Welcome

arrlAn 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. 

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Upcoming Events

18 Jul 2026;
08:00AM - 05:00PM
Warrensburg Hamfest 2026
21 Jul 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net
28 Jul 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net
30 Jul 2026;
07:30PM - 08:30PM
Military Radio - Pat, KFØOYS
04 Aug 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net
08 Aug 2026;
08:00AM -
SFTARC business meeting
08 Aug 2026;
08:00AM - 05:00PM
Reno County, KS Hamfest

Ensor Video by Farm Journal

Farm Journal Ensor Video     The Ensor Park and Museum was featured in a web article and video by Farm Journal. The video  the  presents an interview with Howard Cripe, NØAZ, about the history of farm and family. The web article provides an excellent summary of the full video in the article. To see the full video interview click on the Play button in the article video preview image.

Trail Bytes
FD in Clolorado - Ex Honeywell-Olathe Hams
12 Jul 2026

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...
Field Day at a Ham Radio Landmark
03 Jul 2026

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...
Introduction to Grounding for Ham Radio
02 May 2026

At our April 30th, 2026, tech night, George McCarville, WB0CNK, covered essential grounding techniques for ham radio, focusing on safety, lightning, and RF grounding. Key...
Understanding 12V DC Power for Radio Amateurs
30 Apr 2026

     In the March 2026 tech night discussion, Tom Apalenek WA2IVD, highlighted that the commonly referenced "12V" is actually 13.8V, accounting for a ±15%...
Tech Night - 3D Printing
08 Mar 2026

This is a presentation of 3D printing and the technologies involved in the process. It was presented by Howard Cripe - N0AZ for the February 26th Tech Night of the Santa Fe...
Chasing Radiosondes or Radios from Heaven!
30 Jan 2026

The SFTARC Tech Night for January 2026 was a presentation by Mike Laney (KEØGHU) on Chasing Radiosondes. Mike provided details about the devices used, web sites used...
Spark-Con 2025
18 Oct 2025

Tom, WA2IVD, presented a video on his Ham Radio A2Z channel of selected events at the Spark-Con 2025 ARRL Midwest Convention on October 11, 2025 in Sedalia ,...
Tech Night (Sep 2025) - Kit Building
26 Sep 2025

Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, presented on Kit Building Techniques for Success.  He currently writes the "Kits and Kit-Building" articles for The Spectrum Monitor and...