Learning is a lifelong pursuit, and as one of its consitutional goals, the Evanston Amateur Radio Community is here to help.  We've added a Training Center to the website in the hopes that it gives you a starting point and a path to your ham radio learning.  It contains courses recommended by our technical director, Scott Irwin (W8UFO) and those required by the City of Evanston in order to assist in an emergency.  Please let us know what you think!

Registration is open for the 19th Annual DuPage Advanced Severe Weather Seminar!  The seminar, taking place on March 5 and 6, will offer two unique programs designed to meet the educational needs of those persons and agencies involved in preparing for and spotting severe weather events.

The Chicago NWS office has begun scheduling the Spotter Talk programs for 2010! Visit http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/?n=spotter_talks for dates, times, and places.

Scott Irwin (W8UFO) reports that his Echolink Node is currently offline pending resolution of a radio issue.  The low audio that users have been experiencing is due to either RF getting into the interface or a ground loop issue.  When the PTT line is disconnected from the interface the audio level returns to normal.  The issue appears to be on the radio end.  More information will follow later this week.