Welcome

arrlAn 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 ~8:30AMThe 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 June.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094AAAA62BABFE3-64275000-copy

Upcoming Events

13 Jun 2026;
08:00AM -
SFTARC business meeting
25 Jun 2026;
07:30PM - 08:30PM
Tech Night: Final Field Day Preparations
26 Jun 2026;
08:00AM - 12:00PM
Field Day -Setup
27 Jun 2026;
09:00AM - 11:59PM
Field Day - Start
28 Jun 2026;
12:00AM - 03:00PM
Field Day - End
11 Jul 2026;
08:00AM -
SFTARC business meeting
18 Jul 2026;
08:00AM - 05:00PM
Warrensburg Hamfest 2026

HF Propagation

The following is a list of the "Categories" used for the KS0KS web site. The Category list is hierarchical list consisting of parent and sub-categories.

Uncategorized - The default Category if the user does not select one when an article is created. Uncategorized articles will not be displayed.

test - Used for site development

SFTARC - Main category for club related content

  • Classes - Content relating to club license classes 
  • Club Event - Articles about club events
  • Meeting Notes - The archive for club meeting notes

Ensor - Information concerning the Ensor Museum

SFTARC Info - Articles concerning the functioning of the club

  • Membership
  • Club Repeaters
  • Documents - Public club documents

Silent Keys - Information about members who have passed on

Newsletters - Newsletter related article content

  • Newsletter Input - The input area where content to be published in the upcoming newsletter is placed
  • News Input Archive - An area where newsletter articles that have no specific site category may be stored. i.e. "Presidents Corner".

Operating Modes - A category for articles describing operating modes used in Amateur Radio

  • Digital - A sub-category specific to digital operating modes

Public Service Organizations - This category is used to describe Amateur Radio Public Service organizations and provide information about those organizations.

Tech Blog - Used to display useful technical articles 

Site Admin - 

  • Help - Help content for the site administrators.

Help - List of user help articles.

 

Trail Bytes

Introduction to Grounding for Ham Radio
02 May 2026

At our April 30th, 2026, tech night, George McCarville, WB0CNK, covered essential grounding techniques for ham radio, focusing on safety, lightning, and RF grounding. Key...

Understanding 12V DC Power for Radio Amateurs
30 Apr 2026

     In the March 2026 tech night discussion, Tom Apalenek WA2IVD, highlighted that the commonly referenced "12V" is actually 13.8V, accounting for a ±15%...

Tech Night - 3D Printing
08 Mar 2026

This is a presentation of 3D printing and the technologies involved in the process. It was presented by Howard Cripe - N0AZ for the February 26th Tech Night of the Santa Fe...

Chasing Radiosondes or Radios from Heaven!
30 Jan 2026

The SFTARC Tech Night for January 2026 was a presentation by Mike Laney (KEØGHU) on Chasing Radiosondes. Mike provided details about the devices used, web sites used...

Spark-Con 2025
18 Oct 2025

Tom, WA2IVD, presented a video on his Ham Radio A2Z channel of selected events at the Spark-Con 2025 ARRL Midwest Convention on October 11, 2025 in Sedalia ,...

Tech Night (Sep 2025) - Kit Building
26 Sep 2025

Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, presented on Kit Building Techniques for Success.  He currently writes the "Kits and Kit-Building" articles for The Spectrum Monitor and...

Tech Night - AREDN Mesh Networks
13 Sep 2025

The August 2025 SFTARC Tech Night was a presentation by Greg Wolfe (KIØKK) on AREDN Networks, a comparison with Meshtastic and information about the KC area Mesh...

CW Keyer a Hit at Huntsville
03 Sep 2025

Marshal Ensor's CW keyer was a hit at the Huntsville Hamfest. Amateur Logic TV and several others interviewed Tom WA2IVD, Howard NØAZ and Jeff KSØJD about the Ensor Park...