ARRL Illinois Section – News for ARRL members in Illinois

Central Illinois Emergency Communications Summit Announced

Post author:Bill Muhr
Post published:03/01/2023
Post category:ARES News

An agenda for the Central Illinois Emergency Communications Summit is now available. The Summit will be held in Springfield, IL on Saturday, March 25 from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Information about the sessions and panelists are included in the agenda. If you have questions about this event please email w9dsr@arrl.net.

AUXCOMM Course Offered

Post author:Bill Muhr
Post published:02/06/2023
Post category:ARES Training

An Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) course will be held on February 25 - 26 at the Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, IL. This course is designed for auxiliary communicators who volunteer to provide backup emergency communications support to "public safety" agencies. This course focuses on auxiliary communications interoperability, the relationship between the COML and AUXC volunteers, emergency operations center (EOC) etiquette, on-the-air etiquette, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations, auxiliary communications training and planning, and emergency communications deployment. The course is intended to supplement and standardize a volunteer operator’s experience and knowledge of emergency amateur radio communications in a public safety…

January Section Manager’s Newsletter

Post author:Bill Muhr
Post published:02/02/2023
Post category:News

A link to the January Section Manager's Newsletter can be found on the Resources drop-down menu above.

September 2022 Section Manager’s Newsletter

Post author:Bill Muhr
Post published:09/27/2022
Post category:News

The September Section Manager's Newsletter (PDF) is available here. Please read and respond.

Net Schedules:

The regular ARES® statewide net meets the first and third Sundays of each month on 3.905 Mhz LSB at 4:30pm local time. If necessary, the alternate frequency is 7.230 Mhz LSB.

The ARE ® Statewide Digital Net will take place immediately following the Sunday HF nets, using the talkgroups listed below.

The Digital Voice Net has moved to Wednesday evenings at 8:00 pm Central time. You can check in using the Illinois-Link Talk Group, #31171.

The Illinois Link Talk Group is connected to WIRES-X Room 21565, DMR Talkgroup 31171, NXDN 31171, P25 31171, YSF Reflector Illinois Link 83132 , and on D-STAR XLX, DCS, AND XRF 334G and AllStar 42810

In addition to the usual net, we will conduct an informal 40M and 60M band check beginning at 4:10PM. At 4:10PM, we will call for stations on 7230 kHz. At 4:20PM, we will move to 60M, and repeat the call. The start frequency is 5403.5 kHz. (channel 5). If that frequency is busy, move up one to channel 1. If 1 is busy, then 2, etc., in that order. Remember, maximum power on 60M is 100 Watts ERP.