Upcoming Events
04 May 2024; 08:00AM - 12:00PM Hannibal/Quincy Hamfest |
11 May 2024; 08:00AM - SFTARC business meeting |
11 May 2024; 01:00PM - 07:00PM Ensorfest 24 |
30 May 2024; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night |
01 Jun 2024; 08:00AM - 01:00PM Springfield Hamfest |
Here We Go Again!
Olathe's Ensor Park and Museum will provide the setting Saturday, May 11 for the second "edition," if you will, of Ensorfest, a special event designed to call attention to the rich legacy of Johnson County's Ensor family, which included amateur radio pioneers Marshall (W9BSP) and Loretta (W9UA) Ensor.
Ensorfest '24 will afford residents of Johnson County and beyond an opportunity to tour the historic Ensor home and outbuildings at 18995 W. 183rd Street from 1 to 4 p.m., then stick around to enjoy the toe-tapping sounds of the bluegrass band The Pheasant Pluckers. The musicians are scheduled to begin performing at 4 and were well received a year ago when they entertained their audience with "Radio Boogie" and other catchy tunes from the front porch of the two-story Italianate house where Marshall and his younger sister spent their formative years.
The SFTARC is Recognized by the National Park Service
Every year, just like clockwork, the SFTARC has brough a little bit of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to the rest of the amateur radio world. At the same time, we have brought the amateur radio into the public view. Those efforts have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. As proof, the National Park Service has presented the SFTARC with a Volunteers-In-Parks Certificate to recognize our club's efforts for our May 2023 operation from the Tallgrass.
Some years the KS0KS call sign is used from the Tallgrass as a Special Event Station, with times and frequencies published in QST Magazine
Read more: The SFTARC is Recognized by the National Park Service
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