April 05, 06 by Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club
Well we had the after school event on Monday and it went very well. I think we had 10 to 12 kids and several parents came as well. We made several contacts on PSK31 including a contact with Australia on Long Path, several European, and some South American contacts. Our regular monthly meeting will be held at Glenn Raymond at our normal time of 7 PM.
As always please invite people to come to the meeting who would like to find out more about Ham Radio. I think some kids will be back as well. Carla Waters was at the school event taking pictures and interviewing Sam, Troy, and myself. I presented a brief overview of Ham Radio and demonstrated SSTV, PSK31, CW, SSB, RTTY, and also talked about satellite communications as well as the recent contact by the KARS club with the International Space Station. I had two of the kids operate for a couple of the PSK31 contacts. Sam demonstrated operation on 2 Meters and 440 and made a demo contact with Jerry. Kids and attending faculty were all very impressed and will hopefully continue to pursue the hobby.
Thanks for all your personal support and support through WGFA!
Mike Marcier
KC9HHT
April 02, 06 by Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club
I wanted to give you information regarding Skywarn Net operations on Sunday April 2nd.
Net operations started in the early evening approximately 7:45 PM. The following spotters checked in for the Net:
W9QKF Sam Ripple Watseka
KC9FON Tim Focken Watseka
KA9MZJ Roy Eades Loda
WB9Z Jerry Rosalius Crescent City
KC9GNH Justin Kaiser WGFA
K9TA Steve Farrington Loda
KC9GWD Benny Marcier Watseka
K9BAC Brandon Campbell Bradley
KC9COR Kyle Conrad Brook, IN
KB9YZI Jeremy Green Hoopeston
KC9FAV Brian Erwin Bradley
K9CS Carl Schroeder 2 miles S. of Watseka
W9LIZ Chris Schroeder 2 miles S of Watseka
KB9JJJ Rolla Dolph 1359 E State Rt 49 (across from Kaufman Grain)
KC9GKG Dave Coomer McLean County ESDA
Reports to the National Weather Service were made through the Kankakee Area Radio Society Repeater to NW9V (Phil). Those reports included pea sized hail, heavy rain and gusts of 35+ MPH in Loda, High sustained winds of 55+ MPH in Watseka and Crescent City, rotating wall cloud near Rossville, estimated 70 MPH winds north of Oakwood with possible building damage. The primary reporting activity took place between 7:50 PM and 8:15 PM.
Mike Marcier - KC9HHT
Iroquois County Skywarn Net Coordinator
Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club
