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nORTH SHORE RADIO CLUB
(NSRC) - Illinois

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NEWS - Quick Bits

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NEWS - Quick Bits ~~~

VE Test Session on July 20th resulted in 5 new licenses, 3 Technicians and 2 General. Read all about our VE program here ->

We had a very successful Fox Hunt on July 8th. There were a lot of new faces showing up and everyone had a great time. Even the sky was smiling with a wonderful dry evening. Read all about it and see the results on our Fox Hunt page here —>

We had a great field day. A big shoutout for Casey (KV3T) for the hard work preparing our submittal package. Read all about it and see the results on our Field Day page here —>

Sign up for the next round of Build Club activities now.

The next build club activity for registered participants will be starting August 6th. For details and more information go here ->

We had a great Ham’s in the Park on Saturday July 12th. It was great weather and a great turnout. I counted 9 stations (WB9JNZ, KD9RFW, KCIL, K9SRA, W9RAE, N9HOX, W8JAY, KD9VXC and N0LSR) trying to battle for the airwaves. For more information go here —>

We had a great Ham’s in the Park on Saturday July 12th. It was great weather and a great turnout. I counted 9 stations (WB9JNZ, KD9RFW, KCIL, K9SRA, W9RAE, N9HOX, W8JAY, KD9VXC and N0LSR) trying to battle for the airwaves. For more information go here —>

If you are interested in Pico Balloons, there is a group of ham radio operators in our area who are active in that niche of our hobby. It is amazing what they accomplish with some of their balloons circumvent the world several times. Go to their website and check it out 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.

Go here for a list of open positions.

NSRC Presidents Blog

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From the Desk of AB9ZI - July 2025 Message

Field Day 2025 was held on June 28-29th.  We had perfect weather which does not happen often.  We had four radio stations operated for 24 hours on SSB, CW, and FT8.  In addition, we made many radio station contacts Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at the GOTA (Get On The Air) station.

This event was a success due to the many members who participated in the setup of our multiple antennas, radios, generators, banners and signage.  It took us about 10 hours on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning to set all of it up.  We also had plenty of participation in the tear down, which took a whole 50 minutes.

Read More →

Membership

For membership information and how to join or renew your membership, go to our membership page.

NS9RC eMitter

The July 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

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 pictures go here ->

Hams in the park Saturday August 9th, 2025 - 2pm to 4pm

The next Hams in the Park activity is planned for August 9th. Should the weather be not favorable I will post it here if we have to postpone.

The August activity is dedicated to low power operation 10W or less). This is the day for experimenting with your potable setup and antennas.

Hope to see you on August 9th. For more information follow this link —>

Club Meetings

The next club meeting is on August 12th 2025. It is aN In-Person and Zoom meeting

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:

    • Welcome Message from our President - Brian, AB9ZI

    • Trek 100 Recap - John W9JM

    • Field day results - Don KK9H, Mary WD9GYM, Warren KC9IL

    • Chuck Abramson - ABR Industries cables for Base station, mobile, POTA grounding, rotor, and overall capabilities

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

there was no zoom Recording of the June meeting

there was no July meeting, we had our Fox Hunt instead

Record Turnout at our club breakfast on July 26th.

We had 24 hams show up at this week’s breakfast. We even had to extent our tables to have seating for everyone. A lot of new faces showed up and everyone had a great time with interesting discussions and good food.

For more details and pictures go here ->