From w9dp at w9dp.us  Fri Oct  7 14:20:51 2022
From: w9dp at w9dp.us (w9dp at w9dp.us)
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 13:20:51 -0500
Subject: [WIARC] 147.030 and 147.195
Message-ID: <00c501d8da79$887a8b20$996fa160$@w9dp.us>

Wednesday evening it was apparent that the 147.030 repeater was off the air.
WB9EWM and W9WE have it back and running but they took the 147.195 repeater
off the air to do so.

Currently, 147.030 should be pretty much functioning as normal but 147.195
will remain off the air until a fix or replacement is found for the failed
hardware that was being used on 147.030.

Danny W9DP


From w9dp at w9dp.us  Wed Oct 12 10:41:01 2022
From: w9dp at w9dp.us (w9dp at w9dp.us)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:41:01 -0500
Subject: [WIARC] Illinois QSO Party this Sunday
Message-ID: <039b01d8de48$a6fab750$f4f025f0$@w9dp.us>

A reminder the Illinois QSO Party is this Sunday from 12:00 noon through
8:00 PM local time (1700 UTC October 16 through 0100 UTC October 18). I
strongly urge all the WIARC members that possibly can to get on for whatever
time you can. In the past, we have used 146.550 FM simplex for local QSO's
plus working all the other club members on all the band s we can.

There are a few club members that are going to operate portable, W9WE,
WB9EWM and WA0VHI will all be operating from the Pike/Calhoun county line,
K9AJC will be operating from the Adams/Hancock/Schyler county corner and
N9JF will be mobile, activating several counties in western Illinois.

I am planning to be at the club station for anyone to come and use but so
far have not heard from anyone indicating they want to do so. If you plan on
coming by the club station at the Red Cross let me know ASAP. If I do not
hear from anyone by Saturday evening, I will operate from my home station.

I hope to work many of you Sunday.

Danny W9DP




From w9dp at w9dp.us  Sat Oct 15 10:28:35 2022
From: w9dp at w9dp.us (w9dp at w9dp.us)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:28:35 -0500
Subject: [WIARC] Illinois QSO Party
Message-ID: <00c401d8e0a2$68f4b120$3ade1360$@w9dp.us>

A last reminder to make sure you get on for the Illinois QSO Party tomorrow
afternoon and evening. Even if you can only do 2 meters, call and listen on
146.550 FM simplex for other local stations. If we all leave our 2 meter
radios on during the day, we will be able to hear others whenever they may
be on but I imagine the local activity will be at its peak around 2 to 4 PM
local time.

I have not heard from anyone wanting to come to operate the club station as
a part of a potential multi-op group. If you think this is something you
want to do, let me know by this evening, otherwise I will stay home to
operate tomorrow.

Danny W9DP


From w9dp at w9dp.us  Mon Oct 31 17:23:59 2022
From: w9dp at w9dp.us (w9dp at w9dp.us)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:23:59 -0500
Subject: [WIARC] newsletter and meeting notice
Message-ID: <020801d8ed6f$17da12b0$478e3810$@w9dp.us>

The November edition of the Western Illinois ARC newsletter "The Feedline"
is available for viewing and can be seen at:

https://w9awe.org/newsletter/

The November meeting will be Wednesday November 2, 7:00 PM at the Red Cross
in Quincy. The repeater board will be presenting a proposal on taking
advantage of the current Yaesu Fusion discount program to replace and update
some of our repeater hardware. Also, there will likely be a recap of the
Illinois QSO Party as well. 

There will be a VE session on Saturday November 5th. If you want to test or
know anyone that does, contact Dave, W9WE.

W9DP