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Lake Chelan Amateur Radio Club
Serving The Lake Chelan Valley
Club Repeaters: 147.100, 146.820 ( -600khz / pl 103.5) & 444.525 (+5 Mhz / pl 94.8}
www.LCARC.net

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Check Out Our New Sign. Located on Highway 97A coming into Chelan, we're hoping visiting Hams will see our sign and know we are here. And where to find us. The new sign is just one of many new projects we are seeing come alive since the club members got re-activated late last winter.

Shane Lapierre Up The Tower

Ken Rau "Maybe we need a Gin Pole?"

Tom Fix (AA7YR) and Don Sass (KC7OO)
With a Bucket Full

Hams Helping Hams - April 2022

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When long time Ham Club Member, W7CH, Roger Odorizzi , announced he was moving to Wilson Creek, Club Members did what Club Members do - pitched in and helped him get his giant antennas and towers down, What might have been an easy task was a little more complicated because over the years Roger had constructed a building around his crank-up tower. One of the newest Club Members, Shane LaPierre is seen near the top of the tower, undoing wires and cables. Shane told us that was the first time he had ever climbed a tower like that.

And one of the longest standing members of the Club, Ken Rau, is seen giving those on the ground instructions on how to use a Gin Pole, if necessary.

We hope Roger can get his station back on the air and checks in on our Wednesday Night 2 Meter Net soon.
At the end of the day someone was heard to say that it was OK that there was no need for a Gin Pole - but some were ready for a Gin and Tonic.

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
+Weekly Wednesday Night 2 Meter Net -7PM
(K7YR Repeater at 146.82 (PL 103.5)
+Saturday Morning Breakfast - 9 AM at
Company Creek Pizza-2nd Sat of the Month
+Monthly Club Meeting 4th Thursday of Month
At Lake Chelan Boat Club - 7PM

Give us some feedback

AA7YR, Tom Fix, proudly showing us the LCARC Logo on a nice shirt he bought from local business Seven Seas Printing in Chelan.

Anyone who wants to order a shirt go down there and order one up just mention you want to use Lake Chelan Amateur Radio Club logo, you can also

have your name and call sign add it to your shirt. Hats are there also and patches are on their way.
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(From our May 26th Meeting Notes by K7YR, Ken Rau).

Rogers’s W7CH tower is down which gave our bank account a substantial boost.

We also talked about every Tuesday to put your Simplex frequency 146.52 for the club to use to practice emergency when our repeater goes down.

We are working on moving our monthly meetings to Manson Park facility. We will have to change the date to Tuesday at 7 PM. Will update you when these changes are made.

We are the Amateur Radio Operators of the Lake Chelan Valley and surrounding areas.

We meet on the last Thursday of the month at the Lake Chelan Boat Club at Mill Bay Marina at 7pm. And we have an Informal Breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of the month at Company Creek Pizza in Chelan at 9am. Company Creek Pizza is located next to Chelan Lanes and across from Don Morse Park on Highway 150.
You need not be a member to join us for either of these events. We welcome everyone who has an interest in Amateur Radio.

We also hold a weekly Club Net each Wednesday at 7 PM on the K7YR 2 Meter repeater at 146.82 ( PL 103.5).

The LCARC has been around for more than 3 decades but was inactive for a period from 2015 until recently. Good news is we are alive and well again and so far in 2022, we average around 20 check-ins each Wednesday Evening for our Weekly Club Net.
Visitors are always welcome.

If you are traveling through our area please feel free to use our repeaters and give us a shout. We'd love to welcome you to the Valley.

Coming Down

Be Careful - Its windy and rainy

Plan On Attending the 54th
ACARC Annual Hamfest
June 10, 11, 12th Dryden Gun Club
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Don't Miss This Year's
Bunny Hunt

Check Out This Antique Mic - Last time on the air in 1936 according to original owners family who lived in Spokane.
Note the Call Letters W7DBJ

Progress

Lake Chelan Radio Club Oct. 2016

A group of local Hams participated in a repair project high above Lake Chelan. A replacement/ new installation of a repeater lost in Last year’s fire.

The replacement included removal of our existing 440 antenna system from the side of the building it was housed in. This resulted in our 440 machine being off the air for most of the summer.

The building received a remodel and new metal siding was added. This siding project was created due to the fact woodpeckers were doing their own remodel project prior to ours.

We were allowed to install a tower as long as it was painted to match the new siding. We installed a 52 ft. tower with a new dual band antenna. Included in this project was a 2m repeater that replaced the one that was destroyed in the 2015 fire. We now have 444.525 (pl. 94.8) and 146.820 (pl. 103.5) repeaters in service along with 147.100 located in another site .

New local hams along with a couple of us senior hams pretty much completed the project Sunday Oct 9, 2016. A group of enthusiastic local ham operators came together and completed this project. This will enhance our provided service to locals and others with more reliable communication services surrounding our Valley and also North /South Columbia River corridor travelers.

Thanks to all who provided the help and work involved to make this project a first class endeavor.

Thanks to: Ken-k7yr/Al-ae7pg/Biff-k7tur/ Craig-ki7bkc/Dana-ki7dbr/Colton and Logan/

David-ki7ewx/Roger-w7ch/Lake Chelan Radio Club

see more pictures below

State of Club Repeaters after 2015 Fires

Lake Chelan Radio Club

After the 2015 fires/ State of Affairs

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As many of you know, our club lost two working repeaters during the Firestorm in Chelan this summer.

Along with the radio and repeaters our building is gone. Power to the site is also gone and probably won’t be restored for at least a year or more. These are conservative estimations by the public utility and the county commissioners.

We have been working diligently with others and are well on our way toward obtaining amateur radio parts and pieces to restore our radio capabilities to the same level we had before our losses. Just after our fire losses, many offered their assistance. Now that we have had time to evaluate our misfortune, we are sending this update report letting those offering help know what is happening and how to help.

If you are still willing to send assistance to support our repeater group, we offer this solution.

Our club has had an annual dues process of $1 a month or $12 a year for club membership.

We are proposing a 1 year/5year/10 year membership accordingly at the rate mentioned above.

Or if you are so inclined, a general donation of any denomination would graciously be accepted.

Thanks for everyone’s correspondence and concerns. We will continue to send out memos and updates

as we progress with this project. Please send your correspondence to

Club Treasurer:

Ken Rau K7yr

Lake Chelan Radio Club

2200 Summit Blvd

Manson, Washington 98831

Thank You

Club President:

Roger Odorizzi

W7ch

PICTURES OF THE BURN ARE POSTED ON THIS PAGE