Lee Ward Tunes the New Transceiver in the Radio Room
Several members of the club assembled at Ensor Park and Museum the morning of July 29 to meet Lee Ward of Peculiar, Mo., KØLW, as he arrived with a new Icom 7300 that has been donated for use at the historic eight-acre site owned and operated by the City of Olathe. Ward, who subsequently tuned the transceiver in the Radio Room, told Jeff Darby, KSØJD, club president, Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, secretary-treasurer, Joe Krout, KRØUT, president of The Olathe Ensor Foundation, Howard Cripe, NØAZ, vice president, and Peg Nichols, KDØVQO, that the transceiver was purchased from the company at a nice discount and that "an angel donor" had picked up the tab.
Rick Parent of Overland Park, WØZAP, also was on hand for the presentation and official "unveiling" of the Icom 7300.
From the perspective of the club, Ward's timing was excellent, as Ensorest 23 was just two weeks away at that point. Plans for this special event celebrating 100 years of amateur radio on the Ensor Farm call for hams to operate the station in the Radio Room for several hours using Marshall Ensor's signature call sign of W9BSP.