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Skywarn Presentation Notes

March 25, 2019
John K9WIC presented information about SKYWARN at the club general meeting on March 21, 2019. He’s provided the following notes from his presentation. Interesting sites with information on storm spotting https://www.weather.gov/lot/spotter_talk https://weather.cod.edu/ http://www.mke-skywarn.org/ List of selected local nets Kane County SKYWARN Net Kane County OEM Repeater 145.47 MHz -600kHz PL 103.5Hz Lake County SKYWARN K9IQP … Continue reading "Skywarn Presentation Notes"

Three Parks, 4 Days, 4 Degrees

March 17, 2019
By: Mike KD9KMV Last week I decided to set myself a challenge. The challenge was to operate from 3 new (to me) State Parks within a week, as part of the POTA (Parks On The Air) program. Activation 1 – Monday March 4th 2019 Chain-O-Lakes SP, IL – K-0986 With winter temperatures still with us, … Continue reading "Three Parks, 4 Days, 4 Degrees"

Winter Field Day Deployment

February 13, 2019
By: Mike KD9KMV On January 26th 2019, aka Winter Field Day, I decided to deploy a portable station at the Moraine Hills State Park, in Illinois (map). I chose this location because, as a bonus, it is also a Parks On The Air (POTA) recognized location, so I would be able to take part in … Continue reading "Winter Field Day Deployment"

SATERN Net Monday Nights

February 8, 2019
By: Leo N9NBH The Salvation Army has started to use our repeater on Monday evenings at 7 PM for their weekly net. The name of the net is SATERN. It stands for Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. This net lasts about 15 minutes. You do not have to be a member of the Salvation … Continue reading "SATERN Net Monday Nights"