A list of recent events LARK membership took part in
The February 2026 LARK meeting took place on Thursday, February 26th at 7:30pm. Joe, N0SD appointed Dave N0DL as Field Day Chairperson; Rich KE0EPY as Net Manager, KF0QHO Eric as Program Chairperson, K0ATY Mike as Run/Race Manager.
The January 2026 LARK meeting took place on Thursday, January 29th at 7:30pm. Gary “Joe” Mayfield, N0SD was elected Club President. Dave LeVasseur, N0DL was re-elected as club Vice President (after losing my shot at president to Joe – by just one vote. Now, if I had voted for myself… :)) Denny Warrick, W0DGW was re-elected as Secretary / Treasurer and Editor of the club newsletter. Mike Jennings, K0ATY was elected to the open position on the Garden City Repeater board.
The December 2025 LARK meeting was held on December 18th, 2025 in the community room at the Watertown Police Department.
The November 2025 LARK meeting was a “dinner meeting” held on November 20th Pizza Ranch in their meeting room.
Saturday, October 4th, 2025: Simulated Emergency Test (SET) – COMPLETED. We set up a cross-band repeater system to temporarily replace county Emergency Communications’ repeater – just to make sure we can provide this service if/when needed. Photos from the event.
October 11th, 2025: Autumn Antenna Party – COMPLETED. We gathered as a team (KE0HMS, N0SD, N0DL and KF0QHO) to raise one end of Rich, KE0EPY’s dipole up a tree from about 6′ off the ground to around 30′. We met again on October 18th (after breakfast at HyVee) to raise the other end. Here are photos.
Sunday, October 12th, 2025: Amateur Radio Exam Session – COMPLETED. It was held at the Watertown Regional Library. We had two applicants get what they came for: one new licensee (pending the end of US government shutdown) and one upgrade from Technician to General. See hamstudy.org for study materials.
Monday, October 13th, 2025: KB0LCR’s 70cm antenna and feedline and installation – COMPLETED. A number of us provided ground support/Assistance for Kevin, KB0LCR with a dual-band antenna at around 175ft up a tower owned and installed by KF0UUH. The DMR repeater has yet to be installed but preliminary checks with a 70cm HT connected to the bottom-side feedline shows good range to at least 20miles to the east using only a few watts. The final repeater will run 25W.