We welcome you to the New (maybe not improved) LEARS webpage. We are a group of Amateur Radio Operators that wish to improve our knowledge of amateur radio, assist our local communities in time of emergency, we meet monthly on the second Tuesday at the Franklin County Emergency Operations Center at 6:30pm. Like most radio clubs we have a weekly Rag-Chew nets each Monday at 8:30pm, on the club repeater. All are welcome to attend. We have a radio repeater mounted approximately 260 feet above the Southern Illinois countryside on a WISPER communications tower east of Benton, Il. During severe weather we sponsor a Skywarn net. Where the repeater is reserved for trained storm spotters to report weather conditions to the Net Control which can forward to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky.
Our monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday at 6:30pm, at:
Franklin County Emergency Operations Center
403 E. Main Street
Benton, Illinois 62812
Headquarters: (618) 439-4362
Fax: (618) 439-4363
OEMC@franklincountyil.gov
Little Egypt Amateur Radio Society (LEARS) 