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.
Christmas Party - 2022 in Review
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KIØKK
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A good time was had by all at the Club Christmas Party at the Gardner Senior Center. The spread of potluck dishes was spectacular. Thanks to Tom WA2IVD for a great audio-visual presentation of music and memories from 2022.
Club Apperal Selection
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- Written by: Jeff Darby - KSØJD
Over the last few months we have gotten requests to see if we could make jackets available with the club logo. I have asked our embroiderer to provide a selection of jackets as well as an approximate price. Please review the selections below. Also take into account this price is for a one off. If we can contain our selections to one type or brand we might get a break on shipping and a discount. There maybe be charges for shipping and the embroidery as well. Please let Jeff Darby or Marty Peters know your preference
Club Achieves a Kansas First
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club, the first amateur radio club in Kansas to attain Special Service Club status, was recognized as such the morning of Saturday, July 9, at Perkins Restaurant in Gardner.
Ron Cowan, KBØDTI, Kansas section manager for the American Radio Relay League, did the honors, presenting Jeff Darby, KSØJD, the club president, with a certificate designating the club as an ARRL Special Service Club during the club's monthly business meeting at the restaurant.
New-Look Trailer Serves Club Well at Ensor Event
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A Special Operating Event at Ensor Park and Museum marking the 81st anniversary of the presentation of the 1940 Paley Award to Marshall Ensor, W9BSP, brought several members of the club to the site Saturday, June 4.
But the "star of the show," if you will, may well have been the club's mobile trailer, which has undergone some important changes in recent weeks thanks to Greg Wolfe, KIØKK, former club president, and others who have helped him with the project.
Before club members Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, secretary-treasurer, Del Sawyer, KØDDS, Bob Shaumeyer, KCØTZX, and Robert Orr, KCØKDG, ever took to the airways in search of contacts using Marshall's pre-World War II call sign, W9BSP, they were given a tour of the new-look trailer by Greg, who basically showed the operators and/or loggers what had changed on the interior and how they could best go about using the available space to their advantage.
Over a period of approximately three hours or so, our hams made 20 single-sideband contacts in the U.S. on 20 and 40 meters, and Del hooked up with two European special-event stations on 15 meters, one in England and another station in Italy.