Author: Matt Walsh

CQ Worked All Prefix Contest

March 24, 2018
From 7pm Friday, March 23 until 7pm Sunday March 25 you can work countries around the world on HF SSB. The goal of this contest is to work as many prefixes as possible, with more points earned for countries on a different continent than you. The exchange for this contest is very simple, 59 and … Continue reading "CQ Worked All Prefix Contest"

VE Testing

March 23, 2018
John Shofield provided the following report:  Results March 3rd, 2018 Name Call Class Walgenbach, Neil E. AC9SK Extra Chen, Hao KD9KLX Technician Richier, Taylor L. KD9KLY Technician Bizon, Bartlomiej KD9KLZ Technician   Class   Technician 3 General 0 Extra 1 Total 4 Next examination date: April 7th, 2018 All of us at SARC would like … Continue reading "VE Testing"

Miscellaneous Updates

March 23, 2018
Construction Project   Gary N9VU Next CP meeting will be Saturday, April 14th and 28th from 8am till noon. Location is at the Schaumburg Tennis Plus, 1416 Payne Rd, Schaumburg, IL EMCOMM  Bob Langsfeld WB9TZC Leo N9NBH reported exercise of the Sunday night Net and the Peoria-based ARES 3.905 MHz test 4:30PM conducted for all districts … Continue reading "Miscellaneous Updates"

From the President

March 23, 2018
I am always thoroughly impressed when I hear the attendance numbers for the construction project. Very often above 20. This is great. It’s unfortunate that my schedule doesn’t allow me to make it to them very often. I also enjoy the photos from the construction project that show up on SARC All from time to … Continue reading "From the President"

From the Editor

March 23, 2018
Happy Easter to all, Spring is here, though as I write this it’s supposed to snow Friday, but Spring should be here soon.  So in this edition we have a couple of member profiles to share, a part 2 on Ray Buchicchio’s antenna project, and an article on the BITX40 transceiver kit. Enjoy this months … Continue reading "From the Editor"