SouthSide Amateur Radio Club Blog

2022 Hamfest

Raytown ARC and SouthSide ARC are combining our efforts this year and are co hosting a fall Hamfest. Full details on the Hamfest page.

Club email list

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Hamfest 30/October update

The long-range forecast is looking good! Reservations roster is on the Hamfest page and table layout is below for your convenience. Questions and corrections to info@southsidearc.net Couple of reminders Food and Beverages will not...

Hamfest update 25/October

Just a little over a week left a couple news items.  Tables are sold out. Hidden Transmitter Hunt – Mike Bogard W0MB There will be a hidden transmitter hunt at the hamfest so bring...

2023 Hamfest

The PayPal plumbing is in place and tables may be reserved on the Hamfest page. As I write this there are a little over 22 weeks to go. Jenn and I are working on...

Dec 2022 Club Meeting

We meet at Casa Mexico in Belton the evening of the 20th and had a very brief business meeting to open the floor for officer nominations. Followed by a quick vote among the assembled...

2022 Hamfest

Off to a wet start which latter turned to snow and wrapped up as a brisk blue-sky day. Good turnout of vendors, sellers and buyers. Raffle winners FTM-200 donated by the Kansas City Wide...

Hamfest Raffle

The Kansas City Wide room has donated a Yaesu FTM-200dr as a raffle prize. Proceeds go to the clubs, raffle tickets are a dollar a ticket at the door. Drawing will be held at...

High Altitude Balloon

Received the following today. From: Bret Chilcott <BretChilcott@Gmail.com>Subject: Balloon launch with cross-band repeater Message Body:Hello: We are launching a high attitude weather balloon Saturday June 4th at 9:30 AM.  It is expected to reach...