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KNRC to Participate in Field Day 2023

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Members of the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club (KNRC) will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 24-25, at VFW Post 7697, 601 N Railroad Ave, Glasco, KS 67445. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This 24 hour event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Field Day Activities will begin with setup on Saturday the 24th at 10am.

The Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club was first organized in 1927 as the Night Owl Amateur Radio Club in Concordia, KS. Since that time, the club has expanded to include members from both Kansas and Nebraska & had 2 more name changes. Members of the KNRC will be using emergency power and our Emergency Communications Trailer for Field Day Events.

For more than 100 years, Amateur Radio — also called Ham Radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster or emergency, all without needing a cell phone or the Internet. Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. More than 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated last year in Field Day 2022 activities. 

Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are more than 725,000 licensed hams in the United States, as young as 9 and as old as 100. And with clubs such as the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club, it’s easy for anybody to get involved right here in North Central Kansas.

On June 12th, the Mitchell County Commissioners unanimously signed a Proclamation declaring June 18-24 as AMATEUR RADIO week in Mitchell County.

On June 19th, the Cloud County Commissioners unanimously signed a Proclamation declaring June 18-24 as AMATEUR RADIO week in Cloud County.

On May 25, 2023, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed a proclamation declaring June 24-25th as AMATEUR RADIO FIELD in the state of Kansas

For more information about Field Day or Amateur Radio, contact Nathan Gentry KC0IWS at kc0iws@gmail.com or visit www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio or knrc.ks0lnk.net

Google Maps Link to Field Day Location

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Nathan Gentry KC0IWS

Mitchell County Proclamation 2023
Cloud County Proclamation
KNRC Trailer set up at Glasco VFW 2022
Doyle Scott(front) and Gerg Geyer(rear) operating during Field Day 2022
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Amateur Radio “Field Day” June 25 and 26 Demonstrates Science, Skill, and Service

Members of the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club (KNRC) will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 25-26, at VFW Post 7697, 601 N Railroad Ave, Glasco, KS 67445. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This 24 hour event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Field Day Activities will begin with setup on Saturday the 25th at 10am.

The Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club was first organized in 1927 as the Night Owl Amateur Radio Club in Concordia, KS. Since that time, the club has expanded to include members from both Kansas and Nebraska & had 2 more name changes. Members of the KNRC will be using emergency power and our Emergency Communications Trailer for Field Day Events. Doyle Scott (WB0SRP) will be showing a presentation on Amatuer Radio inside the VFW hall.

For more than 100 years, Amateur Radio — also called Ham Radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster or emergency, all without needing a cell phone or the Internet. Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. More than 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated last year in Field Day 2022 activities. 

Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are more than 725,000 licensed hams in the United States, as young as 9 and as old as 100. And with clubs such as the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club, it’s easy for anybody to get involved right here in North Central Kansas.

For more information about Field Day or Amateur Radio, contact Nathan Gentry KC0IWS at kc0iws@gmail.com or visit www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio or knrc.ks0lnk.net

Nathan Gentry KC0IWS

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Members of the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club Participated in ARRL Field Day 2016

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On June 25, 2016, members of the Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club Participated in the ARRL Field Day 2016 at the picturesque Bohemian Hall, South of Glasco, KS. Although the day started out partly cloudy and breeze, the evening house brought much needed rain to the area but the thunderstorms forced an early end to the day.

Band conditions were limited to mainly 20 and 40 meters with a few contacts coming from 15 meters. Fifteen meters produced the longest distance contact from Puerto Rico.

Our Field Day site had a few visitors including: Tom Claussen (Mitchell County Commissioner), Terrence Stewart (Riley County Police Citizens Advisory Member), David Dohe (Lincoln County Emergency Manager), and Rand Longino (Red Cross at Barnard, KS).

Contacts were limited due to band conditions and our shortened day but we were able to make 34 contacts. After inputting all of our information into the ARRL Field Day web form, including bonus points, we got a preliminary score of 980 bonus points and 68 contact points for a total of 1148 points. (Disclaimer – All points are preliminary and subject to review and editing by the ARRL. Official Points will be posted in QST.)

A big thank you to all who helped with Field Day and came out to join us. A special thank you goes to the Bohemian Hall for letting us use their grounds and building for Field Day!

Now it’s time to plan for NEXT YEAR! We hope you can join us then.

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Nathan Gentry ~ KC0IWS

Commissioner Claussen on the right speaking to local Hams

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KNRC Trailer and Setup

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Storms moving in from the west on the Bohemian Hall

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Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club ARRL Field Day 2016

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The Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club is proud to take part in the ARRL sponsored Field Day 2016, on June 25th starting at 10am!

We will be using our Emergency Communications trailer and Amateur Radio equipment to make contacts with other Ham Radio operators around the United Stated and the World. This activity is part of testing our equipment in case of a disaster. They goal is to make as many contacts as possible in the 24 hours time frame via Phone(voice), CW(Morse Code), PSK and RTTY(digital modes). We will be operating on “Emergency Power”.

According to the ARRL, 2720 stations participated with almost 1.3 million logged contacts last year.

Mark your calendars and bring you family and friends to experience Ham Radio.

Talk-in Frequency is 444.850+ PL 162.2

Field Day will be at the Bohemian Hall South of Glasco, KS, located at Ute Rd and N 10th Rd in Ottawa County.

73 Hope to see you there!

Nathan Gentry – KC0IWS

Google Maps to Bohemian Hall location