Field Day 2019

Field Day will take place on June 22 and 23, and will be held at Glazebrook Park in Godfrey, IL. Justin, WA9JTG is the Field Day Chairman for 2019 and will have more information at the June LCRC Meeting.

Any questions should be sent to fieldday@k9ham.org

Route 66 Run

The Route 66 Run in Edwardsville will take place on June 8, 2019. If you would like to volunteer please contact Mike, KD9ARW.

Pride Inc. Bucket Brigade

The LCRC will be providing communications for the 2019 Pride Inc. Bucket brigade May 11. We will meet at Sherwin-Williams Paint store around 8:00. If you would like to Volunteer to help, contact Larry W9MXC.

LCRC Spring Picnic

Chuck, N9LVY, is putting together a spring picnic May 4 at Beaver Dam State park in pavilion #3.

If you are interested in coming give chuck a phone call at 217 320-1821 and let him know you are coming and how many you are bringing.

Presentation By Bob Heil K9EID

THERE WILL BE A (PRESENTATION BY BOB HEIL- K9EID ) at our

April 2nd Meeting, so put on your traveling shoes and come on down to the April meeting, and enjoy and evening with K9EID, Bob.

Who knows what subject he will be talking about, “ COME SEE “ maybe his “PRAS” SYSTEM

ALL are Welcome, you don’t have to be an LCRC member to attend, all clubs who would like to attend, just show up you will be a welcome…….

Copyright © 2019 Heil Sound Ltd

The meeting will be located at Lewis & Clark Community College,Trimpe Blgd. RM 141, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA (map)

 

2M FM Simplex Sprint

 JAN 5th 17:00 to 22:00 

The 2M FM Simplex Sprint is here!  Mark your calendars for Jan. 5th 7 to 10pm CDT!

The objective is to make as many contacts in different zip codes as possible with only 2M FM simplex using 100W or less.  To locate boundries of zip codes, the following webpage can be of use : http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm.  There are also many smart phone apps out to tell you which zip code your located in.

This is a great contest to help conquer mic fright, test out a new antenna, learn how to program your radio and make new friends.  The contest is open to all hams to participate and join in on the fun.  You don’t have to be an lcrc member to compete in this, so spread the word!

Starting at 6:30pm the night of the contest, we will hold a net on the 145.230 (79.7) repeater to take check ins, host a Q&A session and discuss contest tips and tricks.

Download the rules below:

2M FM Simplex Sprint Rules

Submission Spreadsheets:

2M FM Simplex Sprint Submission Sheet PDF

2M FM Simplex Sprint Submission Sheet Excel

 

 

Testing Session

An amateur radio license testing session is coming up on the 14th of July  2018 at 10:00 am.

It will be held at:

Lewis & Clark Community College
Trimpe Building, Room 156
5800 Godfrey Rd.
Godfrey, IL  62035

for info please click here.

for directions please click here.

Field Day 2018

LCRC Field Day 2018
June 23th & 24th
1800 UTC Saturday to 2100 UTC Sunday

The purpose of Field Day is for amateur radio to show its readiness to respond to an emergency that could require emergency communications.

Bethalto Park (Behind Village Hall)

All are welcome
Club members, Invite your friends, relatives, neighbors; and especially the young ones!

Chairs for the 2018 Field Day is John-KJ4EG, Keelan-KC9YIC