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NORTH SHORE RADIO CLUB
(NSRC) - Illinois

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NEWS - Quick Bits

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NEWS - Quick Bits ~~~

The Live Auction is over, but the Online Auction continues

We will keep our online auction going. If you did not have the opportunity to bid on items at the live auction on October 13th there is still some items on sale. Go to the auction page and review what is still available. Come back often, items are still be added. You can bid on items online and are able to pick up some nice equipment for little money. All items are listed with a fair market value equivalent for how much similar items are offered or sold on online platforms like eBay or QRZ.COM. The prices listed are the “buy it now” prices. If you bid less than your bid will stay active for 2 weeks. If your offer was above 50% of the listing price and nobody put a higher bid in, then you won the item. We will then contact you for payment and pickup arrangements.

2027 Membership Renewal or new Membership

It is time to renew your membership. Please go here → to renew your membership or to join our club.

Meshtastic / Meshcore anyone?

A new groups.io subgroup was created for this. Go here → to subscribe and participate in the discussions.

For more details check out our new webpage on our website here—>.

Check out what is going on in the Chicagoland here→.

NSRC Presidents Blog

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From the Desk of AB9ZI - October 2026 Message
From the Desk of AB9ZI - October 2026 Message

Going Once! Going Twice! SOLD!  Yes that perfect piece of equipment you need to “complete” your shack could be yours as it comes across the auctioneer’s block.  Join us at the annual North Shore Radio Club Auction at 7pm on Tuesday October 13 at the Heller Nature Center.  You can find all information about the auction and a listing and pictures of the equipment being offered on the club website at:   https://ns9rc.org/nsrc-auction.  In addition the website has the details of how to purchase items on line prior to the auction.  The auction is the club’s only fund raiser and pays for our network of repeaters and club events.  Sales at the auction are Vegas Style:  what happens at the auction never gets repeated after the auction.  So bid with confidence with the knowledge that outside of those at the auction, nobody will know what you bought!

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Club Meetings

The next club meeting is on November 10th. 2026.

It will be in person and on ZOOM.

For in person meetings at Heller Nature Center, doors open at 7:00pm,

Meetings start promptly at 7:30pm, meetings end close to 9:00pm.

The zoom session will be available starting at 7:00pm.

The Heller Nature Center is located at 2821 Ridge Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035.

For directions follow this link —>

  • Program for November 10th:

    • Welcome Message from our President - Brian, AB9ZI

    • Eric Swartz Elecraft - Elecraft Product Review

    • Club Business

Find future Club Meetings on our calendar here ->

Or go to the club meeting page for more details here->

The information for the Zoom meeting is:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89726362667?pwd=7PNuea6cvQ9VtVrFYTLJRfJWQoGEmJ.1


Meeting ID: 897 2636 2667
Passcode: NS9RC

Use this ICS file for populating your calendar with the 2026 NSRC club meetings :
NSRC Meetings 2026.ICS

Links to YouTube recordings of our Club Meetings can be found here ->

NS9RC eMitter

The October 2026 edition is available now.

If you did not receive the newsletter in your e-mail, please check in your JUNK/SPAM folder or contact communications@ns9rc.org.

Back issues can be found in the eMitter Archive.

Breakfast Club

8:00 am Saturdays

Join the conversations in the long running (Since September 1991) NSRC Saturday Breakfast Club while trying some of the great food at Max’s Deli, 191 Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035.

For details. more pictures and a link to the restaurant go here ->

New record of 28 attendees at the breakfast on August 29th.

Help Wanted

The North Shore Radio Club has a lot to offer to its members. There are a lot of activities throughout the year to engage and participate. However, these things don’t just happen. These activities require volunteers to take ownership or just to help. As more volunteers we have the workload for everyone will be less.

If you read this, you should give it a serious thought if you could spare a couple of hours during the year to help your club to stay active.

There are roles for everyone regardless of your skills or if you think “I am not good for that” or “I don’t like to deal with people”. Get out of your comfort zone and try something new.

Go here for a list of open positions.