August 19, 2024
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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July 7, 2024
SARC once again put on a successful field day. We welcomed a total of 77 members and guests to our site on Plum Grove road. The club operated in class 2A with 2 transmitters and all emergency power. The club tallied a total of 4,916 points made up of various bonus points for specific tasks …
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May 20, 2024
Come join us for ARRL Field Day. Everyone is invited even if you don’t have a ham radio license! Our members will have all of the radios, antennas, microphones and oh-so-many cables all set up and ready for you to get on the air. Or, maybe you want to talk with one of our members …
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March 6, 2024
Our club has an active email reflector (SARC-All) which discusses all things related to radio as well as club business. From time to time we post excerpts from some of the general radio discussions. Kirk K9MSG started the discussion Recently I’ve been near the southeast corner of Bloomingdale [Illinois – Ed.]. I’ve often looked up …
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