Lake Area Amateur Radio Klub

02/07/2026

13 Colonies Ham Radio Event is going on right now. We already have a few clubs members with the sweep. Join the chase and celebrate the largest ham radio even of the year.

Try to work them on all modes if you can. Morse Code, Voice, and FT8.

If you would like to be a part with other local hams, let us know and we will get you in a signal group with some other local hams where we encourage, spot, discuss, chasing the 13 colony stations.

https://www.13colonies.us/

26/06/2026

Last year Shawn KX7WTF visited 3 field days. Check out his video. We hope to see you tomorrow at Lions Club Park, The Colony, TX

I go and visit 3 local ARRL Field Day events and have a blast. ...

22/06/2026

📻 LAARK / K5LRK Field Day is this Saturday! 📻

Field Day is one of the best amateur radio events of the year — part emergency communications exercise, part contest, part club get-together, and part excuse to play radio outside with friends.

We would love to have everyone come out and join us!

📍 Location:
Lions Club Park
4800 Nash Dr.
The Colony, TX 75056

🍔 Breakfast meetup:
We’ll meet at Whataburger before heading to the park.

Whataburger
8000 FM 423
Frisco, TX 75036

We plan to meet between 9:00am and 10:00am for breakfast, final planning, and some pre-Field Day radio talk.

Current operating plan:

⚡ All stations on generator power
📡 CW on a fan dipole for 40m and 20m
🎙️ SSB on the DX Commander for 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m
💻 Digital / Winlink / SSB on the DX Commander

Whether you want to operate, log, help set up, send a Winlink message, learn something new, or just stop by and visit, there will be a place for you.

New hams, experienced operators, non-hams, friends, and family are all welcome.

Come out, get on the air, and help us make Field Day a great club event!

12/06/2026

Stop by our table.

It's coming June 12-13 and you don't want to miss it! DFW Ham Expo for 2026 is (again) Twice as Big! We are still at the centrally-located Vista Mall in Lewisville (TX) but after selling out our 11,000 sq. ft. space for 2025, we are more than doubling in size again for 2026. We will have over 25,000 sq. ft.of exhibit area in the much larger NTX Arena at Vista Mall (former JCPenney store), with direct outside access to a large dedicated parking lot. Our much larger exhibit area will allow spacious traffic flows, plenty of air conditioning, and featured space and placement for Commercial Dealers, as well as over 200 vendor tables.

Just like 2025, DFW Ham Expo is still Two Days (Friday 1pm-6pm and Saturday 8am-3pm, Tailgate Saturday only at 7am). We expect to welcome more than 1,000 hams this year! Not quite the same size as Ham-Com, but give us a few years.

Ham Radio Outlet will be back this year and their DFW Ham Expo display will be well stocked, and they can take orders onsite for anything that's not onsite. They will be joined by other Commercial Vendors in our much larger high-traffic Vendor Hall that is designed for trade shows and exhibits. Over 200 vendor tables are available. Premium table placement at end of row and endcap is also available. Vendor tables will have more back-to-back spacing than 2025.

Plus the things you've come to expect from DFW Ham Expo: Outdoor tailgate on Saturday starting at 7am - get your bargains early. Ham Radio VE testing by the W5YI Crew. Radio Testing by AE5IV - test that radio before you buy. New this year is a convenient concessions stand, coffee cart and food truck access, joined to our new Social Area. Plus convenient access to a stocked ATM and the Mall's Food Court vendors.

Admission tickets are only $10 and are available online (and at the door). Packages of Prize Tickets are also available (3 for $5 and 15 for $20) so you can increase your chances of winning. Buy your Admission and Prize Tickets in advance and they will be pre-printed and available at the separate will-call check-in - avoid having to stand in line and fill out your name multiple times!

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS at our DFW Ham Expo website: dfwhamexpo.com. As with previous years, we use the Zeffy non-profit platform for ticket sales (and you can always select "other" to reduce their suggested service charge).

VENDORS: Vendor Table purchase is now available on the DFW Ham Expo website. Be sure to reserve your table soon if you have goodies to sell as we expect the remaining tables will go quickly. Draft show layout and detailed information for vendors is available on the DFW Ham Expo website - Information for Vendors - and will hopefully answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there! And be sure to tell your friends! Detailed directions and a map are available on the DFW Ham Expo website - dfwhamexpo.com

73,
DFW Ham Expo Inc.
(a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation)

09/06/2026

The LAARK monthly membership meeting is 7pm tomorrow, Tuesday June 9th at 6804 Main Street, The Colony TX. Meetings are open to all, so come hear a presentation on antenna modeling from Colin, N5GG.

26/02/2026

Storm season is approaching. Now is the time to get prepared.

Join the SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training presented by the National Weather Service Fort Worth to learn how to identify severe weather and properly report it.

Thursday, February 26
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Student Union at Hubbard Hall (Southeast Ballroom)
Texas Woman’s University
303 Administration Dr., Denton, TX

You’ll learn:
• Basics of thunderstorm development and structure
• Severe weather threats
• Severe weather safety
• How to report severe weather to the NWS
• NWS products and resources

This training is free and open to the public. No pre-registration required.

06/12/2025

The annual Christmas gathering is underway. From our club to yours, merry Christmas.