Saturday, May 17th is the date the SFTARC plans to go on a mini-DXpedition to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve for a day of Parks-on-the-Air (POTA) operating. The Tallgrass is located near Strong City, KS, about 100 miles southwest of Olathe. SFTARC club members as well as guests are invited to participate.
SFTARC members will set up and operate multiple HF stations from a portion of the preserve that is a National Park. Typically, two stations are operated on voice and one on CW, all working into an assortment of portable antennas. In favorable weather, we operate just outside of a historic tree-story limestone barn; if the weather is not so favorable, we operate from inside the barn.
Most participants tend to carpool and convoy down to Strong City after assembling in Gardner early in the morning. A breakfast stop at BETO Junction (I-35 and Hwy 75) is common as is an ice cream stop at Braums in Emporia on the return leg in the late afternoon. Participants are free to drive by themselves on their own timetable if they would like.
If you’d like to participate in the Tallgrass event, please advise Jim, K0NK, in person, on the 147.195 repeater or via