After some recent discussion, we have decided to terminate the Saturday morning net check-in.  As you may remember, in the past we had supported every Saturday and then moved to a 1st & 3rd Saturday morning format. Looking at the numbers for the past year it’s become apparent that, with the decline of check-ins, it’s no longer effective. As of January 1st, we will no longer be conducting Saturday morning nets. We’ll re-evaluate going into 2021. As always, thank you for your support and we hope you will check-in with us this one last time on December 21^ST  at 8 AM on the 146.835 (PL 91.5) K9ESV  repeater.

The Monday night nets will continue on as scheduled at 8 PM.  

Have a happy and safe holiday season.

McHenry County Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service will host a Severe Weather Spotter Training on March 5, 2019 @ 6:30 pm, at the McHenry County Mental Health Board

620 Dakota St, Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

Training is FREE just register at https://www.mchenrycountyil.gov/county-government/departments-a-i/emergency-management.

McHenry County ihas established  Winlink-RMS packet gateway on 145.610 Simplex No PL.  More information on the Winlink system can be found at the link for the Live System Information. Stations, status and frequence information are all at this link.  https://winlink.org/RMSChannels. Also these test stations are on HF:

• NC9IL will now be operating Winmor P2P indefinitely on CF 3571.5 for testing purposes.
• K9LJB will now be operating ARDOP P2P indefinitely on CF 3571.5 for testing purposes.
• W9DSR will operate as an PACTOR/ARDOP/Winmor RMS on CF 3595.0 during the day, most days.

Per Frits Bock (WD9FMB): As these are testing platforms, there will be times when they will be down for maintenance, resets, or re-purposing.