[LeArc] Monthly Illinois Section News Summary

[Joe Rossmiller]

As part of the regional bioterrorism exercise, the Lake County =
RACES/ARES and
amateurs from Kane County responded to the county health departments =
call for
help in both counties.  This was to provide communications for the week =
long
Topoff2 drill.  The scenario called for terrorists to attack with =
pneumonic
plague, which is a highly communicable and leathal bacteria disease that =
can
cause a number of symptoms such as fever, chest pains and vomiting as =
well as
other symptoms.  Both groups worked closely with their respective health
departments and those people who had organized the drill now know just =
what
the amateurs can do.  I do not have a list of hams from Lake County that
participated.  Those who worked on the drill from Kane County are:  =
W9ADR,
W9CEO, W9CZA, KC9UM, KB9YDD, AA9MW, KA9OBH, KC9CNM, N9OUN, K3AIW, N9YBP,
KC9DMR, and KB9TQB.

N9YRX reports amateur radio stations from Clark County, IL. participated =
in a
call to duty when storms knocked out phone lines to a nursing home in =
Vigo
County, IN.  They set up a station in the nursing home in order to call
another station outside the area of phone service being down. They were =
to
call 911 if needed for any of the residents.  This continued for 4 =
days--24/7.
 Cell phone service was also affected and not reliable.  The nursing =
home
allowed the hams to use a guest room for this purpose, and the event was
covered by local TV and newspaper.

The Winnebago County ARES group has been busy with two events in May.  =
On May
25th, hams provided communications for the 1st annual Rock-N-Run.  Those
helping out were:  N9MCS, KA9GNR, WB9MCZ, KC9ATR, KB9SKW, KA9BOD, N9OTC, =
and
N9SH.  On May 31st ARES hams also provided communications for the Boy =
Scout
Triple P event.  Those helping were:  KA9GNR, WB9MCZ, KB9YRW, KC9AVP, =
KB9ZBX,
KC9BVK, KC9BKU, and KC9DHX.

Members of the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club participated in the Hike =
for Life
on Saturday May 10th.  Those hams involved were:  K9AND, K9EYT, K9HDX, =
KB9YUW,
KB9RGU, KB9RHR, KB9YUW, KB9YVC, N9DAV, N9FMK, N9MVO, NO9A, W9RVR, and =
KB9TAR.

I am pleased to report that the six Meter Club of Chicago had been =
officially
renewed as a Special Service Club.  Congratulations to this club for =
being a
positive image for amateur radio in their community and being willing to =
take
that extra step to become a SSC.  I was able to attend their hamfest on =
June 8
and enjoyed seeing some old friends and meeting new ones.

I also attended the Starved Rock Radio Club hamfest on June 1.  This =
hamfest
was well attended and I was able to meet and talk with many hams from =
around
the area.

The Kid's Day Operating Event will be June 21 at 1800 to 2400.  This =
event is
intended to encourage young people, licensed or not to enjoy amateur =
radio.=20
This event can give young people on-the-air experience and encourage =
them to
persue obtaining a radio license in the future.  Kid's Day takes place =
in
January and June each year.

Don't forget to check-out the KARSFEST 2003 on July 6th at the Will =
County
Fairgrounds, Peotone, IL.  E-mail questions to K9IOC at =
karsfest@yahoo.com

May traffic:  KA9HRO-10, PSHR 85; WA9SLT-23; W9HLX-41; W9FIF-7; N0GZ-6;
KA9IMX-10; NC9T-8; WD9F-44, PSHR 100, WB9TVD-35.  ISN report for =
May--QNI 212,
QTC 69, Sessions 30.  W9VEY Memorial Net report for May:  6 pieces of =
traffic
and 191 checkins.


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