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.