The Lake Erie Amateur Radio Association - WB8CQR WR8ABC

Greater Cleveland's Amateur Radio Group

On May 27, 1969, the last Tuesday of that month, a group of Hams interested in repeaters who had been meeting informally for some time decided to form a new Amateur Radio Club - The Lake Erie Amateur Radio Association.  Someone mentioned that this new club would need a leader and Bill Hess, K8SGX, volunteered and became LEARA's first president.  And thus was born what would become the largest Amateur Radio club in the greater Cleveland area!

For over 40 years LEARA has been providing public service and emergency communications of Northeast Ohio.  The club call signs are WB8CQR and WR8ABC, and the club is an official ARRL affiliated club.  Welcome to our site!  Please explore the links to the left and don't forget to join us at one of our meetings!

The .88 repeater is now streaming online.  You can check out our streaming page or listen on your smartphone.

Ham Radio and The Law
By Bob Winston, W2THU
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

NOTE DUE DATE & TIME FOR RESERVATIONS

Have you heard the latest about Ohio's H.B. 158? This month at the LEARA meeting, we’ll get filled in by the best - Bob Winston, W2THU, will tell us the GOOD NEWS, and update us otherwise on a range of topics flourishing in those special realms where our QSOs and the legal torts collide.

"The bill is ready for Governor Kasich to sign." Bring your interest and your questions for Bob as May and the Dayton Hamvention both draw to a close and the summer cranks up.

This month's meeting will be at Massimo da Milano Restaurant on the Southwest corner of West 25th and Detroit. Dinner begins at 6:30 PM, followed by the program presentation near 7:30 PM. You may come for the meeting, only, without a reservation, but you must make a reservation in advance if you wish to have dinner with us that evening.

The buffet offerings Massimo da Milano will provide for your $20. will include:

Main Entrée:
Chicken Parmesan or Baked White Fish with Rice
Fresh Baked Italian Bread
Antipastos: Salami & Cheeze Triangles
Cucumber & Tomato Salad
Pasta: Marinara and Primavera
Side: Roasted Potatoes

To aid in buffet preparation, the restaurant would like you to state your main entrée preference when you register for dinner with LEARA, i.e., either the Chicken Parmesan or the Baked White Fish with Rice. The buffet with entrée, water, coffee, & soft drinks, as well as tax and tip are all provided within the $20. Bar beverages can be separately purchased that evening at the restaurant.

See other details and directions at the restaurant website: http://www.massimos.net/. Note, for dinner you must place your reservation by 2:00 PM on Friday, May 25!

Make your dinner reservation either way, or just come to the meeting near the start time of 7:30 PM. We all hope to see you then at Massimo da Milano on the night of Tuesday, May 29!

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY Friday, May 25, at 2:00 P.M.

Please call in your reservation to Marv Grossman - W8AZO. You can also visit our online dinner reservation form and make your reservation through the website. Also check out the current edition of The Spirit of 76 & 88 Newsletter.

The .88 rebuild project is underway.  It will resume when it gets warmer.  Please be aware: the temporary .88 repeater operates differently.  In addition, 224.900 and 444.700 repeaters, and IRLP are off the air during this time.  They will be re-installed when the cabinet returns to the site.

Items in red are LEARA club events, green are hamfests, and gray are holidays.