Net Notes 3/13/2013

Tonight's Net was a good one. Net control announced the forming of this club and it's website followed by the update on the first meeting. The first meeting of this club will be on March 30th, 9a.m. at Hardee's in Pittsburg.

Frank, NØIGZ was the first to check in after being the last one last week, good to have you Frank! Leon KDØSSD was next and he mentioned he was working on installing a 160 meter loop antenna and making plans on how to arrange it on his property. Next up was WØMQY, Joe gave some information about the "Builders Group" he was involved in and invited everyone to join in the fun of smelling solder smoke and burning your fingers! I think once we all learn a little more, we should have a Builders Group tab on this web page and maybe have one of their long time members do some posting on small projects!

Next to check in was my wife Loren, KDØRTX thanked Joe for his help with her CW key wiring and thanked him for inviting us. We both had a great time and it was nice to get to meet Bill and Tom in that group as well. The last check in was Steve, WDØDTS and he had some signal issues and we could not make out part of his check in but his friend Leon said they were hoping to work on some external antenna improvements at Steve's QTH as the HT was not quite hitting the repeater.

While the turnout was smaller, I feel a nice group is beginning to develop and I look forward to that development over the next several years. I might also mention that Frank also provided some info on a local QSO party of sorts on SSB mostly, on 432.10 MHz also at this time. And it was obvious to this new ham that many of us could learn a lot about VHF/UHF SSB and the horizontally polarized antennas! Hopefully on the 30th we discuss just that very thing.

Thanks to everyone that participated and please pass the word about the Net and about the new Southeast Kansas Amateur Radio Club!


73's and BTU.... this is Kilo Delta Zero Sierra Echo Golf.

CALL SIGN	NAME	LOCATION
N0IGZ	Frank	Columbus KS
KD0SSD	Leon	Pittsburg KS
W0MQY	Joe	Pittsburg KS
KD0RTX	Loren	Pittsburg KS
KD0SEG	Jeff	Pittsburg KS
WD0DTS	Steve	Pittsburg KS

First SEKARC Meeting Confirmed !!

Plans have been finalized for a kick off meeting of the Southeast Kansas Amateur Radio Club. We will have our first group meeting/breakfast at Hardee's in Pittsburg on March 30 at 9 a.m. Initially these will be scheduled on the last Saturday of each month but we can discuss and reach an agreement on what is going forward at that time. This will be open to everyone, licensed operators and those interested in becoming one. Bring a friend and forward this link on to everyone who might be interested!

 
We will discuss ideas for activities, build a contact list, meet everyone face to face and hopefully we should all learn something! Hardees has offered to provide coupons for food AND they also said that if you BYOC/bring your own cup, then coffee is just .35 cents !! Can't beat that now can we?

You may also submit your name and email address on the sign up form link above so we can keep you updated and informed of any changes or news that may develop. It is also on the Calendar tab above, there you will see area amateur radio nets, meetings and other events in the area.

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Green Country Hamfest

This is KDØSEG, Jeff here. Today my wife Loren KDØRTX and I, made the journey to the Green Country Hamfest in Claremore, OK. The trip was very good, not too long of a drive and I got to pick out my birthday present, a Yaesu MD-100 desk mic that I have had my eye on for a while. On the trip down, I even was able to check in to the daily SATERN net on 14.265 at 9am. For more information on SATERN and if you'd like to join, visit there site HERE. The net control was impressed with my signal since I was mobile. Gotta love my FT-857D / ATAS antenna package.

It was easy to find thanks to Garmin ! Nice sized building and at 9am they had a good crowd as you would expect. Pretty much elbow to elbow through all of the rows. Some nice vendors and a lot of flea market type tables so pretty much like the normal hamfest. My favorite vendor Associated Radio was hopping with Dan behind the tables doing a great job. We purchased my mic, an antenna switcher and some power poles for my Camper Shack project this spring.

We left for lunch and sat at Sonic and listened to the hamfests Special Event Station make a few contacts on 20 meters. We went back until about 2 pm to make sure we didn't miss our prizes, but we were safe and won nothing. I don't think we won any of the grand prizes ( and they had some nice prizes ). The drive back was nice and our dog Nellie sure was happy to see us. I put the radio back into the shack, fired it up with the new mic and made a couple of HF contacts one was AD5WB ITOA #43 North America ( Galveston Island ). Then I switched over to PSK and contacted CT4RC in Portugal for my 15th DX country!!

So overall it was a good day, good travels, great company and good times. I highly recommend this hamfest for all of us next year. Maybe even plan some carpool/caravans! I hope you all had a fine Saturday in Southeast Kansas.

73's and BTU.... this is Kilo Delta Zero Sierra Echo Golf.

Net Notes 03/06/2013

Our second weekly Net was again a success! We gained a check in from the kick off week for a total of 8 check ins. We ran down our  basic rig set ups and ham radio experience and there was a good exchange. It was mentioned that we should be able to confirm our first face to face meeting time/date/location by the end of the week. Most likely it will be a Thursday evening in April.

One topic was the Claremore OK Hamfest this weekend and several of us mentioned that we are planning to attend. (See the link under HAMFEST tab above) I hope to see you all there, and once we have a meeting it will be easier to recognize you all! If you checked in, please pass the info on to a friend and please check in each week. 

CALL	NAME	LOCATION
WB0LXZ	Bill	Pittsburg KS
WD0DTS	Steve	Pittsburg KS
KD0SSD	Leon	Pittsburg KS
W0MQY	Joe	Pittsburg KS
KD0FRL	Casey	Seneca MO
KD0RTX	Loren	Pittsburg KS
KD0SEG	Jeff	Pittsburg KS
N0IGZ	Frank	Columbus KS

New Sign Up Form !!

SEKARC Calling CQ CQ CQ !!

I hope you all had a great weekend! Today I have added to the website a Sign Up form so you can request updates and stay informed when we send group emails out for news and events. Please sign up if you have not already. The form is on the links toolbar above.

You do not need to be a licensed operator, only the interest in possibly becoming one. If you ever would like to be removed from the list, please use the comment section to inform us so we can update the list.

Look forward to information coming later this week on our first  official meeting in April! We are hunting a location and looking to confirm the date by Friday of this week.

Thank you for your interest !
73's !

And for your convenience, I have included it below as well !

Welcome to SEKARC

Welcome everyone to the new SEKARC.NET !

My hope is that this develops into a good resource for club members and others as well. Here we will list activities, local reference info like local repeater info, License testing dates and all club activities as well as informative articles that would be helpful to us all!

If you are interested in being a contributor and/or if you have ideas for what you would like to see here please let me know.

If you are or were a member of the Pittsburg Repeater Organization, we'd love to hear from you and welcome you to the discussion!! Please contact me through my email jwchancey@gmail.com.

Thanks and lets build something great !

Friday Fascination

Might have to start a weekly Friday column..... let's begin with this !