PRESIDENT
Will, W9WSS
MEETINGS:
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.
NETS:
Six Meter Activity and Ragchew Net, Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. Central Time, 50.130 MHz USB
Two Meter FM Information Net, Tuesday evenings at 9 p.m. Central time over our K9ONA repeater, 146.37/97
REPEATERS:
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, uses 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 usually 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, located in Hinsdale as well, uses 448.300 MHz input, 443.300 MHz output, a four minute timer, and is also “PL” access, requiring a 114.8 Hz tone. The two meter and UHF repeaters also transmit the subaudible CTCSS tone.
AFFILIATIONS:
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 – receipent of ARRL's Maxim Award, and belong to the Illinois Repeater Assn.
SCHOLARSHIP:
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 Club’s Facebook page is available at: www.facebook.com/groups/287932964607477/.
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 and maintained by and for Radio Amateurs.
VICE PRESIDENT
Martan, KD4SLL
SECRETARY
Tom, N9HWV
TREASURER
Craig, N9CGL
PROGRAM CHAIR
(open)
DIRECTOR
Paul, K9LH
ARRL VE TEST CAPTAIN
Will W9WSS
DIRECTOR
Mike, WD9GJK
HALO
EDITOR
Scott, KB9LCD
NET MANAGER
Steve KD9NVU
WEBSITE
MANAGER
Jim, W9JGH
CUSTODIAN OF K9ONA
Mike, WD9GJK
SCHOLARSHIP:
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.