Flint Hills Amateur Radio Club
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How Sparky AI Can Revolutionize the Ham Radio Community
In the ever-evolving world of technology, ham radio operators are finding new ways to enhance their communication and community-building efforts. Enter Sparky AI, a cutting-edge virtual assistant designed to streamline processes, generate leads, and foster connections. Here’s how Sparky AI can make a significant impact on the ham radio community. 1. Efficient Lead Generation and […]
The Maidenhead Locator System (Grid Squares)
In this age of GPS, cell phones, and the Internet, many have lost the ability to read a paper map. I like the conveniences all those modern technologies provide and use them myself. But, what happens when the power grid goes down, your GPS and cell phone don’t work, and you need to find or […]
Beaumont Special Event Station – WØT
Flint Hills Amateur Radio Club returned to Beaumont, Kansas on October 23, 2021 with a special event station (WØT) in honor of the Beaumont Historic Hotel. The city of Beaumont built a beautiful community center where we set up our base of operations. The community center represents an old Frisco Railroad depot that used to […]
Practical Application of Contesting
Contesting may not be one of your favorite parts of amateur radio, but it can be useful to improve your amateur radio skills in case of emergency. The goal of Amateur Radio contesting is to contact as many stations as possible during the contest period. Contests regularly take place on the HF bands: 160, 80, […]
T-REX 2021 After Action Report
T-Rex … wow, was that a wild 48 hours? And, it wasn’t even real. I can’t imagine the chaos and confusion that would accompany a real world emergency. I’ve spoken to one person who experienced the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma and he described overwhelming chaos and confusion. Another friend shared with […]
Parks on the Air (POTA) with AmRRon and VFW
Image Courtesy KFØBFUWichita AmRRon members joined the WØVFW Radio Club on 4/24/21 to “activate” Cheney State Park (K-2331) for a Parks on the Air ® (POTA) event. POTA is a popular outdoor activity for HAM operators across the country to practice their skills and promote emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial level parks. Visit […]
AmRRon FTX21-3 Exercise
Participated today in the AmRRon FTX21-3 exercise using JS8Call program. This exercise simulates a National Signals Center (CigCen Nat) attempting to fill an information void by having remote stations report Priority Information Requirements (PIRs) within their area of operation (AO) while consuming as little power and radio spectrum as possible. Multiple Listening Posts (LP) will […]
AmRRon FTX 4 Exercise
Participated today in the AmRRon FTX 4 exercise using JS8Call program. JS8Call is software using the JS8 Digital Mode providing weak signal keyboard to keyboard messaging to Amateur Radio Operators. Here was the scenario: The 2020 Presidential election has been one of the most (if not the most) divisive elections in U.S. history. No matter […]
Hurricane Delta Activation
The SATERN International 20 meter Phone Net for Hurricane Delta was activated Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Hurricane Delta made landfall in Mexico Wednesday as an extremely dangerous Category 2 storm, coming ashore near Puerto Morelos along the northeastern coast of Yucatan Peninsula. It is later expected to arrive near the Louisiana Coast about 4 pm […]