Kansas
Contact Information
- Section Name:
- Kansas
- Contact:
- Ron Cowan- KBØDTI Section Manager
- Daytime Phone:
- 913-757-4455
- Evening Phone:
- 913-757-4456
- Email:
- kb0dti@arrl.net
Basic Information
- Division:
- Midwest
- Description:
-
Updated Apr 9
Silent Keys
WAØKIO, Mic Grove, Topeka
KB8TR-Jay Nichols, Shawnee
WØJDB/WAØUQA, Jere Bruning, Hiawatha
KCØGPV, Glen Rubash, Dwight
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Around the Section
A lot of operating took place this winter.
KØANT-Kansas Antenna Club IN Johnson County participated in Antarctic Week end of February. The Club set up at the Kansas City Zoo operating Phone and CW with short end-fed antennas. Participating and providing equipment were KBØMZF, WØCC, KCØFEZ.
Santa Fe Trail operated a Kansas Day Special Event station from the KØDDS antenna farm near Gardner. Operating 15, 20 and 40 meters 7 operators made 113 contacts with 22 states and over 15 countries. Most of the contacts were with sideband on 15, it was wide open. They might have made more contacts but people were interested in hearing about Kansas and the club members were more than happy to accommodate. Some info provided by Rick Nichols and SFTARC newsletter.
Freeze Your Keys event of the combined Pilot Knob and Jarbalo clubs started out below freezing but heated up by the end of the day. 17 people signed in during the 19th Freeze Your Keys held at Weston Bend State Park across the river in Missouri. Operating QRP and low power they made 75 contacts with 21 states and 3 DX(England, Belgium, Azores) Everyone gained experience with station set up and operating. And as usual Martha-WØERI made chili and cornbread.
South East Kansas ARC is celebrating 10 years. The bunch has a weekly mid-morning coffee, monthly meetings and operating events. Most of the members are on HF several times a week.
------------------------------------------V.O.T.A. starts January 1, 2023 ARRL has a new year long operating event called Volunteers On The Air. It celebrates our volunteers who make ARRL possible. It takes elements of POTA and the Volunteer Appreciation week held years ago. Points are awarded for levels of volunteers. Example, President K5UR is more points than an Emergency Coordinator. This all is tied to Log Book of The World which is required if you wish to participate fully. Below are a couple of links to get you started.
https://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air
http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world
In addition, Each state will have the opportunity for W1AW/Portable on the air in their state. Kansas has an early period of Jan 18Z to Jan 24Z. We get it again in November.
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Kansas Slow Speed Net is held Mondays at 7:30 on (or near) 3547 KHz. Our host is WDØESF- Mike in Medicine Lodge.
==================================================================== February 2023 Reports
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NET ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kansas.Nets-------Sessions---Check-in--messages------Managers. --------------
Ks.Sideband.Net----------28-------520---41----- K0RCJ- Richard
Ks.Phone.Net--------------21-------322------29-----K0RCJ- RichardKs.AM.Weather.Net------28-------853----800-----WD0BWE- Don
Ks.Weather.Net-----------28-------891----817--------WD0BWE- Don
Central.States.Tfc.Net---26-------970-----26----OPEN
QKS.CW.NTS. Early-----28---------64------0-----OPENQKS.CW NTS Late-------22--------30------0-----OPEN
QKS-SS Slow Speed-----4----------25-------0----WD0ESF--Mike
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STATION-ACTIVITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Call-----Messages.--Orig---Rec----Sent-----Deliver----Total
K0RCJ ---------------0-----00--------00--------0---------00
KB0DTI----------------0-----12--------5---------0---------17
~~~~~~~~~~~PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL(PSHR)~~~~~~~~~
Categories>>>> 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KB0DTI Ron 40 17 20 0 0 0 77K0RCJ Richard 00 00 00 00 0 00 182
Room for more doers here:
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Emergency Contacts:SATERN Liaison: Herb-NZØF & Diana-KDØOBP, Prairie Village. Kansas and Western MO Division.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KANSAS ARRL NTS NETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NET NAME MGR. DAY TIME. Freq.Ks Sideband Net-------- K0RCJ Dy. 6:30 PM 3920 kHz
Ks Phone Net----------- K0RCJ MWF 6:45 AM 3920 kHz
Ks Phone Net----------- K0RCJ S,S 8:00 AM 3920 kHz
Ks AM Weather Net------ WD0BWE Dy 7:00 AM 3920 kHz
Ks Weather Net--------- WD0BWE Dy. 6:00 PM 3920 kHz
Central States Tfc Net--N5ZMW M-S 12:30 PM 7253
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- OPEN Dy 7:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- OPEN Dy 10:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS-SS Slow Speed Net-- WD0ESF Mon. 7:30 PM 3547 kHzIn winter evening nets begin at 5:00 PM due to propagation
------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Rep: OPEN
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Jan 2023
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NET-NAME---------SESSIONS---CHECK-INS----Msgs.--- REPORTERMine Creek ARC----------4-----------19--------0------KB0DTI
Wheat State Wrls ---------5----------32---------0------KB0DTI
Central Kansas QCWA--4-----------33---------0------K0RCJ
US Center ARC-----------0-----------00---------0------N0LL
Wheat Shocker------------4-----------65---------0------Feedback
Wheat Shocker Fusion--4-----------35---------0------Feedback Pilot Knob ARC-------4------------64---------0-----QRZ South East KS ARC--0------------00---------0-----KA0EGE Reno CO ARA ------------4-----------46----------0------K0RCJ Wichita ARC ------------5-----------84----------0------K0RCJ Wichita ARC Fusion ------5-----------40----------0------K0RCJ Wichita ARC DMR---------5-----------34---------0------K0RCJ Great Salt Plains------------5-----------22--------0------K0RCJ Atchison Co ARS--------4-----------44--------2------KE0DLSand Hills ARC\A.R.E.S.-5---------52-------0------K0EQH
Visually Inconvenienced--4-----------64----------0------K0RCJ
Room for more here :
- Links:
- Kansas Information Website, Kansas QSO Party, Club Resources , Ensor Museum and Park
Kansas Officials
-
Public Info Coordinator
Laurance S. Staples W0AIB -
Section Manager,
Ron D. Cowan KB0DTI
Section Traffic Manager -
State Government Liaison
Richard C. Johnson K0RCJ -
Technical Coordinator
William R. Brinker WA0CBW -
Section Youth Coordinator
Jack F. Di Palo WZ1Y -
Assistant Section Manager
Kenneth Allen Kopp AK0A