Welcome to the
nORTH SHORE RADIO CLUB
(NSRC) - Illinois
What’s Happening?
NEWS - Quick Bits
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NEWS - Quick Bits ~~~
Its time to renew your membership
Membership dues are still $35 if paid before December 31st. After that it will be $40. Go to our Membership page and fill out the form joining or renewal here ->
If you want to pay in cash come to to one of our meetings and see Tami.
Next VE Test Session is Sunday, November 16th.
Go to HAMSTUDY.ORG to sign up. If you upgrade, use your existing FRN. For new licensees you might not be able to obtain a FRN from the FCC due to the current government shutdown. In that case use the “I don’t have a FRN” checkbox and proceed. For more information about our VE program follow this link —>.
Our Club Auction was a great success
We were able to sell a lot of the donations, and the proceeds will help us to keep maintain our repeater systems and sponsor the many events we have throughout the year.
A big thank you to all doners and the buyers on auction night October 14th. Also, a big thank you to all volunteers who helped transporting the items from our warehouse to Heller.
But we are not done yet. The online auction is winding down, and we will start new listings with fixed price items and items offered for sale you name your price and if it is reasonable, you got it.
Keep checking our auction page for more information by following this link —>
NSRC Presidents Blog
Club Meetings
The next club meeting is on November 11th, 2025. It is a Hybrid meeting on Zoom and In-Person.
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 11th:
Welcome Message from our President - Brian, AB9ZI
Garrett Dow, KD6KPC - Repeater Book. He will talk about the usage and features of the Repeater Book, an online source for repeater information. Did you know you can create custom CSV files from the repeater book to program your radio? This and more in his upcoming presentation.
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/5392163778?pwd=pNuDf3Z2K5iuMZbQZBdDcZ1KeIORxF.1&omn=85262844878
Meeting ID: 539 216 3778
Passcode: 9FzNuQ
NS9RC eMitter
The October 2025 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
On Saturday September 20th, we set a new record with 26 attendees. Join the conversations in the long running 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 and more pictures go here ->
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.