Club Events

Meeting: August 13, 2024

August 14, 2024 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order at the Reno County EOC.

Announcements:
* Wichita Hamfest will be Oct. 5th.
* Kansas QSO Party will be August 24-25. Our club will be using the WØL callsign and will be hosted by ACØRL at 1824 Nickerson Blvd. Operating hours will be from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on the 24th and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the 25th. This is a club event, so please do some operating. Even if you don’t have a General-class license, you can legally operate.
Reports:
* July minutes read, Motion Todd/John, Passed.
* Treasurer’s report read, Motion Phil/Todd, Passed.
* Repeater trustee report, all repeaters nominal.
Committees:
* Hamfest Committee
We profited $385. We had very happy vendors and attendees; Todd was the sole dissenter. Next year’s hamfest will be at same venue on August 9, 2025. Motion Zack, Jerry, passed. We will serve coffee. Door prizes will be announced in advance. And we’ll look into hosting the ARRL state convention.
Presentation:
This was given by Reno County 911 Director Kevin Irwin. His talk was very informative, and we should be very proud of the improvements he has brought to the Dispatch Center. The Q & A following his talk was very enlightening.
NCS:
* August 20: KFØBZM
* August 27: KAØNES
* September 3: NØUNI

Motion to adjourn, Larry and Joe, passed.

2000 Meeting adjourned

Hamfest ’24 attendees gather at Mark Brecheisen’s table of goodies.

Meeting location change

August 13, 2024 Editor

Tonight, August 13th, we are meeting at the EOC, located beneath the Law Enforcement Building due west of the Reno County Courthouse.

The meeting will begin at 7PM. Please arrive between 6:30 and 7PM as we may not be able to let you in after the meeting starts. Enter through the south entrance of the Law Enforcement Building. Note the bronze police officer statue in the foyer.

Hamfest ’24

May 14, 2024 Editor

Hamfest 24 - 4

Bandpass filter news

October 15, 2023 Editor

ACØRL, our secretary-treasurer, repeater trustee, and all-around making-things-happen guy, says: “The filters have arrived, I bench tested them and here are my results. We should also do testing with radios.”

Here is the PDF of Jerry’s testing results.

KS QSO Party 2023 totals

August 29, 2023 Editor

Many thanks to the folks who participated in the QSO party. We logged 1,216 SSB and CW contacts, 64 FT8 contacts. Thanks to Zack, Charles, Joe, Dan, Scott, and John.

KS QSO Party 2023 coming soon

August 24, 2023 Editor

The Kansas QSO Party is right around the corner!

The club call WØWR is sponsoring the WØL special event call at the ACØRL QTH, 1824 Nickerson Blvd., Hutchinson.

It runs from 9 AM to 9 PM Saturday the 26th and 9 AM to 3 PM Sunday the 27th.

Please let me know if and when you can attend and operate a station so I can make sure we have all of the stations manned.

If you have ever wondered what it is like to be on the receiving end of a pile-up, here’s your chance.

We will be operating multi-op, four stations:

1. FT8 – operated by KBØSQL
2. K2 CW/SSB 40m
3. K3 SSB 20m
4. K3 CW/SSB 15/10m.

Water and snacks will be provided.

Please review the rules at the party website.

Hamfest ’23 Wrap-up

August 12, 2023 Editor

We had an outstanding hamfest this year.

Attendance exceeded last year’s, with about 100 attendees and exhibitors.

Of course, it wasn’t without its hitches, from the start when we arrived the place was a disaster. We walked in and they had been painting the large hall. The overspray covered everything, and there was high lift equipment in the way. Those that showed up started sweeping and mopping the floors and Charles and Sgt. Seal moved the high lifts. We did a fair job of cleaning up and putting out tables and chairs.

A couple folks arrived to set up early.

Saturday morning, Charles opened up around 6:45 and folks began to set up. All the tables were used and the facility was jam-packed. Great stuff was for sale and great memories were made.

We took in $105 in refreshment sales and $327 in raffle tickets for the prizes for a total of $432. Estimated expenses of $228.43 for the radio and about $40 for refreshments for a total expense about $268.43. That leaves the club with about $163.57 profit!

Added to our existing bank balance of $8,228.77, that gives us about $8,392.34.

Thanks to all those who volunteered and made this happen!

Field Day 2023 Report

July 10, 2023 Editor

Charles, Mark, and Jerry wish to thank all who participated in the 2023 Field Day event.

We had a good turnout for setup and teardown. Considering when the folks that made the mad cow were thinking that strong young firefighters would be dealing with it, us old guys did pretty good.

We had the tower at its maximum height of 106 feet and it was wonderful to have a dipole up that high.

Never had problems making contacts.

Tom Lappin, WØUY, added 650 points to the club aggregate score when he submitted his FD info to ARRL. He had 152 CW contacts and 50 points for online form submission.

Field Day Entry

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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