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Silent Keys

NØZIZ - Dan Reed, Gardner                                                                                        WBØRBY - Dick Graham, Leawood                                                                    WØROO- Mac Mc Connell, (Jarbalo) Tonganoxie                                              KFØWS - Ione Mcbride, South Hutchinson

KDØMAX - Joe Flack, Topeka                                                                                  KDØEC - Ken Williams, Great Bend                                                                         KAØBAT- Melba Hoss, Topeka

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IARU Activity: NZØF and WØAO will be set up in Overland Park Field Day style Thursday Apr 18th operating WØK on 40 and maybe 20 using voice and digital. It's International Amateur Radio Day !  Look for Herb and Bob between about 1P and 7P Kansas time. You can learn more about the IARU at: http://www.iaru.org/index.html 

NØUJQ  K-Link Update:  I'd like to announce the addition of the 444.75+ (PL 162.2) repeater in Colby Kansas to the K-Link  Repeater  System. The addition of this repeater gives K-Link an incredible reach from Kanorado,  KS (the Colorado line) to Topeka, and when combined with the K0HAM system together we reach across the entire state of Kansas and into Missouri on I-70. Our Colby antenna is at 400 feet AGL and covers much of Northwest Kansas. If you're in the area be sure to give it a try!

Other recent news is that we've also added a repeater on 147.315+ (162.2) in Junction City, and also upgraded the Newton 146.610- (103.5) repeater that now covers into Wichita.   We have some other exciting things coming later  this  Spring. More information about K-Link: http://ks0lnk.wavedsl.net 
More information about K0HAM: http://k0ham.com   Both systems also have Facebook pages you can 'Like' if you're into that sort of thing!   Thanks!

Kansas Convention – New Venue                                                                      WAØPSF- Ron and the Central Kansas ARC have moved the convention to Webster Convention Center, North side of I-70 at Ohio exit. Same weekend          (Aug 17-18) but a dinner on Saturday evening now becomes possible and Lunch will also be available. These dining  options  require  a minimum number of reservations in order for the function to happen.  More info will be available as we get closer.  http://www.centralksarc.com/
 
NZØF- Herb Fiddick of Overland Park, has been appointed R.A.C.E.S. Officer for Kansas by Angee Morgan, KDEM Deputy  Director.  Herb has been a volunteer fireman and has been involved with Public Service events in the KC area for several years. WDØDMV- Joseph Plankinton stepped down at the new  year. Let us thank him for the many years he supported R.A.C.E.S. at the state level.
 
NØKQX- Dale reports on new repeater: There is now a 6 meter repeater on the air in Scott City. 52.870 with a -1.7 MHz offset, CTCSS 141.3. The antenna is at 40' for now and it has a range of about 16 miles with nearly 70 watts out of the duplexer. We have some other options to mount it at a higher location when the weather improves. It is a Motorola Mitrek tx/rx. The controller will send an ID beacon every 10minutes for now. Give it a try if you’re in the area. Thanks to Gary N0YK for his expertise with this project. 

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March  2013 Reports

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NET ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Kansas.Nets-------Sessions---Check-in--messages------Managers. --------------
 
Ks.Sideband.Net----------31-------882------36-----N0KFS---Bill
 
Ks.Phone.Net--------------23-------327------49-----N0KFS---Bill
 
Ks.AM.Weather.Net------31-------810----762-----WB0YWZ--Louie
 
Ks.Weather.Net-----------31------1005-----862-----WB0YWZ--Louie
 
Central.States.Tfc.Net---26------1971-----25-----KE0DL--Dave
 
QKS.CW.NTS.Tfc.Net---54-------226------18-----NB0Z----James
 
QKS-SS.Slow.Speed------4---------18-------1----WD0ESF--Mike
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STATION-ACTIVITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Call-----Messages.--Orig---Rec----Sent-----Deliver----Total
 
NB0Z ------------------0-----19-------5--------0---------- 24
KB0DTI----------------0------8-------9---------0----------17
 
~~~~~~~~~~~PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL(PSHR)~~~~~~~~~
 
Categories>>>> 1.   2.   3  . 4  . 5.   6. Totals                                                              ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KB0DTI Ron      40   17   20   0   0   0   77
 
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Emergency Contacts:
 
State RACES Officer: NZØF- Herb Fiddick, Overland Park
 
Kansas Radio Amateur Preparedness Net is held on the First Thursday and 3rd Tuesday at 7PM on 3.940 MHz.

SATERN Liaison/DEC:                                     Kansas and Western MO Division Net Tuesdays 8:30 pm on 3.820+/- 10 PSK31 Tuesdays 9:00pm on 3.5795.
 
MARS Liaison: John Halladay- KAØJMO, Lawrence

Kansas MARS: Mike Woolverton- WBØZPW, Overland Park
 
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KANSAS ARRL NTS NETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
NET NAME MGR. DAY TIME. Freq.

Ks Sideband Net-------- N0KFS Dy. 6:30 PM* 3920 kHz
Ks Phone Net----------- N0KFS MWF 6:45 AM 3920 kHz
Ks Phone Net----------- N0KFS S,S 8:00 AM 3920 kHz
Ks AM Weather Net------ WB0YWZ Dy 7:00 AM 3920 kHz
Ks Weather Net--------- WB0YWZ Dy. 6:00 PM 3920 kHz
Central States Tfc Net--KE0DL M-F 12:30 PM 7253.5 kHz
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- NB0Z Dy 7:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- NB0Z Dy 10:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS-SS Slow Speed Net-- WD0ESF Mon. 7:32 PM 3547 kHz
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TENTH REGION NET REPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
TEN
61 Sessions (QNI)check-ins ?? 94 (QTC)messages, KS represented 55 % of net sessions by KBØDTI and NBØZ
 
Dave W0SS/Mgr. Meets daily at 7:45PM and 9:30PM on 3.562 MHz
 

DAY TEN (SSB)2
21  Sessions, ??? (QNI)check-ins,   453 (QTC) messages, KS represented  9   % of net sessions by:  KBØDTI / 2
 
Meets M-F 10:00A on 7280 Jerry KCØVTT/Mgr. ___________________________________________________________
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
NET-NAME---------SESSIONS---CHECK-INS----Msgs.--- REPORTER

Mine Creek ARC----------4-----------28---------0------KB0DTI
 
WheatState Wrls ---------5-----------33---------0------KB0DTI
 
Pilot Knob ARC-----------0-----------00---------0------KC0JCQ
 
Central Kansas QCWA--4-----------35---------0------N0LL
 
US Center ARC-----------4-----------20---------0------N0LL
 
Wheat Shocker------------0-----------00---------0------Feed Back
 
Wheat Shocker 440--------0-----------00---------0------Feed Back
 
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