News

SVRC 70th Anniversary Dinner

Submitted by KA9KQH on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 10:18am

On March 3, 2018, the Sangamon Valley Radio Club celebrated its 70th anniversary with dinner and a featured speaker. The even was held at Poe's on the Hill in Sherman, Illinois. Our guest speaker was noted radio and news broadcaster and amateur radio operator, Ben Kiningham. Ben spoke about the long history of the SVRC and entertained us with many pictures and anecdotes from the 1950s and 60s. A good time was had by all.
Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXtL91jOjQ

QSL Cards Online

Submitted by KD9BNQ on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:10am

In the club station move we found some of the SVRC's QSL Cards and were in the middle of another project one of our members took on scanning all of the 700+ cards so they could be placed on our website. Wow!

This includes cards for:

W9DUA
W200DUA
W9I

Browse them here!

Thank you verry much Mitch K9ZXO!

70th Anniversary Dinner Announced

Submitted by W9CRP on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 8:42pm

The details for the 70th Anniversary have been decided and the 70th Anniversary Dinner is quickly approaching. I wanted to share a few details about the dinner with you. This year's dinner will be a semi formal event. Tickets are on sale at the board meetings, club meeting, open hours or through treasurer@svrc.org. Tickets will be on sale until February 26,2018.

When: March 3, 2018 5:30pm
Where: Poe's on the Hill
Program: From Then to Now 70yr of the SVRC
Presented by: Ben Kinningham
Price: $25 per person

Elections Results for 2018 Business Year

Submitted by KA9KQH on Mon, 12/11/2017 - 6:46pm

The votes have been cast and the results are in! The Sangamon Valley Radio Club moves forward to a new year with some new faces on the board and with great hopes for what can be done in 2018.

With 121 members eligible to vote and 72 ballots cast we have both approved amendments to our constitution and installed a new board!

September Presentation: Amateur Radio vs Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

Submitted by KA9KQH on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 4:50pm

At the September 2017 meeting KB0PQP, Tyler Costantini, provided an interesting and enlightening presentation regarding Electromagnetic Pulses. He later posted this on youtube. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/63CZvwfzgmI

K9ZXO Explains Logging and ADIF

Submitted by KD9FZI on Sat, 08/19/2017 - 2:28pm

K9ZXO Explains ham radio digital call logs & ADIF

Another Elmer Ed Installment

W9EBK & N9HHE-- Ham Radio Adventures Summer 2017

Submitted by KD9FZI on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 8:14pm

Eyeball contacts with Hams from around the world

Adventures of W9EBK and N9HHE Summer 2017

Don, W9EBK, has a great story to share of his and XYL Claudia N9HHE's travels to the Dayton HamVention and the ARDF Meet in Cincinnati...let's let him tell it.

"I often hear that you never know who you will meet through ham radio. This year has been serious proof of that. It started with our trip to the Dayton Hamvention in May.