Jay Simon KE2BFU  passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024.

A true friend to all and a great person.

Jay Simon passed away on Friday August 30, 2024. Born in Buffalo, NY August 10,1968  to Sharon Miller and the late Richard Simon. Jay was a parts manager at Mantelli’s Trailor Sales in Lockport for 38 years. Jay loved spending his time with his family, camping, fishing, gardening, bowling and an avid  ham radio operator.

Jay is survived by his wife Sandra Butterbaugh Simon; son Michael Simon; daughter Kathryn (Alex Bernard) Simon; sisters Greata Simon, Holly (John) Fens, and Luara (Nathan) McFate; grandsons Bradley and Andrew Bernard; and his dog Georgia.   

A  celebration of life will be held at a later date.

The next LARA Club meeting will be on October 30 at 6:30 PM at Cambria Volunteer Fire Company

4631 Cambria Wilson Rd, Lockport, NY 


Also VE sessions for those who want to get or update their HAM Radio License

will be held at 7:30 pm at the Fire Hall


LARA SwapNet returns on September 22, 2024, and runs every other week

Got to LARA SwpNet page for the latest schedule

Amateur Radio Newsline™

Every Sunday 1:00 PM to 1:25 PM

Every Sunday afternoon from 1:00 PM to 1:25 PM, W2RUI will relay the transmission of Amateur Radio Newsline™ from the East Coast Reflector, via  AllStar  Node.  Note that the Node is set to Monitor Mode which means it can only transmit to the single AllStar node to which it is connected.



Thank you to everyone who helped at the 2024 LARA Summer Hamfest to make it a great success!!!

Also, thank you to everyone who came to the LARA Summer Hamfest.  We hope you had a great time.



Thanks to everyone who helped set up and participated in this year's 2024 ARRL Field Day.  

This year LARA  operated 4 radios.  4A WNY W2RUI    was the identification used when making contacts on CW,  and Phone.


Welcome to our 2024-2025

 Club Officers and Board Members


Officers:

President Mike Schlee KB2TRU

Vice President Jim Meahl KB2JM

Secretary Mark Christensen KB2GD

Treasurer Open

Board Members:

Jim Bradley N2BIC                Term ends August 2029

Angelo Delbalso WA2NNZ    Term ends August 2028

Ronald Dusen WB4RON        Term ends August 2027

Tony Stokes KN1M                Term ends August 2026 

Ethan Blanton KB8OJH          Term ends August 2025   

The W2RUI Repeater Has Moved!

A lot has changed this year with The Lockport Amateur Radio Association. Our repeater has moved to a new location on Upper Mountain Road near Mt View Dr. Our antenna is now at the top of a 250 ft tower, which gives us twice the coverage of our old site. That site's antenna was at 80 ft. We can now be heard as far south as Cuba, NY and as far north as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Our repeater is a Yaesu DR-2X which accepts both analog and Fusion on the input. We have a CTCSS tone of 107.2 Hz. All are welcome to key up and say hello. Someone is always listening! Last but not least, we have added Allstar to our repeater with a remote node. Our node# is 60050. If you are interested, try it out and have some fun!

Enjoy!

Mike KB2TRU President


Here are some photographs of the new site.

Thank You For Another Great ARRL Field Day 

This Year 2023 !!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped set up and participated in this year's 2023 ARRL Field Day.  This year, LARA operated 4 radios. 4A WNY W2RUI was the identification used when making contacts on CW, Phone and Digital modes. 

LARA at the Niagara County Fair August  7th, 2022

Special thanks to Mantelli Trailer for the use of the trailer and tent.