April 30, 2021
We will have the FIRST SARC Bike Ride on May 8th. We will start and end at the Rose Garden Restaurant, Elk Grove Village on the SE corner of Higgins and Arlington Heights Road at 9 am. (Ed. see map below) Calling frequency is EMCOMM CH 4, 147.420 SIMPLEX. We will walk across the street …
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Our VE testing will be administering amateur radio license tests on the first Saturday of each month at Schaumburg Tennis Plus, the same location as the construction project. There continue to be some COVID-19 restrictions on testing. Please read more on the VE Testing page.
March 15, 2021
From Cliff K9QD 220, 221- Whatever it takes. Electric Utility Service Drop…and why the service drop to the consumer has a center-tapped transformer grounded to earth. Wiring diagram of today’s typical single-family service entrance panel: Note the Utility Transformer’s center-tap is grounded at the pole. Also, the consumer’s service entrance panel and Neutral/Equipment bonding bars …
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Operating A Home Station From A Remote Location, by Jack W9YY My wife and I rented a condo in Florida for the month of January. We had been to this condo before, and I knew that there was no possibility of installing an antenna for the month, even temporarily. So I chose to …
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Mike KD9POE has shared his own version of how to get a wire antenna up into a tree. A solid stick through a dog ball on a fishing pole. This thing is easy to launch 60 feet up with accuracy. You could go higher up if you’re more athletic than me, not any challenge to …
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