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Macoupin County ARES Net
Thursday 9:00PM
147.480
Macoupin County ARC Net
Thursday 8:30PM
444.250 103.5+
Okaw Valley Net
Sunday 9:00PM
444.250 103.5+
W9VEY Memorial Net
Monday 8:30PM
146.820 |
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Technician Class Now Being Offered |
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On Saturday, August 27 from
9 am to noon, one student showed up at the Carlinville
Area Hospital Medical Office Building to take the
Technician Class License class being offered.
Originally, four to six nurses were interested because
Carlinville Area Hospital is planning to add a ham radio
station as part of its emergency preparedness plan.
Unfortunately, there were some scheduling conflicts. The
course is open to the public and it is NOT too late to
register for the course which will meet on September 3,
10, 17, 24 and October 1,8,15, 22 and 29. There is no
charge for the class, but students are encouraged to
purchase the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, 3rd edition.
To register contact Dawn Knotts, KC9MWN at 217-8543141
or Ron Ochu, KO0Z at 217-481-5821
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Skip, WS9V ARRL QSL Card Checker
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It’s now official.
Skip Riba, WS9V is an ARRL QSL Card Checker! So what
does that mean for area amateurs? Before ARRL Director
W9XA appointed WS9V,ham radio operators wishing to get
their QSL cards checked and counted for various ARRL
Awards such as WAS (Worked All States), WAC (Worked All
Continents), DXCC (DX Century Club), VUCC, VHF UHF
Century Club as well as some CQ awards had to travel
either to St. Louis or to Quincy to have their QSL cards
checked, verified towards an applicable award. The other
option was to mail the QSL cards to ARRL HQ in
Connecticut or to use LoTW, Logbook of The World. The
benefit of having a local card checker is saving time
and expense of QSL card checking. Skip will make himself
available at area hamfests and to anyone needing cards
checked. There is no cost to have QSL cards checked;
however, there are administrative award costs through
the ARRL. Skip will be more than happy to walk you
through any questions that might arise associated with
any available ARRL awards. WS9V has 160 meter
endorsement, which means he’ll be able to check any
cards applicable to 160 meter award endorsements. The
West Central Illinois Hamfest planning committee will
now be able to offer QSL card checking at next year’s
hamfest! Skip contact info: WS9V@ROYELL.NET
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Beaver Dam Communication Event November 5th
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Last November, K9MCE club members participated in the
first Beaver Dam Dash cross country event. Dash
organizers have asked our club if we’d be interested in
providing communications for the dash again this year.
The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday,
November 5 at Beaver Dam State Park. Last year the event
started around 8 am and was finished by noon. Let’s
bring this up as a club agenda item at the meeting to
gauge club interest in providing for this worthwhile
event and to provide a community service.
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