NEXT MEETING JANUARY 20th. DETAILS ON HOME PAGE
Christmas Party - And The Winner Is:
Ho Ho Ho...
The club had a phenomenal Christmas Party on 12/6, so much fun, joy, camaraderie and happiness!
The white elephant exchange was a blast!
Pick, steal, steal, keep! Awesome! Everyone had fun, and some actually made it home with some pretty cool gifts!
We also had the draft for the big prize raffle:
The Brand New YAESU FTX-1 OPTIMA
The big question: WHO got it???
and The Winner Is:
KI5ECE - Tom Hayford
Congratulations Tom, and enjoy the new rig on your next POTA excursion!
Winter Field Day 2026 is around the corner
Mark your calendars
Winter Field Day is a communications exercise, held every year on the last full weekend in January. That means: January 24th and 25th, 2026.
W5LVC will be setting up WFD activities at the Scout Troop 771 Barn in Flower Mound.
Our WFD czar NE5GT-Greg is always looking for volunteers to help him organizing the event. The big lifting has already happened, but he can still use some support. If you want to help please get in touch with him.
Stay tuned for more details as the event approaches.
W5LVC 2025 POTA activities - Parks on the Air
Invitation to all interested operators
This is a quick reminder that the LARA POTA crew is ALWAYS looking for additional interested operators to come and join us every month for the planned POTA - Parks on the Air - activation.
The club has been sponsoring these monthly events since 1H2023 and we always have great fun, activating different parks in the generic DFW area using different modes: CW, FT8, SSB.
If you are interested or would like to learn more about our POTA operations, please check the details here: https://w5lvc.org/parks-on-the-air or contact one of our officers.
We will be publishing the 1H 2026 activation calendar soon!
Thank you all operators that made W5LVC POTA activations in 2025 a success!
73 and Happy Holidays!
W5LVC hosted the yearly JOTA Jamboree on the Air
This Year's JOTA was held October 17-19 2025
The Scout's JOTA - Jamboree on the Air has become a tradition in the club.
Once again, the LARA Club gave back to the community by hosting our JOTA deployment at the L.L. Woods Park in Lewisville on Saturday 10/18.
During this JOTA we taught the Boy Scouts of America Radio Merit Badge to around 30 scouts from various groups that showed up. Thank you all for your participation in making this event happen, all involved had great fun and a great time.
Hope to see you there next year as well! Mark your calendars
Officer Meetings
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 5:30 P.M. Meetings are open for all members to attend. The meetings will be held at the Prairie House Restaurant, 119 E. Main St. Lewisville, TX. There will not be a meeting in December.
Club Meeting
Meetings are held on 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM.
We meet at The Thrive Community Center 1950 S. Valley Pkwy in Lewisville. All are welcome