An ARRL Affiliated Special Service Club
The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club is a general-purpose club with the goal of promoting and supporting the educational and operational aspects of ham radio through ham radio classes, on-the-air events, and hands-on activity. THE SATURDAY BREAKFAST MEETINGS ARE HELD AT PERKINS IN GARDNER EACH SATURDAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US 6:30 AM TO ~8:30AM. The monthly business meeting is the 2nd Saturday of each month. This meeting is a hybrid meeting in which you can attend in person at Perkins in Gardner or you can attend via a Zoom connection. Additionally, the club holds a Tech Night presentation via Zoom the last Thursday evening of each month at 7:30 pm. Log in to the web site and select the "Links/Zoom Links" menu to find meeting links or contact a club officer.
Please click the link below to signup as a volunteer for the Ensor Museum tours for September 2026.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C45A5AA2CA3FD0-65549829-ensor
| 08 Sep 2026; 08:00PM - SFTARC Net |
| 12 Sep 2026; 08:00AM - SFTARC business meeting |
| 15 Sep 2026; 08:00PM - SFTARC Net |
| 22 Sep 2026; 08:00PM - SFTARC Net |
| 24 Sep 2026; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night - Dual-band Antenna Designs and Techniques |
| 29 Sep 2026; 08:00PM - SFTARC Net |
| 03 Oct 2026; 08:00AM - 05:00PM Wichita Area Hamfest & KS ARRL Convention Oct. 3rd, Wichita, KS. |
Mike Laney (KEØGHU) presented a talk on the B-25 Project and the radios used in the WW II bomber. Mike included several stories about the B-25 in WW II and the airmen who...
This newspaper article about Field Day at Lake Olathe is from the mid 1990's. I found it in some of my old storage boxes. Some interesting old...
Pat, KFØOYS presented a talk on Military Radios for the SFTARC July 2026 Tech Night.He presented details for a simple radio made from readily available parts.
Good Day to the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club. It is that time of year again for the Kansas QSO party. I am Jeff Darby,...
Several retired Honeywell-Olathe employees now live in Colorado and belong to their local Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association. The local paper wrote up this very...
Brian, WQØA, presented a video on his YouTube channel titled "Field Day at a Ham Radio Landmark | Ensor Museum, Santa Fe Trail ARC & More". The video started with an...
