The weekly NET is now on Thursday! No NET on December 25 and January 1st
As of 10/8/2025 K9IQP WINLINK is fully online. Packet on 145.610Mhz is UP VARA FM on 144.990Mhz is UP
FROM ARRL
Help Pass The HOA Legislation To Eliminate HOA Prohibitions on Amateur Radio Antennas! Free The Antenna!
How can you help? By sending a letter to your Representative and Senators asking that they co-sponsor and support H.R. 1094 and S. 459.
How can you send these letters?It is easy. Go to — https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/ — enter your call sign and click on “Send My Letters” and your letters will be delivered to the ARRL Washington legislative team for hand delivery to your Representative and Senators. Does your individual letter matter?YES. Your Representative and Senators need to know that the passage of this legislation is important to you. Your letter could be the difference in whether we are able to pass H.R. 1094 and S. 459.
General Membership Meeting at the EOC and on Google Meet on the first or second Monday of the month. The next meeting is on January 12, 2026 See calendar below, and details above! See you NEXT YEAR 🙂
Monthly License Testing by our VE team The next session is on January 19, 2026 Read more
Digital and Voice check-in NET every THURSDAY night at 8pm on the VHF Repeater 147.180 (+600 kHz) PL 3A (127.3) Signup here to be the next NCO! NOTE: No check-in NET on December 25 and January 1st
OTHER NEWS
CHICAGO MARATHON
Yes! We were there!
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