Author: Richard - KE0QYA

November
3rd Steve (WA0WUY)
10th Joel (KE0WJX)
17th Paul (KD0ETL)
24th Lori (KF0IHX)
December
1st Richard (KE0QYA)
8th Joel (KE0WJX)

MEETING DATE CHANGE
Our December meeting will be on Saturday the 14th at the EMA Headquarters beginning at 8:30am.

Let’s support the church that has been home to Sparkfest over the past 4 years. Great food and community outreach from the ladies of Helping Hands.

I spoke with Jim(n5rtg) with the Airsteam trailer group at the fairgrounds. They are going to have approximately 100 hams in our area until the 11th(maybe the 12th as well). They will be running a simplex net on 147.575(our frequency) each morning at 7:30am. If you can jump in and say howdy. I inviteded them to check into our Nets( I gave them the frequencies) and of course Sparkfest. They also will be running a special event station on the fairgrounds as well. The call for it is W1A. The fairgrounds will be closed on Saturday October 5. The special event station will be broadcasting on Sunday the 6th from noon till 4pm. Location of the station will be behind the Varied Industries Building around the kids stage. fairgrounds will be open then. Let’s welcome our fellow hams to the State Fair City.

Sparkfest Update
Due to Hurricane Helene the Salvation Army Satern Trailer and Marty will not be at Sparkfest this year. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all that were effected by this catastrophic event.

Our next meeting will be Saturday October 5th at EMA HQ located at 1511 N. Ohio in Sedalia beginning at 8:30. This meeting other than our elections is the biggest meeting of the year. Yes it’s Sparkfest time. President Bret will be going over member assignments and the event schedule. Without our members Sparkfest would only be a dream. This year’s event has been sold out for some time and it’s been months in the making. Hope to see all of you there.

August Net Control Operators
4th Don (KF0ARQ)
11th Steve (WA0WUY)
18th Renda (KBOUVW)
25th Richard (KE0QYA)
September 1st:
Connie (WA0QCJ)

All, Please join us this Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 June, as we take to the air waves for Field Day 2024. Set up will begin at 12:00 noon on Saturday at the EMA (where our meeting are held). Plan to be there the entire 27 hours, with a nap of course. There will be plenty of opportunity to get on the air, learn about amateur radio, and fellowship. I will be bringing a grill, burgers, hot dogs and buns for a evening cookout around 5 or 6. Bring your favorite side dish, chips, or drinks. Bring some to share if you like. If you can’t stay and play radio, at least stop by when you have time.

For you early risers come join us for some ham radio fun this Saturday June 8th at 5:30 am. We will have the opportunity to track the balloons if they fly weather permitting using APRS at the Kite & Balloon Festival. We will meeting on the south side of the west campgrounds at the Missouri State Fair on Clarendon Rd. Doc (W3MEB) will begin with a briefing around 6am on what the organizers would like us to do. Even if you do not have APRS this will be a great way to learn about it and do what we like to do with ham radio (have fun). We will also be running a special net on our 2 meter repeater during the exercise. If they do not fly because of the weather we will still conduct an exercise and explore our capabilities. All members are welcome and encouraged to be there.