From ormos at ripco.com Tue Feb 21 18:32:24 2017 From: ormos at ripco.com (Neil R. Ormos N9NL) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:32:24 -0600 (CST) Subject: [ILHam] Cook County ARES Net WEDNESDAY 22 February 2017, 9:00 PM CT--146.88 MHz Message-ID: <201702212332.v1LNWOLj011424@shell3.ripco.com> Dear Cook County ARES? Members and Friends: Please join us WEDNESDAY ... 22 February 2017, at 9:00 PM CT... for the monthly Cook County ARES Net on the SARA repeater (146.88 MHz, R-600, PL107.2). All persons with an interest in emergency and public service communications are invited to participate in the Net. You need not be a member of ARES or any other organization. Residents of every county and state are welcome. For more information about Cook County ARES, including an ARES calendar of events, please visit our web site: 73 --Neil Ormos N9NL ARES? District Emergency Coordinator Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES District 4 (Cook, DuPage, Lake Counties) Email: n9nl /at-sign/ arrl.net From ormos at ripco.com Wed Feb 22 19:14:28 2017 From: ormos at ripco.com (Neil R. Ormos N9NL) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:14:28 -0600 (CST) Subject: [ILHam] Cook County ARES Net TONIGHT (Wednesday) 22 February 2017, 9:00 PM CT--146.88 MHz Message-ID: <201702230014.v1N0ESgV011561@shell3.ripco.com> Dear Cook County ARES? Members and Friends: Please join us TONIGHT (Wednesday) ... 22 February 2017, at 9:00 PM CT... for the monthly Cook County ARES Net on the SARA repeater (146.88 MHz, R-600, PL107.2). All persons with an interest in emergency and public service communications are invited to participate in the Net. You need not be a member of ARES or any other organization. Residents of every county and state are welcome. For more information about Cook County ARES, including an ARES calendar of events, please visit our web site: 73 --Neil Ormos N9NL ARES? District Emergency Coordinator Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES District 4 (Cook, DuPage, Lake Counties) Email: n9nl /at-sign/ arrl.net From todd at castco.com Tue Feb 28 09:25:30 2017 From: todd at castco.com (Todd Benson) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:25:30 -0600 Subject: [ILHam] weekend Ham Class & Exam Message-ID: Calling all Amateurs - your assistance is requested. - Do you know someone who has expressed an interest in becoming an Amateur Radio operator but just never took that next step? Perhaps you know someone who you'd like to interest in our hobby and show them an easy way to get their ticket. The York Radio Club, Elmhurst, Illinois began offering weekend learning and review sessions about 10 years ago; these classes ended with an V.E. exam which is typically passed by over 90% of the students. Begun as an experiment, to share in a weekend a quality fast paced presentation of all required elements on the current Technicians exam. taught by hams who are experienced teachers and industry trainers. Along with comprehensive visuals, the pool sections are presented as a review with an opportunity for questions and answers making for better understanding of the materials covered. We suggest that all those interested in attending the weekend review and exam sessions should first obtain and read through the ARRL?s HAM RADIO LICENSE MANUAL. This ham education project is prepared and led by Chuck Hopper, K9PLX , and since 2007 a group of ?professors? have brought those who have wanted to get their license the opportunity to do just that, starting Saturday morning and succeeding Sunday afternoon. We last held a session in November, where 5 folks became ham radio operators. With a few more wanting us to do it again, and soon, we have set March 18th & 19th as the dates for our next session. See our club?s web site for more details and a way to register for the sessions: - http://yorkradioclub.com/training I noticed the other day that we hams in the United States now total over 800,000. Do you know someone who might be able to take advantage of and benefit from this weekend approach to getting their ticket? If so, please pass the word along. In fact, on that web page is a link for a PDF flyer with information about the weekend training sessions. You might print off an 8.5 x 11 inch copy, or an 11 x 17 inch poster and post it where you can help expose our hobby and this path to becoming a ham. http://yorkradioclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/York-Radio-Club-License-Poster-2017.pdf Or simply forward this email along with your personal words of encouragement to someone you know who wants to become a ham! Thanks for reading this, and a double thanks for helping to promote ham radio! 73, Todd Benson, W9YK Elmhurst, Illinois