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.
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
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.
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…
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
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
1900 Meeting called to order at the Chamber of Commerce
2013 Meeting adjourned
1901 Meeting called to order at the AMVETS building
2000 Meeting adjourned
1900 Meeting called to order
May meeting minutes read
Treasurer’s report read and distributed to the membership present
No repeater complaints
Committees
Field Day
* Emma has asked Papa Johns to donate pizzas for Saturday meal, they agreed
* John will supply doughnuts and coffee
* Jake will supply water
* Setup will begin at 9 AM Friday at the armory
* There will be 800mhz system setup and testing
Scholarship
* No applications received
Hamfest 2022
* Slated for August 13th
* Published with ARRL
To Do’s
* Testing?
* Vendors?
* Flyer updated?
Old Business
* Discussed committees and events
ARRL Grant Application
* The grant has been applied for.
New Business
* None
ACØRL did a presentation on his design and building of his HI-FI Mono block amplifiers.
NCS
* 6/21 KB0SQL
* 6/28 KA0NES
* 7/5 W0UY
50/50
$5 in the kitty, Emma won, donated back to club
Shirt drawing won by ACØRL
2008 Meeting adjourned
1900 Meeting called to order
• Minutes of April meeting read
• Treasurer’s report read.
• Committees
◦ Field Day, no new reports.
▪ Field Day is the last full weekend of June, 25-26.
▪ Setup will be Friday the 24th at 9 AM at the Armory.
▪ Teardown will be Sunday at 12 PM
▪ We will have the Mad Cow
◦ Scholarship, no applicants as yet.
• Guests
◦ Roger Lower, W5TOQ
• Old Business
◦ Mark is acting as our club historian, and he is wanting any old articles, photos, or stories about our club. Contact Mark at kf0bzm@gmail.com.
• New Business
◦ ARRL is accepting applications for grants.
▪ The club discussed applying for a grant to build a tower trailer that would have a generator and could act as a portable U/VHF repeater.
▪ Mark and Jerry offered to gather data on such a tower.
• Ideas presented
◦ US Tower manufactures such towers
◦ Used Construction Light tower
◦ Used TV remote van
▪ The tower could be used for the various emergencies that we encounter
• NCS
◦ 5/17 KBØZIA
◦ 5/24 KAØNES
◦ 5/31 WØRHP
◦ 6/7 KIØKG
• 50/50 was won by Mark, but he had the club keep the proceeds of $13
• The shirt was won by WØRHP which he donated to our guest W5TOQ
19:39 Meeting Adjourned