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ARRL Kansas Section (KS)

Section Manager
Ron D. Cowan, KB0DTI
PO Box 36
Lacygne, KS 66040
913-757-4455
kb0dti@arrl.org
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  • Midwest Division
  • Assistant Section Manager
    Orlan Q Cook, W0OYH
    12110 W 71st St
    Shawnee, KS 66216-2912
    (913) 631-0423
    orlan@everestkc.net

    Emily M Stewart, KC0PTL
    1100 Wellington Dr
    Leavenworth, KS 66048-4761
    kc0ptl@arrl.net

    Official Observer Coordinator
    Robert M Summers, K0BXF
    3045 N 72nd
    Kansas City, KS 66109
    (913) 299-1128
    rsummbxf@aol.com

    Public Information Coordinator
    Laurance S Staples Jr, W0AIB
    7862 Howe Cir
    Shawnee Msn, KS 66208-4260
    (913) 341-3067, (913) 341-3068
    lstaples@kc.rr.com

    Section Emergency Coordinator
    Robert M Summers, K0BXF
    3045 N 72nd
    Kansas City, KS 66109
    (913) 299-1128
    rsummbxf@aol.com

    Section Traffic Manager
    Ron D Cowan, KB0DTI
    PO Box 36
    Lacygne, KS 66040
    (913) 757-4455, (913) 757-3758
    kb0dti@peoplestelecom.net

    Technical Coordinator
    William R Brinker, WA0CBW
    6428 Mullen Rd
    Shawnee, KS 66216-2141
    (816) 753-2166, (913) 268-8819
    william474@aol.com

    Section News

    Monthly Summaries

    Monthly Summary for October 2009

    News last updated: Thu, November 19, 2009 at 5:39 PM ET

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AROUND THE SECTION~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    .
    KBØUOE- Chuck Jentzsch of LaCygne is now a Silent Key

    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    SHARC has 4 members on Packet now. Sam WØOQG is now on
    that mode and looking for a place to install a node in the land of Sand Hills.

    Wheat State Wireless Assn. held their election at the November meeting.
    New officers are President: Greg-KCØYMH, VP: Phil-KCØZNI,
    Treasurer: Curtis-WYØG. Returning as Secretary is Karri-KDØFBE.
    Club meetings are the 2nd Wed in Paola.

    Public Service Honor Roll certificates were presented to
    ABØUY-Debbie and NØZIZ- Dan at the Johnson County A.R.E.S. meeting
    last month. Both Debbie and Dan had surpassed the requirements
    a long time ago. Congratulations to both.

    Johnson County RAC held their annual club auction at the Ensor Farm and
    Museum later than usual. The event included the Marshall Ensor Special Event
    station operated by Santa Fe Trail club members, KCØBS helping with APRS
    set ups and since this was Halloween the day wrapped up with a scary picture show.
    A couple of the features were familiar and for copy right reasons we'll call them
    The Gray Zone. Brian-KCØBS filled in as auctioneer at the last minute when the
    professional had to cancel for medical reasons.
    There was a cornocopia of stuff to bid on. Much of it was
    what might be seen under a table at a hamfest but there were some
    things virtually given away. The caller had to encourgae bidding on a Heath scope.
    Some outboard VFOs and tuners went dirt cheap
    and even a good deal on a dual band HT was there, needed a battery.
    Builders would have been in paradise with the small parts and
    array of enclosures available. Let your mind wander.
    The hottest bidding was over a spool of coax and a Zenith Oceanic
    series receiver. If you're in need of a dispatch console get ahold of KCØBS.

    The chicken house, as usual, was the hub of activity. WØDEW brought out his new
    transceiver for field trial and set up a station in one end of the chicken house.

    Maybe the best part was the food. KA2FNK's Son smoked up some
    pulled pork that was served by his Mom for lunch and John-WØBBQ
    brought out his barbecue contest rig (20 ft outfitted trailer)
    for breakfast and dinner. This was a great event and both the clubs involved,
    museum and area hams benefited from this outing.
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    September Reports
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NET ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Kansas.Nets--------Sessions--Check-in--messages------Managers.
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Ks.Sideband.Net---------30-------807----37-----N0KFS---Bill
    Ks.Phone.Net------------21-------242----27-----N0KFS---Bill
    Ks.AM.Weather.Net-------30-------760---647-----WB0YWZ--Louie
    Ks.Weather.Net----------30-------869---628-----WB0YWZ--Louie
    Central.States.Tfc.Net--26------1586----14----WW5AA ---Lindy
    QKS.CW.NTS.Tfc.Net------57-------196----51-----NB0Z----James
    QKS-SS.Slow.Speed--------Summer break-----KB0DTI--Ron


    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STATION-ACTIVITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Call------Messages.--Orig---Rec----Sent-----Deliver----Total 
    NB0Z ------------------0-----35-------8--------3---------46  
    W0OYH------------------0------5------22-------5----------32
    KB0DTI-----------------0-----17-------3--------1----------21
    K0BXF------------------3------12------0--------5----------20
    

    -------------------------------
    Station Appointee Reports: WAØCBW Technical Coordinator WN8P Technical Specialist

    Room for your report here!


       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL (PSHR)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Categories>>>>    1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.    Totals 
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    >
    KB0DTI Ron 40 21 20 100 0 0 181
    AA0OM Bill 40 40 10 5 0 0 95
    K0BXF Bob 40 20 30 0 0 0 90

    70 Points minimum to qualify.

       ~~~~~~~ARES - AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE REPORT. ~~~~~~


    Nov 3 2009 from the desk of K0BXF Follows report of ARES activity Kansas Section for the month of September 2009 517 total members registered 17 EC Zones reporting: 84 net sessions for the month, 574 Check ins to the nets and 17 messages handled, Missing reports from 6 of 7 EC in DIST 1, 3 of 7 EC in DIST 2, 3 of 6 EC DIST 3, 5 of 9 EC DIST 4, 2 of 9 EC in DIST 5 and 5 of 7 EC in DIST 6. Should be able to double our output effort if we could have all EC Zone reporting. A lot of discussion floating around causing a lot of mis- conceptions about certain types of ham operation. Everyone should keep abreast of what is going on and what is about to take place. Your hobby just might be in jeopardy. 73 for now, Bob Summers K0BXF ARRL SEC KS

    ---------------------------------
    State RACES Officer: Joseph Plankinton- WDØDMV 314 NE Sumner St Topeka, KS 66616-1338
    Kansas RACES/ARES Net is held on the First
    Thursday of the month at 7PM on 3.940 MHz.
    SATERN Liaison: June Jeffers-KBØWEQ , Gardner Net Tuesdays 8:30 pm on 3.919+/- 5 Kansas and Missouri Division. PSK32 Tuesdays 9:00pm on 3.5795.
    http://home.rr.com/saternkansas
    MARS Liaison: John Halladay -KAØJMO, Lawrence
    Kansas MARS: Kent Dickinson

    ARES Map: http://www.cenkares.org
    ----------------------------------END-----------------------------------

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE KANSAS INFORMATION WEB PAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        If you are looking for a down loadable Kansas ARES map or other information, go to

    http://www.cenkares.org/

    KAR newsletters>>> http://ksarrl.org

    These sites belong to Kent KB0RWI

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KAR - Kansas Amateur Radio email newsletter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Kansas Amateur Radio newsletter is available at > http://ksarrl.org < to get on the emailing.....
    send your request to >>> w0oyh@arrl.net

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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--N0BFB 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-- KB0DTI Mon. 7:32 PM 3547 kHz

    * 5:30 PM during poor propagation followed by the WX Net.

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TENTH REGIONAL NET REPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    60 sessions, (QNI) check-ins ?? (QTC) messages 133 , KS represented 75 %
    of net sessions with KB0DTI, KC0M(MO) and NB0Z
    Dave W0SS/Mgr.

    Meets daily at 7:15PM and 9:30PM on 3.562 MHz

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      NET-NAME---------SESSIONS---CHECK-INS----Msgs.--- REPORTER         
    Chanute Area ARC--------3------------25--------0------WA5FLV
    Chanute Simplex -------4-----------20---------0------WA5FLV
    Coffeyville UHF---------4-----------25---------0------NU0B
    Mine Creek ARC----------4-----------21---------0------KB0DTI
    Neosho Val. QCWA--------3-----------11---------0------WA5FLV
    Wheat State Wrls -------4-----------43---------0------KB0DTI
    Pilot Knob ARC----------#-----------##---------0------KC0JCQ
    Central KS QCWA---------#-----------##---------0------N0LL
    US Center ARC-----------#-----------##---------0------N0LL

    Room for more here.


    A full month is allowed for stations, Net Controls and Net Managers
    to get their reports in to me to compile and get to HQ.
    All other info is current.

    73, Ron -- KBØDTI - ARRL KS SM

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Kansas Meeting

    WØNBT and WSØM

    Weather Net Eyeball
    WBØYWZ hosting

    KDØBZI-Sandy, KDØBKH-Ed and KDØAKT-Al

    Valley Center\WARC \Tec-Ni-Chat Hamfest

    WØVFW club participated

    VFW Bunch assembled for a photo.

    Sherry-KBØSQQ and James-KCØNYK
    at Valley Center-Wichita 'fest

    Jamboree On The Air at
    Camp Kanza West of Hutchinson


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