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Sign Up To Help At Oakbrook Half-Marathon |
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The Oakbrook Half-Marathon will soon be here, and we still need volunteers to man the radios along the 13.25 mile route. Last year's event was extremely successful and this year promises to be more of the same. We need a total of 40 volunteers for this event and Dragan, NN9L, who is coordinating it, would like to know as soon as possible who those 40 people are. Please fill out this form TODAY and let him know. Want to help but don't have a radio? NOT A PROBLEM. We will provide you with one to use. Listen to our regular Monday and Wednesday nets for information updates. DATE: Monday, September 6 (Labor Day)
TIME: 6 AM (Finish time will be well before noon)
MEETING PLACE: TBA (in Oakbrook)
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What Do Amateur Radio Operators Do? |
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Ham radio operators use two-way radio stations from their homes, cars, boats and outdoors to make hundreds of friends around town and around the world. They communicate with each other using voice, computers, and Morse code. Some hams bounce their signals off the upper regions of the atmosphere, so they can talk with hams on the other side of the world. Other hams use satellites. Many use hand-held radios that fit in their pockets. Hams exchange pictures of each other using television. Some also like to work on electronic circuits, building their own radios and antennas. A few pioneers in Amateur Radio have even contributed to advances in technology that we all enjoy today. There are even ham-astronauts who take radios with them on space shuttle missions and thrill thousands of hams on earth with a call from space! Using even the simplest of radio setups and antennas, amateurs communicate with each other for fun, during emergencies, and even in contests. They handle messages for police and other public service organizations during all kinds of emergencies including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and floods, motorist accidents, fires and chemical spills, and search and rescues. They help organize parades and other local events... the list goes on and on. The above was adapted from "Hello Radio " on the ARRL web site. Give them a visit... there's lots of interesting stuff there. |
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Executive Board — Thursday, September 9
The Executive Board will meet at 7:30 PM, at Elmhurst Fire Station #1, in the basement conference room. All Executive Board members are requested to attend; any interested club member may attend. Click the "Maps" link in the top menus for a map to the meeting place. Regular Meeting / VE Testing — Friday, September 17
Our regular Club meetings begin again in September after the informal meetings of summer. The meeting will begin at 8:00 PM at the Community Bank of Elmhurst, 330 W Butterfield Rd. Click the "Maps" link in the top menus for a map to the meeting place. We welcome any and all whose interests include amateur radio. VE TESTING WILL BE HELD FOR ALL LICENSE ELEMENTS beginning at 7 PM. Program topic: TBA |
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Membership List Now Available |
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The Elmer List is back! This list includes all active (paid-up) club members with their phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, call signs, etc. The list is in PDF format and is available to any active club member who wants it. Just use the CONTACT YRC link in the main menu at the left side of the page to request yours. Include your name and call sign in the request, and MAKE SURE YOU ACCURATELY ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS! You will receive your Elmer List in your in-box shortly after you request it. Why not just make it download-able? For security reasons this information is restricted to club members and this seemed to be the easiest way to make sure it stays that way. The most up-to-date version is from July 17, 2010. |
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 The chart above represents checkins from the 2M, 6M, and 70cM nets for 2010. Totals for 2009 were: 2 Meter Net: 1,279 checkins (up 185 from 2008)
6 Meter Net: 296 checkins (down 9 from 2008)
70 Centimeter net: 1,694 checkins (up 243 from 2008)
Here are the latest statistics from our nets: 6 Meter roundtable net (Monday following 2 M net, 50.150 MHz, upper sideband) Check-ins on 7/19: 8
Check-ins so far in 2010: 172
2 Meter traffic and information net (Monday @ 8 PM, 147.420 MHz simplex) Check-ins on 7/19: 28
Check-ins so far in 2010: 719
70 Centimeter traffic and information net (Wednesday @ 8 PM, 442.875 MHz, + Duplex, PL 114.8 Hz Check-ins on 7/21: 39
Check-ins so far in 2010: 1,022
We can always use more Net Control Operators; contact Chuck, K9PLX. (And welcome to Vicki KC9RXV, who joined the ranks of Net Control operators on April 12, as she ran the 2 meter net! Welcome also to Wanda, KC9LRZ, who will be training for duty on the 440 net!) |
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