BT The Sandhills Club in Garden City has been having problems with their 146.91 repeater. They took it off the KIUL tower and did some tests, but apparently the controller is having a mind of its own at times. We hope they'll be able to solve the problems. BT The NWS Goodland office is now getting Colby weather from the airport's Automated Wx Observation System, as relayed to the Internet. Between that and the Hoxie school wx packet connection, the Feds are saving a fair bit in phone charges. Maybe they'll give club members a tax break because of that?!? BT Many of you will remember Gunter DGØOKJ from Germany who visited Colby and Hoxie a year and one half ago. He operated 2m in the area and saw a work night on the command post. Gunter reports cutting his finger on a radial saw; after some work by a fancy surgeon he's back nearly as good as new. BT With plans to refurbish and possibly extend the tower/trailer, KØMXU was reminiscing about its history. Most of us were aware the trailer came from the Wheatbelt RC, but Allen added that it was originally used by Heim TV to entice potential customers to try television> they'd run the trailer out, crank up a tv antenna, guy it and let the family try it for a few days. Once someone forgot to guy the tower, and as those who've been to Field Day can appreciate, that wasn't too good for the tower. It passed to the WBRC at firesale rates and has been in the hands of hams ever since. BT Nobody (to our knowledge) from NWKS made the New Year's Day trip to WBØDRL's VHF superstation this year. Might be worth considering in '98. BT KBØLGX recently attended a concrete/asphalt Certified Inspector course in Salina. BT We discussed the upcoming June Sunrayce at the Jan. meeting. The solar racers will be coming through on US36 again. KSU is working on their first entry in the contest; they're behind where they wanted to be now but hope to make the trials in Arizona in April. NØJCC, the trustee for the KSU ARC WØQQQ, is also the faculty person for the Sunraycers. BT KBØWPY and YFN are haing a great time with an Alinco DX70TH. The rig covers 160-6 meters, and they're running a balanced line fed dipole with it. They're quite active on 80 and 40M cw, have made one Q on 15, and have a number of contacts on 10 SSB as well. They have the kind of XYL/mom to die for; she bought them a MFJ keyboard code converter box. Scott seems to favor the keyboard while Matt likes the straight key. BT The real oldtimers may perk up if they hear the call WØCXX on the air. The Collins ARC in Cedar Rapids recently got the call of Art Collins, founder of Collins Radio as their club call. Back in the 50s and 60s the Collins line of ham gear was top dog, by a healthy measure. BT KGØPI and KØBJ accounted for 3 of the 80000 QSOs made by VKØIR on Heard Island in January, the biggest DXpedition ever (and most expensive at $340K). After days of no propagation Jim heasrd and worked them on 20 SSB, got Bruce rousted to get them, and came back for a RTTY contact. A few days later Bruce logged TN6X in the Congo for a new country. BT The Sandhills ARC of Garden City has just received WØMI for a club call. Wayne was a member of that club. BT LaVon Zielinski has applied for the RN program at CCC. Competition is stiff for the 20 or so slots, but with her Navy experience she should have a good chance. She recently upgraded to Advanced, with a CSCE for 20wpm code too -- FB! BT Phil KB1CK, the Chicken Kicker from Goodland, is moving back to Massachusetts. We'll miss Bill's enthusiasm and "Barney"'s sidekick Mike will miss having him for an instructor.

The Trojan Amateur Radio Club is a general interest educational and public service ham club. We maintain a 2M FM repeater, packet equipment and a station at the NWS in Goodland. Dues are $10/annually, payable to Kathy NØXNJ, 1872 County Road 15, Colby KS 67701. Material from the Trojan Harmonic may be freely copied; attribution is appreciated. News and free email subscription requests to KØBJ, PO Box DX, Colby KS 67701 or bfrahm@colby.ixks.com

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