President’s Message
I hope everyone enjoyed our “Go Kit Show and Tell” at the May meeting! It was great to see the diverse layouts and clever engineering our members put into their portable rigs. Now, it is time to put those concepts into practice. ARRL Field Day is right around the corner on June 27–28. We are still locking down a few of the details (see story below), so please keep a close eye on your email, our Discord server, and the club repeaters for more updates to come regarding location, station configurations, and setup times.
While Field Day is our immediate focus, we have another major event fast approaching that requires all hands on deck: the Midwest SuperfestTM. An event of this scale doesn’t just happen on its own; it takes a dedicated crew to keep things running. We are actively looking for a volunteer to step up and coordinate our club’s efforts for Midwest Superfest. This is a critical leadership role that involves organizing volunteers, managing logistics, and ensuring the hamfest runs smoothly. This event is a primary means of income for our club and is the major contributor to our very low yearly membership dues. Without Midwest SuperfestTM to subsidize yearly dues, our club will have no choice but to raise the membership dues. If you have some organizational skills to share and want to give back to the club in a big way, please reach out to me or any board member directly, drop a message in the Superfest Discord channel, or bring it up at the June meeting. Let’s work together to make this summer’s events a massive success.
73, Rob Zell – N9KRZ
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Field Day/POTA Event set
This year the club is planning to operate from the Canoe Launch area at the Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (POTA US-10090) on Saturday June 27th. Directions can be found by searching for “Mackinaw River DNR Canoe Landing” on Google Maps.
The club is planning to operate from the start of Field Day at 1pm, until 7pm. Setup will start at noon. Are all welcome to come up and learn about setting up POTA stations, operating (either in the field or in general), and see what amateur radio is all about.
The plan is to have five operating stations set up (for 6m, 10m, 15m, 20m, and 40m) that are operated throughout the contest. Computer logging will be used, and all logs (.adi format) should be turned into W9YES after field day. All equipment used will need to be powered off batteries.
By operating at a POTA park, any operator who makes ten contacts will achieve a successful POTA activation, even if the club callsign is used (this requires any logging software to have separate station and operator callsigns used).
The club’s IC-7300 and FT-991A will be used as two of the radios if anybody wants to try them out. For for the other equipment, we are asking club members to bring awnings, lawn chairs, tables, radios, antenna, tuners, coax, batteries, and laptops if they’re able to. If you’re not able to, feel free to join us anyways and being any of your friends who are curious about amateur radio.
We have a goal of as a club to try to make 500 contacts during field day this year, across all of the bands. If you come out and you’ve never made an FT8/FT4 contact an want to learn, we will likely have at least one station on digital any point and would be more than happy to give you an introduction to it.
Check the website and Facebook for more information.
- David Timm, W9YES
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Meeting Minutes
Board of Directors – May 5
Start time 7:04pm on Zoom
Present: N9KRZ- Rob Zell President, N9PIE- Val Zell Secretary, KD9RYH- BEN Knapp non board member, KD9DBQ- Rob Herrin non board member, W8WNG- Tom Hunt Trustee, KE9DCS- Ed Dennis Director at Large, W9YES- David Timm Director at Large, KC9IH- Casey Kerchner non board member
Midwest Superfest: chairman needed to take Jake’s spot? Several names were suggested
Looking for alternate places to have meetings: some ides include Keps and Divid Bird’s church.
Facebook: access needed for president, secretary, and vice president. Tom will take care of it.
Ben will look into youtube access. Adam may have access as well.
Treasurer: Birdie and Kathy Hunt need to find time for developing a system for the club treasurer. Rob Z wil, reach out to Jake Ben and Birdie need to get together to sign papers for the bank. Birdie (David) needs to figure out time to meet Ben, and Tanya needs to sign paperwork and need a note to approve Birdie as owner of the account.
Treailer Storage: Ask Craig Thompson or Rich Holtman for storing trailer Rob Z will reach out
Red Cross and Club Equipment: Ed Dennis is going to check out Red Cross in downtown peoria near Cat LC building. Ed Dennis or Rob Zell will get with Ben to get the radios and other club items.
Repeaters: Devin has express interest in becoming repeater chairman
Other Business: June 17th Emergency Expo at Grand Prairie
Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm
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Peoria County ARES
Amateur radio operators use their training, skills, and equipment to provide communications during emergencies, When All Else Fails®.
June 3, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on W9UVI (147.075)/K9PEO (146.850)/Echolink/Allstar
June 10, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on W9UVI (147.075)/K9PEO (146.850)/Echolink/Allstar
June 17, Emergency Expo 4:00-7:00 PM, The Shoppes at Grand Prairie (East of Dick’s Sporting Goods)
There is no ARES Monthly Meeting for June
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: [email protected]
Winlink: [email protected]
Cell: 309-256-4272
Hams Over IP Extension 101989
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Sunday Net Logs
5/3
N9KRZ W8NWG KD9ANU W9WGN KC3VJQ N9NDF KD3AMF KD9IBC NP2WJ K9HJZ KD9WVP W9WAS KE9ENP KE9DMW KA9FCB N9WFT KD9WRX KE9CLC KE9DCS N9PIE KD9STL K9RCS KC9TCM K9LE WF9E AE9DM W9YES N9PSU KD9AER KE9DFF KD5CT KI5SQP KC9IH K9XE KB9ATO KD9RYH N9GZ KD9NYN W9KIR Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/10
N9KRZ KD9ANU W9WGN KD3AMF KC3VCQ KE9CLC N9PIE KB9OMF W9KIR KE9DMW KE9STL KD9AER, K9RCS K9XJT KD9WVP W9YES KD9YER KE9CFK KE9TCM KD9OMS N9WFT W9WAS KE9DFF KI5SQP N9CS K9IH KD9RYH KD9NYN K9CEW KD5CT Submitted by W8NWG 73
5/17
N9KRZ KD9ANU KD9IBC K9RCS NP2WJ KD9VAN N9PIE W8NWG KD9QQU N9WFT N9NDF KE9BPB K9QZ W9KIR KB9YYD W9YES KE9EYE KD9STL N9GZ N9PZ K9LE KD9AER W9WAS KI5SQP W9WGN N9CS KC9IH KB9ATO WF9E KD5CT K9CEW KE9DFF Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/24
N9KRZ KD9ANU KD9IBC W9WGN NP2WJ KB9OMF KC3YKM K9RCS KC9IH KC3VJQ KD9WVP KC9YTT KE9ENP W9JDP N9NDF N9WFT KE9BSA W8NWG N9PIE KD9AER KE9DCS KD9NYN KD3AMF KI5SQP W9WAS W9YES K9LE KB9ATO KD9STL KB9YYD KE9ENV KE9AOJ N9GZ K9HJZ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/31
N9KRZ KD9ANU W9YES KD9IBC W9WGN KD9NYN K9HJZ KD9WRX KC3VJQ NP2WJ KD3AMF KD9WVP N5WLD KD9IVV KE9ENP KD9PXZ N9PIE W8NWG N9NDF KC9VEW W9KIR N9SL KD9AER KD9STL N9PZ K9LE KE9DCS K9RCS KE9EZD W9WAS KD5CT KC9IH K9XJT KC9YTT KB9ATO N9WFT WF9E KD9ERS W9GLO KE9CKM K0OCM N9GZ Submitted by KD9DBQ
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Newcomer Net Logs
5/7
N9PIE KE9DMW KE9ENP KE9FJW KE9CKM KE9DFF W9WAS KD5CT K9LE KD9WVP N9CS KD9RYH Submitted by N9KRZ 73
5/14
N9PIE KE9ENP KE9DMW KE9CKM W9WAS W9KTN KE9CLC KE9DFF KD9QQU KB9OMS KD9DBQ W9FYR W9GLO KI5SQP N9NDF KN0WHF Submitted by
N9KRZ 73
5/21
N9PIE KE9DFF KE9CLC KE2IMZ W9WGN K9OBI W9YES KI5SQP KD5CT W9WAS Submitted by N9KRZ 73
5/28
N9PIE KE9DMW KE9DFF KE9EZD KE9EMP KA9FCB W4BRD W9WAS KD5CT KE9CKM KG5WOY KI5SQP KE9ENV K9RCS W9YES Submitted by N9KRZ 73
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June Club Events
June 2 – 7:00 p.m. – Board of Directors – Zoom
June 9 – 7:00 p.m. – Club Membership Meeting. NEW LOCATION: Highview Christian Church, 403 James Parkway, Washington, IL 61571.
June 17 – 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Emergency Expo
June 20 – Noon – License Testing – Morton Knights of Columbus, 616 W. David Street, Morton, IL. FRN Required. Bring two forms of identification and a copy of your license (if upgrading). No Testing Fee.
June 23 – 7:00 p.m. – Superfest Meeting – Zoom
June 27 Field Day – Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (POTA US-10090). Set up begins at 12:00 noon. Operations will continue until 7:00 p.m. or later as conditions allow. More information will be posted on the web Upcoming Club Events/Meetings page.
NETS:
CLUB NET – Every Sunday at 8:30 p.m., followed by the Elmer Hour
NEWCOMER NET – Every Thursday at 8:00 p.m.
ARES NET – First and Second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m
All nets meet on the W9UVI Repeater: 147.075 (CTCSS Tone 156.7) linked with the K9PEO Repeater: 146.85 (CTCSS Tone103.5) and on EchoLink Node 706480 or All Star Node 62516.
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