Lambton County Radio Club

2023 Field Day

This year's LCRC's 2023 Field Day activities (Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, 2023) were once again held at Krall Park, 4477 Shiloh Line in Eniskillen Township, Ontario. The Park is located at the Intersection of Shiloh Line and Oil Heritage Road (Highway 21) just north of Oil City, Ontario. This is the same location LCRC used for many years for its Field Day activities prior to COVID.

Read our 2023 Field Day News Release

This year we operated in the 3A Category with three transmitters running on emergency power along with a "get on the air" (GOTA) station for newcomers. We used Club's call sign (VE3SAR) for our main activities and the Club's other call sign (VA3SAR) for the GOTA station. As in previous years, our operation in the contest was mostly for "fun" and not necessarily for "points" although a log of contacts was kept for later submittal. A Saturday evening meal and Sunday breakfast were provided at the site for club members.

More information on what Field Day is all about can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/field-day.

On Saturday LCRC's "Museums On The Air" activities (June 23-24, 2022) were hosted by the staff at the Oil Museum Of Canada in Oil Springs, Ontario. The Museum is built on the site of North America's very first commercial oil well.

Several members of the Club were present to operate or to just stop by. Using the Club's VA3OIL call sign, some 30 contacts as far away as Japan and Europe were made from two stations that were set up in the Dawn Operations Storage Hub building of the museum. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.

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2017 HobbyFest at Centennial Park

The 2017 annual HobbyFest activities were held on Sunday, July 16th, 2017 at Centennial Park in Sarnia, Ontario. And, as we have done in past years, LCRC set up a portable HF station to demonstrate Amateur Radio to festival attendees.

Thanks to Bob, VE3RSI and Keith, VA3KSF, for the great photos!

2017 Field Day

LCRC's 2017 Field Day activities (June 24-25, 2017) were once again conducted at Krall Park in Eniskillen Township at the intersection of Oil Heritage Road (Route 21) and Shiloh Line, south of Petrolia and just north of Oil City, Ontario. Read our media 2017 Field Day News Release

We ran three "official" stations this year in the 3A Category (emergency power) along with "Get On The Air" and amateur satellite stations. We'll also used the Club's call sign (VE3SAR). As in previous years, our operation in the contest was for "fun" and not necessarily for "points" although a log of contacts was kept for eventual submittal. More information on what Field Day is all about can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/field-day.

We were very much honoured to have members of the Canadian Federal and Provincial Parliament stop by our 2017 VE3SAR Field Day site. They even helped us make a few on-air contacts! From the left is Mr. Bob Bailey, Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton; The Honorable Ms. Marilyn Gladu, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton and Chuck Chivers, VE3VSA, Lambton County Radio Club President.

More 2017 Field Day Photos

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Thanks to Chet (VE3CFK) and Keith (VA3KSF) for the excellent Field Day photos!

2016 Field Day at Krall Park

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Thanks to Bill (VE3DPG), Rick (VE3RYK), Jamie (VE3JSO) and Keith (VA3KSF) for the excellent Field Day photos!

2016 Sarnia Emergency Preparedness Day

Once again, this year's annual Sarnia Emergency Preparedness Day activities were held on Friday, May 6th, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Clearwater Arena, 1400 Wellington Street, in Sarnia. And, once again, LCRC provided a booth along with a live HF Radio Station to demonstrate Amateur Radio for the mostly (youthful) attendees.

Thanks to Keith, VA3KSF, for the great photos!

2015 Field Day at Krall Park

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Thanks to Hiro (VE3CGC) and Keith (VA3KSF) for the great Field Day photos!

2014 Field Day at Krall Park

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Thanks to Rick (VE3RYK), Jamie (VE3JSO), Doug, (VE3JGR), Hiro (VE3CGC),
Art (VE3GNF), Dave (VE3WXO) and Keith (VA3KSF) for the great Field Day photos!

We Made the Cover!

One of our photos from this year's annual Field Day exercise made the September-October cover of the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) national magazine The Canadian Amateur. In addition, a full page feature story (including more photos) of our participation in the event was contained on page 32 of the publication.

The photo (shown in the lower left corner of the cover) features our own Dave Watson (VE3WXO) and Don Farar (VA3ZV) installing Don's VHF antenna at our Field Day site in Oil City.

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2m and 440 MHz Repeaters

The Lambton County Radio Club maintains two repeater systems for use by all licensed Radio Amateurs.

The main 2m (145.37 (-) MHz ) repeater site is located on top of the St. Joseph's Health Centre in Sarnia. A sub-audible tone of 123.0 Hz is needed on the repeater input.

The main 440 MHz (444.55 (+) MHz) repeater is located at the Wellington Street Fire Station in Sarnia. It also requires a 123.0 Hz sub-audible tone on the repeater input.