Author: Richard - KE0QYA

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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)

April 2nd Meeting Re-Cap

Fantastic meeting today with 40 members in attendance. Great group of members who are dedicated to promoting and making ham radio fun in Sedalia/Pettis County.

Other than the usual business, we discussed running a Special Event station for the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival June 2-4. We set up the Ecom Trailer and even though the bands were horrible we made some contacts for the Missouri QSO Party. We reminded everyone about Field Day June 25-26th. Then we discussed Sparkfest 2022. We should have it listed on the ARRL ‘s website sometime next week. We have sent out emails and have contacted some vendors this past week. We already have 27 confirmed for Sparkfest in October. This is more than 1/2 of the tables we sold at last year’s event.

After the meeting we conducted a VE test session. We had 2 to test for Technician and 2 who tested for upgrades. Congratulations to Ronald H. who passed his Technician test, and to Bart (KE0ZTG) who passed and now is a Extra.

Darren (KD0OPS) started a General class today after the meeting with 7 that are studying to upgrade.

We have more exciting things that we are working on to make this year better than before. We are blessed to have such a strong group of members who are dedicated to promoting the hobby that we all enjoy. Our next meeting will be on May 7th at EMA Headquarters.

Our April 2nd meeting will be held at Sedalia-Pettis County EMA Headquarters located at 1511 N. Ohio in Sedalia beginning at 8:30 am. After the meeting we will conduct a testing session for locals who want to upgrade or for new Tech’s. The new fee passed by congress of $35.00 will take effect on April 19th. This fee has to be paid directly to the FCC. The fee is for new licenses, upgrades,changing to a vanity call sign, and renewals. You will still have to pay the $15.00 fee to the club the day you test. This fee cover the cost of the testing materials. If you would like to test after our meeting you must pre-register with Bret(W0VK), his email address is hota2@hotmail.com.

After the meeting we will be setting up the Ecom trailer and participating in the Missouri QSO party. Several members are bringing goodies to eat for lunch. This will be a great opportunity to hang out and fellowship with members. If you would like to bring some munchies that would be great. If you haven’t yet just a reminder that it’s time to pay your club dues for 2021. Hope to see everyone there.

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