SIU Club Station
The club station is located in the Engineering Building D room D46.Station Equipment
Antennas: Cushcraft A-3 20, 15, 10 meter beam | Butternut 80 through 10 meter vertical | Horizontal and Vertical VHF and UHF YagisHF Station ICOM IC-718 (160 through 10 meters) [Icom's Description] (arriving soon)
VHF Station ICOM 2 meter all mode transciever | Alinco 2 meter FM transeiver
The club also has a variety of electronic test equipment.
History of the Club
The SIU Amateur Radio Club is one of the oldest student organizations on the Carbondale campus. It was founded in 1935 and was affiliated with the Synton National Radio Fraternity for many years. In the early years the club operated a station in Parkinson Laboratory. Later stations were located in Pulliam Hall, the Communications Building and The Engineering and Technology complex. Today the club shack is on the ground floor of the D wing of Engineering.The Callsign
The club callsign, W9UIH was originally issued to the SIUC chapter of the Synton fraternity when the club was organized in the 1930s. The club operated with the callsign WA9FGX for a period in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Station Trustee and advisor Mike Hoshiko, W9CJW worked to recover the original callsign in the 1980s. Today, the club retains its historic call thanks to Mike’s efforts.CQ Alumni
Do you have stories, photos, QSL cards or anything else that could add to our history of amateur radio at SIU? We would like to hear from you. Please contact John, W9OW jmead@siu.edu or David T Williams emailStation Photographs
