60th Jamboree On The Air
October 21st, 2017

The 60th Annual Scouting Jamboree On The Air happens October 21st, 2017. Lake County RACES/ARES will host scouts at our station in the Lake County EOC in the afternoon from 1PM to 4PM.

For more information look here.

Technician/General Ham Cram
November 4 & 5, 2017

  Lake County RACES/ARES will host a Technician/General Ham Cram on November 4th and 5th at the Lake CountyOC, in Libertyville, Il. Times will be 7:30 to 5:00 each day.

Testing is planned to be on Nov 5th at 5:00PM.

Candidates are expected to have studied the Technician and General Manuals. There will be a $15 charge fir the exam. Also 2 sets of ID are required, one being a photo ID. Candidates for General exam only will also have to have a copy of their Technician licscense or a current CSCE showing Technician passed.

Signup here

2017 Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
November 4th, 2017

Lake County will be participating in the 2017 Illinois State-Wide Simulated Emergency Test (SET).  We are seeking RACES/ARES Members to participate in the SET. The exercise will span multiple days from noon on Thursday November 2^nd through noon on Sunday November 5^th. The main SET activities for Lake County will be Saturday November 4^th from 09:00 to 15:00 at the EOC and other locations around the county.

Here in District-4 (Cook, DuPage and Lake County) we have chosen the scenario of an Ice Storm to test/exercise our abilities.

 The General Goals of the SET will be:

 Operate on alternate (emergency) power

Conduct simplex nets to handle the event

Establish relay stations as needed to handle each net

Pass 10 messages (one each to SM, SEC, your DEC)

Utilize digital messaging

Engage with at least 1 served entity

Engage with 1 adjacent county

 Please sign up here to participate. If you are not available on Saturday the 4^th but can participate on any of the other days, please indicate what days in your response.

2017 Pink Ribbon Run
October 21, 2017

Our next scheduled event for 2017 is the Condell Pink Ribbon run. This is a fun, low key event, held at the Mundelein Seminary. This is a perfect event to get your feet wet, if you  haven't participated in one of our race events before. We set up at 8:00 and the event kicks off at 8:45.

You can find out more about the event here.

You can sign up for the event here.

ARRL Field Day
June 24th and 25th

We had a great time at Field Day this year. Participation was good and the Spotter training was a great success. Here are a few photos of the activity. Click on the strip for a larger view.