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The Club operates three open repeaters
under the call K9ONA/R.
The repeaters are usually set in cross-link mode.
Our Two Meter repeater, located in Hinsdale
using 146.370 MHz input, 146.970 MHz output
with a three minute timer that must be reset with a short pause
after the courtesy tone between transmissions.
A 107.2 Hz subaudible (PL) tone is required for access.
Our 220 repeater, also located in Hinsdale
uses 223.22 MHz in, 224.82 MHz out
and requires a CTCSS tone of 110.9 Hz.
Our UHF repeater, also located in Hinsdale as well
it uses 448.300 MHz input, 443.300 MHz output
and it has a four minute timer,
“PL” access, requiring a 114.8 Hz tone.
The 2 meter and the 70 cm repeaters also
transmit the subaudible CTCSS tone.
The Club also operates an open repeater
under the call K9OYB.
This repeater is located in Hinsdale and not cross-linked.
448.300MHz input with an output of 443.300MHz
and a "PL" CTCSS Tone of 114.8HZ
The Club is a Life Member Club supporting
AMSAT, the non-profit
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.
We have been named an ARRL-affiliated
Special Service Club
Also receipent of ARRL's Maxim Award,
and belong to the Illinois Repeater Association.
Will Spirling
W9WSS
Martan Roycewicz
KD4SLL
Julianna Gercken
KE9ATL
open
Position
Jim Hull
W9JGH
Scott Gerckin
KB9LCD
Open
Position
Jim Hull
W9JGH
Will Sperling
W9WSS
Craig Lundt
N9CGL
Mike Huedpohl
WD9GJK
Constitution Membership/Roster Membership Application By-Laws
MEETINGS:
NETS:
REPEATERS:
AFFILIATIONS:
SCHOLARSHIP:
The Club’s Facebook page is available at: www.facebook.com/groups/287932964607477
Held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at:
St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
9035 Grant Ave. Brookfield IL.
The Grumpy Net
A rag chew net that meets every weekday at 8:45
on the K9ONA Repeater.
Six Meter CW Practice Net
Tuesdays, 7:00 Central Time, at 50.090MHz
Six Meter Activity and Ragchew Net
Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. Local, 50.130 MHz USB
Two Meter FM Information Net
Tuesday evenings at 9 p.m. Local time on the K9ONA repeater, 146.37/97
The Club has endowed a perpetual scholarship administered by the ARRL Foundation.
It is awarded annually subject to specific criteria
listed on the ARRL web site,
www.arrl.org, or available from the foundation.
Applications are due by January 31 of each calendar year.
The HALO is the official publication of the
Six Meter Club of Chicago,
a not-for-profit ARRL-affiliated
Special Service Club
incorporated in the State of Illinois
maintained by and for Radio Amateurs.
Copyright © 2019-2025 Six Meter Club of Chicago. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or displaying of copyrighted materials is strictly prohibited without written permission.
PRESIDENT
Will Spirling
W9WSS
VICE PRESIDENT
Martin Roycewicz
KD4SLL
CUSTODIAN K9ONA
Will Sperling
W9WSS
GRUMPY
NET COORDINATOR
Jim Riley W9JPR
TREASURER
Craig Lundt
N9CGL
SECRETARY
Julianna Gercken
KE9ATL
HALO EDITOR
Scott Gercken
KB9LCD
WEBMASTER
Jim Hull
W9JGH
DIRECTOR
Steve Rauter
N9ATO
DIRECTOR
Jim Hull
W9JGH
PROGRAM CHAIR
Open Position