Welcome

arrl An ARRL Affiliated Special Service Club

The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club is a general-purpose club with the goal of promoting and supporting the educational and operational aspects of ham radio through ham radio classes, on-the-air events, and hands-on activity. THE SATURDAY BREAKFAST MEETINGS ARE HELD AT PERKINS IN GARDNER EACH SATURDAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US 6:30 AM TO ~8:30AM. The monthly business meeting is the 2nd Saturday of each month. This meeting is a hybrid meeting in which you can attend in person at Perkins in Gardner or you can attend via a Zoom connection. Additionally, the club holds a Tech Night presentation via Zoom the last Thursday evening of each month at 7:30 pm. Log in to the web site and select the "Links/Zoom Links" menu to find meeting links or contact a club officer.

Ensor Museum Signup

Please click the link below to signup as a volunteer for the Ensor Museum tours for September 2026.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C45A5AA2CA3FD0-65549829-ensor

Upcoming Events

19 Sep 2026;
09:00AM - 03:00PM
KBØVRA equipment at KØRAR

22 Sep 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

24 Sep 2026;
07:30PM - 08:30PM
Tech Night - ARRL Division Town Hall Zoom Meeting Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 7pm CT.

29 Sep 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

03 Oct 2026;
08:00AM - 05:00PM
Wichita Area Hamfest & KS ARRL Convention Oct. 3rd, Wichita, KS.

06 Oct 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

09 Oct 2026;
12:00PM - 05:00PM
SPARK-CON 2026

Kansas Throws a QSO Party

KS QSP Party 2026

Nine members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club and a good friend from the Lone Star State participated in this year's Kansas QSO Party, combining their efforts at multiple locations to record more than 500 contacts over a two-day period.

Ethel Comes Calling at Ensor

Ethel

Ensor Park and Museum hosted six female visitors "of a certain age," as they say, for a tour of the historic 40-acre site the morning of Tuesday, August 11. The women are part of a larger nationwide social group connected to the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) that is fondly known as The Ethel, a name derived from the name of the woman who founded the AARP back in 1958, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus.