Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club

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Located in Macomb,IL area

The Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club is a not-for-profit organization that provides support for its members in all aspects of Amateur Radio. We conduct monthly meetings and provide commuication to the local community during times of emergencies, disasters, and various drills. We provide weather spotting communications during times of severe weather, communications during Macomb Heritage Days parade and fly-in, Macomb go-cart races, and September Balloonfest as well as other activities.

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WB9TEA

W9SSP

In memorial to silent key Chuck Gill and the wishes of his son Dave Gill K9FHX, the call W9SSP was applied for using the vanity callsign program. It is now used to identify the 2 meter repeater on 147.06/147.66 MHz. You will need to use a CTCSS tone of 103.5 to access the repeater. This repeater is located on the WIUM radio tower at Horn Lodge campus on the south edge of Macomb.

The 70 centimeter repeater operates on 444.300/449.300 with open carrier access. The other club callsign WB9TEA is used to identify the 444.300 MHz repeater. This repeater is located on top of the Lincoln Hall residence hall at WIU campus.

In addition, McDonough Co. ESDA has a dual band radio located in the ESDA weather radar room at Memorial Hall on WIU campus for severe weather spotting activities. Members of our club help operate the weather radar during times of severe weather. Contact the local ESDA director if you are interested in weather spotting.

Local Nets

LEARC sponsor a weekly net on Sundays at 8 pm on the 147.06 repeater. There is also a local net on Monday evenings at 8 pm on 28.490 MHz in the 10 meter band. Anyone is welcome to join in.

Meetings

The LEARC meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Red Cross building 1224 Maple Ave. in Macomb, IL at 7:00 PM. Anyone interested in our club or Amateur Radio is welcome to attend.

The Salvation Army needs you!

The Salvation Army is organizing an emergency relief canteen. The function of this canteen is to set up during times of search/rescue operations, fire fighting, etc. where emergency personnel are in the field for long periods of time. The canteen will provide relief for these personnel by giving them food and drink and a place to rest during the long assignments. Organization meetings have been scheduled for the last Thursday of the month at 7 pm at the Salvation Army Chapel 505 N Randolph St. in Macomb, IL. Please come to the meeting, volunteers are needed to help man the canteen.

LEARC Reflector!

The LEARC reflector is a mailing list open to all radio amateurs for discussion of any topic involving the LEARC club or its members.

To subscribe, Go to the General Information Page for the LEARC Reflector.

Thanks to AG9Y for getting this reflector up and running!

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