Lake County RACES
As of 7/29/2025
K9IQP WINLINK is partially online.
Packet on 145.610Mhz is UP
VARA FM on 144.990Mhz is DOWN
Upcoming events
Aug 4, 2025 - Membership Meeting / J-Pole
Our next Member’s meeting is Monday August 4, 2025 at the usual location as we’re not ready for the ROC yet.
At this meeting, we’ll be discussing a 2M/70cm antenna called a J-Pole and then we’ll build some.
Come prepared to learn about this versatile little antenna and take one home.
Aug 9, 2025 - PRAIRIE VOICE STATEWIDE EXERCISE
The exercise is planned for the morning of Aug 9th ( 0800 to noon )
We will practice all platforms: voice on HF/VHF/UHF, CW, Winlink, DMR and GMRS
Feel free to signup even if you don’t plan/want to operate and just want to be an observer.
At this time, we don’t know if we will operate from the new ROC facility or our AUXCOMM center, so stay tuned 🙂
More details soon…
Aug 9, 2025 - TOUR DE CURE
`Tour De Cure bicycle event in St Charles.
This is not a RACES event, but several of us have participated in it.
What makes this unique is that about 50% of the bike course is on a bike trail, not roads. We therefore have a team operating bicycle mobile. They are looking for a few more members for that. The ride is not intense, you periodically patrol a section of the trail. If you enjoy bicycling and have an HT or other bicycle setup for VHF/UHF, consider joining in.
October 12, 2025 - CHICAGO MARATHON
It is signup time already.
Several hundred hams participate, and LC RACES has an aid station team each year.
We hope to do that again this year, and we encourage any new hams to join us. You will learn a lot about operating in radio events. No experience and no equipment needed to be on the team (an HT is helpful).
The link below will take you to the signup sheet. Be sure to indicate “Lake County RACES” for the club affiliation.
Contact Ben/KD9BBB if you have any question.
REGULAR ACTIVITIES
- General Membership Meeting at the EOC
and on Google Meet on the first or second Monday of the month.
See calendar below.
- General Membership Meeting at the EOC
- Monthly License Testing by our VE team
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- Monthly License Testing by our VE team
- Digital and Voice check-in NET every Monday night at 8pm on the VHF Repeater
147.180 (+600 kHz) PL 3A (127.3)
Signup here to be the next NCO!
- Digital and Voice check-in NET every Monday night at 8pm on the VHF Repeater
OTHER NEWS
Installation of the backup repeater
📷 PICTURES 📸
We added a PHOTOS menu.
Go take a look a the latest pictures, and some from the recent past.
We will keep adding more.
Please contact KB2PS if have any picture to share.
Wearables as discussed by K9QF
The new RACES wearables are available.
Please complete the form located here and make payment to the treasurer.
Your wearable will be placed in production when payment is received.
Checks should be made out to RACES. Cash is also accepted.
To mail payment please use this address:
RACES Treasurer
1303 N. Milwaukee Av. Libertyville, IL 60048-1308
