A team effort – Tim – KD9RCL, Mark – KB9TVD, & George – KC9UIU worked pileups on 20 & 40 meters making 300 contacts – all on SSB, (phone mode) all low power – all with a temporary ‘KC9UIU blessed’
end-fed 130-foot wire antenna – Congrats to the group !!!
YRC activates W9Y for IL QSO PARTY
This Sunday join Club members for the raising of an HF station at the Elmhurst Fire Department Training Facility – – We will gather at 10:30 am to put up an antenna, get the Club’s HF rig in place and connect it to our laptop for logging –
Then at Noon members will begin 6 hours of making contacts using the special event call sign W9Y – the object will be to get our members a positive HF experience – there will be members to coach and answer questions –
We have been radioactive for a number of years for this on-air operating event – Find out more about it – visit https://w9awe.org/ilqp/
All are welcome –