this sat is the clubs month get together it is a great time to talk in person with hams
11/2
8 am to 10 am
Maxfields pancake house on 700 e schaumburg rd
construction project
Check out this DYY No radial flag pole antenna for HF.
This could be a construction project.
Sounds great for even those like me that live in a mobile Home Park.
https://youtu.be/rJR2DaT7S6A?s
swap meet
Oct 26, 2024
Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
Who: Antique Radio Club (free admission, not Ham Radio centric. Yes parts & test equip)
Where: American Legion @ Gary
Location: Carol Stream 570 S Gary Ave, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA
Website: Antique Radio Club of Illinois (antique-radios.org)
SARC in the Park Setup Time-Lapse
Thanks to Robert W9RKK for taking this time lapse setting up a hex beam antenna and other equipment for our recent SARC in the Park meeting.
SARC at the State Park!
By Kirk K9MSG
Our little Parks-on-the-Air event today (Friday) was great fun (photos attached). Howard (KD9WSV), Kirk (K9MSG), and Paul (KD9FMN), AKA the “Three Wise Men,” made ~70 shared (pass-the-mic) contacts at William G. Stratton State Park in Morris where we all spoke to each contact. That resulted in over 200 combined QSOs over 3 hours on 20m during a day in which the band was not giving up QSOs easily!
In the end, the QSOs included Sweden, Spain, the Azores in the North Atlantic, Argentina, Canada (5) and contacts from coast-to-coast in 21 states including California, New York, Maine and Florida. Texas kept us the busiest (9) with surprisingly strong showings from Idaho (3) and Oklahoma (3). We even had my 3rd QSO with Bill (AL7KC) in North Pole Alaska along with his neighbor, Paul (NL7V).
I hope to offer this SARC event again in Aug or Sept and will look for input from the club on which local park we should target (perhaps this one in Morris or Silver Springs in Yorkville or James Pate in Wayne). [See the discussion on SARC-All – Ed.]