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Chapter 36 - Northwest Indiana

~ Creaky Knees and Rusty Keys ~

ON THE AIR!

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Chapter 36 on Packet!
On Feb. 3, 2010, I activated club call W9EGQ on 2m packet radio, using 145.09 MHz. You can connect to the mailbox at W9EGQ-1 or digipeat via QCWA36. This is standard 1200 baud packet for now, but I can enable 9600 baud too (I think) if there is interest in that. The station consists of a Kantronics KPC-9612 TNC, Icom IC-208H running 55w, and a Hustler G-6 ground plane at about 50 ft. So dust off that old TNC in your closet, or learn about using digital modes with a sound card.

THANKS to Chapter 36 members George K9WWT and Tom W8FIB, with the help of their friend John NA9U, who activated our club call sign K9QCW for the CW Sweepstakes on November 7th-8th. THANKS also to Dan W9DWS for hosting this event from his W9SAL Tower Complex. CLICK HERE! to read George's full report and see LOTS of pictures.

National QCWA Nets:
SSB - 14.347 MHz every Sunday at 2000 UTC (2pm CST, 3pm CDT). NCS varies.
CW - 7.035 MHz every Wednesday evening at 7pm local time year round. NCS is Ben, N6SL.

Let me know if you have other suggestions for getting our club calls active on the air!

Email with questions, comments, or corrections.