Category: BandBits

President’s Report

Hello, and welcome to Tornado Season! Five years ago this month a tornado hit Chillicothe, IL. It is time to be Weather Aware. The National Weather Service has several online classes coming up for those interested in becoming weather spotters. If you’re interested in weather spotting, or have further questions, join the Peoria County ARES Team headed by Rich Holtman – KD9ANU.

With the weather becoming warmer soon, the hope is to get out into the field more. The plan is to move our meetings outside to be able to enjoy our surroundings. Does anyone have suggestions for locations? Bradley Park? Red Cross parking lot? I feel if we get out into the public eye more, we might just grow interest and our club.

I still need to contact a couple of surrounding clubs to see if there is any interest in joint projects. That being said, planning is in the works to have a Fox Hunt in the summer. If you know anyone who is interested in joining us, please inform them that more information will be coming.

Also, as a reminder, our Starved Rock POTA expedition is coming up! Mark your calendars for May 6-8th, 2022. I am really getting excited about this trip. I have already started getting stuff together. The hope is to have a grill set up for all to use. Please bring what you want to grill. Hope to see you there!

If anyone has any information about public/private events that are coming up and may need communications support, please contact Justin Flick N9WX at [email protected]

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Meeting Minutes: Board of Directors

7:07 pm call to order

Minutes from last board of directors meeting were approved unanimously.

Justin: Glad we had good turnout for Winter Field Day. Very glad Bradley radio club came by to help out. We’ve invited them to join us for events throughout the year. Connor made 35 CW QSOs in a short amount of time…. doubled our contacts! 92 total.

Lift rental really helped. Put another 20m antenna up on Sunday. Rob said W9UVI didn’t appear on spot clusters… but Field Day rules say we’re not supposed to spot.

Nothing new from repeater committee. Justin talked to Bill about Midwest repeater situation… he’s still up in the air about buying the antenna and feed line from us. Unless we can find someone to take it or buy it, we’ll need to take it down. Will check back in March.

Scott says that riggers at the Civic Center might be able to do it for less money. But need to make sure that they’re licensed and insured for such work. Antenna is up 120 feet. Bill did say he has a guy who does tower work for him.

Have not done anything with the .85 repeater at the fire station yet. Still need Matt and Tom to set up WIRES-X. Internet is set up, but uncertain about configuration.

Super Fest meeting update: Deb says we got an invitation from the ARRL to host the Central division convention at Super Fest this year. Deb suggests saying no, but instead tell them we’ll do it in 2023 at Three Sisters Park. Need to confirm with the park if we need to give them money now for our reservation. ARRL will do advertising for us for three states if we host.

This year, no big speaker – Scott will do satellite demo, Jerod/Nick/Tim? will hopefully do DMR demo. All in-house for Super Fest this year.

Treasurer report from John:
$235.25 in savings
$8,392.46 in money market
$2,773.89 checking (includes monthly withdrawal for Noiz Communications for internet at repeater site)
$330 for Morton rentals for Field Day lift
$212 for P.O. Box
two deposits from Amazon marketplace $156.70, $10.86 (returning of solar panel and connectors for trailer)

Deb will pay $113 for her share of the lift.

10 payments in January, 1 in February via PayPal for member dues

$443.30 in PayPal since December

Unfinished business:
Scott will make a couple of extra sets of keys for the trailer hitch.

Still haven’t replaced tires on the trailer. Rethinking the idea of the trailer… moving away from idea of a portable communication center. Will still be moving it around events, so still need tires (and possibly also exterior lights.)

New business:

For upcoming POTA camping trip, reserving a shelter is an extra $50, so will just plan to use someone’s camping site (so far have 033 and 032 reserved.)
Checkin is 3 p.m. Saturday, checkout 3 p.m. Sunday.
Up to four people and two vehicles for site.

Old boy scout cabins are close by with dog friendly cabins that are cheaper than Starved Rock. (Kishauwau)

It’s also Mother’s Day weekend!

Deb needs headshots of new club officers.

Will also put up more details on POTA event on website.

Meeting Minutes: Membership

7:06pm: meeting commences.

SuperFest meeting on Feb. 24th at 7 p.m. For those with ideas or can’t make it, email Deb.
Minutes published in Band Bits from last club meeting approved by membership.

Treasury report from Justin, N9WX:$235.36 savings$2,773.89 in checking$8,392.46 in money marketPayPal has almost $600 in itScott moves to present it, Jim Polson seconds. Membership approves.

Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT did a presentation on EchoLink.

Unsure why EchoLink not active on our repeater… but Scott giving presentation on how to use it with N9NWI-R as stand-in. Matt says that he needs to install an adapter at the repeater site, then W9UVI will be up.

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Peoria County ARES

Note time change for the ARES Net, no longer at 8:00 PM, going forward to be at 7:00 PM.

Mar 2, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Mar 9, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Mar 16, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: ARES Local Parks On The Air, Training, Winlink News, Antenna of the Month, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

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EchoLink

In late February EchoLink was installed on the W9UVI/o75 repeater. EchoLink allows users to get on the air from any location with internet using a smart phone, tablet or computer.

Learn more.

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SuperFest

The March Superfest meeting will be held on Thursday 24th at 7:00pm, please use the link on the Club meeting page to join.

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February Net Logs

2/6
W9JDP KD9HZZ N9SJZ NM0O W8NWG K9TNT KD9JXR KD9IVV KD9PXZ K9RCS K9FIT KD9RYH N9GUE K9XJT KD9STL WF9E KD9ANU KB9TNZ N9NDF KD8SZZ KB9ATO K9UQF W9WTF WW9DLM KD9NYI KD9IBC W9SEB W9WGN Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

2/13
KD9IVV N9NDF W9JDP K9XJT N9GUE W8NWG KD9PXZ KB9ATO K9FIT KD9JXR KD9QQU KD9ERS WF9E WW9DLM KD9STL K9TNT KD9LSV Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

2/20
W9JDP K9TNT KD9PXZ W9WGN KB9ATO N9NDF W8NWG KD9JXR NM0O N9WFT K9FIT KD9IVV KD9AER KD9QQU WW9DLM N9GUE KD9ANU WD9EGV K9RCS W9SEB NP2WJ KD9LSV N9WX KD9NYE K9UQF KD9SZZ KD9IBC WF9E KD9RYH KT9TB KD9SPJ KD9STL K9XJT WD9EB KD9ERS Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

2/27
W9WGN N9GUE KD9ERS KD9ANU KD9SZZ KD9IBC K9HJZ K9TNT W9JDP KD9QQU KD9JXR NM0O KD9PXZ KD9IVV W8NWG KD9AER K9XJT KD9NYE KD9UIM KD9RYH W9SEB N9NDF KB9ATO K9UQF NA9LE K9CEW WD9EGV KD9NYI WW9DLM K9FIT N9WFT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

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March Club Events

March 3 – 7:00 pm: Board of Directors Meeting via Zoom.

March 10 – 7:00 p.m.:  Club Meeting via Zoom – openSPOT3 demonstration. openSPOT3 is a battery powered, portable, stand alone digital radio internet gateway (hotspot) designed mainly for amateur radio. Zoom login information available here.

March 31 – Superfest Meeting via ZOOM

President’s Report

Winter Field Day 2022 was a great event. Good food, good fellowship and good weather made it a fun weekend. We had lots of help setting up and tearing down. We used a bucket lift to get the feed point of a 40 meter inverted V nearly 50 feet in the air, and that made a big difference!

Again, thank you to all who came out. Also, a big thank you to the Bradley University Amateur Radio Club. Several of their members came out on Sunday and helped us tear down. They helped Deb and Mark with a tower project as well.

I hope everyone had a good time. Justin – N9WX

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Meeting Minutes: Board of Directors

January 6, 2022 – 7:10p call to order

(No meeting notes available from December BOD.)

Winter Field Day 2022 coming up January 29th/30th at Hopedale Community Center. Have already started advertising on Facebook, but need to do more.

Deb says she’ll get the address, map it and put up on website. Recommends chili soup cookoff on Saturday night. KD9HZZ says he’ll make some. Deb will do breakfast on Sunday as usual.

Set up for Field Day around 2 to 3 p.m., get on air around 4 to 5 p.m. Then overnight, breakfast and see how many people are still around. If nobody there, can tear down and go home. (Make sure to contact Justin before coming out on Sunday!)

Discussion of antennas that we can bring – there may be a few nearby trees that can be used. There’s also a nearby park and parking lot.

No updates on Superfest. Last year, we’d talked about making a deposit but didn’t do it. Because of last year’s issues, we got $1K off. A door was supposed to go in, but KD9HZZ doesn’t think it has happened yet. Also unsure if HVAC system issues have been resolved.

Tom sent Darrin an email a while back about new signs being made for Superfest. Darrin went down to talk to Plumber Signs about 2 ft X 3 ft signs – but he warned that the signs start to fold at that size. Suggested 18″ X 24″ instead. About 15 inches out of the ground. Maybe we get metal frames that can be used for several different events? All will be single-sided for on-site signs. Arrows will be double sided. $22/each, but some may be $16/each after learning we are poor as a club. Also asked about a 3ft x 8ft banner with logo of Illinois and W9UVI welcome text. $288 for a banner that size – but will do them for $240 for us. Sign vendor says that red or black stands out the best. Will talk about final signs needed at next Superfest meeting, then ask for mockups of designs.

Treasurer report:
Have been getting people using PayPal for dues. Deb has a few membership forms that she’ll forward to Adam. (Need to separate back out treasurer and secretary roles.)
Savings: $235.25
Checking: $3,193.28 (still need to pay $200 for mailbox)
Money market: $8,391.88
PayPal: $291.98 (usually keep $100 in there – $198 in dues for past month) Eight or nine people have paid online.

Will make announcement on the Sunday night net about memberships.

Justin would like to get more stickers of the new design. Sold all of them at Superfest. Can hand out for POTA, sell at events, etc. If we sign up for new account with vendor, can get 50 stickers for $29. Otherwise, 50 for $68 with existing account. 100 stickers is $94. 200 stickers for $133. Could we get discount as not-for-profit club? Maybe, maybe not. Deb will make account on Stickermule for the club. Justin asks for $150 allocated for stickers; Tom and Darrin second, yes from board members present.

Repeaters:
Taking the UHF D-Star repeater offline at end of June at the latest. Giving Bill a month decide what he wants to do with antenna, coax, etc. At end of July, rent ends.
$2100 is new cost for a year (saving $1000.)
D-STAR usage was better on VHF, very little on UHF. Not worth maintaining.
Justin asks if we want to get rid of the VHF D-STAR to save even more money? A few board members say no, but maybe we need to pull stats and bring in front of membership.

How many repeaters are under our responsibility? Four. One in Glasford doesn’t cost us anything. W9UVI is $1100. Two current D-STARS are $1000/each.
PIA .85 machine in Glasford is Fusion-only. Costs $1/year.
Going to tap into Glasford Fire Department for internet to enable Wires-X. Time to follow-up on this. May take Fusion off .075 repeater eventually to make only analog.

New Business:
Finding shirt guy (Chris) for club. Need design. Deb wants new logo on one side with “PAARC 100+ years of making waves.” (We have second-oldest club in United States, after all.) Two sides is usually more expensive, but may not be in this case. Deb would like to also put his biz info on the website.

8:15 p.m. Motion to adjourn. Seconded by many and approved.

Submitted by Adam Gerik, KD9NYE

Meeting Minutes: Membership

January 13 – 7:05p call to order

Winter Field Day on 29th and 30th of January at Hopedale Event Center. Setup at 2:30 p.m. on 29th. Chili/soup cookoff for bragging rights on Saturday night. Sunday morning, will be breakfast by Deb. Justin is renting a 50ft tall boom lift – trees that are on Google Maps are no longer there. Will also have trailer out there, although not a whole lot there other than coax and a few antennas.

Exit 119, turn right at Caseys. Veer left keeping on main road. At 101 SE Main, pass it and turn left. Sign out front saying “Hopedale Police Department.” Community center is in back.

Winter Heat competition going on for the rest of the month on VHF/UHF, if interested.

Superfest meeting is on January 27th via Zoom link on website.

Tonight’s presentation by Scott, K9XJT, on WIRES-X.

Meeting adjourned at 8pm.

Submitted by Adam Gerik, KD9NYE

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Peoria County ARES

Feb 2, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Feb 9, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Feb 16, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: ARES Local Parks On The Air, Winter Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

Winterheat 2022

The third annual edition of Winterheat has come and gone! The very successful, month long amateur radio simplex event was aimed at getting folks on the air making voice contacts on 2 meter, 70 centimeter, 6 meter, 1.25 meter, 33 cm, DMR Simplex, D-Star Simplex, and Fusion Simplex. Over 134,000 contacts were made by 1070 participants. Roughly a dozen or so hams from the Greater Peoria Area participated. The majority of the contacts were made on 2 meter and 70 centimeter, but every designated band did have event traffic. This event was conceived and executed by some hams in the Springfield area and supported by others from around the state. Some excellent computer programming made it quick, fun, and easy to see the statistics, who was on the air, and even maps of all your contacts’ location. You can see the Winterheat site at https://hamactive.com/WH22/index.php.

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SuperFest

The Midwest Superfest 2022 meeting for February will be Thursday the 24th at 7:00pm using the link on the club meeting page.

We have a lot of members with great ideas and we strongly encourage you to share them, remember Superfest is for the entire club and allows us to stay on the air by subsidizing our tower rent. If you are unable to participate in the scheduled meeting but have ideas you would like to share please send them to [email protected] or [email protected].

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January Net Logs

1/2
KC9TCM KD9SZZ KD9IBC K9TNT NM0O KD9PXZ KD9JXR W8NWG W9JDP W9WGN KD9ATO N0XOH K9XJT KD9NYI KD9QQU K9HJZ KB9TNZ KD9STL KD9IVV N9NDF K9RCS W9SEB KD9ANU WW9DLM K9CEW WF9E KD9RYH N9GUE NA9LE KD9SPJ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

1/9
K9RCS W9SEB KD9JXR W8NWG KB9TNZ KD9PXZ NM0O KD9RJH KD9IVV KD9RYH KD9ANU K9HJZ KD9STL KT9TB KD9IBC N9GUE K9XJT W9WGN KD9ERS KB9ATO N9NDF WW9DLM KC9YTT K9TNT KD9NYE KD9AER WF9E N9WFT NA9LE KD9NYI NP2WJ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

1/16
N9NDF KD9IBC W9WGN KD9NYE KD9JXR W8NWG KD9PXZ KD9AER K9XJT KD9STL K9HJZ NA9LE KB9ATO KB9TNZ NM0O KD9RJH WW9DLM KD9ERS KD9ANU WF9E N9GUE KD9QQU K9TNT N9WX KD9SZZ K9CEW KD9RYH KD9SPJ WD9EB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

1/23
W9JDP K9XJT W9WGN KD9PXZ WD9EB KD9NYE NA9LE K9TNT KD9JXR NP2WJ KD9STL N9SJZ KB9ATO NM0O N9NDF KD9RJH KD9IBC KC9WRK W9SEB KD9DBQ KC9YTT KD9SZZ KD9RYH N9GUE N0XOH KD9QQU Submitted by W8NWG 73

1/30
W9JDP K9TNT N9SJZ W9WGN KD9JXR W8NWG KD9PXZ K9RCS K9XJT KD9SZZ KD9IVV KD9NYE KD9ERS KD9STL KD9QQU KD9LSV KD9ANU W9SEB WW9DLM KT9TB W9FYR KB9TNZ N9GUE KB9ATO KD9MPI K9HJZ K9UQF WF9E N9NDF KD9SZZ K9CEW WD9EB KC9YTT KD9IBC Submitted by KD9DBQ 7

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February Club Events

February 3 – 7:00 pm: Board of Directors Meeting via Zoom.

February 10 – 7:00 p.m.:  Club Meeting – Learn how to use the EchoLink app that lets you use your phone or tablet to communicate – with Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT. Via Zoom. 

February 19 – Noon: License Testing, Morton Knights of Columbus Hall. Click here for details.

February 24 – Superfest Meeting via Zoom.

President’s Report

Hopefully this message finds you in good spirits and ready for the New Year. I know that the past several years have been tough on everyone, including the club. I truly hope that we can grow back to what we once were. I want to continue to grow this club. New Hams, Old Hams, Non-Hams…. WE WANT YOU!

This is a fun and exciting hobby. Not only is it fun and exciting, but it is also extremely useful. Just the other night I used my HT to contact another ham for police assistance. There was a semi who had jackknifed on the interstate right in front of me and several other vehicles. We all slammed on our brakes and luckily missed being involved. But, in the process, my phone slid down to where I could not reach it. My HT somehow had stayed on the seat. I was able to call out on the local repeater for emergency assistance. Luckily, I was in a high use area. The person on the other end of the repeater was a newer operator. Although he was new, he did an amazing job at helping to relay the information needed to 911. Never sell yourself and your experience level short.

As I said, we have a great hobby. Unfortunately, this hobby can be expensive, and Club Dues are due again. These dues help us as a club have several repeaters in the area (Approx. $3,200 a year with rent and internet). They help us to be able to have fun and interesting club meetings. Superfest is our big money maker yes, but we still need the help of members. Membership Dues can be made via PayPal on the Club Website www.w9uvi.net under the MEMBERSHIP tab or by check/cash. Dues for PAARC membership are payable anytime between January 1 and March 1 of a calendar year. Following March 1, members who have not renewed will be removed from the roster.

Any persons interested in joining PAARC may obtain a membership application form at a club meeting, by contacting the club secretary or by downloading the PDF form. This PDF form is a fillable form so you can fill it out, save it and email it to the club by sending it to [email protected]

MembershipRenewal:

VP Scott T. and I are working on a wonderful list of programs for this coming year. A few of these are Satellite and Digital Communications, POTA (hopefully an overnight camping trip), APRS and Winlink fun, high altitude balloon launch, FOX HUNT (and antenna making if needed).

One more thing; I am going to be reaching out to the surrounding clubs in the area to see about merging. If not merging, working together to have fun and interesting meetings for all members involved. The Bradley Ham Club has already reached out to me for doing Fox Hunts and Public Events!

As a reminder, Board and Club Meeting are open to ALL MEMBERS. If you have suggestions for club meetings and know of any public events that may need communications support, please contact either myself or the club. [email protected] or [email protected]
We also have a Technician Class going on. See the website or contact Deb Suhs [email protected] for more information.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Justin Flick – N9WX
President PAARC

Peoria County ARES

Jan 5, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Jan 12, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Jan 19, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference. On-Line Conference Agenda includes: ARES LPOTA, Winter Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

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SuperFest

Our next meeting is Thursday January 27th at 7pm using the Zoom link on the Club Meetings page. September will be here before we know it and a lot of work is needed before then. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting and share your ideas for making Superfest better.

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December Net Logs

12/5
N9WX KC9TCM KD9SZZ W9JDP K9TNT W9WGN W9TTX W8NWG KD9JXR K9QJ KD9AER N9WFT K9RCS KB9TNZ KD9QQU KD9PXZ K9HJZ KB9SF KD9ERS WW9DLM K9XJT KD9IVV KB9ATO N9NDF KNGUE KD9RYH N0XOH KD9STL KC9YTT W9SEB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

12/12
KD9HZZ W9WTF N9NDF W9JDP NM0O W8NWG KD9JXR W9WGN KD9PXZ W9SEB KD9AER KD9IVV W9TTX K9XJT N9GUE KB9TNZ KD9RYH N9SJZ K9HJZ K9TNT KD9STL WF9E KB9ATO KD9QQU WW9DLM KD9ANU K9FIT NA9LE KD9ERS N9WFT KD9NYE Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

12/19
KD9HZZ KD9SZZ K9RCS K9TNT N9JDP KD9JXR KD9PXZ KD9AER N9SJZ KD9IVV N9WFT KD9NYI W9WGN K8ROY N9NDF K9QZ KB9ATO W8NWG WF9E K9FIT KD9STL WW9DLM NA9LE KD9RYH KD9ANU KC9YTT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73 & Merry Christmas all!

12/26
KD9SZZ W9JDP KD9JXR N9GUE K9RCS W9SED W9WGN KD9NYE KD9PXZ KD9AER KD9IVV N9WFT K9TNT KD9STL KD9ANU KB9ATO KB9TNZ K9XJT WF9E KD9IBC N9NDF K9FIT KD9ERS KD9FEI KD9RYH KD9DBQ K9QZ Submitted by K9CEW

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January Club Events

January 6 – 7:00 pm: Board of Directors Meeting via Zoom.

January 13 – 7:00 p.m.:  Club Meeting – TBA

January 17, 2022 – 7:00 pm – Technician license classes begin on Zoom. Email [email protected] to register. More information

January 27 – 7:00 p.m. – Superfest Meeting via Zoom. Meeting link on the Club Meetings page

January 29-30 – Winter Field Day: Hopedale Community Center, 101 SE Main St. Hopedale, Illinois

President’s Report

It is that time of year again. Time to be around friends and family. Hopefully this year is more normal than the last. With that being said, It’s Christmas Party Time! I hope to see everyone at the restaurant. We have decided to change the scenery a bit this year. We will be meeting at the Pizza Ranch in Morton. As a reminder, the start time is at 6:30 PM on Thursday December 9th. Please RSVP to the club email [email protected] by December 6th.

POTA update: We had our first activation of Jubliee State Park. Thank you to those who came out to play on that cold and windy day. We had over 110 contacts, 90 of them being voice! Hopefully we, as a group, can get together again in the Spring for another run at it.

I want to wish everyone a happy and festive holiday season. It has been a rough year for everyone. I look forward to working with you and the new Board members next year!

73! Justin Flick – N9WX President – PAARC

Peoria County ARES

Dec 1, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater

Dec 8, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater

Dec 14, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES

email: [email protected]

Winlink: [email protected]

Cell: 309-256-4272

SuperFest

The December Superfest meeting will be on Thursday December 30th at 7:00pm. You can join the meeting by clicking on the Zoom link on the Club Meetings page. We will be discussing the forums we are planning and welcome your input as we are going to be trying some new ideas this time around.

November Net Logs

11/7
W9JDP N9SJZ N9NDF W8NWG K9RCS W9WGN KD9TNZ KC9TCM KD9PXZ KB9SF KD9QQU KD9IVV NA9LE N9GUE N9WFT K9XJT WW9DLM WF9E WD9EGV KD9RYH KC9YTT NM0O KD9IBC KD9TQX KD9ANU KD9NYE KD9STL KC9CEW/M N9FAM KD9TAE Submitted by KD9DBQ, 73

11/14
WD9EB K9RCS N9NDF W9JDP KD9JXR KD9NYE K9TNT W9TTX KD9TQX KD9PXZ
N9WFT KB9TNZ KD9AER KD9IVV KD9ANU N9SJZ W9WTF NM0O K9XJT N9GUE K9HJZ KD9HZZ KC9TCM WF9E KB9ATO N9FAM WW9DLM KT9TB KD9RYH KD9STL KD9QQU KB9SF Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

11/21
KD9SZZ N9SJZ NM0O KD9IBC KD9PXZ N9WFT K8ROY KD9AER KD9JXR K9TNT KD9STL K9TNT KD9STL KB9TNZ KD9QQU KD9NYE WD9EB K9XJT KD9TQX KD9HZZ K9HJZ KB9SF N9NDF WW9DLM KD9RYH KD9ANU Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

11/28
K9RCS N9SJZ W8NWG KD9JXR NM0O KD9PXZ W9SED W9TTX KT9TB K9XJT W9WGN K9FIT N9WFT KD9AER KD9IVV KB9ATO K9HJZ KB9TNZ KD9STL N9FAM WF9E KD9SZZ N9NDF W9JDP N9GUE K9UQF WW9DLM K9TNT KB9MJA KD9RYH KD9NYE K9QZ KD9ANU NA9LE KD9RJH KD9TAE Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Report

Hello, One and All,

Another month closer to the end of the year and toward the Holidays. As a reminder, Elections are on November 11th, 2021. We have a full slate that was presented, and posted, in October (see Meeting Minutes below). Thank you to all who volunteered to be on the Board. I received a lot of new ideas for the upcoming year. I hope to make a lot of them come to light.

I am excited to announce that we are a GO for POTA in November. I have spoken with Jubilee State Park Officials, and they are all for us coming out. We will have to figure out a shelter on the day of due to not being able to reserve any of them at this time of year. Because of the unknown location, we will be monitoring the W9BFD Repeater. This is the 146.970 machine. It has a negative offset and a 103.5 tone. Simplex 146.52 will also be monitored as a backup frequency. I have been informed that there are grills and power outlets at the shelters. Bring any food/drink (except alcohol) that you may want to grill out. I am hoping for good weather and decent temperatures so that we are comfortable. Dress appropriately! We are meeting at the Jubilee Café in Kickapoo at 630 AM for breakfast. I plan to be out at a shelter around 745/800 AM until around 800 PM. Bring your gear, friends, family, neighbors out to have some fun making contacts!

JOTA 2021
Jamboree On The Air was a success. We had many Scouts come up to our stations and have a blast learning about Amateur Radio. Although I was not able to see it, I heard from quite a few Scouts that they enjoyed Deb Suhs’ presentation.

Craig Worrick and Ben Knapp had a ton of Scouts come up to them to see digital modes. Yes, we are in a digital world! I had several older Scouts ask how they could learn to get their license. That right there was as success! Thank you to Scott T. and Mark S. who also came out and helped! Thank you to the Boy Scouts of America for letting us be at their facility for the weekend. I am hoping this is the start for a lasting relationship. Please do not hesitate to contact me via email: [email protected] with any questions or concerns. I only ask, if you have a concern, come to me with a solution as well!

Justin Flick – N9WX President PAARC

Meeting Minutes

At the October 14 Membership Meeting, the following slate of candidates for the Board of Directors was presented:

President – Justin Flick N9WX
Vice President – Scott Tranchitella K9XJT
Secretary – Adam Gerik KD9NYE
Treasurer – John Zdanowski KD9QQU
Director 2 yr – Rob Herrin KD9DBQ
Director 1 yr Director – Darren Weir KD9HZZ
Trustee – Tom Hunt W8NWG (appointed)
Superfest – Deb Suhs WD9EB (appointed)
Repeater Chair – Matt Behnke KD9ERS (appointed)

At the November meeting, the club will be asked to approve this slate.

Superfest

Midwest Superfest 2022 will be Saturday September 17th and Sunday September 18th. Your assistance will be needed to make 2022 better than 2021. Please put this on your calendar and plan on helping as much as you can. Help will also be needed on Thursday and Friday getting ready that week.

We are looking for suggestion on topics you would like for forums and/or a possible hands-on demonstration. Please send an email to the club’s mailbox: [email protected] with any ideas you may have.

Due to Thanksgiving the next Superfest meeting will be Thursday Nov. 18th at 7pm using the link on the Club Meetings page. All club members are encouraged to attend and share their ideas to help make Midwest Superfest 2022 a success.

Peoria County ARES

Nov 3, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Nov 10, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Nov 17, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

October Net Logs

10/3
K9RCS K9YNT NM0O W8NWG KD9IBC KD9PXZ W8JDP KB9TNZ KB9SF N9WFT KD9JXR KD9QQU K9XJT KD9AER WW9DLM KD9IVV KD9STL KG5WOY K9HJZ KD9TAE KD9HZZ N9GUE N9NDF N9FAM WD9EB KT9TB KD9ERS KD9ANU N9SJZ W9WGN KB9ATO NA9LE KC9YTT KD9RYH K9QZ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

10/10
KD9ERS N9NDF W9JDP KD9SZZ W8NWG KD9PXZ KD9JXR K9TNT N9WFT NA9LE KB9TNZ KD9IVV KD9AER N9GUE KD9RYH KD9HZZ KD9STL KD9NYE KB9ATO KD9TAE WF9U WW9DLM KD9QQU W9WGN NM0O KC9YTT KD9MPI K9HJZ KD9ANU K9RCS N9GZ KC9TCM KT9TB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

10/17
W9WGN, KD9DBQ, K9RCS, W9JDP, KD9PXZ, W8NWG, K9TNT, KD9HZZ, N9SJZ, KB9ATO, KD9RJH, N9WFT, KD9JXR, N9NDF, KD9IVV, KD9STL, K9HJZ, KD9TAE, KD9AER, KD9NYE, KD9ERS, KD9RYH, KD9QQU, WF9E, WW9DLM, N9GUE, KD9ANU, KB9KBC, K9XJT, NM0O, W9DAY, KC9YTT Submitted by WD9EB 73

10/24
WD9EB KD9ERS KD9SZZ NM0O KD9JXR W9WTF W9JDP K9HJZ K9XJT KD9PXZ W9DAY KD9AER KD9IVV N9GUE KD9RYH N9FAM KB9TNZ K9TNT KD9MOA N9WFT W9WGN WF9E KD9ANU KD9IBC WW9DLM KC9YTT W8NWG KB9ATO KD9QQU KD9STL K9QZ KD9MPI KT9TB KB9SF Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

10/31
K9TNT K9RCS W8NWG W9JDP KD9SZZ KB9ATO NM0O KD9JXR KD9PXZ KD9TQX K9QZ KD9STL KD9AER KD9IVV K9HJZ N9WFT KC9YTT N9NDF KB9TNZ WF9E K9UQF KD9RYH KD9ERS KD9IBC K9XJT KD9ANU Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

More Pictures from JOTA

President’s Report

Greetings Everyone,

What a month this has been!

During the weekend of 9/11 I participated with Ron KD9IPO & members of Chicago Suburban Radio Association at special event station held at Hickory Hills Campground in Secor, HOOAH Deer Hunt for Hero’s W4V. I can’t wait till next year ! Stay tuned more details coming soon !

Superfest 21
In the middle of a global pandemic, having some hurdles to work through we as a club came together and made it happen. We know it wasn’t perfect, but we set out with a list of goals for this year, and every one was met. With a very long list of people, a huge thank you to everyone that volunteered their time and resources, and showed support for the club. It was great to see fellowship and camaraderie within our amateur radio community. Personally it was great to see old friends and make new friends, take suggestions from our vendor’s and attendees in ways we can improve our club hamfest.

Club Elections
Well folks it’s that time of year, If anyone would like to nominate someone for a board position, or be considered for a position, please make nominations before the close of business at the October club meeting.

JOTA 21
Finally after months of planning & working with 3 other radio clubs it’s time !
The weekend of October 15,16,17th at Ingersoll Scout Reservation, We will have 3 HF Stations setup though out the camp, youth lounge and a scavenger hunt. Sign up sheets will be available soon. All are welcome ! For activities schedule contact Craig [email protected]

Meeting Minutes

The September club meeting was all about Superfest and what help would be needed that weekend.

Peoria County ARES

Oct 6, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Oct 13, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
Oct 20, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: PAWS Fun Run, Fall Simulated Emergency Test, Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

SuperFest

The Superfest chairs, Deb WD9EB Superfest Chair, Tom W8NWG Raffle/Ticket Chair and Matt KD9ERS Prize Chair really want to express our gratitude to everyone who assisted with Superfest 2021.

Superfest 2021 was a tremendous success despite the disadvantages we found ourselves in this year. In the midst of everything that has happened in the last year and a half, we managed to pull it together and yes there were a few problems. Most of them have already been addressed and we will be back better and stronger next year.

Next year we will be returning to the East Peoria Event Center so mark your calendars for September 17th & 18th of 2022

October’s Superfest meeting will be on Thursday October 28th at 7:00pm. The Zoom link is on the Club Meetings page, all club members who want to assist are welcome to attend.

September Net Logs

9/5
WD9EB N9SJZ KB9ATO KD9IBC KD9PXZ KD9NYE W8NWG KD9JXR KD9SZZ K9XJT N9GUE N9WFT K9TNT W9WGN KD9AER K9HJZ KD9ERS N9NDF KD9STL WW9DLM WF9E KD9TAA KC9YTT KD9RYH KD9NYE KB9TNZ K9CEW KD9IPO KD9NYI KT9TB KD9TAE – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

9/12
WD9EB KD9HZZ KD9PXZ KB9ATO N9SJZ W9JDP KD9IBC W8NWG KD9JXR K9XJT K9TNT W9WGN N9WFT NA9LE KD9ERS N9NDF N9FAM KG5WOY KD9IVV NM0O KD9NYE WW9DLM KD9QQU KD9SZZ KC9YTT KB9TNZ KD9STL KT9TB WF9E K9RCS KD9SPI N9GUE KD9AER K9HJZ WB9UMM KB9KBC K9QZ KD9RYH KD9TAE KD9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

9/19
WD9EB KD9HZZ KD9PXZ KB9ATO N9SJZ W9JDP KD9IBC W8NWG KD9JXR K9XJT K9TNT W9WGN N9WFT NA9LE KD9ERS N9NDF N9FAM KG5WOY KD9IVV NM0O KD9NYE WW9DLM KD9QQU KD9SZZ KC9YTT KB9TNZ KD9STL KT9TB WF9E K9RCS KD9SPI N9GUE KD9AER K9HJZ WB9UMM KB9KBC K9QZ KD9RYH KD9TAE KD9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

9/26
WD9EB KD9SZZ KB9ATO N9TNT KD9JXR W8NWG W9JDP N9NDF KD9IBC N9WFT W9WGN KD9PXZ KD9JXF KD9IVV N9JFG KD9QQU KD9RYH KD9STL W9WTF KC9YTT KD9SPI KB9SF KD9ANU KB9TNZ KD9NYE Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Report

Greetings All,

I hope you are staying cool with the temperatures and humidity soaring. We are down to the final planning on Superfest, hard to believe its just 2 weeks away crunch time !!!

JOTA21
I’ve scheduled a Zoom meeting with district and council leaders on Sept 7th @ 7pm to further plan operations at Ingersoll Scout Reservation. Anyone wanting to participate
in the meeting please email me [email protected] for the zoom link.

Club Elections
The election of our Club Board of Directors is one of the most important activities of the club. It helps set our direction for future events and activities. The Bylaws direct the process:

Section 5. Method of Nomination and Election. a. A proposed slate of Directors will be presented to the Club members at the regular Club meeting in October. Nominations may also be made by any voting member at the October meeting. Any nominations from the membership or self-nominations must be made before the close of the business portion of the October monthly club meeting. Any nominations made after the business portion of the October monthly club meeting will not be accepted. The names of all nominees will also be printed in the Club newsletter prior to the regularly scheduled November Club meeting.

Please plan to participate in this important process. If you would like to be consider for one of the positions or would like to nominate someone else (with their permission) contact Justin Flick [email protected] or me [email protected]

See you all at Superfest!

Meeting Minutes

Board Of Directors Meeting 8/5/2021
Attending; Justin Flick, Jim Polson, Tom Hunt, Craig Worrick, Matthew Behnke

1. Call to Order at 7:20p by Craig
2. BOD July Minutes read and approved
3. Reports
   a. Repeater Committee
   85 Repeater changed to local fusion only;
   075 Echolink Work in progress. Assigned to Matt
   b. Superfest
   New location was approved, Craig visited site conducted site survey
   c. Treasurer
   Checking $3875.00
   Savings $232.61
   Money Market $ 6938.85
   Paypal 845.55
   d. Secretary N/A
4. Unfinished Business
   Simplify membership levels and wording assigned to Craig
5. New Business
   Paws Walk referred to Peo Cty ARES
   Whitneys Walk TBD Tabled till next BOD Meeting

Adjourned

Peoria County ARES

Sept 1, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeaterSept 8, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater

Sept 15, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Sept 25, PAWS Fun Run @ 8:00 AM at the Northwoods Church Peoria

Oct 2, Fall Simulated Emergency Test @ 8:00 AM at Alpha Park in Bartonville (setup at 6:30 AM). See below for more information.

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.

On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Community Event – PAWS Fun Run, Fall Simulated Emergency Test, Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES

email: [email protected]

Winlink: [email protected]

Cell: 309-256-4272

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PEORIA COUNTY ARES
AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Fall 2021 – Simulated Emergency Test (S.E.T.)
Saturday, October 2nd, 2021
8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon (or longer)
Equipment Set-up beings at 6:30 AM
This is a Group Activity. CDC COVID Guidelines will be followed!
Location – Alpha Park, Bartonville, Illinois (in the “Blanquart” Shelter)

We plan to be doing:

• HF Voice & Digital (Winlink email via radio)
• VHF Voice & Digital (Winlink email via radio)
• APRS Station
• Get on the Air Station
  
• Goals:
• ● Check-in to Statewide Wellness Net (between 8:00 and 9:00 AM)
• ● Send a message to each of all Illinois ARES Districts and Surrounding Participating States
• ● Contact ARES Groups in neighboring Counties on VHF (and maybe UHF)
• ● Relay Messages across the region
• ALL HAM RADIO OPERATORS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!!
• Any License Level! No need to be ARES Member!
• What can you do now:
• We need ham radio operators to bring stations/equipment to the event
• This is YOUR event and YOU make it succeed!

Radios, Antennas, Power Supplies
For more info, contact Peoria County Emergency Coordinator Rich Holtman via email
at [email protected] or phone/text at 309-256-4272.
Talk-in on the W9UVI 147.075 repeater

For a downloadable version of the above information please click here.

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SuperFest

Wow, can you believe it’s HERE!

Please keep an eye on the Facebook page, we will soon be posting sign-up sheets for the different areas we need help with.

WE NEED LOTS OF HELP!! Especially with these items: Thursday setting up the flea market; Friday with gate sales, flea market sales and vendor set-up; Saturday with gate ticket sales, flea market sales, Sunday with gate ticket sales and vendor tear down.

Remember Superfest is for the whole club and helps us provide you with the capability to stay on the air. Please plan on helping. Thanks & 73, Deb WD9EB

August Net Logs

8/1
K9RCS W9WTF KD9TAE W9WGN N9WFT K9TNT N9NDF KD9IBC KD9AER KD9IVV N9FAM K9XJT KD9JXR N9GUE KC9YTT KD9STL KD9NYI KD9RYH KD9HZZ KD9PXZ KD9RJH KD9NYE NM0O W9JDP W9TTX KT9TB K9HJZ K9CEW K9QZ KB9ATO KB9TNZ WW9DLM KD9QQU WD9EB KD9ANU KD9SZZ KD9ERS Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

8/8
K9RCS N9SJZ KB9ATO KD9IBC K9TNT W8NWG KB9TNZ KD9HZZ W9WGN N9WFT KD9PXZ KD9JXR KD9SZZ N9FAM KD9AER KD9NFW KD9IVV K9XJT N9GUE KD9ERS NP2WJ K9HJZ KD9STL WF9E KD9NYE KT9TB KD9RYD KD9ANU N9NDF N9NYI KC9YTT KD9RYH N9CN Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

8/15
KD9HZZ W9WGN W9JDP KD9IVC NM0O N9NDF KD9PXZ KD9JXR NP2WJ N9WFT N9FAM KD9AER KD9IVV K9XJT KC9RYH KD9ERS KD9SZZ K9SJZ KD9NYE KD9QQU KF9E K9HJVKD9STL KD9RIX WF9E KD9TNZ KB9ATO KD9DBQ KD9ANU NA9LE KC9YTT N9GUE Submitted by W8NWG 73

8/22
K9RCS N9SJZ K9TNT KB9TNZ K9XJT KD9PXZ KD9JXR N9NDF N9WFT NM0O KD9AER KD9IBC W9WGN N9GUE WD9EB KD9NYE KD9SZZ K9HJZ KD9IVV N9FAM KD9HZZ KD9ANU KD9QQU WF9E KB9ATO W9JDP KD9RYD KD9ERS KC9YTT KD9STL KD9SPI KD9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

8/29
WD9EB KD9ERS N9NDF K9TNT KNFAM K9XJT NM0O KD9PXZ KD9JXR KD9AER N9WX KD9IVV W9WGN N9GUE KD9QQU KC9YTT KB9TNZ KB9ATO N9SJZ WF9E KD9IBC KD9TAE WW9DLM K9HJZ KD9SPI KT9TB KD9RJH KD9STL Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Report

Greetings All,

With Superfest on everyone’s mind, the Board Of Directors met in emergency session. It was decided to move to the East Peoria Event Center. It’s not an ideal venue but it fits the need for a hamfest. Preparations for Superfest 2022 are already in the works.

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA21): We are still in the preliminary planning phases for JOTA 21 at Ingersoll Scout Reservation reservation. I will be scheduling a zoom meeting with William D. Boyce Council executives and district staff and camp staff sometime in the third week of August.

The August club meeting is something different, Guest speaker Sgt. Cliff from Air National Guard will speak on emergency comms. Location to be determined. Stay tuned to Facebook for further announcements.

Till next time 73. We’re all in this together.
Craig K9CEW, President

Meeting Minutes

Board Of Directors Meeting 7/1/2021
Attending; Justin Flick, Jim Polson, Ron Morgan, Deb Suhs, John Gardner, Craig Worrick, Matthew Behnke

1. Call to Order, at 7:20 pm by Craig
2. BOD Minutes approved by all. Tom approved and Deb was the second.
3. Reports
   a. Repeater Committee, there are remote control issues on the 85 repeater so Tom proposes that we shut this Glassford machine down until internet connectivity is established. All approved with no objections. Fusion and WiresX are not working properly at this time.

b. Superfest – Still waiting to hear from Brian about the damage to the Dome and when things will be repaired. A new vendor from Palantine that sells computers wants to attend. Getting lots of new activity requesting information. Radios that were donated by a silent key have been sold. Matt has secured over $6000 in prizes.

c. Treasurer – Justin gave the report. Tower rent is about $1500 for our half. Move $1000 from money market to checking. All approve to pay tower rent.

d. Secretary – how are new memberships reported and recorded.

8. Unfinished Business
9. New Business – membership fee structure might be simplified. Member or Life member. There are several forms for membership that need to be made into one document. Craig will write new wording for the constitution.
   Interest is gaining for our ham in a day class. So far six people have signed up.
   Deb is trying to get information on Whitney’s Walk.
10. Open Mic
    Move to adjourn by Tom at 8:03

Ron Morgan AD9I
PAARC Secretary

Peoria County ARES

August 4, ARES Net @ 8:00 August CST August the 075 repeater

August 11, ARES Net @ 8:00 August CST August the 075 repeater

August 18, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)

Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join this Zoom Conference. On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Community Event – PAWS Fun Run, Fall Simulated Emergency Test, Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!

ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/

Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES

email: [email protected]

Winlink: [email protected]

Cell: 309-256-4272

SuperFest

With having to find a new venue after the damage to the Avanti’s Dome, we are really going to need help this year. Here are a few of the items we are going to need help with: on Thursday marking the flea market; Friday gate and flea market sales, set up and helping vendors load in; Saturday gate and flea market sales, possible vendor assistance loading in/setting up for a short time, forums, prizes, testing and a vendor liaison; Sunday gate and flea market sales, prizes (especially for the rapid fire), a vendor liaison, helping vendors load out and clean-up.

Please plan on helping for at least a few hours on one or more of these days. Remember Superfest pays for the activities we want to do as a club and for our tower rental, your help is needed and appreciated.

If you know of anyone who has a food truck and would like to provide their service, have them contact Deb at [email protected].

The next Superfest meeting is Thursday August 26th, if you would like to participate and normally don’t, send an email to Deb.

July Net Logs

July 4 – No Net.

July 11
WD9EB K9RCS KD9ERS K9TNT KD9JXR W8NWH NM0O KB9TNZ N9GUE KD9PXZ KD9STL N9WFT KD9RYH KC9YTT KD9IVV K9HJZ N9SJZ N9NDF WF9E WF9U KD9MPI KB9ATO WW9DLM KD9ANU KD9QQT KD9AER W9WGN K9CEW KD9NYE KB9KBC W9TTX K9FIT KD9NYI KD9TAE – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

7/18
W9JDP KD9PXZ KD9JXR N9WFT K9HJZ KD9AER W9WGN KD9IBC KB9TNZ KB9YTT KD9TAA KD9STL K9SJZ KD9RYH N9NDF N9GUE KD9IVV KD9ERS K9SJZ K9TNT KD9ANU WF9E WF9U WD9EB NA9LE KD9STL KD9QQT KD9NYI – Submitted by W8NWG 73

7/25
WD9EB KD9ERS N9SJZ KB9ATO K9TNT KD9IBC N9NDF KD9PXZ N9WFT W9JDP W9WGN KD9JXR KD9IVV KD9AER WB9UMM N9JOZ K9HJZ KD9STL KD9HZZ N9FAM KD9QQU NM0O N9GUE WF9E W9TTX KB9TNZ KC9YTT KD9NYE KD9SZZ KD9QQT KD9ANU N9WX K9XJT W9DAY K9CEW – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Report

Greetings All, 
Field Day 2021 Recap:

Ingersoll Scout Reservation.
I was really saddened, having to cancel field day at Ingersoll Scout Reservation, but after being in contact with the camp staff, we felt it was the best decision.  Let’s switch our focus to Jamboree on the air in October.  More details will be announced.

Shops at Grand Prairie.
Another successful field day is part of history.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and resources and to all who attended.  It was a great time for camaraderie and fellowship in the hobby. Justin, N9WX, job well done.

Personally once I got the glitches with my to go digital portable station fixed, it ran flawlessly.

July Fox Hunt & antenna build.
 It’s survey time,  let’s pick a location maybe Forest Park nature center, Bradley Park, Three Sisters Park just to name a few locations. The main rule is it must be on public land. The location with the most vote wins. Email your suggestion to: [email protected]

Ham in a day classes
 A special thank you to Joe KB9EZZ & Justin N9WX for organizing this project. This is getting a lot of interaction on the clubs Facebook page. For more information about ham in a day, read the information page by clicking here or contact VP Justin N9WX.

PAARC Superfest
Superfest is gaining a lot of attention and social media interaction. Deb and the Superfest committee have brought their A game. This has all the makings of being the club’s most successful Superfest to date.  More announcements to follow. 

Thanks to the generosity of member Darren KD9HZZ, we have Club sticker’s & magnets available for purchase. 1) sticker & 1) magnet for $3.50 

We are all in this together,
73,
Craig
K9CEW

Meeting Minutes

Board of Directors: Thursday, 6/3/21 via ZOOM
Present: Justin Flick N9WX, Craig Worrick K9CET, Tom Hunt W8NWG, Deb Suhs, WD9EB and Matt Behnke KD9ERS

The meeting was called to order at 7:29 pm

1. The Board Minutes of May 6 were approved
2. Reports:
   a. Repeater Committee – Working on Echolink for the .075 repeater. Matt spoke with the Glasford Fire Chief regarding hooking up internet for the .85 It is expected that internet should be ready soon.
   b. Superfest Update – Matt reports that 45+ prizes donated from 25 sponsors. This works out to four prizes per hour. Deb reports that tickets are being mailed this week. Indoor vendors are signing up.
   c. Treasurer’s Report – $200 will be paid out to Shoppes at Grand Prairie for Field Day. The report was approved on a motion by Craig, seconded by Matt.
   d. Secretary – no report
3. Unfinished/Old Business
   a. Field Day Updates. Shoppes and Ingersoll Scout Reservation planning is progressing.
   b. Discussed Red Cross keycard and Radio Room key access.
   c. JOTA21 update – After Field Day, details will be worked out for JOTA21 (Scouts Jamboree on the Air). Highlights include a Fox Hunt, Scavenger Hunt and a game show (“Are You Smarter than a Technician). Six stations will be located throughout the camp.
4. New Business
   a. T-shirts for Superfest volunteers was discussed. No action.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:13 pm.

Peoria County ARES
July 7, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
July 14, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
July 21, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)
Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join this Zoom Conference.
Teleconference Agenda includes: Weather Spotting, Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

Superfest
Make sure you check the PAARC Superfest Prize Sponsors page or the PAARC Superfest 2021 Prizes slide show. Matt Behnke, KD9ERS, has gotten over $6,000 worth of prizes donated from our wonderful sponsors. When you are checking out the prizes slides you can click on the slide to get more information about the prize. Some of the slides even have special links to the manufacturers website. One slide has a discount code you can use at that manufacturers website until the end of the year.

All club members should have received your tickets to purchase and/or sell via the mail. If for some reason you did not receive your tickets, let Tom Hunt [email protected] or Deb Suhs, [email protected] know.

The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday July 22nd at 7pm. Please contact Deb Suhs at [email protected] if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.

June Net Logs

6/6
KD9ERS K9RCS KD9IVV KD9PXZ N9WFT KD9IBC KB9ATO K9TNT K9QJ KD9JXR KD9AER K9XJT N9NDF N9GUE K9HJZ KD9QQU KD9HZZ W9WTF N9FAM KC9YTT WF9E W9JDP KD9ANU KD9NYE WW9DLM KD9STL KD9RYH Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

6/13
WD9EB KD9ERS W9WTF KB9SF KB9ATO KD9IBC KD9JXR K9XJT KD9AER W9JDP N9GUE N9WFT K9TNT KD9IVV KD9ANU KD9STL KC9YTT N9SJZ W8NWG N9NDF KD9PXZ W9WGN WF9U KD9QQU KB9TNZ WF9E KB9YYD KD9NYE NM0O Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

6/20
WD9EB N9SJZ W9JDP KD9JXR KD9PXZ N9NDF W8NWG W9WGN KC9TCM KD9IVV KD9MPI KC9YTT NM0O K9RCS KC9YTT KD9ERS WF9U KD9QQU WF9E KD9ANU KD9STL KD9RYH N9GUE KD9NYE/AE K9XJT KT9TB K9HJZ KB9ATO Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

6/27
KD9ERS K9TNT KD9IBC W9JDP NM0O W9WGN KD9IVV N9NDF K9HJZ N9WFT KD9JXR KD9STL N9GUE KD9NYE KC9YTT KD9MPI KB9TNZ W8NWG KD9PXZ N9SJZ KD9HZZ K9RCS WF9U WF9E KB9ATO Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Report

Hi all,

Last month Scott Tranchitella K9XJT gave an excellent presentation on APRSLINK. Thank you Scott!

It’s time for field day! The logistics of doing two field day sites has me pulling out my gray hair!
For info about the Shoppes at Grand Prairie, contact Justin Flick N9WX. Also, a special thank you to Justin for taking the lead at the club’s main site at the Shoppes.

PAARC hasn’t had a Fox Hunt in a while, so the Board and fellow members thought that it would be fun to start planning as Covid-19 restrictions allow. Hopefully it will be fun, and not too difficult. If it goes well, and everyone enjoys it, we can plan a larger, multi-transmitter event for later in the year. You’ll need a Yagi antenna, so a tape measure Yagi will be our next project build. That project will be sometime this summer, Details to TBA.

Do you have questions about how to program a radio, interested about digital modes? Join us for Elmer net immediately after the Sunday night net.

And finally a surprise. I’ve been given the green light for Jamboree on the Air, from the Boy Scouts WD Boyce Council. I have reached out to a area clubs, and was pleasantly surprised for the amount of support for radio scouting! The dates are Oct. 15th to Oct. 17th and you can check out this ARRL page for more information on JOTA. We are still in our preliminary planning more details to be announced.

In Remembrance of Memorial Day:

We salute you today, for the sacrifice you paid.
You served in honor and we will never forget
that you were strong and brave.
I came to visit you, To place this flag upon your grave
To just say thank you on this Memorial Day

Meeting Minutes

Minutes of PAARC Board Meeting Date: 5/6/2021 – Location: Zoom
The meeting was called to order by President Craig at 7:10 PM.

Attending:
Ron Morgan, Secretary
Craig Worrick, President
Deb Suhs, chairman
Matt Behnke
John Gardner
Justin Flick, N9WX
Thomas Hunt, W8NWG

Reports:

1. Discussion on field day,
   Justin updated about Shops a Grand Prairie.
   Craig gave an update about FD at ISR (Scouts)
2. BOD planning a foxhunt & tape measure yagi build. Details to TBA.
3. Craig gave an update about JOTA21, forming a partnership with Boy scouts of America. W.D. Boyce council.
4. Bandbits, chair moved to accept as presented motion carried.
5. Treasurer’s report.
   $12,296.11 chair moved to accept as presented. Motion carried.
   Club Insurance is due, chair moved to approve expense. motion carried.
6. Superfest,
   Deb gave updates on Superfest.
7. Repeater updates.
   EchoLink is installed on the 075 repeater
   K9RCS & K9CEW have conducted tests,
   There is some connectivity issues, referred to repeater committee.

Motion was made by to adjourn the meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM

Ron Morgan, AD9I

Minutes of PAARC Club Meeting Date: 5/13/2021 Location: Zoom
The meeting was called to order by Club Trustee Tom Hunt W8NWG at 7:00 PM.

Those in attendance:
Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU
KC Kerchner, KC9IH
Corey Ressler, KC9RAV
Dion Wilson, KC9UCJ
Jim Polson, WD9JDP
Jon Dainty, NM0O
Ben Knapp, KD9RYH
Mark Suhs, W9WGN
Matt Behnke, KD9ERS
Deb Suhs, WD9EB
Tom Hunt, W8NWG
Dwight Aussieker, K9QJ
Steve Hart, WF9E
Lee Nordstrom, KC9JQX

• Superfest report – tickets have been picked up from the printers and will be distributed shortly to the members to sell.
• Repeater report – EchoLink has been installed on the 075.
• Motion to accept the minutes a published in BandBits was made by Deb, seconded by Jim, motion passed.

Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT gave a presentation on APRS. You can find a pdf of his slides on our download page

Rich made the motion to adjourn, Corey seconded, meeting adjourned at 8:00pm

Peoria County ARES

June 2 ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
June 9, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
June 17, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info). This meeting is questionable due to potential future travel requirements, and may not occur.
Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join this Zoom Conference.
Teleconference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272

Superfest

Make sure you check the PAARC Superfest Prize Sponsors page or the PAARC Superfest 2021 Prizes slide show. Matt Behnke, KD9ERS, is keeping Tom Hunt, W8NWG busy with the updates to the sponsors page and Deb Suhs, WD9EB busy making slides for the new prizes he keeps getting. There are some really nice prizes that he has gotten from our wonderful sponsors.

The tickets have been picked up from the printers. The Superfest committee members that could along with some guests had a ticket stuffing party and club members will be receiving their tickets to sell or purchase via the mail soon. If for some reason you do not receive your tickets by June 15th let Tom Hunt, [email protected] or Deb Suhs, [email protected] know.

The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday June 24th at 7pm. Please contact Deb Suhs at [email protected] if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.

May Net Logs

5/2
WD9EB KD9ERS K9TNT W8NWG N9NDF W9JDP KD9PXZ KD9JXR NM0O K9JXT KD9IBC N9WFT KD9NYE KD9QQU K9HJZ KD9AER WB9UMM W9WGN KB9ATO KD9IVV KD9HZZ WW9DLM WF9E WF9U KD9RYH KC9YTT KT9TB N9GUE – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

5/9
K9TNT N0XOH N9NDF KD9PXZ W8NWG NM0O KD9JXR KD9RYH WF9E K9HJZ KD9AER KD9IVV WB9UMM KD9ANU KT9TB KD9NTP W9WTF KD9HZZ WF9U KD9ERS KB9ATO N9SJZ KB9TNZ K9XJT KD9IBC N9GUE W9JDP KC9YTT N9WX K9CEW – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

5/16
WD9EB N9WFT KD9ERS KD9BXZ K9IW K9TNT KD9IBC W9JDP KD9JXR NM0O KB99ATO KD9NYE KD9AER KD9IVV N9WX WF9U WB9UMM N9NDF WF9E KD9ANU K9HJZ KT9TB WW9LDM NA9LE W9WGN KD9QQU N9GUE KB9ATO N9GUE KB9ATO N9GZ KC9YTT KD9RYH K9CEW KD9DBQ – Submitted by W8NWG 73

5/23
WD9EB KD9ERS N9NDF KD9JXR W9WGN N9GUE W8NWG K9XJT W9JDP N9WFT K9HJZ KD9AER KD9IVV KD9RYH K9QZ KD9PXZ W9WTF KB9ATO K9TNT WF9U WF9E KD9ANU K9CEW KD9UMM KC9YTT KD9MPI KB9YYD KD9QQU KD9NYE KD9IBC NM0O KD9QQT KB9TNZ – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

5/30
W9JDP N9NDF NM0O KD9NYE KD9JXR KD9PXZ K9QJ KD9IBC KD9AER N9WFT KD9IVV N9GUE W8NWG K9XJT K9HJZ WF9U KC9YTT KD9RYH KB9ATO KD9QQU KT9TB WF9E WB9UMM KD9HZZ – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73