[MCARC] [Fwd: Kansas Section News Summary]

[Nate Bargmann]

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Date: Wed,  3 Feb 2016 21:59:36 -0500 (EST)
From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: n0nb at n0nb.us
Subject: Kansas Section News Summary

Kansas Section News Summary January 2016

Silent Keys

AA0DF - Donald Johnson, Americus
WA0CCW - Stan Creitz, Beloit
WB0RNP - Dave Barnett, Leavenworth
W0YVR- Glen Eaton, Salina
K0SBC- Floyd Findley, Fort Scott
WD0Y - Norris Loyd, White Cloud
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At Christmas  Stan-WA0CCW became a Silent Key.  He had been fighting
cancer and also losing his sight. Many of you knew Stan from Beloit and
the activities of the Kansas –Nebraska Radio Club.  He was very active
in the KS-Neb club in past years and continued the Oscar Baker award
after Wendall-W0TQs passing several  years ago.  Stan was also part of
the broader Kansas Section family, participating with the nets and
functioning as  Net Control for Sundays weather net. Most recently he
was manager of our WX nets. He was not only interested in radio but
also computers at a time when you built your own much like some of the
radio kits marketed today.  Stan’s knowledge of electronics  and
teaching ability will be missed.

Band conditions in the evening have not been the best so far this
winter. The Weather Net gets along all right but at the bottom of the
hour things have been changing somewhat and local signals become weak.
This continues thru QKS, both 7 and 10PM. The morning Weather Nets have
also been difficult at the start but propagation gets better near the
bottom of the hour. Central States Traffic Net on 40 meters has been 
about average. Some days are better than others.  QKS-SS our slow speed
net holds together at 7:30 PM but some stations are a bit light.

We are well into the new year with new projects, new Field Day and new
friends ahead of us. I thank net managers James-NB0Z, Cary-KB0PPQ,
Dave-KE0DL and returning WX Mgr. Louie-WB0YWZ for pulling it all
together.  I also thank all the Net Control Stations for working hard
to keep the  information flowing.

The WX0EK folks in Elk County will be on the air January 29th from 9AM
to 2:30PM for Kansas Day. Look around 14.250 QSL card available at
WX0EK PO Box 70 Elk Falls, KS 67345 Updates will be posted on the Elk
County, KS Amateur Radio Society – WX0EK Facebook & QRZ pages.

Mine Creek Hamfest is Saturday Feb. 6 at LaCygne in the Community
Building. Opens at 9 AM.  Turn North at Broadway – Contact is
Ron-KB0DTI at arrl.net or 913-757-3758

Wichita ARC presented Kids Day at Exploration Place in Wichita.

Johnson County RAC had a good turnout for Skywarn Appreciation Day with
over 800 contacts from the NWS regional training facility.

Santa Fe Trail officers for 2016 are: President-KI0KK, Greg; VP-KD0RU,
Larry; Secretary\Treasurer-KB0ISQ, Mike 

Hiawatha ARC has a new repeater.  The club put together new equipment
and feedline for a great sounding machine. The club net is Monday nites
at 9 on 147.18 with 88.5 CTCSS. Check it out.

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KANSAS ARRL NTS NETS- November 2015
      NET            Sess      QNI      QTC      Mgr
Ks.Sideband.Net---------30-------699------87-----Open
Ks.Phone.Net------------22-------273-------5-----Open
Ks.AM.WX Net------------30-------827-----777-----WA0CCW
Ks.Weather Net----------30-------917-----838-----WA0CCW
Central.States.Tfc.Net- 25------1576------26-----KE0DL--Dave
QKS.CW.NTS.Tfc.Net------48-------129------34-----NB0Z---James
QKS-SS.Slow.Speed--------5--------16-------1-----WD0ESF-Mike 

Tenth Region CW: 35 percent representation with NB0Z,KB0DTI

Day Ten Phone: 0 percent representation. Meets M-F at 10AM on 7280.

KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS
NET-NAME---------SESSIONS---CHECK-INS----Msgs.--- REPORTER
Mine Creek ARC----------4-----------20---------0------KB0DTI
Wheat State Wrls -------4-----------41---------0------KB0DTI
Central Kansas QCWA-----4-----------31---------0------N0LL
US Center ARC-----------3-----------11---------0------N0LL
Independence ARC--------4-----------33---------0------KA1EBQ
NCK ARES/Linked---------4----------107---------0------N0MXI


Freqs: WX, Phone and SSB 3920; CW 3547; Central States 7253.5
Schedule can be found here:  http://www.arrl.org/sections/view/kansas

For More Kansas Section News and updates:
http://www.arrl.org/sections/view/kansas 
Kansas Information site: http://ksarrl.org 
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