Upcoming Events
20 Apr 2024; 08:00AM - 01:00PM Ararat Shrine ARC Hambash |
25 Apr 2024; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night - NØAZ |
27 Apr 2024; 09:00AM - 03:00PM Tallgrass Prairie Natl Preserve |
04 May 2024; 08:00AM - 12:00PM Hannibal/Quincy Hamfest |
11 May 2024; 08:00AM - SFTARC business meeting |
11 May 2024; 01:00PM - 07:00PM Ensorfest 24 |
30 May 2024; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night |
Party Time! KQP
Everyone loves a party - right? - and a party in the form of the annual Kansas QSO Party (KQP) will give members of SFTARC a chance to come to the so-called Sawyer Memorial Antenna Farm in Edgerton the weekend of Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27.
The schedule for the 2023 Kansas QSO Party calls for on-the-air operations to begin at 9 a.m. on the 26th and continue until 9 p.m. that day. More of the same is planned for the 27th, but the final portion of the party will be an abbreviated one, as the search for contacts far and wide will start at 9 a.m. and conclude just six hours later at 3 p.m.
Check out the club calendar for additional event instructions and a link to the signup sheet:
https://sftarc.org/index.php/calendar-jevent/eventdetail/113/-/kansas-qso-party-day-1
Operators and loggers are needed, so those who have a little time on their hands are encouraged to drop by Del Sawyer's vintage camper - party attire not required but always welcome - and do what they can to put the spotlight of attention on Kansas.
For event rules see the Kansas QSO Party Web Site: https://ksqsoparty.org/
New Transceiver at Ensor
Several members of the club assembled at Ensor Park and Museum the morning of July 29 to meet Lee Ward of Peculiar, Mo., KØLW, as he arrived with a new Icom 7300 that has been donated for use at the historic eight-acre site owned and operated by the City of Olathe. Ward, who subsequently tuned the transceiver in the Radio Room, told Jeff Darby, KSØJD, club president, Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, secretary-treasurer, Joe Krout, KRØUT, president of The Olathe Ensor Foundation, Howard Cripe, NØAZ, vice president, and Peg Nichols, KDØVQO, that the transceiver was purchased from the company at a nice discount and that "an angel donor" had picked up the tab.
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