Lockport Amateur Radio Association has a Long and Bright History in Niagara County
But No Organization can "Stand Still" in Time ,
Improvements & Upgrades along with New Ideas, Must Always Be Done
to Keep it Moving Forward & Up to Date with the current needs of the community
If it fails to stay current it will wither and fade away.
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To Grow the Capabilities of Our Association to Better Service and Interact with the Community Our 1st Improvement was a NEW Repeater ○ ▬ ○ ○ ○ ▬ ○ ▬ ○ ○ ▬ Our Hamfest which has been at The South Lockport Fire Company Hall for many year required to be Moved, Due to the Need for More Parking and More Vendor Area We chose The Cambria Fire Company on Rt. 425 which has the largest vendor area we could find and 100's of Parking spots. ○ ▬ ○ ○ ○ ▬ ○ ▬ ○ ○ ▬ Although L.A.R.A had met many places over the years We Sadly had to change from our long time home at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church on Rt. 31 in Lockport as it could no longer service our needs Due to our expanding membership and Accessibility needs of our aging members So We moved to The Warrens Corners Methodist Church Rt. 104 also in Lockport ○ ▬ ○ ○ ○ ▬ ○ ▬ ○ ○ ▬ | ○ ▬ ○ ○ ○ ▬ ○ ▬ ○ ○ ▬ As our association has no "club house" of it's own, To expand our presence and operability, we are working with the Cambria Fire Company We Requested to Place a 2 meter Antenna Emergency / Training antenna on their Hall Roof As Cambria Fire is a designated Emergency Center (like most Fire Companies) This Addition will allow Amateur Radio Operators the ability to operate communications, via base stations Off of their Fire Company Generators And be in a Heated Location near to local Emergency Services. If or when there is an emergency, this will add to Associations ability to Help All with in range of our repeater. ○ ▬ ○ ○ ○ ▬ ○ ▬ ○ ○ ▬ |