Great Field day!
Great Field Day! Here are some pictures from a few Field Day Stations. Field Day was a little different this year due to social distancing.
Field Day… Check!
Field Day… Check! Amateur radio can be complicated to say the least. Many Hams love the challenges and complexity of the hobby. Experimentation and tinkering play a big role for most radio operators. So, it stands to reason, Field Day is no exception. An event full of experiments for better or worse. While this makes […]
Amateur Radio Field Day
Amateur Radio Field Day The Lubbock Amateur Radio Club will be open to the public at noon on Saturday the 27th until noon on Sunday the 28th. The event will last 24 hours as we put our radios and operating on display. Feel free to come hang out, learn, and even talk on the radio! […]
ARRL Field Day 2020
Welcome to ARRL Field Day A Ham Radio “Open House” ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air radio event in the US and Canada. It’s held on the fourth weekend of June every year, and more than 35,000 radio amateurs (known as “hams”) gather to get on the air from parks, campgrounds, historic sites, […]
Antenna Party
Terry Bajuk KS5Z is planning an antenna party on Saturday May 16th at 1:00PM. We will be meeting at his QTH to raise a new HF antenna. His plan is to use a scissor lift to do the tower prep and then the final positioning on the tower. A crew of at least 6-7 people […]
May Exam
LARC will resume our regular testing sessions on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM. The May 5th exams will be held at our club house as usual. However, we will only have the minimum number of people required to administer the tests. So please, only come if you would like to test […]
April Exam Canceled
LARC has canceled Amateur Radio License Exams for the month of April. The May 4th session should not be affected and hopefully we will be back to normal club operation by then. Sorry for the inconvenience to those who were planning to take an exam. However, now you get an extra month to study! If […]
Tuesday Night Net
As social distancing is implemented more and more across the nation and the world, communication networks will be increasingly taxed as peoples usage increases. Amateur Radio Operators have a reliable and unique ability to communicate with almost limitless possibilities without relying on the internet or phone networks. There is no better time than now to […]
LARC & COVID-19
In order to protect our members, Lubbock Amateur Radio Club will put into effect the following changes: The next two club meetings that are held on Tuesday March 24th & 31st, will be suspended. In place of club meetings: An uncontrolled net on the LARC 70cm repeater will be held on Tuesday at 7pm. Club […]
Winlink Class
LARC will be hosting a Winlink class Tuesday March 17th at 7:00 PM. The class will be instructed by Gary WA5TED and will be open to the public. Any Ham radio operators are welcome to attend. Topics will include how to download and install, how to set up an account, radio configuration, sending and receiving […]
