June 30, 2021
This year, Field Day 2021 was held over the weekend of June 26th/27th. After the lockdown of 2020, which prevented SARC from holding Field Day last year, we were all thankful that this year would be different. Many SARC club members came out to help with the setup of the Field Day tents, antenna systems, …
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The Schaumburg Park District has returned to nearly-normal operations and combined with the lifting of group size restrictions by the state the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club is happy to announce that we will be returning to in person meetings for all of our events without capacity restrictions. Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club acknowledges accolades to Dennis …
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Thanks to all the SARC member volunteers that helped provide radio communication support at this year’s Chicagoland Marathon, held at Busse Woods on May 23rd 2021.
May 13, 2021
The SARC UHF repeater on 442.275 MHz has recently been relocated and updated. It now offers dual mode FM Analogue and Yaesu System Fusion. This means that you can access the repeater using either a conventional analogue radio, or a Yaesu System Fusion radio. The repeater will recognize the transmission mode it receives, and automatically …
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First Annual SARC AR Bike Ride held on Saturday May 8, 2021 in Busse Woods. Thank You to all that participated. We had nine attendees and several that joined us for Brunch afterwards. The attendees included: Tim-WE9PP, Barry-K9FMB, Bill-W9WEM, Robert-W9RKK, Tony-K9ASB, Dave-W9VTD, Bill-KD9RGX, Rob-N9MVO, Pat KD9PWI and Dirk-W0RI. These people were brave enough to take on …
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