W9AZ.COM MENU / WEB SITE MAP KARS EVENT KALENDAR EVENT DATE INFO National Foxhunt Weekend 2008 May 10 NFW Saturday May 10 at Noon * KARS Monday Night  - 9pm May 12 KARS Rptr 146.94 mhz - 107.2 pl 57th Annual Dayton Hamvention! May 16-18 The WA5KUB Helmet Cam will begin broadcasting on May 14th * KARS Monday Night  - 9pm May 19 KARS Rptr 146.94 mhz - 107.2 pl KARS Board  - 6pm May 20 Meeting at El Campesino - 6pm * KARS Monday Night  - 9pm May 26 KARS Rptr 146.94 mhz - 107.2 pl Starved Rock Radio Club - Princeton, IL Jun 1 Bureau County Fairgrounds - MAP KARS General  - 7pm Jun 3 Meeting at St Mary's - 7pm Six Meter Club of Chicago - Wheaton, IL Jun 8 Six Meter Club Hamfest - MAP ARRL VHF QSO Party Jun 14-16 ARRL VHF QSO Party KARS Board  - 6pm Jun 17 Meeting at El Campesino - 6pm Fox River Radio League - Aurora, IL JUL 13 Fox River Radio League - Aurora, IL KARSFEST 2008 - Peotone, IL JULY 20 Will County Fairgrounds - MAP ARRL Contest Main Page WA7BNM Contest Calendar  Annual CQ Contest Calendar ARRL - All Hamfests in US NEWSLETTERS KARS KEY KLICKS May 2008 (284 KB) Past KARS "KEY KLICKS" Newsletters April 2008 (254 KB) March 2008 (255 KB) Jan / Feb 2008 (464 KB) December 2007 (131 KB) November 2007 (489 KB) October 2007 (403 KB) September 2007 (395 KB) August 2007 (394 KB) July 2007 (441 KB) June 2007 (295 KB) May 2007 (284 KB) April 2007 (439 KB) March 2007 (359 KB) February 2007 (530 KB) December 2006 (336 KB) November 2006 (416 KB) October 2006 (269 KB) September 2006 (259 KB) August 2006 (481 KB) July 2006 (445 KB) June 2006 (410 KB) May 2006 (397 KB) April 2006 (432 KB) Feb / March 2006 (259 KB) W9AZ REPEATERS THE EXCELLENT SYSTEMS OF KARS KARS Monday Night Net, ARES Nets and Weather Spotting Check in every Monday at (9pm) to the KARS <Monday Night Net> at 146.94 mHz  (107.2 pl) Everyone welcome to check in. Weather Spotting Nets, ARES Emergency Nets W9AZ Repeaters - IRLP APRS - DX Cluster Photos and info of KARS many excellent systems RF DX Cluster 145.53 Mhz Telnet DX Cluster 69.212.234.48 AR Cluster© Users Manual   KARSFEST 2008 KARS 25th ANNUAL HAMFEST (KARSFEST 2008) Past Great Hamfests KARSFEST Flier in Adobe .pdf format karsfest.pdf KARSFEST 2003 Contesting tribute to SMC Pres K9PG KARSFEST 2002 1st ever Ducie Island VP6DI Presentation by N9TK KARSFEST 2001 Spratly Island 9M0M Presentation by WB9Z KARSFEST 2000 KARS HAMFEST 99 KARS HAMFEST 98 ALL Hamfests in the USAat ARRL.ORG FOXHUNTING KARS FOXHUNT MAIN PAGE KARS FOXHUNTING Main Page CQ Magazine Features KARS Fox Hunters First, in the "May 2001 Issue" announcing National Fox Hunt Weekend (NFW 2001), (Page 32) Second time, in the "April 2003 Issue" announcing National Fox Hunt Weekend (NFW 2003), (Page 52) Third time, in the "April 2004 Issue" announcing National Fox Hunt Weekend (NFW 2004), (Page 20) Fourth time page coming Features K9QT Fifth time page coming Features W9IOU Breakfast now first Saturday EVERY month   JOIN KARS Join KARS Today! MeetingsMonthly Meetings MembersKARS Membership Roster E-Mail and Homepages OfficersKARS Officers ARRL VE TESTING VE Test Sessions   KARS Historical Archives (Year - 1922) (Year - 1925) (9AZ QSL Card 1925) (Year - 1942) (Year - 1952) (Year - 1954) (Year - 1955) (Year - 1956) (Year - 1957) (Year - 1959) (Year - 1960's) (Year - 1961) (Year - 1962) (Year - 1963) (Year - 1964) (Year - 1965) (Year - 1969) (Year - 1970's Tower) (Year - 1970) (Year - 1971) BBCHS ARISS Contact with NA1SS Bill McArthur 3-28-2006 Bradley / Bourbonnais HS ARISS Contact with the International Space Station NA1SS, 4 pages of photos. Hear it in mp3 JOTA - Scouting "Jamboree On The Air" JOTA Kankakee, IL 1999 JOTA Kankakee, IL 1998 ICOM America visits Kankakee Icom Funmobile Photos - August 1998 NWS NOAA Weather Transmitters Kankakee, Iroquois Counties The local area now has two full time National Weather Service VHF transmitters Through the efforts of KARS members Howard Dybedock AK9F and Jerry Rosalius WB9Z. Click on the link below for the "full story" and photo of the transmitter at the St Anne (Kankakee) sight. NOAA Transmitters at 162.525 and 162.500 mHz Field Day KARS FIELD DAY 2002 KARS FIELD DAY 2001 KARS FIELD DAY 2000 KARS FIELD DAY 1999 KARS FIELD DAY 1998 Annual Picnic / RC Extravaganza KARS Picnic Sept 2000 KARS Picnic Sept 1999 KARS Picnic Sept 1998 Dayton HamVention Photos Dayton 1999 Photos Dayton 1998 Photos ARRL features Dayton Speaker KARS Member in QST Crystal, W9IOU in the July 2001 issue of QST Magazine (page 89) Crystal, then 15, along with 5 other young hams from across the nation, spoke at the "Youth in Amateur Radio" forum at the Dayton HamVention. Crystal's topic was "Promoting Ham Radio Through the Local Clubs." Web Site Awards Awards bestowed upon the w9az.com web site WB9Z DX Super Station Many photos of the DX Super Station in Cresent City, Illinois K9BIG Lighthouse Activations by K9BIG View QSL cards from K9BIG's Lighthouse activations K9BIG ARISS Control Op contacts Bill McArthur. Bradley / Bourbonnais HS talks with astronaut on International Space Station NA1SS, 4 pages of photos.Hear it in mp3 WR9L VHF Contest Expedition VHF Contest Expedition from a Rare Grid Square By WB9STR (Now WR9L) Ham Radio <Links> World Wide Callsign Lookup Sites Ham Radio Web-Sites (Various Interests) Other Ham Radio Club Web-Sites DX Web-Site Links, Clusters etc. Ham Radio Dealers and Manufacturers Computer Show <Links> Area Computer Shows Computer / Electronic Support <Links> Computer / Electronics Manufacturers, Computer Support, Device Drivers Total Web User / Master Resource Links Weather <Links> Kankakee, IL WEATHER and FORECAST from The Weather Channel WEATHER LINKS PAGE Kankakee Area State / Gov <Links> Greater Kankakee Area Websites of Interest State and US Government Search <Links> Search Engines CALLSIGN SEARCH   Call: Call: Call: SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS

www.arrl.org Illinois is in the ARRL Central Division along with Indiana and Wisconsin. Visit the ARRL Central Division Web Site www.central.arrl.org

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Welcome
to the KARS web site!
The Kankakee Area Radio Society
Kankakee, Illinois - Kankakee County - USA

KARS is an amateur radio Club, a service organization located in Kankakee, Illinois.

KARS is proud to affiliate itself with the American Radio Relay League - ARRL.
ARRL is the National Organization for Ham Radio and our voice (lobby) in Washington.

Illinois is in the ARRL Central Divisionalong with Indiana and Wisconsin.
Division Director George R "Dick" Isely, W9GIG and
Vice Director Howard "Howie" Huntington, K9KM
are our representatives in ARRL policy making.
Illinois Section Manager  Thomas Ciciora, KA9QPN
represents us in the ARRL Field Organization.

Visit the ARRL Central Division Web Site for Central Division News and Views.

KARS is devoted to the promotion of amateur or "ham" radio as it is known by some.
If you are not familiar with the subject, a great web page on ham radio covered it very well
on the ARRL Web: at this link, Click Here.

Many vocations and decades of experience are
represented here within the KARS Organization.

Club meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month.
Non-members are always encouraged to attend.

Our banner newsletter "KARS KEY KLICKS"
is published monthly by the dedicated team of K9QT and K9NR.
Current and past issues are listed at the top of this page in Adobe pdf format.

Training and Testing help available. Good monthly programs and other activities.

Potential members are encouraged to apply.
Be part of the KARS team,
help support the many fine systems and programs of
The Kankakee Area Radio Society Click HERE and Join KARS Today!

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Want to get your ham radio license???
Contact KARS Education Director K9BIG Jim Schreiner.
Jim, a science teacher at Bradley Bourbonnais High School
will set you on the right path toward fulfilling the task.
E-mail Jim today

If you would like to know a little more about the subject of ham radio,
Visit this page at the American Radio Relay League

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This Web-Site was created on 12-1-97 by KARS web master
Clay Melhorn - N9IO of Bonfield, Illinois

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