April 21, 2025
by Tom, N9GUN We have scheduled our first SARC group bike ride for the year on Saturday, May 17th at 10:00a. The ride will start out and end at Schaumburg’s CRC. We will ride to the nearby Poplar Creek Trail and do a lap or two (depending on the group’s desire). This is a group …
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Date: Saturdays Jan 11-Mar 15, 2024 Time: 9:30am – 11:30pm Registration Required Hoffman Estates Library The Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club offers a free entry-level amateur radio class beginning January 11, 2025. There are more than 750,000 licensed amateur radio operators in the U.S., and the number is growing every day. If you are new to …
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Thanks to Robert W9RKK for taking this time lapse setting up a hex beam antenna and other equipment for our recent SARC in the Park meeting.
July 14, 2024
By Kirk K9MSG Our little Parks-on-the-Air event today (Friday) was great fun (photos attached). Howard (KD9WSV), Kirk (K9MSG), and Paul (KD9FMN), AKA the “Three Wise Men,” made ~70 shared (pass-the-mic) contacts at William G. Stratton State Park in Morris where we all spoke to each contact. That resulted in over 200 combined QSOs over 3 …
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