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KARS EVENT KALENDAR
EVENT
DATE
INFO
National Foxhunt Weekend 2008
May 10
* KARS Monday Night KARS Monday Night Net at 9pm - 9pm
May 12
57th Annual
Dayton Hamvention!
May 16-18
* KARS Monday Night KARS Monday Night Net at 9pm - 9pm
May 19
KARS Board KARS Board Meetings - 3rd Tuesday at El Campesino - 6pm
May 20
* KARS Monday Night KARS Monday Night Net at 9pm - 9pm
May 26
Starved Rock Radio Club - Princeton, IL
Jun 1
KARS General KARS Board Meetings - 3rd Tuesday at El Campesino - 7pm
Jun 3
Six Meter Club of Chicago - Wheaton, IL
Jun 8
ARRL VHF QSO Party
Jun 14-16
KARS Board KARS Board Meetings - 3rd Tuesday at El Campesino - 6pm
Jun 17
Fox River Radio League - Aurora, IL
JUL 13
KARSFEST 2008 - Peotone, IL
JULY 20
NEWSLETTERS
Current KEY KLICKS NewsletterKARS KEY KLICKS May 2008 (284 KB)
Past KARS "KEY KLICKS"
Newsletters
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KARS Key Klick Newsletters are in Adobe Personal Document File (.pdf) format
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 CQ Magazine - Page 32
"May 2001 Issue"
announcing
National Fox Hunt Weekend
(NFW 2001), (Page 32)
Second time, in the
April 2003 CQ Magazine - Page 52
"April 2003 Issue"
announcing
National Fox Hunt Weekend
(NFW 2003), (Page 52)

Third time, in the
April 2004 CQ Magazine - Page 20
"April 2004 Issue"
announcing
National Fox Hunt Weekend
(NFW 2004), (Page 20)

Fourth time page coming
Features K9QT

Fifth time page coming
Features W9IOU

Click Here for directions and info about the next breakfastBreakfast 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)

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
Click here for the ARISS Contact at BBCHS

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)
W9IOU Featured July 2001 QST   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>
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KARS is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League
www.arrl.org

Illinois is in the
ARRL
Central Division
along with Indiana
and Wisconsin.

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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 SiteVisit the ARRL Central Division Web Site
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!



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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