Thanks for coming to Hamfest ’19
We want to send out a big thank you to everyone who came to Hamfest ’19 and made it a success! We hope you had as great a time as we did, and we look forward to seeing you and your friends next year.
Minutes: May 14, 2019
From Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Kahn, ACØRL
Call to Order: 1900 by Club President Charles Tucker, KBØSQL
Roll Call: Members Present – 8
Guests Present – 0
Applicants – 1
TOTAL PRESENT – 9
Reading of Last Minutes: (changes)
Motion to accept Minutes: Approved
Treasurers Report: Passed
| Balances | Current Month |
| Memorial | 581.41 |
| General | 1885.78 |
| Repeater | 801.92 |
Motion to accept: Passed
Introduction of Guests: WDØDMO Henry Stoltenberg. Henry paid 2019 dues and is now a new member!
Old Business:
We are actively seeking content for our new web page.
We have a new club email, hams@rckara.org
We decided setup for FD2019 will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 22.
We have collected $20 in 50/50 funds and an additional $82 from the Claremore Hamfest (see photos below). These funds were deposited in the Memorial Fund.
New Business:
RCKARA Hamfest:
- Specific apparel for RCKARA volunteers.
- Get quote for apparel from D’s Duds, also an ordering page for the club members.
- Roach coach vendor for food and beverages
NCS:
5/21 – ACØMO
5/28 – KEØBWJ
6/4 – KBØSQL
Call for adjournment: 1935
Hamfest ’19
Mastrant, a maker of synthetic guy ropes and accessories, is sponsoring prizes for the hamfest raffle. Mastrant was established in 2007 by active contestant Martin, OL5Y, along with specialists who won high recognition for the developments of ropes and in cooperation with other experienced hams. The ropes are made using the most advanced synthetic materials which have great features for guying. Mastrant offers more than 400 items and supplies them worldwide.
Ham radio joke
This comes to us courtesy of Nancy Tucker:
During a recent trip my wife and I were on we drove around the back woods of East Texas. On one back road I saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty style house: “Talking Dog for Sale.” Well I needed a break so I stopped to see what the deal was. I went into the backyard and see a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.
“You talk?” I ask.
“Yep,” the Lab replies.
Well after I got over the shock of hearing a dog talk, I asked “So, what’s your story?”
“Ah, shucks, there ain’t much to tell. Is that a VUU screwdriver antenna on your truck out there?”
“How did you know that,” I ask?
The Lab looks up and says, “Well, I’m a ham radio operator. I got my Ticket when I was a young pup and in no time at all I had my 5 band DXCC in Phone and CW.
The CIA heard about me and asked me to do some spy work for them. I would hang around the communications centers and with my keen hearing I could copy the transmissions. Because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years.” Copying high speed CW all day really tired me out and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger.
So, I decided to settle down. I retired from the CIA (8 dog years is 56 CIA years) and joined a ham radio club. In fact I won first place in the Oklahoma QSO Party two years in a row. Then I sired a mess of puppies and got away from Ham Radio for a while. I sure miss my radio. Why don’t you buy me and I’ll be your CW operator in the Texas QSO Party?
I said “let me see what I can do.” I went back in and ask the owner what he wants for the dog.
“Ten dollars,” the guy says.
“Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?”
“Because he’s a liar. He never did any of that stuff. He’s just a No-Code Technician.”
Radio in the Park Swapfest
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday May 13th, 2017, the RCKARA will be hosting a Swapfest at the May Radio in the Park. Bring out your gear to operate, sell, or swap to the Rice Park Community Building near the intersection of 17th Street and Swarens on Saturday morning and enjoy the fellowship. Talk-in 147.12+ or 146.52 simplex.
Club and Amateur Radio Information
About Amateur Radio:
Amateur (ham) radio is both a hobby and a community service, providing people of all ages and backgrounds a fun way to communicate with others around the world (and in outer space – on the International Space Station), practice and expand their technical and emergency preparedness skills, keep in touch with old friends, and make new ones.
Whether your interest lies in experimenting with the latest radio communication technologies, helping others in times of disaster or emergencies, participating in contests to see how many people around the globe you can contact, or “home-brewing” your own radio equipment from scratch, ham radio provides a lifetime of fun, learning, and social connections.
The Reno County Kansas Amateur Radio Association (RCKARA) brings local hams and their
families together to carry on the long tradition of electronic experimentation, friendship, and service to our community. RCKARA also maintains a local repeater – a device that retransmits certain radio signals for greater coverage – which is used to keep in touch with local friends, provide volunteer communications support for events such as Band Days during the Kansas State Fair, walk-a-thons and other community service events, and to provide communications during severe weather events and other emergencies.
Learn more about Ham Radio and how you can get started at http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio. More information about our local radio club is available here – we meet in person on the second Tuesday of each month and our weekly on-the-air net is held every Tuesday except for the meeting night.
For a list of all RCKARA activities, and other events of interest to local hams, please visit the calendar section of this site.