Category: BandBits

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

President’s Message

Hello All,
  It’s about that time of year for ARRL Field Day! The BOD has been working behind the scenes planning a spectacular Field Day and I’m pleased to announce, that the club will be operating 2 Field Day sites!
  1st site. Shops at Grand Prairie promoting the public safety and emergency service community outreach parts of amateur radio.
  2nd Site. Ingersoll Scout Reservation. One day operation, focus on youth & scouting involvement. I personally am very excited to be building a relationship with W.D. Boyce council for the future. More announcements to come.
  What is Field Day? It is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science (source ARRL).
Til next time 73′
Craig Worrick
K9CEW
PAARC President

Meeting Minutes

PAARC BOD 4/1/2021

  1. Call to Order, @ 7:08, Jim Polson, Ron Morgan, Craig Worrick, Justin Flick, Matt Benhke, Deb Suhs
  2. BOD Minutes – Agreed
  3. Report
    a. Repeater Committee – interference from another antenna on the tower. The ghost is W9taz. Meeting scheduled for Monday.
    b. Superfest – Meeting next week Friday 9th at 10 am at the Dome to discuss terms and layouts. Team is working on a guest speaker. Prize committee is working on some nice stuff.
    c. Treasurer – No changes from last month.
    d. Secretary – Nothing new to report
    8. Unfinished Business – No old business to bring before the board
    9. New Business
      * Club Trailer – organization with tables, stabilizer jacks
      * Field Day – KOC? Or Red Cross. Joint venture with another group?
      * Superfest – Avanti’s has a liquor license which might be an attraction.
    10. Open Mic – Door prizes or raffle will be at the next club meeting. $25 ARRL gift certificate and book for Digital modes.
Ron Morgan, AD9I
PAARC Secretary

PAARC Club 4/08/2021

President Craig Worrick called meeting to order at 7:15 pm
Attendance: Craig Worrick – K9CEW, Justin Flick – N9WX, Brandi Houston, Steve Grob– KD9AER, Jon Dainty – NM0O, Jim Polson – W9JDP, Mark Suhs – W9WGN, Deb Suhs – WD9EB, Tom Hunt – W8NWG, Steve Hart – WF9E, Darrin Weir– KD9HZZ, Rich Schmitz– K9RCS, Scott Tranchitella – K9XJT John Zdanowski – KD9QQU
President announced Band Bits has been posted to W9UVI.ORG website. Please read.
Previous meeting minutes presented, voted to approve minutes as read.
Finance Report was presented and accepted as presented.
Vice President Justin Flick reminded club of upcoming ARES Mini Simulated emergency test. Simulated Earth Quake Event May 1st from 10 am to 2:00 pm. Contact Rich (KD9ANU) or Justin (N9WX) if interested. Also ARES link is in Band Bits.
Club Trailer plates are up for renewal: $118, Darrin suggested club get a special plate, less expensive. Tabled discussion, deferred to BOD to investigate alternatives.
Next License Test will be held at Morton KC Hall 616 David St, Morton, IL 61550, Immediately behind Morton Post Office, Saturday, April 17, 2021. John Zdanowski will open up hall around 11:15 am for setup. Testing begins at Noon. Butch’s pizza and cash bar available. All members invited to attend to socialize and fellowship with potential members. Contact Bob Bush W9WTF for more info.
Darrin xxx presented a vinyl club sticker with club logo to members as for possible club events such as Super Fest. Could possibly sell at ham fest? Prices range from 40cents each for 50 qty, down to 36cents each for 1000 qty. Table discussion and referred to BOD meeting to discuss. Thanks to Darrin for handing out sample stickers to meeting attendees
President announced two door prices to be drawn and awarded at end of meeting. ARRL book – “Get on the Air with HF Digital” $25 gift card to ARRL Online Store.
Craig gave a “HF Digital Station” live demo.
Door prize drawn and awarded to Mark and Deb
Scott offered to give a demo on WinLlink Email & Text over APRS at a future meeting. President to coordinate and schedule with Scott
Meeting adjourned at 8:34pm
Club Social at KC Hall Bar after meeting.
Minutes respectfully submitted by: John Zdanowski – KD9QQU (Volunteer Meeting Recorder)

Peoria County ARES

May 5 ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
May 12, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
May 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 this Zoom Conference.
Teleconference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Illinois State ARES Spring SET, 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

Have you checked out the PAARC Superfest Prize Sponsors or the PAARC Superfest 2021 Prizes pages? Matt Behnke, KD9ERS, is doing an absolute FANTASTIC job getting sponsors and prize donations.

The tickets are being printed and should be picked up within the next two weeks. It will be posted on the club Facebook page when the tickets will be available to club members to buy or sell. If you wish to receive more than the normal 10 to buy or sell please let Tom Hunt, [email protected] or Deb Suhs, [email protected] know.

The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday May 27th at 7pm please contact Deb Suhs at [email protected] if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.

April Net Logs

4/4 
Easter Sunday – no net was held.

4/11 
WD9EB KD9ERS K9RCS N9NDF N9SJZ W8NWG K9TNT W9WGN KB9TNZ W9JDP KD9PXZ KD9IVV N9WFT KD9AER K9XJT AD9Z KD9NYE N9GGUE K9HJZ WF9E WF9U WW9DLM KD9HZZ KD9JXR KD9IBC KD9QQU KT9TB KB9ATO K9CEW N9WX KC9YTT KD9RYH KD9ANU W9WTF WB9UMM Submitted by KD9DBQ

4/18 
WD9EB K9RCS KD9ERS N9SJZ KD9PXZ KD9IVV KD9JXR W9JDP WB9UMM K9HJZ KC9YTT N9WFT W8NWG KD9HZZ W9WGN N9NDF WF9E KB9TNZ K9XJT KT9TB N9GUE KD9QQU N9WX KB9ATO WF9U KD9ANU N9CJI KD9NYE AD9Z KD9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

4/25 
KD9ERS K9RCS NM0O N9WX W9WGN N9WFT KD9JXR N9GUE KB9TNZ KD9IBC KD9AER K9XJT KD9HJZ KD9RYH KD9IVV KD9RXZ KD9PXZ KD9NYE N9NDF WW9DLM WF9U WF9E KB9ATO KC9YTT W9FYR WB9UMM KT9TB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

President’s Message

Hello all,
   Let’s welcome our newest members to join our ranks and share their interest in the hobby. If someone is in need of information regarding amateur radio, PAARC is where they should go. We are very fortunate to have knowledgeable Elmer’s and members! Bringing in hams that are new to amateur radio as well as some that may be returning is a goal we should all explore. What makes PAARC unique is that we are a “Hands On” club, even in the middle of a pandemic that has presented its own challenges, We still found a way.   My goals as President, Is to support all hams, old & new, to become active and grow in their ham radio hobby.
  I’d like to thank Rich KD9ANU, for coming up with and hosting Elmer Hour after the Sunday night net, also thanks to the hams who submitting questions & answering questions. Let’s keep this going!
  If there’s a topic on a presentation you like to see, or speak on a topic let us know! I really enjoyed participating and answering questions about getting started with digital modes. I’m excited to be giving a presentation about setting up an HF Station for Digital modes.
  Unfortunately I was unable to attend Justin’s (N9WX) Presentation on Hamshack Hotline, I did watch online later, it was a great presentation! A special thank you to Justin for stepping in at the last moment.
  Till Next time 73′
Craig Worrick
K9CEW
PAARC President

Meeting Minutes

PAARC BOD 3/4/2021

  1. Call to Order, President’s opening statement.    7:12 Session open:  Tom Hunt W8NWG,  Deb Suhs KD9EB,  Ron Morgan, AD9I,  Justin Flick, N9WX,  Jim Polson, W9JDP,  Craig Worrick K9CEW,  Matt Benhke kd9ers   2. BOD Minutes, approved by all   3. Reports:   a. Repeater Committee-Matt, sent email out today 3-4-2021 to all members     b. Superfest Deb, Talked to Tim Tucker about prices. Talked to East Peoria about their convention center. Talked to Avantis about their space. Crouch has tables at Expo, we need to find out if we can rent his stuff. What county will host us? This is needed for our raffle license. No post cards this year for our event. Not worth the cost in postage and labor. We are going to have superfest.    Craig thinks we will be in Covid phase 5    Deb wants Craig to know all positions required and how they operate, since this will be her last year as Superfest chair.    c. Treasurer:    Monies were reported by Justin and approved by all board members.   We need to post something but does it need to be accurate?   Brandi will forward the exact.   d. Secretary – No news   8. Unfinished Business – No old business      9. New Business – post office box was re-keyed. Lease is annual and will be paid in March 1st each year. Annual fees are $188 which included keys. Deb and Craig will return P.O. Box keys. We should get refunds    Tom and Justin also have keys.    Debit Card from cefcu?  Will be activated and grandfathered in at cefcu.   Email account will have sharing to board members as needed.   [email protected]   This email looks cryptic but gmail requires a minimum of 6 characters    Club website at the League website needs to be updated, Deb said she would do that.   10. Open Mic   Move to adjourn by Tom at 7:48
Ron Morgan, AD9I
PAARC Secretary

PAARC Club 3/11/2021

There was nothing to report. If you would like to watch the presentation given by Justin Flick, N9WX on HamShack Hotline, please go to ourDownloads – Information Links page.

Peoria County ARES

April 7 ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
April 14, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
April 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: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Illinois State ARES Spring SET, 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

We will be meeting at the Avanti’s Dome on Friday April 9th at 10am to measure the field and plan the flea market layout. If you would like to help and don’t know how to get there, contact Deb.
The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday April 22nd at 7pm please contact Deb Suhs at [email protected] if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.

March Net Logs

3/7 
KD9ERS N9SJZ W9WTF W8NWG K9TNT W9JDP N9NDF W9WGN KD9IVV KD9AER KD9PXZ N9WFT KB9TNZ KD9JXR K9XJT K9HJZ NM0O WB9UMM KB9ATO KD9QQU WW9DLM K9NGL WF9E AC9YI KD9ANU KD9NYE KC9YTT N9GUE KB9MJA KT9TB AE9DM KD9RIX KD9QQI KD9MPI K9UQF Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

3/14 
K9RCS KD9ERS N9SJZ W8NWG K8TNT KD9PXZ KD9IBC NM0O KD9IVV KD9AER WB9UMM N9GUE W9FYR KD8HZZ KD9JXR KD9QQU KD9ANU W9TTX KB9ATO W9JDP WF9E K9XJT KD9MPI KD9NYE KB9TNZ WD9EB N9FAM W9WGN KC9YTT KD9RYA Submitted by KD9DBQ 73

3/21 
WD9EB W9WGN K9RCS KD9HZZ KD9IBC KB9ATO KB9TNZ KD9PXZ KD9IVV N9FAM N9WX WB9UMM N9NDF KD9RJH KD9JXR WF9U KD9ANU WF9E N9GUE KD9MPI KD9YES AKD9NYE K9TNT W9JDP Submitted by KD9DBQ 73