Howard Moves Up, Jeff Comes Aboard
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- Written by: R Nichols
Howard Cripe, N0AZ, a member of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club, was elected to be the president of the board for the Olathe Ensor Foundation when the board held its first meeting of 2025 the evening of Monday, January 20 at the downtown library in Olathe.
EP&M the Pick of California's Carl Peck
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
Howard NØAZ, Carl Peck of San Luis Obispo, California, KN6SZT and his brother John Peck
The opportunity to visit Ensor Park and Museum while he was in the greater Kansas City area to see two of his brothers brought Carl Peck of San Luis Obispo, California, KN6SZT, to the eight-acre site earlier this month for what proved to be a most memorable experience.
KC MESH Antenna Back in Place
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- Written by: Rick Nichols
With the aid of a very special piece of equipment made available for the project by the City of Olathe, a replacement antenna for a KC Mesh Network was installed atop the three-legged 80-foot tower at Ensor Park and Museum the morning of Wednesday, September 4.
The task of properly positioning the new antenna and securing it in place fell to City of Olathe employee Toby Blue, who is pictured here as he tackles the job at hand on a lovely late summer day. Toby used a CMC 83HD+ Arbor Pro provided by the city to slowly but surely get to the top of the tower.
As three members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club, Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, Howard Cripe, NØAZ, and Rick Nichols, watched Toby skillfully work from a bucket at the end of a boom, another ham, Bill Gery, KA2FNK, occupied a chair in the Ensor home's Radio Room and patiently listened for that "sweet sound," if you will, that told him that connectivity had been achieved. And in due time it was.