Sights of Hamfest ’25
Thanks to everyone who helped make Hamfest ’25 a success! Club members, vendors, visitors … everyone did a great job. We’ll look forward to doing it all again next year. Meanwhile, reminisce a little with these photos.
Hamfest ’25
Field Day 2025 Preview
Field Day is coming up this weekend, and the club’s vice president, Mark Rankin, is quoted in this Hutch Post article telling people what Field Day is and what RCKARA is doing. Thanks to Mark for getting the word out!
For yet more information about the annual event, see this page at the ARRL’s website.
No February meeting
Here’s a reminder that the club members voted, during the February 4 net, to have no RCKARA meeting this month.
Meeting: August 13, 2024
1900 Meeting called to order at the Reno County EOC.
Announcements:
* Wichita Hamfest will be Oct. 5th.
* Kansas QSO Party will be August 24-25. Our club will be using the WØL callsign and will be hosted by ACØRL at 1824 Nickerson Blvd. Operating hours will be from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on the 24th and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the 25th. This is a club event, so please do some operating. Even if you don’t have a General-class license, you can legally operate.
Reports:
* July minutes read, Motion Todd/John, Passed.
* Treasurer’s report read, Motion Phil/Todd, Passed.
* Repeater trustee report, all repeaters nominal.
Committees:
* Hamfest Committee
We profited $385. We had very happy vendors and attendees; Todd was the sole dissenter. Next year’s hamfest will be at same venue on August 9, 2025. Motion Zack, Jerry, passed. We will serve coffee. Door prizes will be announced in advance. And we’ll look into hosting the ARRL state convention.
Presentation:
This was given by Reno County 911 Director Kevin Irwin. His talk was very informative, and we should be very proud of the improvements he has brought to the Dispatch Center. The Q & A following his talk was very enlightening.
NCS:
* August 20: KFØBZM
* August 27: KAØNES
* September 3: NØUNI
Motion to adjourn, Larry and Joe, passed.
2000 Meeting adjourned
Meeting location change
Tonight, August 13th, we are meeting at the EOC, located beneath the Law Enforcement Building due west of the Reno County Courthouse.
The meeting will begin at 7PM. Please arrive between 6:30 and 7PM as we may not be able to let you in after the meeting starts. Enter through the south entrance of the Law Enforcement Building. Note the bronze police officer statue in the foyer.
Hamfest ’24
Bandpass filter news
ACØRL, our secretary-treasurer, repeater trustee, and all-around making-things-happen guy, says: “The filters have arrived, I bench tested them and here are my results. We should also do testing with radios.”
Here is the PDF of Jerry’s testing results.
KS QSO Party 2023 totals
Many thanks to the folks who participated in the QSO party. We logged 1,216 SSB and CW contacts, 64 FT8 contacts. Thanks to Zack, Charles, Joe, Dan, Scott, and John.
KS QSO Party 2023 coming soon
The Kansas QSO Party is right around the corner!
The club call WØWR is sponsoring the WØL special event call at the ACØRL QTH, 1824 Nickerson Blvd., Hutchinson.
It runs from 9 AM to 9 PM Saturday the 26th and 9 AM to 3 PM Sunday the 27th.
Please let me know if and when you can attend and operate a station so I can make sure we have all of the stations manned.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to be on the receiving end of a pile-up, here’s your chance.
We will be operating multi-op, four stations:
1. FT8 – operated by KBØSQL
2. K2 CW/SSB 40m
3. K3 SSB 20m
4. K3 CW/SSB 15/10m.
Water and snacks will be provided.
Please review the rules at the party website.