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August 2023 Meeting Re-Cap

August Meeting Re-Cap
WOW With 29 members in attendance President Bret (W0VK) started off the meeting with introductions and the pledge. During the report from our EmComm trailer committee 3 huge donations were made to our club.

1st Harry (K0TV) donated 2 brand new DuraMax XP2300 generators. What a way to start the meeting.
2nd A anonymous donation was excepted by the club of a little used Icom 7300 HF radio. The person who made the donation wishes to remain anonymous and all we at SPARK can say is many thanks to you.
3rd Bret (W0VK) made a donation of a brand new antenna tuner for the 7300.

We indeed as a club have been blessed by our members generosity and support, not to mention other things that have been donated (7300) over the past several years including the radio today.

Recaps were given about the POTA event at Knob Noster and the Warrensburg Hamfest. We had 30 members who attended the hamfest, what a tremendous showing by our membership.

Under new business our next POTA event will be held in Windsor at the Rock Island Trail (next to Casey’s) on September 16th. More information on this will be discussed at our September meeting. Last but not least it’s Sparkfest time. October 14th is indeed getting closer. We are in great shape with our table sales again this year. Looks like we will have another great event.

We are extremely excited to announce that we are going to have 2 new ham radio clubs in our area. Marshall and Tri-Lakes in Warsaw. We at SPARK are excited about these new clubs forming, giving ham radio operators in those areas the opportunity to not only fellowship with others but to provide valuable guidance and support to hams in their areas.

Our net regular meeting will be held on Saturday September 9th due to the Labor Day holiday.


August Net Control Operators
6th Richard (KE0QYA)
13th Russ (K6HU)
20th Joel (KE0WJX)
27th Don (KF0ARQ)
September 3rd Renda (KB0UVW)

note: Our September meeting date has been changed to the 9th because of Labor Day holiday weekend.

POTA Activation


Spark POTA activation at Knob Noster State Park. We have 3 stations running and are making many contacts. Special thanks to Joel (KE0WJX) for running the event. Everyone is having a great time visiting and making contacts.

Puzzle Solution Page Added to Website

The solution to this month’s SPARKword puzzle has been posted to the website. Hover over “menu” then click “Puzzle solutions”

Future solutions will be posted to that page about a week after the puzzle comes out in the newsletter.

Also, Connie is offering a pan of brownies to the first person each month (starting next month) that emails a screenshot, photo or other proof that you completed the puzzle correctly to admin@wa0sdo.org !!!!!

Parks On The Air


Join SPARK on Saturday July 15th at Knob Noster State Park for Parks On The Air. We will be setting up at 9am and activate the park. Joel (KE0WJX) will be in charge of the event. If you would like to bring your portable station and set up that would be great as well. We will be operatering under our club call sign of Wa0sdo. If you would like to bring refreshments for afterwards that would be awesome.

Directions to the park are:
50 Hiway to 23 Highway
South on 23 Highway to the park entrance
Turn west at the entrance and follow to the end
You have arrived for some fun and fellowship

We look forward to seeing you there

July Net Control Operators


July Net Control Operators
2nd Richard ke0qya
9th Joel ke0wjx
16th John ki7cmv
23rd Paul kd0etl
30th Russ k6hu

August 6th
Richard ke0qya

Our August meeting has been moved to the 12th so our members can attend the Warrensburg Hamfest.


EMA planning on conducting a siren test this Wednesday July 5th at noon. Following the test at approximately 12:10 pm we will have a Weather Net Exercise. Forecast is calling for rain, so stay tuned test might be canceled.


Just worked the original 13 colonies. Now going for the 3 extra stations. At least will get a certificate for the 13. Happy hunting everyone. KE0QYA