Updated  Oct 25

Silent Keys

NØXAQ, Floyd Leeds, Council Grove

KCØIDF, Jim Eckler, moved to Idaho but is known for Lawrence

NØECQ, Gavin Buffington, Fort Hays

NYØT, Phil Urquiola,  McPherson

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Summer has come to a close. The cooler half of the year has arrived. Actually, summer was not all that hot. We didnt have multiple digit temps very often. On the east end of the state I believe 3 official heat waves were declared south of KC and one of them didn’t quite fulfill its requirement. Thats fine. It kept my electric bill low. Maybe the winter will be moderate as well.

Field day was hot and/or wet depending on where you were set up. It almost always is. From my vantage there appeared to be more newly licensed operators participating this year. That’s good to see.

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Around the Section

Reno County Amateur Radio Association had another successful hamfest in August. Hesston College Fire Science Center  is a nice location with air conditioned fleamarket area and a  decent size meeting room. I was not able to attend this time. Our Assistant Section Manager AKØA, Ken represented ARRL at  the event.

Leavenworth County A.R.E.S. set up a booth at the LV fair. The group has a good relationship with the county.

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Wichita Area Hamfest sponsored by Valley Center ARC October 4, Riverwalk Church of Christ 225 N. Waco Wichita.   This is our Kansas convention for 2025

The Western Kansas Ham Gathering "Hamfest"  September 27th 2025,            8am - 5pm VFW Building, Victoria KS, 204 E Main St. Victoria, KS 67671 set up 7-8, Swap meet 8-12 Vendor tables $10 ea.

Lunch 12-1 choice of chicken dinner or chili, chili dog, hot dog $12.00

 Presentations: >Bruce Frahm K0BJ (Hamming abroad and in's and out's of QSLing thru the  BURO) 1-2pm >Matt Matthes KD0EZS (Route 66 Special event update) 2-3pm >Mike Albers K0FJ (Demo of building a All Star node and putting it OTA)       3-4pm >Matt KD0EZS (PICO Balloons! Build and Launch) 4-5pm  all proceeds go to continue future Ham gatherings and Ham radio projects     in Western Kansas.

Contact Marion Miller WØRBO @ ka0rid 1055 @ gmail.com Matt Matthes @ kd0ezs @ pld.com All subject to change

Kansas QSO Party weekend of August 30-31    https://www.ksqsoparty.org

Reno County ARA Hamfest August 9  at HCC Fire Science Building 3211 East 4th Ave Hutchinson.  8A -1P  Talk-In 147.120 + (103.5) Contact AC0RL@yahoo.com  http://rckara.org

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Kansas Slow Speed Net is held Mondays at 7:30 on 3547 KHz. WDØESF- Mike in Medicine Lodge is our moderator.

Western Kansas 160 net is held Tuesdays at 9PM Central / 8P Mountain on 1960 KHz. Matt-KDØEZS is our host for this ragchew style gathering.

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September 2025 Reports

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NET ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Kansas.Nets-------Sessions---Check-in--messages------Managers. --------------
 
Ks.Sideband.Net----------29-------556---27----- Open

Ks.AM.Weather.Net------30-------644----614-----K0NXM-Stirling 
                                         
Ks.Weather.Net-----------30-------550----480-----K0NXM-Stirling 
 
Central.States.Tfc.Net---26-----1006-----28-----N5ZMW-Garey
 
QKS.CW.NTS. Early-----23---------73------1-----OPEN

QKS.CW NTS Late-------16--------26------1-----OPEN

QKS-SS Slow Speed-----0----------0-------0----WD0ESF--Mike
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STATION-ACTIVITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Call-----Messages.--Orig---Rec----Sent-----Deliver----Total
 
KB0DTI----------------0-----13--------5---------2---------20
 
~~~~~~~~~~~PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL(PSHR)~~~~~~~~~                                 
Categories>>>>   1.   2.    3.    4.   5.   6.   T  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KB0DTI Ron          40   20   20  80   0     0     160
 

Room for more doers here:

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Emergency Contacts:

SATERN Liaison: Herb-NZØF & Diana-KDØOBP, Prairie Village.  Kansas and Western MO Division.
 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KANSAS ARRL NTS NETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
NET NAME   MGR.  DAY  TIME.  Freq.

Ks Sideband Net-------- OPEN     Dy. 6:30 PM 3920 kHz
Ks AM Weather Net------ K0NXM Dy 7:00 AM 3920 kHz
Ks Weather Net----------- K0NXMDy. 6:00 PM 3920 kHz
Central States Tfc Net--N5ZMW      M-S 12:30 PM 7253.5
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- OPEN Dy 7:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS CW NTS Tfc Net----- OPEN Dy 10:00 PM 3547 kHz
QKS-SS Slow Speed Net-- WD0ESF Mon. 7:30 PM 3547 kHz

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KANSAS INDEPENDENT NETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Mine Creek ARC----------4-----------23--------0------KB0DTI

Wheat State Wrls---------4-----------29--------0------KB0DTI

Reno Co ARC-------------3-----------25--------0------AC0MO

Atchison Co ARS---------0-----------00--------0------K0QPL

Pilot Knob ARC-----------0-----------00--------0------QRZ

Jarbalo ARC--------------0-----------00--------0------QRZ

Sand Hills ARC-----------4-----------00--------0-----K0EQH

Auxcom Multimode------0----------000--------0------WX0NET