Upcoming Activities
May 2019 Club Meeting
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 7:00PM
Hall County Emergency Operations Center
470 Crescent Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
470 Crescent Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
If you have ideas for meeting programs, please send an email to activities@lanierlandarc.org
NOTES:
We are now meeting at the Hall County EOC.
We have decided to no longer meet for dinner before the meeting.
We have decided to no longer meet for dinner before the meeting.
Listen to the Wednesday Net or check our Facebook Page to see if there are plans to meet at a local dining establishment.
LARC Weekly Net
LARC Wednesday night net on 146.670 minus offset and 131.8 PL
Time 8:30PM
Breakfast Bunch
Every Saturday - Breakfast - 8:30 am
Golden Corral
1450 Browns Bridge Road
Gainesville, GA 30501
Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 10:00AM
TBD
1450 Browns Bridge Road
Gainesville, GA 30501
LARC Equipment Auction
TBD
McEver Storage
5140 McEver Road
Oakwood, GA 30566
An auction of used club equipment and supplies that are no longer needed.
5140 McEver Road
Oakwood, GA 30566
An auction of used club equipment and supplies that are no longer needed.
2019 ARRL Field Day
Saturday June 22 - Sunday June 23, 2019
The drawing for the Gun Raffle will be on Sunday, June 23.
200 Spring St.
Clermont, GA 30527
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held
annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each
year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or
simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal
contest and, most of all, FUN!
It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat
it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent
opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as
well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.
The contest part is simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate our radio gear in
abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions.
We use these same skills when we help with events such as marathons and bike-a-thons; fund-raisers such as walka-thons; celebrations such as parades; and exhibits at fairs, malls and museums — these are all large, preplanned,
non-emergency activities.
But despite the development of very complex, modern communications systems — or maybe because they ARE so
complex — ham radio has been called into action again and again to provide communications in crises when it really
matters. Amateur Radio people (also called “hams”) are well known for our communications support in real disaster
and post-disaster situations.
2019 ARRL Field Day
Saturday June 22 - Sunday June 23, 2019
200 Spring St.
Clermont, GA 30527
Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!
It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.
The contest part is simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate our radio gear in abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions.
We use these same skills when we help with events such as marathons and bike-a-thons; fund-raisers such as walka-thons; celebrations such as parades; and exhibits at fairs, malls and museums — these are all large, preplanned, non-emergency activities.
But despite the development of very complex, modern communications systems — or maybe because they ARE so complex — ham radio has been called into action again and again to provide communications in crises when it really matters. Amateur Radio people (also called “hams”) are well known for our communications support in real disaster and post-disaster situations.
