August/September Edition!
Combining the two months since summer happened and I didn't get an August edition out. I'll be adding more for September.
Breakfast!!!
Every Wednesday there is breakfast at Big Boy in Somerset, KY. It's a good time to sit, relax, and visit before the start of your day. Breakfast is from 8 - 10 AM although there seems to be early birds every week who show up starting around 7:30. You don't have to stay the whole time if you have other things to do before we clear the tables for others.
A big thank you to Cincinnati Hamfest for naming Lake Cumberland Amateur Radio Association the Club of the Year for 2025. We wouldn't have gotten here without our members stepping up and helping out. Thanks to the digital team that has helped get the club known by our YouTube videos and to others that have sent them content to help create videos with.
Repeater Updates:
We are still working on finding a good repeater mono band antenna for the "88" site. The one we were going to get is no longer available. The spirit of amateur radio is to adapt and overcome. We will get it figured out, there are many great minds in the group. Both repeater sites will be going from a four can duplex setup to six. The change will create a better rejection of signals outside the repeater frequency.
The "150" site has the solar panel removed from the tower. It will be installed on the roof of the repeater shack.
Digital modes are now connected to fiber internet access. This should greatly help the problems that have been introduced by limited bandwidth.
Some of the changes have been made available by donated equipment, time, and expertise. Thank you to everyone that has helped.
This is a call for help. If you have a little bit extra, and are so inclined, could you please donate. If you do, please send Wanda (wm4lm75wanda@yahoo.com) an e-mail being the treasurer so she knows to look and what the funds are to go toward (Repeater Site Equipment).
If you see any errors or have any questions about the website, please contact me.
73's
Fred - W7NQF
Secretary, Web Manager
webmaster@lcara.net