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McHenry County RACES & ARES web portal
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We are a group of trained Amateur Radio operators who volunteer our time and resources to assist our community during times of disaster or other communications emergencies. We also provide communication support for public events and non-profit organizations. While we primarily service McHenry County, we coordinate our efforts with other Illinois counties, the state and ultimately federal organizations. We conduct weekly radio nets and periodic training drills to insure that our level of preparedness continues to improve. Please feel free to browse around and check back often as our website is continuously improved and updated.
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Field Day is June 28th and 29th
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"ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. On the fourth full weekend in June, tens of thousands of amateur radio operators gather for a public demonstration of our service. Field Day is part educational event, part operating event, part public relations event – and ALL about FUN! "
- ARRL Website
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This year McHenry county ARES/RACES will be participating the Field Day activities. While exact details around everything are still in the works we know that we will be operating from our ecomm vehicle and with three HF transceivers. We will be operating on phone, CW and PSK31. We will also have a demonstration on satellite communication via ham radio. We would like to invite everyone to join us, ham or not, as this is a great opportunity to see all these different operating modes in action at try them out hands on. Again, you don’t have to be a licensed ham to operate in this case as we will have many licensed hams on hand to guide you. Come and check out our set up and find out what this is all about.
Our operating location will be at the government center in Woodstock, IL. Exact location is listed on "ARRL's Field Day Station Locator". Just search for K9ESV, our club call.
>> Field Day Press Release <<
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