Meetings Moving to St. Johns
Submitted by KD9BNQ on Mon, 12/09/2019 - 10:02pm
The Sangamon Valley Radio Club is relocating our meetings to St. John's Hospital.
Since 1948
The Sangamon Valley Radio Club is relocating our meetings to St. John's Hospital.
We are moving our meetings to HSHS St. John's. We will meet in Conference Room A which is next to the library on the main floor(2nd). Enter at the main north entrance, entering the hospital on the second floor proceed almost to the elevator and turn right on the corridor. Proceed down the hallway to the end then turn left then right. Proceed down this hallway and the Library will be on the left.
Digital Basics 101, presented by Mitch Hopper, K9ZXO
Social hour at 6:00 pm, meeting/presentation at 7:00 pm.
Adventures in 10GHz Contesting, Presentation by Ron Ochu, KO0Z. Ron is a member of the Macoupin County Amateur Radio Club and a frequent presenter at the SVRC. Check out Ron's web site at https://www.qcwa.org/ko0z-37697.htm
Social hour at 6:00 pm, meeting/presentation at 7:00 pm.
The general public is welcome to attend as well as area ham operators and SVRC club members.
All About Winlink, Presentation by Rich Holtman, KD9ANU. Rich is a member of the Peoria County ARES and the W9UVI – Peoria-Area Amateur Radio Club.
Social hour at 6:00 pm, meeting/presentation at 7:00 pm.
The general public is welcome to attend as well as area ham operators and SVRC club members.
Mark Kerhlikar, WD9HBF
Social hour at 6:00 pm, meeting/presentation at 7:00 pm.
The general public is welcome to attend as well as area ham operators and SVRC club members.
In an increasingly complex world, it's important that our nation's youth are prepared to bring knowledge and skills to solve problems, make sense of information, and know how to gather and evaluate evidence to make decisions. These are the kinds of skills that students develop in science, technology, engineering and math - disciplines collectively known as STEM.
Introduction to D-Star, Presentation by Erich Grauke, KC9WRB. Discover how D-Star works and how you can use this digital mode for local, regional, and international communications.
Social hour at 6:00 pm, meeting/presentation at 7:00 pm.
The general public is welcome to attend as well as area ham operators and SVRC club members.
On July 27, 2019, the SVRC held its summer family picnic and unofficial “Field Day” at Richardson’s Clubhouse near Buffalo Hart. The event was generally well attended with multiple radios, two dipoles in the trees, a twenty foot car-mounted HF antenna mast, and multiple VHF/UHF verticals on several portable masts. Even though the conditions were not great, many QSOs were made; many with “Parks on the Air”. We covered 20/40 meters and had some fun with two-meters and 440. Roger Whitaker even conducted a Winlink demo.
Memorial day provided a perfect time to complete phase 2 of the SVRC Hex Beam Project. A large volunteer crew assembled on Monday morning, May 27, to help with the ongoing plan to erect a Rohn tower on the roof of the Red Cross building – home of the SVRC club station. Thirty donated concrete blocks were taken from the parking lot to the roof where they were installed on the tower base that had been constructed a week earlier. Then the single section of Rohn tower and rotor were installed on the base. Only one step remains; installing the Hex Beam on the tower.
SVRC was honored and delighted to have Dr. Bob Heil of Heil Sound to speak to the March meeting of the Sangamon Valley Radio club about his fabulous journey into audio engineering and amateur radio over the past 50 years.
