The Special Event Station W9I, celebrating the 2020 Illinois State Fair, is now history. For ten days, W9I was operated by nine SVRC club members operating on any band and using any mode they wished. In addition to the traditional SSB and CW modes, several different digital modes were employed as well.
W9I – The official SVRC 2020 Illinois State Fair Special Event Station (SES). Event starts August 13 at 12:00 PM and ends August 23 at 12:00 PM
This year, Field Day is going to be quite different for the members of the SVRC. Since the Covid virus has restricted our movements and social distancing is the new normal, the SVRC is not going to assemble a team to conduct Field Day as it has in the past. Instead, we are recommending that our members run their own Field Day exercise on their own. As long as you follow the health guidelines, we hope you can work from home or from some personal outdoor area and make as many contacts as you can.
Modern Amateur radio incorporates digital computing systems like never before. The word “Binary” is tossed about freely with sometimes little understanding of what a binary numbering system is or how binary mathematics actually works. This elementary video helps explain how a group of solid state elements can apply basic binary math to perform a function. We hope this five-minute video helps remove some of the mystery from digital electronics.
During the week of April 7 to the 14th, 2020, the Sangamon Valley Radio Club sponsored a special event amateur radio station. The station is issued a special call-sign by the FCC which is only good for the time of the event. World-wide, amateur stations enjoy making contacts with stations that are only on the air for short periods of time. This spring, K9L was formed and tasked with remembering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 155 years ago.
April 8, 2020
Due to ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, SVRC board will discuss canceling/moving online further meetings/open hours/classes/exams until further notice. This will be discussed at our board meeting March 18th which will be held via WebEx.
The scheduled meetings of the "on-air" GENERAL and EXTRA license classes have been concluded. We are currently waiting to see how the Covid-19 plays out to determine future license testing dates. Watch this space.
Thanks in large part to Ben Kiningham, a massive collection of over 2,100 historical photos of the SVRC and related projects is now available to anyone! These photos are of club activities, private ham shacks, hamfests, radios, tours, sponsored events, faces, faces, and more faces! These photos have been sitting in a file collecting dust for a long, long time and have now been digitized and compiled on a single DVD.
Who knows - maybe you'll see a younger version of yourself. I did!
Here’s how you can get yours for a small donation!
It's that time of year again to get together and socialize with other hams and friends.
The dinner will be held on March 7th, 2020 5:30pm at the Richardson Club House at 7282 Buffalo-Hart Rd., Buffalo, IL 62515 as it was the previous year.
Come out at noon, bring your radios to get on the air and operate for a couple of hours. Tell everyone about the one that got away!
Our menu for this years anniversary dinner is a Pasta Bar:
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Garlic Bread
Salad
Cupcakes
FOXHUNTING / ARDF 101
The Sangamon Valley Radio Club is relocating our meetings to St. John's Hospital.
