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 March 31st has come and gone and a small number of members failed to submit the required dues to remain an active member of the Club.  Our Constitution & ByLaws requires dropping a member from the rolls if dues are greater than 90 days in arrears! If this was an oversight on your part, please contact our Treasurer ASAP.  Thanks!

We had two visitors at the October 11th meeting:  Eddie Craig & Shawn Griffin, KI4ZKP.  Welcome to both of you gents!  Before meeting's end, Shawn elected to join our fellowship.  Welcome into the club Shawn!  We hope your association with the Lenoir ARC will be a pleasant and productive one!   All visitors are welcome! 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
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Also, if you find any "links" to not be working, please let the editor know ASAP! Thanks!! Pg 2 REMINDER:  NOVEMBER 8TH IS CLUB MEETING NIGHT AT THE EOC!  BRING A FRIEND 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 status was discussed & several suggestions were offered ranging from trying a different frequency pair to switching to a 440 repeater for our operations.  

Disaster Trailer Committee :  Suggested: the disaster trailer be made into a generator & antenna carrier and other supportive equipment.

EOC Kiosk Committee :  After the Oct 11th meeting, several went up on the roof of the EOC building to survey the present antenna situation...particularly to map out a plan on the installation of our proposd Delta Loop antenna.

We finally slipped away from the almost iron-fisted grip of the heat wave that we experiened during the August-October period and finally got relief by the onset of Fall.  But, unfortunately, we still have a serious problem remaining with the drought that has left our county parched due to lack of rain.  Even the nearby passing of Hurricane Noel off  the east coast failed to get close enough to give us some much needed rain.  As a result of our predicament, many cities and counties are in dire need of  rain to raise the reservoir levels. While many are on drilled or bored water wells, we can't get too smug...as water tables for these wells are also dangerously low and many could see wells drying up!  Couple all this with a much increased danger of forest fires in our area, we need to ensure that we have a couple of containers (5-gallon) of potable water on hand and to make sure that our emergency  "go-kit" (you DO have one, don't you?) is ready to go at a moment's notice.  A well-stocked go-kit should provide for you and your family's needs for 3-days.  
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