Amid the Crisis, Hams Continue to be "radio active"
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Amid the crisis, hams continue to be "radio active"
So when you're near me
Darling, can't you hear me
SOS
The love you gave me
Nothing else can save me
SOS
- from ABBA's 1975 song "SOS"
While amateur radio operators may not be able to help you rescue that romance you've been trying to revive, they are good at long-distance relationships, especially when "social distancing"
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Club Hams Celebrate Kansas Day at Del's "Antenna Farm"
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
No one heard members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club singing "Home on the Range" Saturday, Jan. 25, but amateur radio operators from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York did hear hams who belong to the Olathe-based club readily identify themselves as being Kansans during a special pre-Kansas Day event at Sawyer Memorial Antenna Park in Edgerton.
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Club Members Welcome KCBARC Hams to Ensor
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
The home page of the website for Ensor Park and Museum in south Olathe encourages prospective visitors to the eight-acre complex to actually check the place out by telling them matter-of-factly but enticingly, "You have to see it to believe it!"
That's not a problem for most people, of course, but for thousands of Americans who were either born blind or have lost their sight since due to an accident, a disease or an illness, having the ability to use their eyes to take in the picturesque grounds at Ensor Park and Museum and all of the fascinating items on display inside the house and outbuildings is nothing more than wishful thinking at this point. So should anyone who is blind make the trip to 18995 183rd Street with the assistance of a sighted friend or relative, he or she would have to rely on their ears and hands primarily to absorb information about the Ensor family and the family farm, the work Marshall and his younger sister Loretta did in the field of amateur radio and the equipment they used, and Marshall's years as a manual arts teacher and the equipment he and his students used to turn out many lovely pieces of furniture, a few of which can be found in the Ensor home.
Hollenberg Pony Express Special Event
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- Written by: Jim Andera (K0NK)
Amateur Radio Station KØASA will operate as an 1860s-style Telegraph Office during the annual Hollenberg Pony Express Station Festival.
2019 Field Day Video
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KI0KK
Thanks to Tom Apalenek, WA2IVD for the video of our 2019 Field Day event.
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