CQ CQ CQ KS DAY SPECIAL EVENT DE KS0KS
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- Written by: Jim Cessna - AC0KN
On January 28 2017, the Santa Fe Trail ARC club came to Del’s Sawyer’s QTH, and started setting up for special event to celebrate when Kansas joined the union on January 29, 1861.
We had 8 operators for a total of 96 SSB contacts and 6 CW contacts.
The most interesting event of the day, Jim Krentzel KE0GEY, contacted his grandfather in Oregon who is also a ham.
The antennas employed were 2 Windoms and a Comet 422 dipole.
The radios employed were Yeasue FT-3000 and ICOM IC-756 pro III.
Both radio ran 100 watts.
The airwaves were crowed with Winter Field Day, Montana QSO Party, and WW1USA events.
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How I Got My License
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- Written by: Jim Cessna - AC0KN
I inherited my mother's curiosity and should have gotten my technician license years ago. I also inherited my father's inability to deal with Morse code, and only got my license after Morse code was no longer a requirement.
As a child I remember my mother sitting at the Hallicrafter, talking to people from around the world. A series of strange, mysterious, musical dits and dahs filled our dining room. I also remember times she made appointments to travel to Los Angeles from our rural California home to take an exam -- her biggest fear was not being able to interpret a schematic drawing.
He's A Fifth Grader, Yes, But He's Much Smarter Than That!
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
The Fox TV show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" challenges the adult participants to demonstrate that they know more than the typical fifth grader knows by answering any number of questions covering any number of subjects.
With that in mind, anyone who heard and saw fifth grader Jim Krentzel, KE0GEY, do a Tech Night presentation on the Morse Code April 15 at Faith Technologies in Olathe knows full well that he's not your typical fifth grader, that he is, in fact, much smarter than that.
Standing before an audience made up almost entirely of hams several times his age, 11-year-old Jim eagerly treated them to a repetition of the presentation he's been able to do at Pioneer Ridge Middle School in Gardner for some of his fellow students. His talk, enhanced by matching-content slides, lasted about 10 minutes and concluded with the showing of the "That's all Folks!" screen image long associated with the cartoon character Porky Pig.
Read more: He's A Fifth Grader, Yes, But He's Much Smarter Than That!
KS DAY
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- Written by: Jim Cessna - AC0KN
Kansas Day celebrates the admission of the Kansas Territory into the Union as the 34th state. President James Buchanan signed the bill admitting Kansas into the Union on January 29, 1861.
The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club used the club call - KS0KS - for our Kansas Day Special Event Station Saturday, January 23, 2016. We went on-the-air at 10 a. m. Central Standard Time.