Ham radio folks assisted behind the scenes (Illinois)

Many amature radio (ham) operators gave up so much time and at their own expense to help others after the Aug. 28, 1990, tornado. Most of us only slept for 15 to 30 minutes a day for an eight-day period. To begin with, we train for these kind of emergencies every year with an event called field day. This is held the last full weekend in June. We set up sites in fields and in public parks and make as many contacts as possible while trying to get through cluttered airways. This event is done so throughout the United States. We also take emergency tornado trainings, as well as, for most of us, keep up on advanced first aid.

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  The Lakeshore Repeater Association operates the VHF 2 Meter KR9RK repeater on 147.270 MHz (+600 kHz) with CTCSS tone of 127.3 Hz. and the 70 centimeter KR9RK repeater on 442.00 MHz (+ 5.0 MHz) with a CTCSS tone of 127.3 Hz.

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