November club meeting we will have NIMS 100 training, in December it is the Eatin' Meetin', and in January it will be Advanced Skywarn training. And somewhere in there we need to throw in a little ARES training to boot...altho the NIMS training can qualify in that arena, I suppose. Shifting gears...anyone out there who wants to join me in conducting some NVIS antenna experiments?  NVIS, or Near Vertical Incident Skywave, uses a dipole antenna strung very low to the ground to effectively rid yourself of horizontal radiation and to direct your signal almost straight up to the F2 layer.  This method is being used on HF to effect communications in the mountains where VHF/UHF simplex & repeaters fail!
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