SEKARC 442.675 is ON THE AIR !!!

Thanks to the help of the many listed below the SEKARC System Fusion repeater is up and on the air! 442.675 + offset with a PL tone of 91.5. Please feel free to put your call out there so we can get some signal reports. The Diamond X-50 antenna is not up very high so the reach will not be fantastic but give it a try!

It is the recently purchased Yaesu System Fusion repeater and we were able to complete the install after receiving a donation from Ron Young WØSEJ of a duplexer which is working fantastic. Thank you SO much Ron and you have a free cup of coffee every Wednesday you can make it over to the SEKARC Coffee QSO! Also helpful was Steve Tandy NØSLT who donated coax for the installation!

Most of the club members that helped are leaning towards adding an EchoLink connection to the repeater for now with the potential of adding a K-Link connection down the road so we will start the process of getting a node so stay tuned for updates! Here is the link to the repeater listing on REPEATERBOOK.COM

Special thanks to: Tyler Costantini KBØPQP, Ron Ginardi KBØNRG, Steve Draper N5SD, Joe Porter WØMQY, Bill Bradrick WBØLXZ, Leon Heer N3LRH and more for the help with this project! This has been a huge goal for the club and WE DID IT !!!

Below are some photos from the duplexer testing and install location.

On The Bench Testing and Adjusting

Donated Duplexer In Line

Yaesu Fusion

Setup Site

Antenna ( the top one )

EMP - Presentation At SEKARC

A HUGE thank you to Tyler KBØPQP for the great presentation Saturday. For those of you that missed it, below is the slide show from his talk. I will also post this in the "Meeting Media" tab here on this site for easy reference in the future!

It never hurts to BE PREPARED !!

Meeting Saturday - Special EMP Presentation

Electromagnetic Pulse! Can Amateur Radio Survive?

Mark it on your calendar and plan to be there for this one! Tyler Costantini KBØPQP will be giving a presentation on EMP's and communications. This should be a very informative talk as we all know the power of the Sun and the potential for folks that mean to do harm to affect communications and beyond in America.

We will have our usual breakfast fare of egg casserole and donuts with all of the coffee we can drink! So plan to be there. Other topics will be possible projects and initial talks about Field Day 2016! Bring your latest project, or latest problem or both and we will admire and help where we can!

If you have never been to one of our meetings this would be a dandy! Everyone is welcome. If you have your license or if you are studying for it we would love to see you.

9AM - Fire Station #1 - 911 W 4th

Coffee QSO

If you haven't made it to one of the coffee qso's then hopefully we will see you at one soon! The gathering has turned into a popular affair with lots of knowledge, humor, opinions and nonsense being passed around. We meet at the Spellbound Bookstore and Coffee every Wednesday from 9 am until usually around 11 am. We had 10 in attendance today so let's get that number up!

Thanks to those that attended, and we hope to see you all again soon!

CQ DX CQ DX CQ DX

Now THIS is an interesting way to call CQ DX! If any of you hear funny things on the air, record a video or audio recording of it and send them to me! We will post it up and we can all get some well needed laughs.

Great FM Net Tonight On The 94 Repeater

We had a great turnout for the FM net tonight on the 94 repeater in Pittsburg! There was a total of 11 check-ins including the net control. The towns represented were Pittsburg, Columbus, Galena, Chanute, Joplin, Carl Junction and Nevada... That's pretty impressive!

KAØEGE - Jeff
NØIGZ - Frank
N3LRH - Leon
N4SLT - Steve
WDØCFH - Jack
KEØAKN - Steve
ADØKA - John
WØMQY - Joe
KBØPQP - Tyler
KBØBSG - Mike
KDØAES - Jim

Thanks EVERYONE !!!

Welcome to the New SEKARC Officers

Please welcome the new SEKARC officers for 2016. During the January meeting the attending members voted to promote Jack Dock WDØCFH to President and move Joe Porter WØMQY to Vice Predident. Also elected was a new Secretary/Treasurer, Jeff Chancey KAØEGE.

A special thanks to Joe who lead the club as President beginning in 2014 through 2015. THANK YOU Joe.... job well done! We had a great turnout for the meeting but we room for a LOT more of you for sure. And thanks to Loren Chancey for serving in this position for 2 years as well!!

Be sure and make plans to attend the next meeting on Feb 27th as Tyler Costantini will be giving a presentation of a possible EMP and the affects of that on ham radio and communications in general. You do not want to miss this one.