Lone Elm Park
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- Written by: Joe Krout - KRØUT
Source: From the HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY ED BLAIR, Published in 1915
Of the five Santa Fe Trail markers for Johnson county, provided by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the legislature of Kansas, the one unveiled at Lone Elm, November 9, 1906, was the second to be placed in position in this county, and it might be said here that Newton Ainsworth, one of the original old settlers, and through whose farm the trail ran, together with George Black, were mainly instrumental in getting the marker located at Lone Elm. An appropriate program that had been arranged, and was carried out. Mr. Ainsworth delivered the following address :
Loretta's Legacy Lives On
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- Written by: Marty - KE0PEZ and Rick Nichols
Thirty years after her death at the age of 87, radio station W9UA crackled to life on Saturday, September 11 at Ensor Park and Museum to honor the life and legacy of Loretta Ensor.
Lone Elm Park Special Event
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- Written by: Jim Andera - K0NK
On Saturday, Oct 9th, 2021, the SFTARC will operate a Special Event Station at Lone Elm Park in SW Olathe, at 167th St and Lone Elm Road. Setup will begin right after the Oct 9th SFTARC business meeting, with published operating hours of 10 am to 3 pm. Frequencies of 7.280, 10.118, 14.280 and 18,080 have been published. We expect to set up two or three stations.
Club Hams Fan Out for Field Day
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (KS0KS) went at the business at hand, making as many contacts as possible, from three different locations during Field Day 2021 June 26 and 27. We did have to dodge a few rain showers while setting up, but outside of that the weather more-or-less cooperated.
Most of the members who participated in this annual Amateur Radio preparedness exercise did so at Olathe's Ensor Park and Museum, where three operating stations, each with its own antenna, were set up. One station, used for CW and digital, was set up inside the club's trailer.
Tallgrass Special Event - National Parks Communications
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KI0KK
Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club received a letter from The National Park Service thanking the club for our volunteer hours that we performed on Saturday, April 21, 2019. The SFTARC operated a mini-DXpediton to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, KS.
Read more: Tallgrass Special Event - National Parks Communications