[ILHam] Metro Amateur Radio Club (MAC) Meeting - Tuesday @ 7:30 PM Central Time
Scott D. Irwin
[email protected]
Mon, 2 Feb 2004 06:26:10 -0600
MAC welcomes K9AJ, Mike McGirr, to its next meeting, which is on February 3
at 7:30 PM. Mike was first licensed in 1963 at the age of 16. He grew up
in New Jersey and lived on the East coast until residency training at the
University of Chicago brought him to the Midwest. Mike is Board Certified
in Emergency Medicine and retired from active practice in 2001. He is an
avid DX'er & prefers CW-especially on low bands & WARC. You'll find K9AJ at
the top of the mixed & CW DXCC honor rolls & was the first Midwest station
to work 5 band WAZ. Past operations include: 4S7AJG, 8Q7AJ, 8Q7BQ, HC8X,
XF4DX, T32BJ, K9AJ/KH5K, AH1A, T30AJ, J3J, VK0IR, VP6DI, VP6AJ and K9AJ/VY0.
Mike's XYL (Sue) is K9XYL who helps run the K9AJ PacketCluster node. Mike
participated in IOTA Operations in the Canadian Arctic and Northern Hudson
Bay this past summer and will be sharing his experiences.
The Metro Amateur Radio Club meets at the Lincolnwood Community Center
located at 6900 N. Lincoln Avenue (Lincoln Avenue @ Morse) in Lincolnwood,
Illinois. Enter using the ramp on Morse avenue. Talk in is on 147.315 (+
offset, 107.2 PL Tone).
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Metro Amateur Radio Club - http://www.qsl.net/mac/
W9FO/R - 147.315 - +600 Hz Offset, 107.2 PL
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