Upcoming Events
| 24 Sep 2026; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night - TBD |
| 10 Oct 2026; 08:00AM - SFTARC business meeting |
| 22 Oct 2026; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night - TBD |
Club Merchandise
Kansas Throws a QSO Party
Nine members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club and a good friend from the Lone Star State participated in this year's Kansas QSO Party, combining their efforts at multiple locations to record more than 500 contacts over a two-day period.
Roughly 44% of the 532 contacts the operators made Saturday, August 29 and Sunday, August 30 took place at what is fondly referred to as the "antenna farm" in Edgerton owned by Del Sawyer, KØDDS. There, Del, Bob Shaumeyer, KCØTZX, Eric Dziadosz, KFØQIS, Jeff Darby, KSØJD, and Byron Kroeger of Texas, KI5GNH, racked up 166 contacts on the single-sideband mode while Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, the treasurer of the club, and Andrew Kaberline, AEØZL, were connecting with 69 hams using the CW (Morse code) mode.
Extra, Extra, Read All About It
The first class on January 10th filled the classroom
The SFTARC started off 2026 by teaching an eight-week-long class on Saturday mornings to help General Class operators upgrade to Extra Class. Make no mistake about it, the jump in technical knowledge required to obtain an Extra Class License compared to the Technician or General Class tickets is significant. On January 10th, the classroom was filled to capacity with students up to the challenge.
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