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For the second year in a row the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club awarded two scholarships to the W9DXCC DX Convention and Contest University taking place in September. The convention is a who’s who of contesters and DXers in “9 land.” That is call signs with the number 9 in them: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Presentations … Continue reading "SARC Awards Two Scholarships for W9DXCC"

By: Mike Griffiths, KD9KMV As we draw close to the end of SARC in the Park season, another great weather day set the scene for more portable radio fun last Saturday morning.

By: Mike Griffiths, KD9KMV Bright and early this past Saturday morning, a total of 9 club members gave up an hour or so of their time and met at the water tower site in Schaumburg.

By: Mike Griffiths, KD9KMV We had another good turn out for last weekend’s SARC in the Park, with a nice mix of regular and new faces.  Band conditions were difficult, at least on 20m and 40m, which made it hard to make too many contacts, especially running QRP.  The Maryland QSO party helped a little, and I did manage … Continue reading "SARC in the Park – August 10th, 2019"