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Up Next for Club Hams - Field Day

     Historic Ensor Park and Museum in Olathe will once again provide the setting when members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club participate in Field Day, the annual emergency preparedness exercise sponsored by the American Radio Relay League, later this month. Check out the club calendar for Field Day details.

     Preparations for Field Day will bring some club members to the 40-acre site at 18995 W. 183rd Street on Thursday, June 25 and again on Friday, June 26 (think morning when the weather should be cooler), with the event itself set for Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28. Licensed operators can begin to attempt making contact with other operators far and wide at 1 p.m. on the 27th, and keep going up until 1 p.m. on the 28th. 

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The Ensors, Good Vibes and All That Jazz!

     Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club played an instrumental role in the pulling off of Ensorfest '26, this year's version of the annual celebration of all things Ensor as in Jacob, Ida, Marshall, Loretta and Ina.

Click the image below to see pictures of EnsorFest 2026.

Neon Quartet

     In fact, John Gray, KD0VRS, who also is on the board for The Olathe Ensor Foundation, even loaned his saxophone-playing son Owen to the cause for an hour so that he and fellow musicians Nick Heffner (piano), Ethan Steiner (bass) and Nick Pedigo (drums) could entertain those who had gathered in front of the historic Ensor home at Ensor Park and Museum in Olathe to hear some jazz. The four young men perform as the Neon Quartet and appear to have been well received by their listeners as they worked their way through their set, which included some familiar numbers, "Misty" among them.

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