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     Margaret Louise "Peg" Nichols, KD0VQO, passed away April 20, 2026, at the University of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital following a short illness. She was 98.

     Peg was born in Palmyra, Missouri on November 28, 1927, the daughter of William Denver Yancey and Margaret Henrietta (Dickson) Yancey. With the exception of three years when the family lived in either Arkansas where her father came from or Missouri where her mother was raised, she spent her childhood in rural southern California and it was there that she was first introduced to the world of amateur radio.

     Peg recalled at one time that when she was growing up in California, her father signed up to receive lessons in amateur radio - there was an expense involved, she said - but he struggled with the Morse code requirement tied to an operator's license and eventually set the lessons aside.

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Parks on the Air -- Tallgrass Style

Adam, WU0M, and Kim work the 20m band after lunch using the Go-Kit Joe, KR0UT, SK, fabricated

     Listening to the weather forecast, it sounded like the SFTARC’s 2026 annual POTA operation at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was going to have the feel of a winter Field Day. However, the Tallgrass team was pleasantly surprised to find the weather quite agreeable outdoors when they arrived at about 9:15 am on Saturday, April 18th. With the sun out and a row of buildings providing a wind shelter to our north, it was quickly decided to set up operation outdoors on the north side of the three-story limestone barn, rather than indoors as had previously been planned. That proved to be a good decision. It turned out to be a very nice day for outdoor operating.

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