Author: Richard - KE0QYA

WOW. With 41 in attendance for the meeting we set a record. What a great group of members we have. We discussed several things at the meeting. We had several good ideas brought up by our members regarding upcoming training opportunities for future meetings. The ECOM Trailer is going to be gone through to make sure that all the wiring is grounded and in good shape. For the 1st time in club history all of our 2m Sunday Night Nets will be run by our clubs YL’s, thank you ladies. We had a report on this years Field Day, many thanks go out to the committee and members who participated. We will be operatering a POTA event at Bothwell State Park on July 23rd beginning at 10am, all members are encouraged to attend. We will put our ECOM TRAILER in this years Christmas parade and a committee will be working on ideas to decorate the trailer for it. SPARKFEST is growing leaps and bounds. We have already sold the same amount of tables as we did last year. We have acquired 30 more tables that we can sell to vendors thanks to Brad (kf0gsx) and Duke Manufacturing. We will be looking at moving SPARKFEST to the fairgrounds next year. We will have a information table at Warrensburg’s Hamfest on June 16th promoting SPARKFEST.

Lots of exciting things are happening in SPARK. We are blessed to have such a strong group of members who exemplify what Ham Radio is all about. Our next scheduled meeting will be held at Sedalia-Pettis County EMA Headquarters located at 1511 N. Ohio on August 6th beginning at 8:30am. Look forward to seeing everyone there. 73’s

JULY MEETING DATE & LOCATION

Our July meeting will be held on the 9th due to the Independence Day Holiday. The meeting will be held at Our Savior Lutheran Church located at 3700 West Broadway in Sedalia beginning at 8:30am at the shelter house (across from Lowes). We have several items to discuss including Sparkfest and Special Event and Field Day wrap ups. If you would like to bring a lawn chair please do so if you don’t want to sit on the picnic tables for your comfort. Those locals who are testing please contact Bret (WOVK) at hota2@hotmail.com to pre-register. Testing will begin directly after the meeting. See everyone on the 9th.

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Field Day 2022 Update

Saturday June 25th is approaching fast. We will have at least 7 stations scheduled to operate during the day. This will give all of our members the opportunity to hang out, make contacts, and fellowship with friends. We will begin setting up around 10:30am, if you would like to help we would like you to be there. We will have a meeting for our members to discuss the bands that we will be operatering on and the points schedule at 12:30pm. At 1pm the fun begins. Around 6pm we are going to grill hamburgers and hot dogs. We ask that if you are planning to eat with us please bring a covered dish. We will operate until around 8pm.

We encourage all members to join us for fun and fellowship during the day. We will be at Our Savior Lutheran Church located at 3700 West Broadway in Sedalia. The location is in the shelter house so you might want to bring your lawn chairs so you will have a comfortable place to sit.

See everyone on the 25th.

June Net Control Operators
5th Doc (W3MEB)
12th Paul (KD0ETL)
19th Connie (WA0QCJ)
26th Richard (KE0QYA)
July 3rd Marcia (KF0HYQ)

Interesting fact out of 54 members here is the license breakdown of our club:
Technicians 12
Generals 18
Amateur Extras 24

We had 28 members that attended our monthly meeting today. We discussed our special event station that we will deploying our Ecom Trailer at the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia. After our meeting on June 4th we will set up at the festival and be on 20 meters using a special call sign of w0r. We discussed Field Day that we will be having again at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Sedalia on June 25-26. Its a great location for all the activities we will be doing there. We will have more information on the event at our June meeting. And of course Sparkfest 2022. This years event is already growing at a fast pace and will bigger than last year’s with commitments we have already received from vendors. We invite all members to join us for a great Summer and Fall full of activities.

After the meeting we conducted a test session. 4 of our members passed their test. I am pleased to announce the following fellow hams who upgraded their licenses:

Steve G. (kc8aek) upgrade to General
Mark (n0owz) & Renda (kb0uvw) J. both upgrade to General
Ann G. (kf0vcr) upgrade to Amateur Extra

As you can see SPARK is constantly giving its members opportunities to continue their education in the hobby. But most importantly we are making ham radio fun for our members.

Hope to see everyone on June 4th at our next monthly meeting.

April Net Control Operators
3rd Doc (W3MEB)
10th Richard (KE0QYA)
17th Paul (KD0ETL)
24th Don (KF0ARQ)