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
Ron Cowan (Center) presenting the ARRL Special Service Club Award to Jeff Darby (Club President) & Marty Peters (Club Sec-Treas)
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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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Del Sawyer, foreground, and Marty Peters in action
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.
Trailer Upgrade
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KIØKK
For the past month several club members have been working on updating the club trailer and doing some routine maintenance. Thanks to everyone who worked on the project or donated to the project.
Club Marks Kansas Day at SMAF
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Marty, Bob, Howard and Del in Action on Kansas DayJanuary 29, Kansas Day, happened to fall on a Saturday this year, so several members of the club took full advantage of the opportunity and headed for what has been dubbed "Sawyer Memorial Antenna Farm" (SMAF) in Edgerton to carry out a special event marking the occasion.