Welcome

arrl 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.

KS QSO Party Sign Up Sheet

KS QSO 2023

SFTARC (KSØKS) Kansas QSO Party (8/29 and 8/30)

Sign up to operate as KSØKS via the "Sign Up Sheet" link.

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Upcoming Events

25 Aug 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

27 Aug 2026;
07:30PM - 08:30PM
Tech Night - B-25 Mitchell Bomber and the Effect of WWII on Ham Radio

29 Aug 2026;
09:00AM - 03:00PM
Kansas QSO Party (KQS) Aug 29th-30th

30 Aug 2026;
08:00AM - 05:00PM
Hollenberg Pony Express Festival, Aug 30th, Hanover, KS KØASA

30 Aug 2026;
09:00AM - 03:00PM
Kansas QSO Party Day # 2

01 Sep 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

08 Sep 2026;
08:00PM -
SFTARC Net

arrl general Manual 9th

SFTARC's next Ham Class will be for the General Class License tentatively starting in January 2025.

Check the club web site here for an announcement in the fall of 2024.

Trail Bytes

Military Radio - Pat, KFØOYS

13 Aug 2026

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.

Kansas QSO Party Signup

08 Aug 2026

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,...

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...