SFTARC Article in the Overland Journal
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- Written by: By Jim Andera - K0NK
A magazine article that talks about some of the SFTARC's on-the-air activities was recently published in the Fall 2017 issue of the Overland Journal.
Lanesfield School on the Air
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KI0KK
SFTARC members helped make the Lanesfield School Museum a little more prominent on the national map on Saturday Oct 14. This one-room limestone schoolhouse that is located just NE of Edgerton is operated by the Johnson County (KS) Museum and sits on the historic Santa Fe Trail. The School house was built in 1869, and then rebuilt in 1904 after a fire.
Lanesfield School House
Area 'Hams' Headed for Nearby Historic Site
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club will be converging on the grounds of the Lanesfield School Museum southwest of Gardner on Saturday to participate in a special event that will enable them to share "a little bit of Johnson County history" with the rest of the United States.
Located at 18745 S. Dillie Road, the museum that now occupies the former limestone schoolhouse transports visitors back to the day when a majority of America's children were educated in a one-room schoolhouse where the 3 Rs were taught. Constructed in 1869, the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Kansas QSO Party 2017
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- Written by: Jeff Darby - KE0CAZ
t's that time of year again, It's time for the annual Kansas QSO party. If you have never attended a contesting event this is the one for you. This was one of the first ones I attended and I found it very invigorating to be on the receiving end of a pile up. A place where people are actually trying to find you instead of the other way around.
Field Day 2017 Summary
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- Written by: Jim Andera - K0NK
Visitors, Visitors and More Visitors
Some years we’d complain about the horrible heat, the humidity and the bugs. And we might complain about the lack of visitors or too much rain. In years past we have had to send someone out for pizza or heat up hamburgers and hot dogs. This year we had no such complaints (well maybe a few bugs--but nothing that bit us too badly). All we could come up with for complaints in 2017 was generally poor propagation on the HF bands.
Without a doubt this year’s SFTARC Field Day event set a new record for Field Day comfort in terms of fantastic outdoor operating temperatures for June. Tony’s (KD0KLD) Smokey Hill Catering ensured we ate very well, mixed with a WB0CNK watermelon, a bowl of cantaloupe from KI0KK’s XYL and a KB0KCM chocolate cake.