January Meeting AND Winter Field Day

Hello everyone, I hope you have recovered from snow, Christmas, New Years etc etc and are ready to kick off the 2025 year for SEKARC! We will be having a big day on Saturday the 25th. We will begin with our January meeting at Fire Station #1 in Pittsburg at 911 W 4th Street and will include the usual breakfast, coffee and donuts. We will then hold election of officers for 2025-26! Plans for the new year and activities will be discussed and after a short discussion we will head to the Crawford County Historical Museum to setup for Winter Field Day! Maps for the locations are posted below.

WFD operates from 1pm Sat to 1pm Sunday the 26th. And of course Field Days are always at risk with severe/extreme weather so stay tuned for any possible update or changes. We are hoping to fully setup and test the new Bandpass Filters that the club purchased in 2024. So come for the meeting, stick around and help setup and stay to help with operation and win a prize? 

As we did with our last meeting we will be offering a very nice grand prize with some conditions... we will hold the prize drawing right before we begin to operate at the WFD site.. so attend the meeting, come out and help for your chance to win! Help setup if you can or just provide moral support and advice (hams do that right?) and hope ya win. The prize....? One of the new Yaesu mobile radios, the FT-3165RASP.

The FT-3165R ASP is a compact 2-meter mobile transceiver with solid basic features configuration and mechanical toughness. The power output is 65W (selectable 65W / 30W / 5W) and its efficient cooling system with the FACC: Funnel Air-Convection Conductor (Wind Tunnel) ensures stable and reliable power. New front speaker provides 5W of loud audio and has been tuned for improved sound quality. 

Mini HF/SW Receiver Only 25$

Mini Portable Receiver.  This looks like a handy novelty but might be good to have on hand on the road or in the field?

SI4732 0.5-108mhz Pocket Mini Radio LSB USB AM FM FM/AM Radio with Antenna All Band Radio Receiver HF SW MW VHF Radio - AliExpress

New BTECH With Nice Features

New BTECH radio with a lot of cool features! I do love the BlueTooth programming. Not sure I would use the app for keying the radio but it is nice to see the GPS/APRS options. It would be nice to see the big guys in the market begin to feature the BlueTooth programming and USB charging.

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Stateline Repeater System Yearly Stats!

Thank you to Tyler KBØPQP for providing this interesting look at the stats from our Stateline Repeater System. No surprise that activity spikes in Spring and Early Summer right? Click on the image below to get a larger version of the graphs.

SKYWARN Recognition Day Dec 7, 2024

From the National Weather Service 

https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) is December 7, 2024. The annual event is celebrating its 25th anniversary. SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service (NWS) and ARRL® to commemorate the contributions of SKYWARN volunteers. Using amateur radio and other means of communication, SKYWARN spotters provide real time ground truth to NWS offices. The ham-volunteers can also provide vital communications between NWS and local emergency management officials when other means go down.

Best Portable HF Radio?

What is the best portable radio for HF Ham Radio with 100-watts of output power, and is small and light enough to put in a backpack and carry with you? Today I go through my top picks of in-production radios for HF Ham Radio.

2024 SEKARC Christmas/Holiday Dinner!!

Below is the form for the RSVP on the Christmas Party. This years party will be Wednesday Dec 11th at 6pm. Please let us know if you are coming so we can let Barto's know the estimated count ahead of time. Barto's is located at this address and we will be in the back entrance in the group room off to the left! 

201 Santa Fe Street Frontenac, KS 66763

We will have our usual "secret santa" gift exchange if you want to participate... no minimum or maximum on the gift but if you bring a gift, you will be certain to take home a gift... use your imagination, no need for a big wallet here! 

Please submit this form below to get on the list!!