Field Day

Minutes: June 9, 2026

June 16, 2026 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order by Vice President Todd Wilson, NØUNI.

Announcement
* Zack, WØZC, announced his Great Plains Super Launch ballooning event in Pella, IA, June 18-20.

Reports
* May minutes were read, John/Joe moved acceptance, passed.
* Treasurer’s report was read and distributed. Zack/Jeff moved, passed.
* Repeater trustee teport: .67 DMR repeater: Jeff and Zack have been putting in an effort to determine what is needed to connect it to Brandmeister or another server. Internet options: Starlink standby for $10/month or Ideatek for $35/month. The existing Internet connection there is unavailable to us. Jeff and Jerry will get together with the programming software to determine a configuration. Also, Zack has cleaned up the WØWR licensing for easier renewal.

Committees
* Hamfest: Zack is working with Bryon with our website to allow prepayment for vendor tables via debit or credit. If you are aware of a school, kid, or church group that would like to provide refreshments, let Jerry know. There are now three breakout sessions: Jerome, 9:15; Zack, 10:15; and Mira, 11:15. Laurel testing will begin at 10. For door prizes, Dan has provided a couple of 2m HT’s. Jerry has some power supplies. We could use an HF set. We can get ARRL certificates.

Old Business
* Field Day: Thanks to those who responded to Jerry’s schedule inquiry. Unfortunately, the response was from just a few. Field Day, for those who would like to participate, will be at the climate-controlled ACØRL shack. Nate and Joe moved that we allow up to $200 for a portable potty for Field Day; motion passed. More details about Field Day will be forthcoming.

New Business
None.

NCS
* Jun 16: NØUNI
* Jun 23: KAØNES
* Jun 30: KIØKG
* Jul 7: ACØMO

2000 Peace and harmony reigning, a motion to adjourn by John/Jeff, passed.

Minutes: May 12, 2026

May 26, 2026 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order by KBØSQL.

Anouncements
* EOC has been remodeled. Unfortunately a construction worker decided that all of the labeling on the coax and network cables was not required.
* Trip to Bob Barker’s QTH in Derby yielded another truckload of stuff, hamfest goodies.

Reports
* April minutes read; Jeff/John made motion, passed.
* Treasurer’s report read; Nate/Joe, passed.
* Repeater trustee’s report: .67 DMR, no progress. .12 AOK.

Old Business
* Hamfest committee: All is looking good for August. We need to schedule a meeting a few weeks prior. Refreshments could be provided by a charity/church/youth group for their fund raising, suggestions solicited. Club will need four tables. Dan provided two talk pods for door prizes.
* Field Day: The site at the new facility is not prepared. Marc has volunteered his FT8 setup, The EOC and Jerry both have a 7300. Jerry can provide a Starlink for Internet. The Mad Cow may not be available; we could possibly use Dan’s tower. We could use CERT’s or Todd’s generator. We could also get power from the building for lighting, etc. We’ll need the usual extension cords, food, drinks, etc. Past Field Days have been poorly attended. Jerry suggested that we do Field Day from our home QTH’s. He can open his shack for whoever wants to operate there. As a club, it is permitted with a power limitation.

No New Business

NCS
5-19: ACØMO
5-26: KAØNES
6-2: KIØKG

1953 Meeting adjourned, Bryon/Nancy, passed.

Minutes: February 10, 2026

February 11, 2026 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order by Vice President Todd Wilson, NØUNI.
Roll Call
Fifteen members and guests were in attendance. Introductions were made, and we had a new face, Jason Graham; he is currently unlicensed and will be working on his tech.
Reports
* January minutes were read; KIØKG and KAØNES made motion to accept, passed.
* Treasurer’s report read; KCØRWI/WØZC motioned, passed.
* Repeater trustee report: 67 working normally, still waiting on connectivity plan for Internet; 12 repeater, complaint of poor reception last net. This is usually due to atmospheric phenomena. There could also be some desensing caused by other transmitters in the penthouse.
Old business
* The National Weather Service’s Storm Fury on the Plains spotter session has been moved up to 6:30 PM Feb. 23. It will be at the Hutchinson Command & Fire Training Center, 3201 East 4th Ave.
* Field Day. State fair officials would require us to provide event insurance, so we declined. EOC has offered to let us use their new facility on G and Plum. We need to look it over and decide if it will work for us.
* Gina is in a private room at St. Luke’s Hospital in KC. She has had multiple surgeries for her heart valve replacement. She is awake and recovering.
New Business
No new business.
Presentations
* Zack, WØZC, brought his latest tracker which uses WSPR. He had launched a couple of test balloons in the previous week. You can follow their progress on APRS.FI, WØZC-17.
* Jeff, KCØRWI, brought an interesting bird tracker. It is a series of receivers designed to track collared birds with transponders.
* ACØRL brought a Pace desoldering machine for sale, bought by NØUNI.
NCS
Feb. 17: NØUNI
Feb. 24: KAØNES
Mar. 3: WØZC.

Motion to adjourn, Joe/Ron, passed. 2006 Meeting adjourned.
Thank you to NØUNI for running the meeting

Minutes: July 8, 2025

July 14, 2025 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order

Guests
* KEØVHD Patrick
* KFØTXG Scott
Both have signed up and paid their dues. Welcome, new members.
Announcements/Reports
* Minutes, Todd/John – Passed
* Treasurer’s report, Todd/Tom – Passed
* Repeater Trustee: .12 machine nominal. .67 machine: Repeater duplexer cabinet was rescued from Bontragers and taken to Bell Enterprises in South Hutchinson. The bottom of the cabinet is in bad shape. We are going to proceed with sand blasting. Whatever holes or missing metal exist we can replace, then we will powder coat it. The duplexers themselves can be placed back into service, and we will do that next week.
Hamfest Committee
Zack reported that there was a disconnect between various departments at the college. No word on insurance requirements. The hamfest is still a go. We will have a dinner meeting August 5, the Tuesday prior to the hamfest.
Old Business
We discussed the Field Day event; the good, the bad, and the ugly.
New Business
* New EOC is scheduled to be completed November 1.
* We need to fabricate some wood bases for the mad cow. They need to be 4 inches thick and 3 foot square
* We need more members of this group to be more involved and join CERT.
50/50 aka Crooked Raffle
Joe ACØMO won $5 and the remaining $5 goes to the club.
NCS
* July 15 WØRHP
* July 22 ACØMO
* July 29 KAØNES
* August 5 KFØBZM

2000 Meeting adjourned

Field Day 2025 Preview

June 25, 2025 Editor

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.

Minutes: June 10, 2025

June 21, 2025 Editor

1900 Meeting Called to Order

Announcements

* Eagle Media Interview at 7:15 a.m. June 24; Mark volunteered.
* Mad Cow setup at 10 a.m. June 27 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
* May minutes read, John/Tom motion, passed.
* Treasurer’s report read, Jeff/Phil motion, passed.
* Repeater Trustee: The .67 repeater is awaiting duplexer cabinet overhaul. The .12 repeater is nominal.

Committees
* Field Day: Setup will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 28. NØUNI/UPRR will be in charge of procuring ice. ACØRL will be in charge of the grill and meat. The EOC/ACØRL will be in charge of the radios.
* Great Plains Super Launch: This will be June 14 in Buhler.

NCS

* June 17 – WØUY
* June 24 – KAØNES
* July 1 – KBØSQL

Crooked Raffle
* Ron KFØJNO won $12, back to club treasury. Ron also brought some wonderful cucumbers to share! YUM!!!

Motion to adjourn Phil/Mark, passed.

1943 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: May 13, 2025

May 23, 2025 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order.

There were many new and old faces so we did introductions. A new face was Mike, WBØUWM.
Announcements
* ACØRL will be attending Hamvention in Dayton, OH.
* New EOC at G and Plum is under construction.
* April Minutes read, Phil/Zack, passed.
* Treasurer’s Report, Ken/Jeff, passed.
* Repeater Trustee Report: The .67 repeater has a high SWR and will require additional troubleshooting, but it’s still in service. The .12 repeater deserves a visit; all is nominal.
Committees
* Hamfest ’25: Still waiting on insurance requirements. Dan’s wife can provide us signage.
Old Business
* Zack and his Project Traveler are hosting a large balloon launch from June 12-14. Learn more at www.superlaunch.org. You can sign up for the extended activities.
Field Day
This will be June 27, 28, and 29. KFØJNO will be hosting another GOTA station; he could use some additional club assistance. Motion to pay up to $100 for GOTA QSL cards, Joe/Zack, passed. We will be running two stations: FT8 using ACØRL’s 7100 and computer, and the EOC’s FT1000 for SSB/CW.
NCS
* May 20: ACØMO
* May 27: KAØNES
* June 3: NØUNI
50/50, AKA Crooked Raffle
* Ken won $5, $16 to club.

2003 Meeting adjourned.

Meeting: April 9, 2024

April 16, 2024 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order

We had a very good turnout with some new faces and some faces we haven’t seen in a while, so we had everyone introduce themselves.
There was no official meeting last month so reading minutes was dispensed with.
Treasurer’s report was read, Phil/Nate motion – Passed
Repeater trustee reports all repeaters nominal.
Committee reports
Hamfest committee
The HCC Fire Science Building, 3211 E. 4th St., is available for free, except for insurance which will cost $200. There will be a $10 vendor fee and a $5 entrance fee.
Motion to proceed with the hamfest at the fire science building moved, seconded by Charles/John – Passed
Old Business
Field Day
The fairgrounds will allow us to use Gottschalk Park at the fair entrance for $100, no insurance requirements. They will allow access to electricity, bathrooms and shelter. They also assured us the sprinklers will be turned off. Motion to approve Jake/Phil – Passed
Grant
Dan brought the club up to date with his ham radio club at Little River School. He was able to use the $500 to purchase many thousands of dollars’ worth of radio and accessories. He has four students signed up.
ACØRL discussed his new shack.
No New Business
NCS
Apr 16 KCØZBO
Apr 23 WØUY
Apr 30 KFØBZM
May 7 ACØMO
Two rounds of 50/50
Winner first round was Melody, winning two books.
Winner second round for the cash was KBØZIA, which he donated back to the club, $30

2000 Meeting adjourned, Peace and harmony prevailing…

Minutes: June 13, 2023

June 14, 2023 Editor

1900 Meeting Called to order

Announcements

* Derby Sidewalk Sale Saturday June 17th

*Field Day: Set up at the National Guard Armory at 9 a.m. Friday, June 23. Tear down will be at noon Sunday.

Minutes read

Treasurer’s report

Repeater trustee report

Old Business

* Band-pass filters will not be available until September (maybe).

* Field Day:

KAØNES – Water

ACØRL – Pizza

ACØRL will bring K3 and computer for logging

KFØBZM will bring Yaesu 891 for FT8

*Kansas QSO Party:

9AM- 9PM, August 26 and 9AM-3PM August 27. We will be at ACØRL’s QTH. We’ll be running multi high power CW, PHONE.

New Business

NCS
* June 20 WØRHP
* June 27 KAØNES
* July 4 NO NET

Next Meeting on July 11

50/50

WØRHP won and donated $7 back to the club

1938 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: April 11, 2023

April 15, 2023 Editor

1901 Meeting called to order

Introductions

March minutes read
Treasurer’s report read
Repeater trustee’s report

Old Business

Field Day
A motion was made to hold it at the Armory. We will run two radios: phone and digital/cw. We need to look into bandpass filters and duplexers.

Hamfest
This will also be at the Armory. We will need two rooms.

KS QSO Party
This will be a W0WR event at ACØRL’s QTH. We will operate phone, CW, and FT8.

New Business

NCS
4-18: WØUY
4-25: KAØNES
5-2: KBØSQL

Show and Tell
Clint, KEØJVX, brought a Morserino-32. See photo below.

50/50
ACØRL won and put the $10 into the club’s treasury.

Also
WØUY is scaling back his equipment needs and has provided a list of items. See photo below. These things have already been sold: solder, radial ground plate, and QRP rigs.

20:00 Meeting adjourned