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ARRL Kansas Section (KS) Section Manager Ron D. Cowan, KB0DTI PO Box 36 Lacygne, KS 66040 kb0dti@arrl.org Section Links Hamfests Affiliated Clubs Ham Radio Classes Other sections Midwest Division

Assistant Section Manager Orlan Q Cook, W0OYH 12110 W 71st St Shawnee, KS 66216-2912 (913) 631-0423 orlan@everestkc.net Emily M Stewart, KC0PTL 1100 Wellington Dr Leavenworth, KS 66048-4761 kc0ptl@arrl.net Official Observer Coordinator Robert M Summers, K0BXF 3045 N 72nd Kansas City, KS 66109 (913) 299-1128 rsummbxf@aol.com Public Information Coordinator Laurance S Staples Jr, W0AIB 7862 Howe Cir Shawnee Msn, KS 66208-4260 (913) 341-3068 lstaples@kc.rr.com Section Emergency Coordinator Robert M Summers, K0BXF 3045 N 72nd Kansas City, KS 66109 (913) 299-1128 rsummbxf@aol.com State Government Liaison Steve L Hamilton, KB0JYL 2503 SW Carlson Rd Topeka, KS 66614-9804 (785) 256-6331 kb0jyl@arrl.net Section Traffic Manager Ron D Cowan, KB0DTI PO Box 36 Lacygne, KS 66040 (913) 757-3758 kb0dti@peoplestelecom.net

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Monthly Summaries

Monthly Summary for July 2008

News last updated: Fri, August 29, 2008 at 6:24 PM ET

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Silent Keys: WØFVN - John Bloomquist Sr., Topeka WØJRW - Jack R. Wood, Abilene (formerly KB0LWE) KCØTIG - Edward C. Thomas, Kansas City --------------------------------------------------------------- AA0OM is Kansas Radio Amateur of the Year ! Pony Express Special Event station will be on air Aug. 31st. The date changed from that shown in QST. Operating as K0ASA the Crown ARA will set up near Hanover, KS as part of the Hollenberg Pony Express Station Festival. Good news for Kansans, they will operate on 3540KHz. See Aug. QST page 80. WA5FLV EC for Neosho and Labette Counties reports on Special Event: CAARC participated in the Elks Kids Fishing Tournament at Elks Lake south of Chanute. First time to officially deploy my emergency trailer. Set up VHF/UHF, HF SSB and HF digital. Windy cool day (June 7th) and it had rained but there was a good bunch of kids and parents. A few stopped by to look and ask questions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Field Day ! Field Day 2008 is in the log. From what I have seen and heard it was a very successful year. We had an Amateur Radio Week proclamation courtesy of Ken-KKØHF. Coffeyville also had Field Day weekend designated WØAIB- Larry, our Public Information Coordinator has received media reports from most of the groups that set up for FD this year. Some were Web stories and others in ink and paper. Newton and Hutchinson obtained pre-event radio spots. Johnson County RAC had a first this year. The Kansas City Star covered their Shawnee Indian Mission Museum site. Even the OTs don't remember that happening before. All this is the result of your hard work. Don't stop here. When your club schedules classes, holds officer elections or participates in an exercise particularly with< emergency management or other county agency) write it up and send it to the paper. In the past I wrote up the picnic. It made the weekly paper. There was some bad weather Friday and again Saturday morning. McPherson decided not to set up. They had a drill with the county the weekend before and their site was, well, swampy. Chanute was barely on the air. The storm Saturday moved down the Yellow Brick Road and hit them early afternoon. There was significant lightning so they shut down before they really got going. Hutchinson operated in the Reno Co. command trailer on the West side of town. There's a de-commisioned fire station there and the club sets up behind it. Many years ago there was a ham stationed there. The tower still has a couple of antennas that have seen better days. Tom-WØUY and Bill-WØGUY lead off their 1A effort with CW. Zack - WØZC smoked up a brisket and some pork for the bunch. I'll bet that smelled good. Newton worked out of a Hesston College cabin West of Newton. It's good that they put up signs at the turns because I would have missed it for sure. The Boeing Bears and the Wichita ARC went together this time. The Boeing Employees lake on the South side of town was their venue. They had good turnout and kept 6 stations operating the entire time. Were not counting 10 and 15 this year, right ? They had difficulty with PSK31. Sure they were using a vertical but still.... Most groups use computers for logging these days. Many are taking advantage of off the shelf devices to network their stations. JoCo. used a 2.4 Gig. system to tie in the stations that were spread out over the 1000 ft maximum distance. Others use a simple wireless router placed high in the clear. It's fun to see how the other operators in your club are doing and if they have a band opening. CW appeared to have the upper hand at times this year. Good CW ops were hearing stations better at the bottom of the bands than their Phone counterparts up high. At least that's my observation. 40 did pop open late Sunday and 20 came back for day 2 however. I received Field Day messages from Reno County, Newton, South Heartland Contest Assn., BEARS/WARC, Phillips Co. and Trojan. KØBXF received a message from Hiawatha ARC. and WØOYH from Johnson County RAC. KCØPTL- Emily, ASM for Youth Activities, visited Jayhawk, Johnson County RAC, Santa Fe Trail and Wheat State Wireless this year. All in all a good weekend.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Quivira Council Encampment 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amateur Radio made an appearance at the 2008 Scout Encampment at the Kansas State Fair Grounds Hutchinson, KS, 26 April. The activities started around 9:00AM and lasted until 4:00 PM. Over 4,000 scouts and adults attended. The event gave us the opportunity to educate scouts about Amateur Radio. Many Scouts and leaders took the opportunity to talk on the radio and made contacts on SSB HF, PSK HF and 2 meter. We setup three tables to help educate Scouts to the wonderful hobby of Amateur Radio. Table 1 consisted of a HF radio and a 2 meter radio. Table 2 contained handout information and a HF radio operating PSK. Table 3 was a SKYWARN display. Many folks had heard about SKYWARN but didn't know that they were involved in Amateur Radio. Sherry Weir took the time to explain weather and the involvement of the volunteer community in keeping us all safe. The local SKYWARN supports the Wichita, KS National Weather Service by providing ground truth information during severe weather. Special thanks to those that came out and supported the event: AC0EG - Harvey Jones KB0SQQ - Sherry Weir ( NWS) - Wichita, KS SKYWARN area coordinator) N0LD - Randy Wing N5GUI - James Whitfield WA2MVT - Marty Brennan Also thanks to Ron Cowan (KB0DTI), The American Radio Relay League - Kansas Section Manager, for providing scout related handouts. We were surprised at the number of adults that had moved into the area and asked about clubs or had an interest and just didn't know how to start. We took a number of pictures, http://bears.harveyjones.info, select "Encampment 2008 event". 73's Harvey Jones ACØEG

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YOUTH ACTIVITIES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This year's Dayton was very successful! Our table had over 70 youth stop by and the kids really enjoyed our activities offered. The dinner was also a huge success and we had a pretty good crowd. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association let us use their facilities to host the dinner. We look forward to planning next year's youth lounge. Two students with Kansas connections received 2008 scholarships from the ARRL Foundation. The Paul and Helen L. Grauer Scholarship for $1000 went to James (Riley) Dunn, KC0KTP, of Overland Park, Kansas. Jonathan Rather, KC0CTR, Chanute, Kansas received the Irving W. Cook, WA0CGS, Scholarship, also for $1000. Radio Roots, written by Paul R. Huff, N8XMS, is an example of what happens when an older generation inspires their children or grandchildren to become a ham. See the story at: < http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/05/30/10136/?nc=1 > As always, be sure to send me your local news and ideas to make amateur radio more available for kids! Emily KCØPTL

May Reports

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NET ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas.Nets--------Sessions--Check-in--messages------Managers. ------------------------------------------------------------ Ks.Sideband.Net---------31-------756----48-----N0KFS---Bill Ks.Phone.Net------------22-------351----21-----N0KFS---Bill Ks.AM.Weather.Net-------31-------743---602-----WB0YWZ--Louie Ks.Weather.Net----------31-------717---499-----WB0YWZ--Louie Central.States.Tfc.Net--27------1594----54-----N0BFB---Norm QKS.CW.NTS.Tfc.Net------32--------92----25-----NB0Z----James QKS-SS.Slow.Speed--------4--------10-----0-----KB0DTI--Ron

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STATION-ACTIVITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Call------Messages.--Orig---Rec----Sent-----Deliver----Total NB0Z ------------------0-----36------21---------1----------58 KB0DTI-----------------0-----10-------2---------2----------14 KC0MRJ-----------------0-----21-------1--------14----------36 W0OYH------------------0------0------13---------0----------13 K0BXF------------------2-----14-------0---------3----------19 K0BXF------------------0------0-------6---------0----------6 ------------------------------- Technical Specialist: Larry-WN8P, Room for your report here!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL (PSHR)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Categories>>>> 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Totals ----------------------------------------------------------------------> K0BXF Bob 40 19 30 15 5 0 109 N0ZIZ Dan 29 6 20 50 0 0 105 KB0DTI Ron 40 14 20 0 0 0 74 70 Points minimum to qualify.

~~~~~~~ARES - AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE REPORT. ~~~~~~

DE K0BXF ARRL Section Emergency Coordinaor KANSAS Aug 1, 2008 June activity reports are the content of this article. ARES zone reports from 15 of our more active EC indicate 111 net sessions with 803 QNI and 33 pieces of traffic handled. Army MARS in Kansas reported 4265 an Hours of activity from 28 members and 849 messages originated. QCWA Chapter 110, Kansas repots 4 net sessions and only 29 check ins for the month. QCWA'ers and also new candidates are welcome to meet with N0LL each Saturday morning at 7:30AM on 3920 khz. State RACES net 1st Thursday each month 3940 khz also welcomes all checkins. Especially from those counties who very seldom are recognized on the net. Contact Joseph, WD0DMV for more info if needed. June QNI was from Shawnee, Lyon, Wyandotte, Montgomery, Smith, Elk and Mitchell counties. Our state traffic nets and the Kansas Weather net could also use your QNI more often. More info on these nets are found on the state ARRL website. Become a part of the active Public Service group here in Kansas. Your participation is requested. Join the Kansas networks system. I also hope everyone active is planning on attending the state ARRL convention at Salina August 17. 'til next report 73 Bob Summers K0BXF ARRL SEC KS --------------------------------- State RACES Officer: Joseph Plankinton- WDØDMV 314 NE Sumner St Topeka, KS 66616-1338 Kansas RACES/ARES Net is held on the First Thursday of the month at 7PM on 3.940 MHz. SATERN Liaison: June Jeffers-KBØWEQ , Gardner MARS Liaison: John Halladay -- KAØJMO, Lawrence ARES Map: http://www.cenkares.org ---------------------------------------------END----------------------------------------------

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KAR - Kansas Amateur Radio email newsletter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas Amateur Radio newsletter is available at>>>>>> w0oyh@arrl.net

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KANSAS ARRL NTS NETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NET NAME MGR. DAY TIME. Freq. Ks Sideband Net-------- N0KFS Dy. 6:30 PM 3920 kHz Ks Phone Net----------- N0KFS MWF 6:45 AM 3920 kHz Ks Phone Net----------- N0KFS S,S 8:00 AM 3920 kHz Ks AM Weather Net------ WB0YWZ Dy 7:00 AM 3920 kHz Ks Weather Net--------- WB0YWZ Dy. 6:00 PM 3920 kHz Central States Tfc Net--N0BFB M-F 12:30 PM 7253.5 kHz QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- NB0Z Dy 7:00 PM 3547 kHz QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- NB0Z Dy 10:00 PM 3547 kHz QKS-SS Slow Speed Net-- KB0DTI SUMMER BREAK 3547 kHz

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TENTH REGIONAL NET REPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

60 sessions, (QNI) check-ins ?? (QTC) messages 158 , KS represented 56% of net sessions By James NB0Z Dave W0SS/Mgr.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NET-NAME-----------SESSIONS---CHECK-INS----Msgs.--- REPORTER Chanute Area ARC--------3-----------15---------0------WA5FLV Chanute Simplex -------4-----------19---------0------WA5FLV Coffeyville UHF---------4-----------30---------0------NU0B Independence ARC--------4-----------33---------0------KC0KIG Mine Creek ARC----------3-----------21---------0------KB0DTI Neosho Val. QCWA--------3-----------16---------0------WA5FLV Pilot Knob--------------5-----------51---------0------KC0JCQ Wheat State Wrls -------4----------42---------0------KB0DTI Room for more here.

A full month is allowed for stations, Net Controls and Net Managers
to get their reports in to me to compile and get to HQ.
All other info is current.

73, Ron -- KBØDTI - ARRL KS SM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kansas Is Great In 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Governor Sebelius' proclamation for "Amateur Radio Week"	KA4CKR at the Reno County Visitors Tent
CW rocks at Newton ARC	KØPY don't need no microphone !
KØRH chooses to use a mic. in battle.	Boeing/Wichita ARCs having a good morning on 20 Phone
40 phone popped late Sunday AM for the combined Wichita and Boeing B.E.A.R.S. effort.	Johnson Co. RAC. N0SZE/KC0VQL photo
KANSAS STATE CONVENTION	The Miami County group made the trip via Ham Bus.
	All the way from Springfield, MO. This former Kansan still comes to our convention.
Tim-NØSZE and John-NWØI	People from MAARS, or at least Manhattan.
2008 Kansas Amateur Of The Year Bill Possom AAØOM on the right Larry NØLL on left.

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