Our usual VE testing session in January falls on the New Year’s Day holiday. We have cancelled this session. Please join us when we resume testing on February 5, 2022.
POSTPONED: Technician License Classes Begin in January
UPDATE: This class has been postponed. Additional information.
The Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club (SARC) is sponsoring a series of 10 classes to help prepare people wanting to take the FCC Technician Class License test.
The classes will begin Saturday January 8, 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM at the Hoffman estates Branch of the Schaumburg Township District Library, 1550 Hassell Road in Hoffman Estates, and continue until Saturday March 12, 2022.
There is no charge for the classes. Registration is through the Library web site. Attendees are encouraged to obtain a copy of the ARRL publication “ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 4th Edition“, which is used as study guide and reference manual. It’s available at arrl.org and other sites.
At the conclusion of the classes attendees are invited to take their license exam through SARC during one of our regularly scheduled testing dates. The testing schedule and registration information is available here.
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Construction Project Christmas Schedule
Our normal schedule for Construction Project would put a meeting on Christmas Day. We have moved this meeting to Saturday, December 18, 2021 at the same time and place. This change also appears on our calendar.
Temporary loss of Echolink on 145.230 repeater
Due to a change of Internet provider, please be aware that the Echolink connection to the SARC 145.230 VHF repeater will be down for approximately 10 days, starting November 10th.