Support SARC through Amazon Smile
By Dennis KD9HIK
If you use Amazon.com, your purchases can help support the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club (SARC).
Register your account with ‘smile.amazon.com’ and Amazon will contribute ½ of 1 percent of your eligible purchases to any single 501C organization you choose. Participation doesn’t increase your purchase price. SARC is registered with ‘smile.amazon.com’.
The process is simple: Log into ‘smile.amazon.com’. The landing page will direct you to where you can select the 501C you want. Type “Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club” in the search box. A couple of clicks later, you’re registered. You don’t have to change your login or password. Pretty painless.
The money is directed to the bank account of the registered 501C on a regular basis via PayPal. It’s a one way street – deductions cannot be made by Amazon from the PayPal account, so it’s pretty safe.
You do have to remember to log in via ‘smile.amazon.com’; otherwise Amazon won’t recognize your purchases as eligible.
I went through the process, and now my purchases help support SARC. Fun way to support the club.
My recent Winlink email experience, K9KMV
I know that many of you have already used, tested, and successfully sent/received emails via Winlink, but for me it is a relatively recent addition to the capabilities at my station.
I first set Winlink up in March 2021, but other than sending a couple of emails to make sure it worked, I did not find much use for it other than having the knowledge that it would be available if needed.
A fellow club member, Tim KD9LAI, recently mentioned to me that there is a weekly ‘Winlink Wednesday’ net that is run by KW6GB in Virginia. The purpose of this net is for amateur radio operators to get regular practice using Winlink email so that if it is needed for an emergency, your skills are already tuned and ready for use. Continue reading “My recent Winlink email experience, K9KMV”
Field Day 2021 Results Update
Here is the final breakdown of SARC’s Field Day 2021 log submission, showing the modes, bands and additional bonus points accrued during Field Day 2021.
We ended up with 434 CW contacts, 31 GOTA contacts, and 357 Phone contacts!
Here’s the the initial report.
Thanks go to Danny KD9HIL, Rob N9MVO, Bob W9DXR and Matt AC9IG, together with help from Paul N1SFE at the ARRL, for submitting the logs…
…and of course to everyone else that contributed to the weekend… setup/teardown volunteers, food prep, and operators.
73, Mike K9KMV
