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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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KDØVQO

     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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