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ILLINOIS PIO/PIC: ARRL AFFILIATES BY CITYAS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2017ALDEOValley Emergency Communications AssociationCounty: Mercer, south of Davenport, Iowa, county seat.Club Call: KB0SANweb address: veca.us (this defaults to Chuck Gysi's website).Contact/Details: Gesi is listed as the PIO and the president.ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 309-228-8000email: KB0SAN@n9dup@No. of members: 5Major Events: NAAffiliated: November 1994ALGONQUINSuburban UHF Amateur Repeater SocietyCounty: McHenry sand Kane. The village is a northwest suburb of Chicago, near Lake Zurich, about 40 miles from the Loop. Founded in 1974.Club Call: NAweb address: Facebook address: SUHFARSPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Noel Williams, KE9AU. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 847-902-2684email: info@No. of Members: 61Major Events: Field Day, Ham BreakfastAffiliated: NAAMBOYLee County Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Lee (southeast of Dixon, Illinois)Club Call: WX9LEweb address: Facebook address: WX9LEPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club was founded in 2010 and affiliated with ARRL in 2013. Wayne Lachat (K9QDA) edits their website and Facebook page. Timothy E. Bonnell (W9NTN) is listed as president. Their constitution does not call for a publicity chair or PIO. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone:) 815-857-7017; 779-348-9112 (Lachatemail: wx9le@No. of Members: 17Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: April 2013ANNAUnion County Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Union. The club meets in Jonesboro, southeast of St. Louis near Carbondale.Club Call: KD9EVLweb address: Facebook address:PIO.Office Contacts/ Details: Lee Massey, KD9EFB, president.Phone:email: webmaster@Number of members:Major events: Field Day.Year Affiliated:BATAVIAFox River Radio LeagueCounty: DuPage and Kane counties, south of Elgin and north of Aurora.Club Call: W9CEQweb address: Facebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Founded in 1924.Dennis R. Barfus, (W9HI), president; Publicity Chair, Dawn Williams, KC9LQS, publicity@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: NAemail: publicity@No. of Members: 143Major Events: Annual Banquet, Annual Swap Meet, Field DayAffiliated: December, 1928. BELLEVILLESt. Clair Amateur Radio ClubCounty: St. Clair County. Belleville is east of St. Louis south of Fairview Heights.Club Call: K9GXUweb address: Facebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/Details: Formed in late 1940s. Randy Bastian, KC9MZ, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 618-235-1444 (Bastian)email: kc9mz@, newsletter@No. of Members: 45Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: May 1958BLOOMINGTONCentral Illinois Radio Club of BloomingtonCounty: McLean CountyClub Call: W9AMLweb address: w9amlFacebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Gary Dearth, KD9F (position unknown), Dennis Mills, KE9UA is president. Newsletter editor is Norman Huber, N9ZKS, nih.n9zks@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2012.Phone: NAemail: centralillinoisradioclub@No. of Members: 60Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: March, 1933BLOOMINGTONState Farm Retiree and Associates Radio ClubCounty: McLean CountyClub Call: N1SFweb address: NAFacebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Michael Sallee, KC9FWL, (michael@), Michael D. Brown, KG9DW, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 305-530-8444email: NANo. of Members: 11Major Events: NAAffiliated: February 2015BOLINGBROOKBolingbrook Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: Will and DuPage Counties. Bolingbrook is a southwest suburb of Chicago.Club Call: K9BARweb address: Facebook address: Bolingbrook ARSPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Established in the early 1970s. George Sperling, KB9E, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: NAemail: webmaster@No. of Members: NAMajor Events: BAR says it specializes in SkyWarn, emergency communications, Field Day and community event communications. Its constitution by-laws do not provide for a publicity chair or PIO. The full constitution is not on line.Affiliated: September 1980BRIDGEVIEWSuburban Technical Amateur Radio System a.k.a. Suburban Technical Amateur Radio Club (STARS)County: Cook county. Bridgeview is about 13 miles southwest of the Chicago Loop. Meetings are held in Worth, Illinois, a village just south of Bridgeview.Club Call: W9SRCweb address: Facebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Tom Antolak, KA9ZXN, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone: NAemail: w9drc@No. of Members: 40Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: March 1995BROOKFIELDSix Meter Club Of ChicagoCounty: Cook county, about 13 miles west of downtown Chicago. It holds its meetings in the nearby Village of LaGrange.Club Call: K9ONAweb address: Facebook address: NAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Jim Novak, WA9FIH, is the current president. He can be reached at ak9y@president. Novak also serves as editor of its newsletter. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: 708-442-2961email: wa9fh@No. of Members: 55Major Events: Hamfest, Field DayAffiliated: November 1964CANTONFulton County Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Fulton. Canton is the largest city in the county. It's just south west of PeoriaClub Call: K9ILSweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Colin Adams, KS9A, listed as president and contact. Website contains no information about club or officers except dates of meetings. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 309-647-5807email: k9ils@No. of Members: 22Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: July 1953CARBONDALESouthern Illinois University Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Jackson county. Carbondale is south of St. Louis, just east of the Illinois-Missouri state line. Club Call: W9UIHweb address: w9uih.rso.siu.eduFacebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: David Williams, K9UH. Williams, listed on the ARRL contact site, is a senior lecturer in the college of engineering at SIU. Martin (Marty) Schuette, an extra class, who received a degree in electrical engineering from SIU is listed on the club website as the current contact (marty.schuette@siu.edu) but aside from recent eclipse data, the site has not been updated since 2015. ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone: 618-453-3396, 618-453-7820 (Williams)email: dtw322@siu.eduNo. of Members: 15Major Events:Affiliated: March 1984CARLINVILLEMacoupin County Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Macoupin. Carlinville is about an hour south of Springfield and an hour north of St. Louis.Club Call: K9MCEweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Ron Ochu, KO0Z, is PIO. John Nalezyty, KD8KVO is president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 217-481-5821email: ronochu.sky@No. of Members: 60Major Events: Field Day, Central Illinois HamfestAffiliated: August 1992CENTRAILIACentralia Wireless Association Inc.County: Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties. Centralia is about an hour east of St. Louis, about 100 miles south of Decatur.Club Call: W9CWAweb address: Facebook address: Centralia Wireless Association W9CWAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club is one of the earliest ARRL units, founded in 1929 as the Centralia Short Wave Radio Club. It changed to its current name in 1931, faded out during WWII when amateur radio was banned and revived in the mid 1970s with incorporation in 1977. It has had three call signs, W9ETF, WD9FTR and its current W9CWA granted in 1996. Richard Bollmeier, N9XCO is the current president. Robert Dailey, NV9S, is listed at the contact, title unknown. email@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email: No. of Members: 49Major Events: Annual Chili Supper, Field Day, Annual Christmas SupperAffiliated: January 1930.CHAMPAIGNTwin City Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Champaign, Ford and Platt counties. The club covers the Champaign-Urbana area. It's about two hours south of Chicago and just over an hour northeast of Springfield.Club Call: W9SEHweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Wayne Hamilton, AB9FJ, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: email: info@No. of Members: 95Major Events: Annual Auction of Electronic Equipment, Field Day, Holiday Dinner.Affiliated: November 1947CHICAGOSuburban Amateur Repeater AssociationCounty: Cook.Club Call: K9GFYweb address: web address incorrect. website address up for sale.Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Robert Schiff, KA9HHH.editor, William Davidson, W9SWW, president. This information is from 2013. The website does not work. Meetings were every other month according to the 2013 listing. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013Phone: 773-262-6628 (Schiff)email: rfschiff@No. of Members: 50Major Events:Affiliated: January 1987CHICAGOThe 220 MH+Z Guys Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Cook. Meetings are held in Lyons, a village in the western suburbs of Chicago north of I-55.Club Call: WM9Wweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Steven Hill, KB9DSQ, a co-counder of the club, is the ARRL list contact. President and acting treasurer is Kelvin Jackson, W9BBQ. The club incorporated in 2012. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 708-257-4438 (Hill), 773-206-6547 (Jackson).email: thegoodguys1@No. of Members: 40Major Events: Saturday Morning Meet and Greet Breakfasts, Field Day, Winter Field Day, Post Holiday Party, Annual Picnic.Affiliated: March 2014CHICAGOUniversity of Chicago Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: CookClub Call: N9UCweb address:Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Jonathan Rosner, WO9S, University of Chicago (physics dept), rosner@hep.uchicago.edu. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: 773-702-7694 (office), 773-241-6943 (home), based on 2013 filing with ARRL.email:No. of Members: 3Major Events:Affiliated: July 1999CLAREDON HILLSDuPage Amateur Radio ClubCounty: DuPage County. Claredon Hills is a western suburb about a half hour from downtown Chicago.Club Call: W9DUPweb address: Facebook address: DuPage Amateur Radio ClubPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: John McCarty, N9HRT is president. Maureen Fahrenbach, KB9WJ is listed as the contact. Brian Eder, WB9UGX is listed as public relations committee chair. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 630-640-3111, 630-969-5297 (both Farhenbach)email: info@No. of Members: 110Major Events: Game Night, Field Day, Holiday PartyAffiliated: December 1948CRESTWOODHamfesters Radio ClubCounty: Crestwood is about 35 minutes south of downtown Chicago.Club Call: W9AAweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: David Bukowski, N9KPD, is publicity chair. n9kpd@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email:No. of Members: 80Major Events: Field Day, HamfestAffiliated: March 1938DANVILLEVermillion County Amateur Radio AssociationCounty: Vermillion county. The Club has its own building in a rural area on the northwest side of Danville. Danville is about two and a half hours south of Chicago's eastern side, a half hour east from Champaign, IL and an hour and a half from the Indiana border.Club Call: W9MJLweb address: Facebook address: groups/193787694000530/PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Stuart Winland, W9MJW, president (2016). ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email: thevcara@No. of Members: 21Major Events: Christmas PartyAffiliated: May 1953DEKALBKishwaukee Amateur Radio ClubCounty: DeKalb County. The city of DeKalb is in northern Illinois, 65 miles west of downtown Chicago and about 30 miles southeast of Rockford, Illinois.Club Call: WA9CJNweb address: karc-Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Thomas Lower, K9GPC, is the current president. (website needs updating). No committee chair list. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email:No. of Members: 71Major Events:Affiliated: February 1950 (Documents on the club's website show it as 1950, the ARRL site shows it as September 1971).DECATURCenois Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Macon county. The Club meets in Decatur the county seat. Decatur is about 40 miles east of Springfield and three hours south of Chicago.Club Call: K9HGXweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Ronnie Dean, WB4GNI, president (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email:No. of Members: 28Major Events: Fun Night/Chili Supper, Field DayAffiliated: April 1939DECATURAllied Forces Auxiliary Communications GroupCounty: Macon County. Decatur is about 40 miles east of Springfield and three hours south of Chicago.Club Call: K9MCAweb address: web address listed on ARRL site (sites.afacg.be/website/ has been disabled. There is a club site of sorts on Twitter with limited information.Facebook, Other address: afacgPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Aaron Partlow, K9APP was originally listed as president but is listed by call sign as living in Charleston, Il, in Coles County, over an hour south of Decatur. Record searches indicate he formerly lived in the Decatur area. Does this club still exist?ARRL Club info last updated in 2016 but with a TB for meeting times and location..Phone: 217-7321-8533 (This is the number on the ARRL website. in reality, it is a mobile phone number registered to a Partlow family member in Charleston) at the same Charleston address as Partlow.email: k9mca@No. of Members: 9Major Events:Affiliated: October 2012DIXONRock River Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Lee County. Dixon is the county seat. The club meets four times a year in Dixon, which is 42 miles southwest of Rockford and about 100 miles from Chicago.Club Call: W9DXN web address: (site says it is under construction)Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Steve Arntzen, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email: w9dxn@No. of Members: 15Major Events:Affiliated: March 1951 (Club website says it was established in 1952)EAST MOLINEGreen River Valley Amateur Radio Society. County: Rock Island county. The club meets in nearby Milan, near East Moline, part of a region of four counties in northwest Illinois and southeastern Iowa known as the Quad Cities, about 162 miles west of Chicago and an hour and a half northwest of Peoria.Club Call: K9WMweb address: (website limited in information)Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club was organized in 1995 .President is Dave Bellville, KD9VT. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email: k9vm@No. of Members: 30Major Events:Affiliated: May 1997EFFINGHAMNational Trail Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Effingham county. Club in 2015 was meeting monthly in Edgewood, a small community about 20 minutes southwest of the city of Effingham and 99 miles east of St. Louis.Club Call: K9UXZweb address: noneFacebook address: pages/National-Trail-Amateur-Radio-ClubINC/1501623510927PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President in 2015 was Justin Dalton, KB9VKS. ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone:email:No. of Members: 19 (2015)Major Events:Affiliated: January 1959EVANSTONEvanston Amateur Radio CommunityCounty: Cook county. Evanston is 12 miles north of downtown Chicago.Club Call: KC9OASweb address:Facebook address: (this website is no longer functioning.PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email:No. of Members: 20Major Events:Affiliated: September 2008EVANSTONMetro Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Cook county. The club meets in Lincolnwood, an Evanston area suburb and has as its club address, Skokie, also an Evanston suburb. Evanston is 12 miles north of downtown Chicago.Club Call: W9LYAweb address: Facebook address: MetroARC/PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President is Henry Schiechkorn, K9KDE. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 847-979-0622email: w9ly@No. of Members: 32Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: May 1975FLORAClay County Area Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Clay county. Meetings are held monthly in Flora. Flora is about 30 miles south of Effingham and about two hours east of St. Louis.Club Call: KC9AGCweb address: claycountyradio. Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Apparently the club in Flora became dormant in the mid-2000s, but was revitalized in 2015, changing its name from the Clay County Amateur Radio Club to the Clay County Area Amateur Radio Club. in January 2016 when the WHERE Amateur Radio in Geff (Jefferson) merged with the Clay Amateur Radio Club and changed the name of the merged group to the Clay County Area Amateur Radio Club. Michael Dickerson, KC9PHK is the current president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 618-508-3781 (Dickerson)email: claycountyradio@No. of Members: 24Major Events: April Fools Ham Fest, Field DayAffiliated: October 2016FOX LAKEWestern Lake County Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: Lake County in 2014 was meetings were held at Fox Lake, a lake-side village about 19 miles east of Waukegan and about 58 miles north of Chicago.Club Call: W9WLCweb address: (this address on the ARRL site has been discontinued. Some information available at dx17205/welcars-western-lake-county-amateur-radio-society.html). The W9WLC club station vanity call, acquired by Christopher Burke and to an Ingleside, Illinois address, expires on November 17, 2017. Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President in 2014 was Christopher C. Burke N9YH. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 847-807-5564 email: welcars@ No. of Members: 30Major Events:Affiliated: March 2007GALVAArea Amateur Radio OperatorsCounty: Henry county. In 2014, the group was meeting in Kewanee, about 11 miles northeast of Galva. Galva is a rural area 152 miles southwest of Chicago and about 48 miles southeast of MolineClub Call: AA9ROweb address: (not a working web address). The correct address is: sa9ro/.Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The Club was founded in 1995. Its officer list on its website has not been updated since 2014. President in 2014 was David M. Krans, AD9Z, ad9z@. Contact was William L. Anderson, WA9BA, wa9ba@. (both 2017) ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 309-525-0061 (Anderson; 309-525-1710 (Krans), both new, gleaned from 2017 flyer).email: aa9ro@, No. of Members: 6Major Events: AARO FestAffiliated: January 1997GEFF (JEFFERSONVILLE) *W.H.E.R.E. Amateur Radio Club (no longer a separate club)County: Wayne County. Jeffersonville is in a rural area northeast of Carbondale and about an hour south of Effingham and an hour east of St. Louis. Although its official name is Jeffersonville, it is known as and pronounced as Geff, a name change daring back to the 19th century by the railroad to distinguish the village in Illinois from Jeffersonville in Indiana. The Club merger with the Clay County Radio Club in April, 2016.Club Call: KC9UDPweb address: whereradio.Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: According to its website, the WHERE Amateur Radio Club merged with the newly formed Clay County Area Radio Club in April 2016. Steve Hamilton, KC9GMX, was president (based on 2013). The club call was registered to Hamilton in Johnsonville, Illinois. Phone: 618-919-0536. W.H.E.R.E. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.email: wherearc@No. of Members: 18Major Events:Affiliated: May 2009GENOABig Thunder Amateur Radio ClubCounty: DeKalb and Boone counties. The club meets in Belvidere, about 14 miles northwest of Genoa. Both communities are close to Rockford, the largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metro area.Club Call: WA9GWMweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club was formed in 1962, named for the Potawatomi Indian chief who lived and died in the Belvidere area. Matthew Tracey, KC9YJO, president. (2017 from web). ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone: 224-622-9001email: kc9yjo@No. of Members: 25 Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: July 1962GODFREYLewis & Clark Radio Club, Inc.County: Madison county. The club meets in Godfrey, about a half hour northeast of St. Louis, Missouri and is considered part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. It's about an hour and a half northeast of Springfield, IL.Club Call: K9HAMweb address: Facebook address: groups/K9HAM/PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club took shape 1983 from hams tired of the trek from the Alton/Godfrey area to the nearest club in Granite City. The group called itself the River City Radio Club but disbanded after three meetings but quickly re-formed in November 1984 as the Lewis & Clark Radio Club and has been operating under that name ever since. Jaque Dupont, KN9O is the 2017 president. No publicity chair or PIO listed on website of board or chairs. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email: k9ham@No. of Members: 146 Major Events: Hamfest, Field DayAffiliated: March 1987GRANITE CITYEgyptian Radio ClubCounty: Madison county. Granite City and the village of Glen Caron, nine miles east where the club usually meets, are considered part of the St. Louis metro area. Club Call: W9AIUweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Founded in 1939, it is the oldest continuously active club in the United States. The club's name was chosen because the southern part of the state and adjacent areas was called "Little Egypt." Lawrence J. Unfried, WA9KJV, is listed as president (2016). The club's website, updated in 2017, has William Dusenbery, N9OQK, as president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email: w9aiu@No. of Members: 54 Major Events: Field Day, HamfestAffiliated: September 1930HAMPSHIREMt. Frank ContestersCounty: Kane county. Hampshire is a village about 43 miles diagonally east of Rockford and about an hour diagonally west of Chicago.Club Call: K9NSweb address: (website domain has expired and is for sale)Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Frank D. Miller, K9HMB, was listed as president in 2014. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014Phone:email: w9rm@No. of Members: 20 (2014)Major Events:Affiliated: January 2003HENNEPINIllinois Valley Radio AssociationCounty: Putnam county. Hennepin is a small village on the Illinois River about 47 miles north of Peoria.Club Call: K9AVEweb address: noneFacebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President is Richard F. Grimshaw, N0OUW, contact is Thomas Chromzack, K9ML, secretary-treasurer. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 815-878-7557 (Chromzack)email: k9ml55@No. of Members: 19Major Events:Affiliated: December 2014HERRINShawnee Amateur Radio AssociationCounty: Williamson county. The club meets monthly in Herrin, a southern Illinois community north of Marion, the county seat, that was once a major coal mining area. It is about 107 miles southwest of Effingham. It's about 15 miles east of Carbondale.Club Call: W9RNNweb address: sara/ (this is an incorrect web address on the ARRL site) Another site. kb9tdt, has not been updated since 2008). The most current is .Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Len Curry, KB9KC is listed on the website as president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email:No. of Members: 38Major Events:Affiliated: May 1957HIGHLAND PARKNorth Shore Radio ClubCounty: Lake county. Highland Park is about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago.Club Call: NS9RCweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Rob Orr, K9RST is the club president (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email:No. of Members: 150 (2014)Major Events: Swap Meet, Fox Hunt, Breakfast Club, Installation BanquetAffiliated: March 1963 Club history shows it was founded in February 1980. (See history on its website).HILLSBOROMontgomery County Amateur Radio Emergency CorpCounty: Montgomery county. The club meets monthly in Hillsboro which is 49 miles south of Springfield.Club Call: W9BXRweb address: Facebook address: Montgomery-County-Amateur-Radio-Emergency-CorpPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: John Stretch, W9KHQ, president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014..Phone: 217-827-0660email: w9khq@No. of Members: 25Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: May 1956HOMEWOODTri-Town Radio Amateur ClubCounty: Cook county. Homewood is a Chicago suburb. The club's hqs and monthly meetings are held in Hazel Crest, adjacent to the village of Homewood.Club Call: W9VTweb address: Facebook address: tritownracPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Website officers are for 2016, with Todd Schumann, KA9IUC as president, tschym3063@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014..Phone:email:No. of Members: 45 (2014)Major Events:Affiliated: March 1932INARend Lake College Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Jefferson county. Ina is the southern-most village in the county and is part of the Mount Vernon micropolitan area. The club meets at the college. Ina is about 90 miles east of St. Louis.Club Call: W9RLCweb address: atc.rlc.edu/rlcarcFacebook address: PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Contact is Ricky A. Robinson, N9ITW. Robinson is a professor of Computer Networking at Rend Lake College ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 618-437-5321email: ricarc@warrior,ail.ric.eduNo. of Members: 11Major Events:Affiliated: April 2017JACKSONVILLEJacksonville Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: Morgan county. Jacksonville is the county seat and is about 40 minutes west of Springfield.Club Call: K9JXweb address: . The site is working but is totally devoid of anything. The club has a site (with logo) at k9jx/ but it hasn't been updated since 2009.Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Tim Childers, K9CQ, was listed as president in 2016. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email: k9jx@No. of Members: 15 (2016)Major Events:Affiliated: January 1974KANKAKEEKankakee Area Radio SocietyCounty: Kankakee county. The city of Kankakee is the county seat and about an hour south of Chicago and 80 miles north of Champaign.Club Call: W9AZweb address: Facebook address: PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President is Donald Kerouac, K9NR (based on February 2017 newsletter). ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone: 815-545-7548, 815-939-7548email:donk9nr@No. of Members: 77 (2015)Major Events: Fox Hunt, Field Day, Holiday BanquetAffiliated: May 1956LEONOREStarved Rock Radio ClubCounty: LaSalle county. Leonore, where the club has its hqs, is a small rural community nearly two hours southwest of Chicago and just over an hour diagonally south of Peoria.Club Call: W9MKSweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Current president is Tom Vagasky, W9TLV. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email: w9mks@No. of Members: 51Major Events: Hamfest, Field Day, Winter Field Day.Affiliated: March 1934LIBERTYVILLELake County RACES/ARES GroupCounty: Lake county. The club meets and has its headquarters in Libertyville, a suburb of Chicago five miles west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River and 39 miles north of the city.Club Call: K9IQPweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/Details: Chris Brown, a past president, is the acting PIO. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: 847-530-3604email: ars.ny9x@No. of Members: 82Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: May 2001LITCHFIELDCentral Illinois/St. Louis Area TV ClubCounty: Montgomery county. The group meets quarterly in Litchfield, about 45 minutes south of Springfield and about an hour northeast of St. Louis.Club Call: KA9TVweb address:Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President (2014) was Scott Millick, K9SM. (His e-mail address goes to a computer business in Litchfield). ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 217-324-2412email: smillick@No. of Members: 35Major Events:Affiliated: March 1992LOVINGTONMoultrie Amateur Radio KlubCounty: Moultrie county. Lovington is a rural area about a half hour southeast of Decatur and west of Arcola.Club Call: W9BILweb address: mark/Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Clint Parrish, KC9S was the president in 2013 (last report) edited by Ralph Zancha, WC9V. Website last edited in 2014. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: 217-254-7574 (Zancha)email: rzancha@one-No. of Members: 20 (2013)Major Events: Affiliated: March 1962MACOMBLamoine Emergency Amateur Radio ClubCounty: McDonough County. Lamoine is a rural, agricultural township about an hour northeast of Quincy and about two hours southwest of Peoria.Club Call: WB9TEAweb address: learc (address posted on ARRL is outdated) Its new address is: plus.103848802479210412003. The new site has its logo, no other information. The last meeting post on the old web site was in 2011.Facebook address: W9SSPWB9TEAPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Sharon Sample, N9RMF was listed as president in 2016, Richard Sample, N9EWQ, the contact at the e-mail address below. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 309-333-4743email: hamnewq@No. of Members: 10 (2016)Major Events: Picnic/Fox Hunt, Annual Holiday PartyAffiliated: March 1994MONTICELLOPicoramsCounty: Platt county. Monticello sits half way between Decatur and Champaign, about a half-hour northeast from the former and southwest of the latter.Club Call: K9IYPweb address: web address is incorrect on ARRL site as is another, hamradio.Facebook address: nonePIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Steven R. Look, KA9SZW, president (2013). A search on Steven R. Look in Montincello shows him having moved from Monticello to Port Charlotte, Florida. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013.Phone: 217-377-1557 (2013)email: slook@No. of Members: 19 (2013)Major Events:Affiliated: July 1963MORRISMetro DX ClubCounty: Grundy county. Morris is the county seat and is located just south of I-80, just over an hour southwest of Chicago and about a half-hour west of Joliet.Club Call: W9TYweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Club was founded in 1979. Current president is James Mornar, N9TK. Contact is John R. Holmes, W9ILY. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 815-941-1971email: w9ty@No. of Members: 52Major Events: Winterfest Dinner, Field Day, Annual PicnicAffiliated: September 1983MOUNT VERNONAmateur Radio Club of Mt. VernonCounty: Jefferson county. Mt. Vernon is the county seat. The club draws its membership from Jefferson, Wayne and Washington counties and meets in Mt. Vernon, located slightly southeast of St. Louis, and south of Effingham, each slightly more than an hour away.Club Call: KB9KDEweb address: arcom/Facebook address: PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Tony Burk, KD9EEO is the current president. Keith Hertenstein, KB9HOC is its website manager. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 618-242-7527 (Hertenstein)email: mvnarcom@No. of Members: 21Major Events: Field Day, April Fools Fest, WinterfestAffiliated: January 1979MURPHYSBOROMt. Ava Repeater Association, Inc.County: Jackson county. The club meets in Murphysboro, about two hours southeast of St. Louis and just under three hours south of Springfield.Club Call: K9GOXweb address: noneFacebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Dale Russell KD9EJI is president (2017), contact is treasurer Jerry Giffin, K9LRE. The Association does not appear to have a website or Facebook site ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.email: jegiffin@No. of Members: 50Major Events: PicnicAffiliated: March 2001NORRIDGEChicago FM ClubCounty: Cook county. Club meets in downtown Chicago.Club Call: WA9ORCweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Website has a vast amount of information but their refer to their officers and chairs only by first name and call and little in the way of contact information.. ARRL Club info last updated in 2013Phone:email: chicagofmclub@No. of Members: 208 (2013) Records then indicated that on 47 of 208 were ARRL members.Major Events: Radio 2017 Expo, Field Day, Fox Hunts, Christmas Party Affiliated: July 1974NORRIDGESociety Radio OperatorsCounty: Cook county. The club meets in downtown Chicago.Club Call: W9SROweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The Club was founded in March,1940. Current president is Mike Leibovitz, WA9EVF according to website. No publicity chair or PIO. Club publishes and mails a newsletter, Mike Shy, six times a year. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 773-456-0981 (Leibovitz) (from website)email: wsro@No. of Members: 39 (2014)Major Events: Field Day, Fox Hunts, Christmas/Hanukkah Party, Picnic.Affiliated: May 1946OAK PARKChicago Suburban Radio AssociationCounty: Cook county. The club meets in the village of Westchester, a western suburb of Chicago, about 15 miles from downtown.Club Call: W9SWweb address: Facebook address: SCRHAM/PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Frank Crescenzi, K9KTU, president (2016) The club is the oldest charted in Illinois. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 708-383-5349email: nabat@No. of Members: 21 (2016)Major Events: Field Day, Old Timers NightAffiliated: July 1930PEORIAPALS Repeater GroupCounty: Peoria county. The city of Peoria is the county seat. Peoria is two and a half hours southwest of Chicago and about an hour north of Springfield.Club Call: Not Provided web address: Not ProvidedFacebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Contact in 2011 was Steven Lehmann, N9SL. The president listed in 2011 was Nicholas E. Mishler, KB9YVN. ARRL Club info last provided in 2011Phone: 301-251-7716email: Not ProvidedNo. of Members: 4Major Events:Affiliated: August 2011PEORIAPeoria Area Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Peoria county. The city of Peoria is the county seat. Peoria is two and a half hours southwest of Chicago and about an hour north of Springfield.Club Call: W9UVIweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Fritz Bock, WD9FMB, is president. Contact is Bob Bush, W9WTF, trustee. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 309-692-3378email: w9uvi@No. of Members: 80Major Events: Peoria Superfest, Fox Hunts, Monthly Get-On-The-Air ContestAffiliated: May 1956QUINCYWestern Illinois Amateur Radio ClubCounty: AdamsClub Call: W9AWE, W9OABweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The Club was chartered in summer of 1940 and has been a continuous ARRL affiliated club since 1948. President is Carell Taylor, N9DT (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email:No. of Members: 75Major Events: Western Illinois Swapfest, Field Day Affiliated: April 1948ROCKFORDRockford Amateur Radio AssociationCounty: Winnebago county. Rockford is the county seat and the third largest city in Illinois.Club Call: W9AXDweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: President is Gordon Seaman, KC9NEX (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 815-262-0294 (Seaman) email:No. of Members: 40 (2014)Major Events: Friday Morning BreakfastAffiliated: November 1961ROUND LAKE BEACHStoned Monkey VHF Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Lake and McHenry counties. Round Lake Beach is a northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County. The club meets in McHenry.Club Call: N9UHFweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The name of the club comes from an incident during the June 2000 VHF QSO Party where one of the founding members unwittingly infected several computers used for logging with the Stoned Monkey computer virus.?They don't let him forget it. Tom Staley, K9TMS, is president (2016). No other information available. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 847-546-7380.email: k9tms@No. of Members: 10Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: January 2009SCHAUMBURGMotorola Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Cook county. Schaumburg is a northwestern suburb of Illinois.Club Call: K9MOT (Schaumburg), KE9MOT (Arlington Heights), KMOTO (Libertyville)web address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Russell Rezauan, AB9UE, president (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email: No. of Members: 100Major Events: Holiday Party, Field Day, Fox HuntsAffiliated: January 1976SCHAUMBURGSchaumburg Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Cook county. Schaumburg is a northwestern suburb of Illinois.Club Call: N9RJVweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Matthew J. Walsh, AC9IG (2017). The job of publicity/pr chair was is open its committee list. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email: n9rjv@No. of Members: 100Major Events: Fox Hunts, Field Day, Family PicnicAffiliated: January 1976SESSERLittle Egypt Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: Franklin County.The club meets in Benton, the county seat. Benton sits between Mt. Vernon and West Frankfort, sighly southeast of St. Louis.Club Call: KC9RFUweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Bill Bryant, N9RBE is the Society president (2017). ARRL Club info last updated in 2015.Phone:email: info@No. of Members: 11 (2015)Major Events: Christmas DinnerAffiliated: April 2006SPRINGFIELDSangamon Valley Amateur Radio ClubCounty: Sangamon county. Springfield is the state capitol, in central Illinois.Club Call: W9DUA.web address: Facebook address: Sangamon Valley Radio Club.PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Founded in November, 1948. Todd Johnson, president (2017), president. Vicky Whitaker, PIO, vwhitaker@. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone: 217-787-4923email: w9dua@No. of Members: 114Major Events: Field Day, Winter Field Day, Holiday Party, Anniversary Dinner, All Hams Picnic, State Fair Special Event Station.Affiliated: March 1949.STERLINGSterling Rockfalls Amateur Radio SocietyCounty: Whiteside county. Sterling is in an agricultural area on the north bank of the Rock River opposite its twin city, Rock Falls. It is about an hour east of Davenport, Iowa, an hour south of Rockford, Illinois.Club Call: W9MEPweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Steve Starr, KB1GRJ, is the current president (2017). Website under construction. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email:No. of Members: 30 (2016)Major Events: HamfestAffiliated: July 1956TIVOLISociety of Midwest ContestersCounty: Peoria CountyClub Call: W9SMCweb address: Facebook address: PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Craig Thompson, K9CT. See Wadsworth. ARRL Club info last updated in 2010.Phone: 309-251-9805email: craig@k9ct.usNo. of Members: 221Major Events:Affiliated: August 1958VILLA PARKYork Radio Club Inc.County: DuPage county. The club meets in Elmhurst, adjacent to Villa Park, west and part of the Chicago metropolitan area.Club Call: W9YRCweb address: Facebook address: York Radio ClubPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Club founded in 1936. Current president is John McCormick, K9KE. (2017) Public Relations chair is appointed annually, but not listed on website. ARRL Club info last updated in 2015..Phone:email: No. of Members: 36 (2015)Major Events: Field Day, Summer Barbecue, Valentine's Day DinnerAffiliated: March 1958WADSWORTHMidwest Contest GroupCounty: Lake CountyClub Call: KTORweb address:Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email:No. of Members: 6Major Events:Affiliated:WATSEKAIroquois County Amateur Radio GroupCounty: Iroquois county. Watskea, the county seat, is southeast of Kankakee, 15 miles west of the Illinois-Indiana state line and about a hour and a half south of Chicago.Club Call: AD9Lweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Tim Focken, president, W9TRF (2017 from website). ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone:email:No. of Members: 10Major Events:Affiliated: November 1950WAUCONDACortek Radio AssociationCounty: Lake County. Wauconda is about an hour northwest of Chicago.Club Call: W9CAweb address: w9ca.index/html or db/w9caFacebook address: Cor-Tek Radio AssociationPIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The group was founded in 2003 by hams interested in DXing and contesting. Its original call sign, KC9DET was replaced by the current call. Bruce Saunders, KB9INF, was listed as president in its 2014 ARRL report. Cornel Topala is listed as the contact. Topola is president of CorTek Endoscopy. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone: 847-526-2266 (Topala at work), 847-658-5157 (home)email:ct@cortek- (CorTek Endoscopy is a Wauconda-based medical supply company).No. of Members: 19Major Events: Field DayAffiliated: September 2003WHEATONWheaton Community Radio AmateursCounty: DuPage county. Wheaton is 30 miles west of Chicago.Club Call: W9CCUweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The club was founded in 1948. Current president is Al Sawyer, K9ILF (2017). A public relations chair has not yet been appointed. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: 630-923-5447email: info@No. of Members: 75Major Events: Field Day, Summer Picnic, Christmas Party, Saturday Night Fox Hunts.Affiliated: May 1961WILMETTENorthern Illinois DX AssociationCounty: Cook County.Club Call: W9BZWweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: Dick Isley, W9GIG, president (2017). Membership is restricted those holding a DX Century Club Award from ARRL. ARRL Club info last updated in 2014.Phone:email: nidxa@No. of Members: 50Major Events: Winter Dinner, W9DXCC Convention, Ninth District QSL Bureau.Affiliated: May 1968WOODSTOCKMcHenry County Wireless AssociationCounty: McHenry county. Woodstock is a city and county seat, 51 miles northwest of Chicago. Club Call: K9RNweb address: Facebook address: facebook.cp,/pages/mchenry-county-wireless-assocaition/13955403354024261PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: The Club meets in nearby Crystal Lake. John Dewey, KA9CAR, is the current president. David Whaley, NT9E, Social Media Director, Jerry Heien, N9AVY, News. ARRL Club info last updated in 2016.Phone: ka9car@email:No. of Members: 92 (2016)Major Events:Affiliated: July 1979XENIAXenia Wireless AssociationCounty: Clay county. Xenia is a small village about 40 miles southwest of Effingham, about two hours east of St. Louis.Club Call: W9XWAweb address: Facebook address:PIO/Office Contacts/ Details: James Krutsinger, KC9BUL, is the president. ARRL Club info last updated in 2017.Phone:email:xeniawirelessassociation@No. of Members: 8Major Events:Affiliated: November 2014 ................
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