“KAR” Kansas Amateur Radio “KAR”
February 2015 [email protected]
Hi gang, Still hurting! I broke cartledge and it is 3 times more painful and 3 times longer to heal. My doctor gave me 30 pain killers to take only at bed time so I can lay down and get some sleep. I have been able to drive for a week.
My wife Liz will get to stand on both legs for the first time sense Feb 10 on May 5. She will be doing that in with her doctor. She has been using up her 333 days of sick leave so the pay check keeps coming right now. She is anxious to go back to work at the SSA office about 4 miles from us. I think we are going to have some one wrap us in bubble wrap, hi hi.
Kent who posts KAR on his web site came through the back surgery and has been home several weeks. He said the surgery has relieved him of the terrible back pain.
Last month I removed space for ARES reports from the non-reporting stations whichleaves us with only 5 active ARES counties out of 105 counties. I don't know how many ARES appointments are active or in-active, but it does not look like many
ARES members are active in Kansas. I say this cuz ALL holders of ARRL appointments are to report monthly to the Ks Section Manager and I hope for a CC for KAR to let Ks hams know what is going on in Ks. I sure hope we have more active ARES members than are reporting their activities. http://ksarrl.org/ares/alphaks.php/
u ARRL Field Day is June 27-28, 2015 It is not TOOoooo soon to start planning this year's FD! Do you have your site secured? Is the generator in gud working condition? Is ??????
u Larry, here is a CW program that should be of interest to a lot of Hams. It’s a CW trainer which is similar to the Koch method; ALSO it has a Field Day trainer. It sends the call, classification, and location (State) which I'm excited about. It’s going to help that OLD gray matter between my ears that seems to be getting fuzzy....
http://www.n3fjp.com/cwteacher.html
.. .. .. and it’s FREE!!
Tom Pennebaker, N4RS<[email protected]>
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u A gud CW OP from Ks past now from Indiana.Hi Orlan, Just read the latest KAR & am so sorry to hear of Liz's accident. Do hope & pray she recovers well. Hope this finds you doing okay otherwise. Was saddened to hear of K0BXF being sk. Run into Jim, NB0Z on CAN on the weekend & have exchanged traffic a couple of times. Still plugging away here and doing ok. Take care, just wanted to drop you a line. Best 73.
Mike K0TQ
u https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded
u 60 meter band. http://www.arrl.org/60m-channel-allocation
u The March issue of QSP is FINALLY on-line. It's been a bear of a month - Sorry!Sid Ashen-Brenner [email protected]
Links for Kansas hams!ARRL http://www.arrl.org
Kansas Section Pages and KAR's http://ksarrl.org
ARRL Midwest Director's newsletter http://www.arrlmidwest.org/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
Kansas ARES Pages http://ksarrl.org/ares
Kansas ARES Printable Map http://ksarrl.org/ares/printit/
Skywarn is Wichita NWS Skywarn http://www.ict-skywarn.org
Kansas QSO Party http://ksqsoparty.org
Newton ARC http://www.newtonarc.org
Wichita ARC http://www.warc1.org
Ensor Museum http://www.ensorparkandmuseum.org/
S. A. T. E. R. N. http://www.SATERN.salvationarmy.us
Kansas ARRL Section News http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/kansas
KC ham Info http://www.kchams.net/larrys_list.html
NF9L KC page http://kchamradio.com/
BCNU Next month!
ARRL Midwest Director Roderick K. Blocksome KØDAS
The ARRL Midwest Division April 2015 Newsletter is now available on theDivision's Web page. Here's the direct link:
http://www.arrlmidwest.org/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
This link always takes you to the current month's newsletter. If thismonth's newsletter doesn't open, try refreshing the page or clearingyour browser's cache, in case your browser is loading a copy of aprevious newsletter. Previous newsletters are available at:
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Highlights this month:
- AMSAT and University of Iowa Collaborate to Provide Fox-1D SciencePayload- HR-1301: The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015- Iowa State ARES Meeting in Photos- Amateur Radio Demonstration at STEM Festival- Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair- Around the Midwest Division- Midwest Division Special Events- ARRL State Conventions in the Midwest Division- Midwest Division ARRL Hamfests- ARRL Midwest Division Leadership
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Thanks and 73's,Rod Blocksome, K0DASARRL Midwest Division Director
--------------------------------------------------------------------ARRL Midwest DivisionDirector: Roderick K Blocksome, [email protected]
Western Kansas 160 meter net
Matt
The Western Kansas 160m net will be tonight at 8 PM mountain time on 1.960 LSB.The topic tonight: are you active on your local repeater? if not, what would it take to make you active? see you on the air!
73, Matt, KD0EZS
The Western Kansas 160m Net meets every tuesdaynight at 8PM mountain time on ornear 1.960 LSB. we have a different (usually ham radio related) topic every week.
Hi Orlan,here is whats been happening on 160m. noticed tonight a very noisy band, spring has come! hope your doing well OM. happy Easter!73matt, kd0ezs 3/3/15 we played ham radio trivia and It was a great time!we had 25 stations checking in from 9 states, stations answering a trivia questions: KD070R AC5HM KD7HH K0ASW7JSC N3LRH K0VET` N0GMTN0IGZ N0BF N0NB NI7JN7JYS KI0ID AG5S K9GAJNO0A W5VXE KD0UEK K0OJWA7KYM KD0ZS N0DQS WB0SRP 3/10/15General commentsWe had 32 stations from 12 states check in.KD0YOR K8OZ NO0A NZ0TN0BF N0IGZ KD7HH K0DVYAC5HM K0AS N0NB K0OJK0BJ KD0ZS W5VXE WA7KYMN0XRS WBOSRP N0DQS KD0UEKW7JSC N0RMB KI0ID KB0MSBAF9O K9GAJ AF5S KE5ZRNV8Q KC7GOL KA0AAM 3/17/15Topic: what do you do if you are QRM'ed?We had 23 stations from 9 statesW0KRT NZ0T K0VET N0IGZWD0ESF N0GMT N3LRH N0BFAC5HM W5JO W7JSC KD0ZSK0KS KF5QGD N0NB KA0AAMK0OJ W5VXE K9GAJ W0SLHAF9O N7OO KB0PUN 3/24/15we had 27 stations from 10 states W7JSC NO0A N7JYS N0GMTWA0VJR N7OO N0BF NV8QWB0SRP N0DQS N0NB AG5SKA0AAM KF5QGD K9GAJ W5VXEKD0UEK K0OJ KD0ZS W0ZZSW0KRT AC5HM N0KOM WB5WPAWA7KYM K5AII KB0MSB 3/31/15We had 20 stations from 7 states WA0VJR N0BF KE7RWV K0AS
AC5HM N3LRH W7JSC W0SBSN0IGZ N0RWB KC0RBT K0OJAC0KC WA7KYM KD0UEK N7VDRN0XRS N0NB KB0MSB K9GAJ Thank you all for checking in and supporting the Western Kansas 160m net!See you on the air!73,Matt, KD0EZS
u Please check this out . go to our S.M.A.R.T. www.smartrving.org site. , left side scroll down to LINKS OF INTEREST. My Kansas Ham Radio www. page will be there for all to see.Thank you HamsKCONDG Sherwin
SEEING THE COUNTRY WE DEFEND
Go to www.smartrving.org
Click to Left on -- TRAVELER Click down on MARCH TRAVELER This TRAVELER is posted Bi-Monthly on wwwWe also Post a E-News each mo. Again thank you for posting our S.M.A.R.T. on our KAR page. KCONDG Sherwin Thank you Orlan
Again: Thank you Orlan for your support along with all of our Kansas Ham operators. 73’s to all my Ham friends. I would enjoy-- giving a talk to one of our NCK operators meeting ] about S.M.A.R.T.. What our S.M.A.R.T. Veterans stand for and what wedo as an organization.Thank you in advance.KCONDG Sherwin www.smartrving.org
SEEING THE COUNTRY WE DEFEND
ARES – Amateur Radio Emergency Service!
Complete list of ECs and a printable State Ares map at
http://ksarrl.org/ares/alphaks.php/ http://ksarrl.org/distks.pnp
u Zone 2F – Stan WDØEUF
Monthly DEC/EC Report
ZONE 2F
___________________________________________________________________
Jurisdiction: McPherson County KS Month: MAR 2015
_______________________________________________________________________ total number of ARES members: __12___ change since last month: _same______(+,-, or same)
Local Net Name: __Emergency Service Net__________________________________
Total sessions _5___________
NTS liaison is maintained with the ___Kansas Side Band Net___NY0T____________________________
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: __4NETS__
Number of public service events this month: _________
Number of emergency operations this month: _________
Total number of ARES operations this month: ___5___
Comments:
We utilize four repeaters on the McPherson pod of the K-link system and have checkins from five counties (Marion-McPherson-Rice-Reno-Harvey)
Time for this net is 2000hr local time each Sunday night.
Total checkins for Jan.___79___
Signature: Stan Stephenson __ Title: __EC_____ Call sign: __WD0EUF________
u Zone 4A – Brian KCØBS
MARCH 2015 MONTHLY ARES REPORT TO DEC & SEC Total of ACTIVE ARES members: 150 +0 Local Net Name: Johnson County ARES Emergency Cooridinator = Brian Short KC0BS 913-638-7373 Alternate Emergency Coordinator = Jim Andera K0NK 913-884-6613 Assistant Emergency Coordinators: Steve Rainey WD0DPB - Spec Events George McCarville WB0CNK - Training, Drills Matt May KC4WCG - IDs, MECC Bill Gery KA2FNK - Recruiting, Technology Darren Martin N0MZW - Net Manager Stan Frear KA5WEI - Membership Del Sawyer K0DDS - CERT Chuck Simpson KC0NUG - Rapid Response Denny Healzer KC0ZDS - KCHEART NTS liaison is maintained with the KS SSB Net: Jim Andera K0NK Terry Reim WA0DTH George McCarville WB0CNK Jim Cordill KI0BK Debbie Britain AB0UY Rich Britain N0ENO Wretha Galeener KC0HHO Net Sessions: 43 QNI: 381 QTC: 0 5 nets = 2 Meter Voice 5 nets = CW 5 nets = 6 Meter 5 nets = 2 Meter Voice Simplex 5 nets = PSK 31 SATERN 5 nets = APRS Packet 4 nets = 70CM 4 nets = 1.25 Meter 5 nets = SATERN 80 meter SSB Storms are coming mid next week, and lots of public service events beyond that! I hope you will take a moment to be prepared for both, and sign up for several of your favorite events. If you are interested in getting your ARES ID, please plan to attend the April ARES/SATERN meeting on April 13 at 7pm at the JOCO EOC....111 S Cherry St (enter through the west doors on Kansas St) We will be shooting photos and updating your Personal information forms. The ID's should be ready to distribute
at the May meeting. AGAIN WE WIL NOT BE MEETING AT THE SALVATION ARMY for the APRIL meeting on Monday the 13th. 73 Brian L Short-->PMP, PPL-SEL, KCØBS [email protected] -- www.HeartlandBroadcasting.com www.shortyland.com ------------www.hamclass.org Report prepared by: Darren Martin N0MZW Johnson County Kansas
u Zone 4I - Mike KCØNFG
MARCH, 2015ARES 4-I NET REPORT ARES 4-I NETS: 4; CHECK IN-60; TRAFFIC-0 ARES 4-I NET HELD SUNDAY EVENINGS 9:00PM / 146.985 t88.5 K0HAM REPEATERBACKUP FREQ. SIMPLEX 146.580; 443.000 t103.5 K0ESU REPEATER; 147.045 t88.5 KOHAM/K-LINK REPEATER SYS 73, MIKE PATE/KC0NFG ARES 4-I EC EARS AND ARES 4-I will be assisting with ham radio support for the Dirty Kanza Bike Race on May 30. Any one wishing to volunteer their assistance can contact Mike Pate via [email protected] . Thank you AR
u Zone 6E – Rod KØEQHKansas ARES Net report Zones 6E, A & G March 2015
Total Nets.............5
Total QNI.............35
Total QTC .............1 (net report)
Stations participating: NØKQX, NØOXQ, WBØQYA, ACØE, NØOMC, KDØTWO
WØOAG, KØEQH
Alt N/C Station....NØOMC
RodKØEQHNCScott City
Latest newsletterhttp://ksarrl.org/satern
The SATERN Communication Vehicle made a stop in Pittsburg for the January meeting of the SEKARC!
<http://www.sekarc.net/2015/01/satern-visits-sekarc.html>
A special thanks to the SATERN team that took time out of their Saturday to come to Pittsburg and talk with us!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
-- Jeff Chancey, KAØEGE
<[email protected]><http://www.SEKARC.net>
The Kansas State Convention - Salina Kansas
August 16, 2015
Home pg http://www.centralksarc.com/
Convention pg http://www.centralksarc.com/12_kansas_convention.pdf
Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club - <http://centralksarc.com>STATE CONVENTION - HAMFEST 2016 - August 16, Salina, Kansas, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Webster Conference Center - At exit 253, I-70, go north on Ohio Street about 150 yards.ARRL VE testing - starts 9:00 a.m.Commercial Vendors: Associated Radio, D&L Antennas and B&S Sales (Radio Shack), plus lots of Flea Market tables. Reserve a table - ($20) - Each table includes one free admission. Meeting rooms are available for your presentation.Age 10 and higher, admission - $7.00 per person.Tom Blackshere, N0MOK - <salinahamfest@cox,net - 785-452-1873
The February 2015 Issue of QSP has been posted to the CKARC's Web Site. http://www.centralksarc.com/
Sid NØOBMQSP Editor-- Sid Ashen-Brenner [email protected]
SILENT KEYS “SK”u I received no SK reports this month. Yep, I am still here!
Letters to the Edu Subject: [LarrysList] Jamboree on the Air
> Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, sent Larry’s List these two web links of the Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air. There is a video in the second web link produced by JD Dupuy, N0IRS, which features Keith explaining ham radio to some Scouts. > > http://www.scouting.org/JOTA.aspx> > http://bsaroundtable.org> > The relationship between the Boy Scouts of America and ham radio is a solid one. We salute all those hams who are involved with the Scouts.> > Larry, W0AIB > _______________________________________________> To post a message to all the list members, send email directly to <[email protected]>
u Hi All- Here’s an interesting clip: a mysterious noise source shows up last Friday and blocks garage door openers and electronic car locks in a downstate Illinois neighborhood. At first, ham radio is blamed, then a local ham steps upto isolate the problem using an HT and simple direction-finding techniques. <http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/neigborhood-with-unusual-blackout-wants-answers/86896/LiCD7UjWf0uluwjjmcfB5g> 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9XMedia and Public Relations Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio225 Main St.Newington, CT 06111860-594-0328<[email protected]>Web: <http://www.arrl.org><http://www.twitter.com/arrl_pr>
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u Do you still get net reports? Paul
Hi Paul, All net reports should go to the Net Mgr and our Section Mgr and a CC to me for KAR. KAR is not part of ARRL so not mandatory but a Ks tradition sense Ken Blair KCØGL created KAR 30/40 years ago as an exceptional magazine, now digital. I no longer hold any ARRL appointments due to bad health. I am happy to get a CC net report to put in KAR for all to see the Ks activity. Any ham holding a ARRL appointment from the Ks ARRL Section Mgr is to once a month report his activity to theSM. If you look at QST B4 WWII you will see that tfc handling was the big activity and there was a lot of reporting but technology has changed that except for a disaster.
TU 4 your question! I appreciate them.
Orlan w0oyh
u Hi Orlan,
I worked this Special Event station KØL from Emporia this afternoon, thought you might like to read about it if you hadn’t already. Evidently they have the school ham station going now. I hope the sky is clear to allow watching the eclipse.
Have a Happy Easter and give our best to Liz
73,
Chuck, KØBOG
u KØL USALunar Eclipse
Campus Box 4050, 1 Kellog Circle
Emporia, KS 66801
USA
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LUNAR ECLIPSE
The third of four total lunar eclipses in a row will be here on 4 April 2015. We will be back on the air from 1 April 2015 until the lunar eclipse finishes, band conditions permitting and activity on the bands. We hope that we hear you on the bands or see you on the waterfall. Look for us on 20 or 15 during the day and 80 and 40 during the evening hours in North America. We will be running mostly SSB during the day and PSK31 during the night.
If you would like a QSL card for the third lunar eclipse, please send a self-addressed envelope by 10 May 2015
(if you buy the stamp to send your card to us, we will buy the stamp to send a card to you, this includes DX stations as well) to:
Dwight Moore
Campus Box 4050
1 Kellog Circle
Emporia, KS 66801
USA
The Emporia State University Amateur Radio Club and the Emporia Amateur Radio Society are hosting this special event station to call attention to the lunar eclipse that will be seen from the western part of North Americaon the morning of 4 April 2015, depending upon the weather. The peak of the eclipse will occur when the moon is over the pacific Ocean, so most locations around the Pacific Rim will have an opportunity to see the eclipse depending upon local weather conditions. Because of the timing of the eclipse, the total eclipse will be right at moonset in the central part of North America. The schedule for the lunar eclipse is below. To find out more about the eclipses for 2015 from NASA visit their web site. This is eclipse number 30 in the Saros series 132. This willbe the shortest eclipse in this series and the shortest total eclipse for this century, as the total phase of the eclipse will last last than 5 minutes. For more information about viewing the eclipse and other general information, visit this article with several nice diagrams.
Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 09:01:27 UTC (4 am in the central daylight time)
Partial Eclipse Begins: 10:15:45 UTC
Total Eclipse Begins: 11:57:54 UTC
Greatest Eclipse: 12:01:37 UTC
Total Eclipse Ends: 12:02:37 UTC
Partial Eclipse Ends: 13:44:45 UTC
Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 14:58:58 UTC
The qsl card, which is in the upper right corner, will have the photo of the moon substituted with a shot of the eclipse. Of course, that depends upon the sky being clear over eastern Kansas that evening. Thanks to Jason Brinkman, KSØSZ, for the design of the card.
We will print cards after the event so as to have the right amount of cards. If you want a card, please send your request to us by 10 May 2015. We will get return cards in the mail to you soon after that.
Thank you for visiting our page and we hope to exchange qsl cards with those who worked us.
KEØSU USA
Emporia State University Amateur Radio Club
Campus Bay 4019 1200 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801
USA
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u Make sure to watch what happens at 1:40 on the video. He sees his landing site and pulls in his wings to go into a steep, fast dive.
http://www.flixxy.com/world-record-eagle-flight-from-worlds-tallest-building.htm?utm_source=nl
From Roger.
u Subject: Introducing Spot-U Tube https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/M8YjvHYbZ9w?rel=0
HA- HA - HA - HA - HA
Tom's Key Strokes - WØEAJDenver, Co. Displaced Kansas Neighbor
and very gud friend.!***
u I feel compelled to respond - I've been licensed since 1962, and in that time, have experienced MANY sides to this argument. First and FOREMOST, if you want to be part of an organization (and it being ham radio - I usethat term VERY loosely), you ALSO must extend some effort to be welcomed. I realize we're not all "used car salesmen" (no slam at them - I used to do it), and don't have the gift of gab, but you gotta' stick your hand out there, and say HI.
Now - that said, yep... it's gone the other way too; ahhh, but like a TV set, it has an on/off switch, so if you don't like the "reception", change the channel. I've experienced the unwelcomeness [ is that a word? ] and in spite of my attempts to penetrate the "I've-been-a-member-here-longer-than-you" attitude, sometimes you just have to figure out that it's not the place you want to hang your hat.
To "A Member You Lost"... yep, a few lost me too - I've experienced it EVERYWHERE. Heck, I was a little sawed-off TINY kid in school, who couldn't play sports, barely could LIFT a basketball, and damned sure couldn'thandle it with any acumen, but these long years later, it really doesn't matter (I COULD do chinups all day, and climb those ropes at SMN like a monkey!). Yes, it's time for "organizations" to realize where they came from... from the kid who just earned his TECHNICIAN with a lot of studying and maybe they STILL don't understand those questions they answered... to the seasoned amateur who remembers the smell of "burned dirt" atop the tubes in a Johnson Ranger or Hallicrafters S-38 - but like a driving license... it's an opportunity to LEARN - too bad the political arm of our "professional" radio associations forget that a lot.
Tom Dailey - WØEAJ<[email protected]>
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u Subject: [LarrysList] A real radio with tubes that glow in the dark
> <http://daileyservices.com/vintage_radios/images/portable%20HF%20rig.jpg>> > Courtesy of: W0EAJ and NO0P> _______________________________________________> To post a message to all the list members, send email directly to <[email protected]>
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