January 20, 2020
Below are some photos taken during the SARC Holiday Party at Garibaldi’s, on January 15th 2020. During the party, club President Geoff Stevens KA9QGH presented the following awards: Club Member of the Year, 2019 winner: Rob Glowacki, N9MVO Bill Smead Construction …
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January 15, 2020
From time to time we’ll be bringing back photos of past events and featuring articles from past RHG issues. To start the series off here’s a few photos of a fox hunt to track down a jamming transmitter located in downtown Chicago. The transmitter was found at the top of the Hancock building. These photos …
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January 10, 2020
Ways to improve your HF SSB audio – by Mike Sorensen, K9KQX Not many of us have probably given much thought on how we sound on the other end of a QSO. We figure the mic we got will do just fine and the rig will do its magic to get out on the air. …
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January 3, 2020
Several of our members have offered (seed funding also begun) to organize a worthy build for our Construction Project Meetings. Club members have the opportunity to join this group construction project, which is to build an essential piece of equipment for their shack: What: 50 Ohm Dummy Load. Consists of Extruded Heat Sink, 250W 50-Ohm …
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December 31, 2019
Date: Thur. January 16th, 2020 Time: 7pm Garibaldi’s Italian Eatery, Hoffman Estates A reminder to all members that the SARC Holiday Party will take place on Thursday, January 16th 2020 at 7:00 PM, at Garibaldi’s Italian Eatery in Hoffman Estates. Click here for more details, or contact the Club’s Social Activities Chair, John Douglas KD9KSH.