Field Day 2023
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- Written by: Jim Andera - KØNK
For many hams, Field Day is a highlight of the year. It provides hams an opportunity to pack up radio gear and set up operation from the great outdoors.
Saturday and Sunday, June 24th and 25th, are the dates for this year's Amateur Radio Field Day in which hams across North America participate.
However, the 24-hour operating event is not just for hams or SFTARC members. The public is invited to visit and observe the operation. The club is expecting to operate voice, CW and digital (FT8) modes with three stations on the HF bands plus a 6-meter station. A GOTA (Get on the Air) station will also be provided to let new-commers and visitor operate the radio under the guidance of an experienced operator.
SFTARC on the Prairie
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- Written by: Jim Andera
Gusty winds, 90+ degree temperatures and deteriorated ionospheric propagation made the May 6th POTA operation from the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve a bit of a challenge at times. In spite of the challenges, SFTARC members made about 85 contacts from this historic site in the Flint Hills of Kansas, just north of Strong City.
Club Well Represented at Hambash
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
At least 16 members of the club found their way to the Ararat Shrine Activity Center in Kansas City, Mo., the morning of Saturday, April 15, for Hambash 2023, which was hosted by the Ararat Shrine Amateur Radio Club.
President Jeff Darby, KSØJD, former President Greg Wolfe, KIØKK, Secretary-Treasurer Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, and Howard Cripe, NØAZ, manned the two tables the club had reserved for the event. They were used to display both various items associated with Ensor Park and Museum and an array of items that were for sale.
Marty "Strikes Gold" at Mine Creek!
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Not one but two raffle tickets purchased by club Secretary-Treasurer Marty Peters, KE0PEZ, ultimately proved to be winning tickets during the Mine Creek Amateur Radio Club hamfest held Saturday, February 4 in downtown LaCygne.
The first of Marty's six tickets picked for a prize gained him a $50 coupon good for books and resources handled by the American Radio Relay League. And the second won him a $100 Alpha Antenna Prize good toward the purchase of any portable, base or mobile Alpha Antenna system as well as the book "Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur" by Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ.
Kansas Day Observed by Club Hams
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Del Sawyer's vintage camper in Edgerton provided the setting Saturday, January 28 for a special event celebrating the 162nd anniversary of the admission of Kansas to the Union.
Over a period of roughly four and a half hours, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., members of the club manned two operating stations in striving to hook up with as many other hams as possible the day before Kansas Day.