From the Desk of AB9ZI - September 2025 Message

As the weather turns cooler it means it’s time for QRP Night.  The September club meeting (9/9/2025) will be held at Emily Oakes Nature Center in Skokie.  Bring your low power radio, string up an antenna, and make contacts while eating S’mores cooked around a bonfire.    Complete details are on the club website.  https://ns9rc.org/qrp-night   I hope to see all of you there! 

The North Shore Radio Club’s Annual Auction will take place at our October meeting (10/14/2025) at the Heller Nature Center, 2821 Ridge Road in Highland Park. This is our ONLY fundraising event. Proceeds help to organize and pay for all the things your club is doing for you including operating our repeaters, meeting location rents, Field Day food and equipment etc.   Complete Information: https://ns9rc.org/nsrc-auction

You can help by donating any ham radio related items. Check your shack, garage, basement or storage locker and get rid of any equipment, accessories or parts which you don’t use anymore, in your way, or is too good to throw out.

Then please send us the following information to: auction@ns9rc.org:

·       Item description 

·       Condition (new, used but fully operational, needs some TLC) 

·       Estimated value

·       Pictures!

Please continue to bring the items to Breakfast Club at Max’s Deli on Saturday mornings prior to the auction.  https://ns9rc.org/activities/breakfaast-club.  We will collect and store the items. If you can’t make it to Max’s, please contact our vice president Eliot (K9EHG) to make arrangements by sending him an e-mail to: vicepresident@ns9rc.org.

Then be sure to come TO the auction and score some great deals on gear you can use.  Rumor has it that a like new ICOM 7300 will cross the auction block!  And: watch the website for pre-auction items you can bid on and purchase!

One of the stated purposes of Amateur Radio and of our club is Public Service.  While not a sponsored club activity, our members do volunteer to assist the medical teams at the Chicago Marathon with radio communications. The North Shore Radio Club has a proud history of supporting the Marathon.  Sign up information is available on the club website https://ns9rc.org/public-service.   Please consider continuing the tradition and volunteering for this worthwhile event. 

The North Shore radio club is an all-volunteer organization.   There are many opportunities to volunteer to assist with club events and behind the scenes.  Check it out on the website: www.ns9rc.org

73, Brian Dubin AB9ZI

President