GOOGLE SEARCH the W9AZ.com web site KARS Monday Night Net Info Page All check-ins are welcome - 8pm CST 146.94(-)tn107           [Monday Night Net Protocol (for net operators)]           [Download KARS Net Control Form] KARS "Key Klicks" Newsletters Join KARS Today!

W9AZ Repeater 146.940 mHz(-)107.2 pl Echolink Node 517002 W9AZ-R Install Echolink now on your Desktop / Laptop / Android / IOS device [Click here or the Echolink Icon]          Once installed Echolink requires authentication of your license The best way is to send an official copy of your license from the FCC to Echolink [Here's how on an instruction page at ARRL.org] W9AZ Repeater 145.130 mHz(-)107.2 pl W9AZ Repeater 444.800 mHz(+)100.0 pl

NEW PERMANENT KARS MEETING DAYS Note that all future KARS General meeting days will be the second Tuesday and Board meetings will be the fourth Tuesdays of the month.

For FLEX RADIO 6000 series radio owners RXAssistant Version 3.7 Apr-20-2024  02:00UTC Notice: This final version of RXAssitant 3.7 AND the User Document was uploaded at 02:00UTC on 4-20-2024. ANY version prior to the above date was in beta testing, please update now. RXAssistant is a Windows Program intended to provide Point and Click Selection of Many of the "RECEIVE" options burried in Menus in SmartSDR on your PC or Maestro Screen as well as quick access to your receive antennas IE: it's name RXAssistant. It will run on any Flex 6xxx Radio using SmartSDR Version 2.6.1 or greater. Options viewable below on the GUI Screen are self explanatory but additional information is available in the User PDF downloadable (below). NOTE: These operations can still be limited or modified by your Radio Model. Download link and Download instructions are available (below).   Once installed RXA will remember your selected Screen Position.   Version 3.7 has a new look and has added several new features. Active S Meters for each slice will show the Signal and noise floor levels as you change Receive Antennas. In addition the AGC relative Threshold is displayed as a Green Bar above the S Meter Bar showing its relationship to the Noise Floor. Additionally the AGC Threshold level is shown numerically. The ability to turn the Hot Keys function On and Off with one button. Full explanations are available in the user Documentation link below. Questions or Comments can be sent to myself at  kenbuser@gmail.com   Ken W9IE

Downloads RXAssistant_3.7_Download_Install (Installation instructions) RXA_Version_3.7_Doc.pdf  (User Document) April-20-24 Download the RXA app zip file RXAssistantSetup-3.7.zip Special thanks to  WS7M, W3II and also KE5DTO @ Flex Radio. Also to the Kankakee Area Radio Society for hosting this app and web master Clay N9IO for his work in posting the application and documentation on the KARS Web site. www.W9AZ.com

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KEY KLICKS NEWSLETTERS  - INCLUDES CALENDAR OF EVENTS

KARS Current newsletter >> April 2024 (2.35 MB) << includes calendar of events

Past KARS "KEY KLICKS" Newsletter links below

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 Features K9QT
Fifth time page Features W9IOU	Sixth time page Features K9UNO and W9IOU May 2009

 

Members KARS Membership Roster E-Mail and Homepages Officers KARS Officers ARRL VE TESTING VE Test Sessions   KARS Historical Archives KARS Past / Present (Year - 1916-1922) (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) JOTA Kankakee, IL 1998 Icom Funmobile Photos - August 1998 KARS FIELD DAY 1998 KARS Picnic Sept 1998 Dayton 1998 Photos JOTA Kankakee, IL 1999 KARS FIELD DAY 1999 KARS Picnic Sept 1999 Dayton 1999 Photos KARS FIELD DAY 2000 KARS Picnic Sept 2000 VHF Contest Expedition from a Rare Grid Square By WB9STR (Now WR9L) - 2000 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." KARS FIELD DAY 2001 KARS FIELD DAY 2002 NWS NOAA Weather Transmitters Kankakee, Iroquois Counties - 2003 The local area has two full time National Weather Service VHF transmitters Through the efforts of KARS members Howard Dybedock AK9F(sk) 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 K9BIG Lighthouse activations - 2003 / 2004 Special Event Station Commemorating KARS 80th Year in 2004 A special event station was conducted at Koerner Aviation in Kankakee in honor of KARS founding member Del Koener W9NKR 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. Also listen to the historic contact event in mp3 audio (Year - 2008) (Year - 2009) WB9Z DX Super Station Many photos of the DX Super Station in Cresent City, Illinois 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 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

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