Lanesfield School on the Air
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KI0KK
SFTARC members helped make the Lanesfield School Museum a little more prominent on the national map on Saturday Oct 14. This one-room limestone schoolhouse that is located just NE of Edgerton is operated by the Johnson County (KS) Museum and sits on the historic Santa Fe Trail. The School house was built in 1869, and then rebuilt in 1904 after a fire.
Lanesfield School House
Area 'Hams' Headed for Nearby Historic Site
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club will be converging on the grounds of the Lanesfield School Museum southwest of Gardner on Saturday to participate in a special event that will enable them to share "a little bit of Johnson County history" with the rest of the United States.
Located at 18745 S. Dillie Road, the museum that now occupies the former limestone schoolhouse transports visitors back to the day when a majority of America's children were educated in a one-room schoolhouse where the 3 Rs were taught. Constructed in 1869, the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Kansas QSO Party 2017
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- Written by: Jeff Darby - KE0CAZ
t's that time of year again, It's time for the annual Kansas QSO party. If you have never attended a contesting event this is the one for you. This was one of the first ones I attended and I found it very invigorating to be on the receiving end of a pile up. A place where people are actually trying to find you instead of the other way around.
Field Day 2017 Summary
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- Written by: Jim Andera - K0NK
Visitors, Visitors and More Visitors
Some years we’d complain about the horrible heat, the humidity and the bugs. And we might complain about the lack of visitors or too much rain. In years past we have had to send someone out for pizza or heat up hamburgers and hot dogs. This year we had no such complaints (well maybe a few bugs--but nothing that bit us too badly). All we could come up with for complaints in 2017 was generally poor propagation on the HF bands.
Without a doubt this year’s SFTARC Field Day event set a new record for Field Day comfort in terms of fantastic outdoor operating temperatures for June. Tony’s (KD0KLD) Smokey Hill Catering ensured we ate very well, mixed with a WB0CNK watermelon, a bowl of cantaloupe from KI0KK’s XYL and a KB0KCM chocolate cake.
KS QSO Party Award
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- Written by: G Wolfe - KI0KK
Dear Santa Fe Trail ARC,
Thank you for sponsoring the 2106 Kansas QSO Party SO Hi Power plaque. I was lucky enough to snag it this year. If AB0S ever uses W0NO's station full time instead of splitting time with Alan he will run away with the top score! K0VXU and K0WA are strong contenders too, when they operate in Hi Power category. And there's always the chance of a dark horse.....
It's fun to be the "pig with lipstick" in a contest and this QSO Party has lots of interest thanks to the work of Bob and Lorna, and many others including plaque sponsors like you and me {Hi score Sunday only}. The 1x1 call gimmick is a big hit and I'm lucky to be W0S - one of the three "best" calls to log since S shows up 4 times in KANSAS QSO PARTY SUNFLOWER In 2015 I logged 34 of the 45 1x1s. This year it was lots slimmer at 21/45. But needless to say "fun was had by all".
Tnx, 73,
Bruce K0BJ Colby