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The Little Egypt Amateur Radio Society is the Amatuer
Radio Club of the Benton, Illinois
area. We currently meet on the second Tuesday of each
month at 6:30 pm, at the Franklin
Hospital in Benton [map]. Visitors are always
welcome. Click here to request
driving directions or further information.
Our
VHF repeater is located at the Southern end of Rend
Lake, just outside
of Benton IL
on the frequency pairs of 146.8050 / 146.2050 MHz with
a required PL tone of 88.5.
We
conduct our weekly Net Meetings on the LEARS VHF repeater
every Monday evening beginning at 9:00 pm. All licensed
amateurs are welcome and encouraged to check in. A current
schedule of Net Control Operators can be found HERE.
Club Email: learsclub@yahoo.com
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Check out the real-time VHF Propagation
Maps!
CLICK HERE |
 Looking
to obtain your amateur radio license or upgrade your
license class? The current amateur radio test question
pools (with answers) for all three classes can be downloaded
in PDF format below.
TESTING:
The
LEARS club is hosting technician-class amateur radio classes!
CLICK
HERE (PDF) for more information.
LEARS
is now holding bi-monthly VE Testing. Testing sessions
will be held every even month thoughout 2009. Test sessions
will be held at the Franklin Hospital on the same nights
that we hold our monthly meeting. For a list of times
and dates, please click HERE.
LEARS
would like to give special thanks to Al Shemonia
(W9SFA) for the graphic design, fabrication
and maintenance of the LEARS
website, and Darin Boone (KC9BZW)
for graciously donating web space and hosting services.
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Website and
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