Category: RHG
Radio Hill Gazette, the club’s monthly newsletter
Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club Board of Directors Meeting January 6th, 2021
Board of Directors Meeting, 6 January, 2021 With the help of Geoff KA9QGH’s ZOOM-enabled call, the meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM Attendees: Russ Schmidt KC9NUV Cliff Sowka K9QD John Douglas KD9KSH Geoff Stevens KA9QGH Danny Kafka KD9HIL John Zietlow K9WIC Ed Liska AC9SD Lou N9LTW Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK Kent Ochs … Continue reading "Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club Board of Directors Meeting January 6th, 2021"
Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club Business Meeting January 21st 2021
Schaumburg Business Meeting January 21, 2021 Geoff Stevens KA9QGH President called the virtual meeting to order at 7:03PM Attendees: Danny Kafka KD9HIL Rob Glowacki N9MVO Mike Sorensen K9KQX Terry AE9TJ Geoff Stevens KA9QGH Mike Griffiths K9KMV Ed Liska AC9SD R. Kocourek W9RKK Brent Kaser WB9UXN John Zietlow K9WIC Garrett K9GBN Burt Schultz AB9CV Doug … Continue reading "Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club Business Meeting January 21st 2021"
K9KMV: Testing a new antenna with some friends
Early in December 2020, I went out to Busse Woods Forest Preserve to test out a new antenna; the AL-705 Magnetic Loop from Alpha Antenna. It is a low power (20W) very portable magnetic loop covering 40m to 10m, designed and built by Alpha Antenna and marketed by ICOM, as part of their IC-705 portable … Continue reading "K9KMV: Testing a new antenna with some friends"
K9KMV: Parks On The Air Attempt – K-1012
On November 27th 2020, the day after Thanksgiving, I headed out to Moraine Hills State Park (K-1012) for a POTA activation. I had been there before, so I knew roughly where I wanted to setup my radio gear. My plan was to setup with my QRP radio, the IC-703 Plus, and give the Wolf River … Continue reading "K9KMV: Parks On The Air Attempt – K-1012"