After 15 years, the Evanston Bike Club and the North Shore Radio Club have ended their partnership serving the North Shore Century.
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The Fox Hunt has been a grand tradition with this club for many years. In recent times, we have met at the Glen in Glenview and have tried to combine the hunt with some social times. Last year, because of COVID, the restaurants were closed and we took over the upper parking deck. This turned out to be way more fun than heading to one of the local watering holes. So, with that in mind, I discovered a rather large parking lot across the street from Air Station Prairie, on the north side of the Glen. That will be our new meeting spot and where we will have an informal gathering afterwards. (There are no public rest rooms close by. There is a train station and some restaurants, that might be available.)
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Since the FCC changed the human exposure rules on May 3, 2021, all hams are required to confirm that their stations are not exposing anyone to RF levels higher than the regulatory safety limits. In this presentation, N9GL will discuss what is required at every amateur radio station, several ways to perform exposure assessments, and what you can do if the assessment indicates the potential for excessive exposure.
Read MoreIf you have not been following Cary Willis’ posts about the flight of their pico balloon, you have missed a great journey. The balloon has been flying for days now and has floated halfway around the world. He runs a little contest for folks to see who can predict where it might be when it awakens everyday. Here is the text from one of Cary’s email posts:
We believe KD9ORR is still flying, just hadn't reported after 03:40 zulu.
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A team of 135 ham radio operators from 4 states helped the medical teams volunteering for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 10, 2021. The Chicago Marathon is the third largest Marathon in the world and has a best-in-class reputation. This was also one of the largest events Chicago has hosted since the pandemic shut the city and the Marathon down in 2020. This is the 13th year ham radio operators have partnered with the medical teams to help them coordinate medical responses, arrange for medical supplies to be redeployed and provide situational awareness for the organizers.
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As the 4th quarter of 2021 starts, we would like to thank everyone for a successful membership year! This is one of the highest membership years at approximately 230 and rising. Looking forward to the 2022 membership year. Please visit complete the form here Membership/Renewal to join or renew your 2022 membership.
As most of you know, the participation level in our Thursday Evening Net increased dramatically in March of 2020. This coincided exactly with the beginning of the COVID lockdown. Your Net Team responded quickly to simplify the check-in process. For any station that had previously participated by checking into the NSRC net, going forward only need to provide their call sign.
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