Six Meter Club of Chicago

(SMCC)

Six Meter Club of Chicago

(SMCC)

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The Six Meter Club of Chicago(SMCC) promotes interest in the Amateur Radio Service by fostering activity on all radio bands(HF, VHF, and UHF), provides emergency communications, community radio services, and technical assistance related to radio and its use in communications.

The Six Meter Club of Chicago(SMCC) promotes interest in the Amateur Radio Service by fostering activity on all radio bands(HF, VHF, and UHF), provides emergency communications, community radio services, and technical assistance related to radio and its use in communications.

 
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Next SMCC Meeting will be meeting at
On Friday November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM.

Next SMCC Meeting will be meeting at

On Friday November 14, at 7:30 PM.

St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran

Church 9035 Grant Ave. Brookfield IL.

Approach
Grant Avenue is an eastbound one-way street.
Approach from the west is advised.
Parking:
Members and guests are welcome to park in the lot north of the building.
Entry:
The main school door facing Grant Avenue will open at 7:00 P.M. and will lock at 7:30 P.M.
Proceed through the double doors through the gymnasium, go through the door to the right of the kitchen serving window, and proceed down the short hall to the meeting space. 
If arriving after 7:30, please call K9ONA on the Club repeater system, and the host will let you in

The 6 Meter Club of Chicago
SWAP MEET & Grumpy Social
Was a Tremendous Success
Thank You to Everyone who Came Out!

SMCC UHF-2 is up!

The new-to-us UHF-2 repeater, KB9OYP/R, is now operational at our Hinsdale Central High School repeater site!  It runs independent from the multicast system spanning our 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm repeaters, making it useful as a secondary channel for non-net traffic or as a backup SMCC net frequency.  The repeater committee will be reprogramming the courtesy tone soon, but the repeater will continue to sign KB9OYP/R with the blessing of the Illinois Repeater Association.


Many thanks to SMCC Life Member Lee Kudia, KB9OYP, for this wonderful donation.

Please enjoy the Six Meter Club of Chicago UHF-2 repeater responsibly! 

Please see below for our repeater details and radio programming information as of this writing.

Site #1:

Hinsdale Centeral High School

K9ONA Multicast

Output Frequency

Input Frequency

Offset

PL Tone
Retransmitted

 Status

146.97 MHz

146.37 MHz

-600 kHz

107.2 Hz

 Online

224.82 MHz

 223.22 MHz

-1.6 MHz

110.9 Hz

 Online

KB9OYP (SMCC UHF-2)
Independent

 444.20MHz

449.20 MHz

 +5 MHz

114.8 Hz

 Online

Site #2:

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale

K9ONA Multicast (SMCC UHF-1)

 Output Frequency

 Input Frequency

 Offset

 PL Tone
Retransmitted

 Status

 443.30 MHz

 448.30 MHz

 +5 MHz

114.8 Hz

 Online
20 Watts

 
Scott Gercken, KB9LCD is the New HALO editor
President  Will  Sperling,  W9WSS, announced to the Club’s email list that:
Mike  Huedepohl,  WD9GJK, was stepping down as Editor of The HALO.   
The  Six  Meter  Club  of Chicago thanks Mike for his term of faithful service in that post. 
Scott Gercken, KB9LCD, has volunteered to succeed Mike in that role.

Check out the new look for the HALO

KB9LCD QRZ Page

Do you have something you would like to share? 

Did you build an antenna or some equipment? 

Do you know someone who did a presentation that we should see?

Why not present it at the Six Meter Club of Chicago monthly meeting. 

We are looking for new programs to present to the club. 

Send an email with your idea to

We will give you more than 15 minutes of fame!

Dues  help  fund  the  club’s  treasury  for  repeater system operation and maintenance, meeting space, website hosting, and future activities.  Yearly dues are $25 per individual or $25 for a family living at the same address.  Family members may support Club operations with individual membership dues at their option.  A member shall pay dues by February 1st of each year to remain a voting member in good standing (Constitution, §2.01.d). 
Yearly dues  may  be  paid  at  the  monthly  with  checks payable  to
“The  Six  Meter  Club  of  Chicago”  or “SMCC” or by mail to the treasurer:

Craig Lundt N9CGL
P.O. Box 55
Downers Grove IL.  60515
Donations  to  the  club  may  be  tendered  to  the treasurer at the monthly meeting or sent to the same address.

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