A “Thank You” to SARC
It was with much sadness that several club members, led by Dirk W0RI, helped to remove an antenna tower from the home of silent key Ray, WA9BLP.
Ray’s wife Millie was extremely grateful to the group that volunteered their time to complete the tower take down, and sent the following thank you note:
Tim KD9LAI going digital portable
In preparation for a longer upcoming trip in September, Tim KD9LAI went out into the field to a local park to test some new equipment:
Sotabeams 23′ mast and 3 band linked dipole Bioenno Solar panel and solar charge controller
It happened! The first club meeting held on Zoom
The Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club held it’s first Zoom based monthly meeting last week, on Thursday 20th August.
Many club members joined to watch Geoff KA9QGH, the club president, host the meeting from his home.
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QST: Monthly club meetings now to be held on Zoom
As you probably know, due to Covid-19, the monthly club face to face meetings (held on the third Thursday of the month) have not been possible, and so a club net has been taking place on the K9IIK 145.230 repeater.
From this month on, starting this evening, the monthly club meetings will now be held on Zoom. This means there will not be a club net on the repeater. (Note that this only affects the third Thursday of each month. The regular net schedule remains).
Geoff KA9QGH, the club president has sent out a notification to all members with the Zoom meeting details including the meeting ID’s and passwords, and how to connect to Zoom. Club members can also view the meeting details via the SARC Google Group. (Sarc membership and login required).
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