Iroquois County Amateur Radio 147.030+ and 444.625+ - Meetings 2nd Thursday at the Red Cross Office in Watseka, IL

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