Association of Saints Church Radio Amateurs (ASCRA)

04/26/2023

The ASCRA General Members Meeting for World Conference 2023 will be held this evening, April 26, 2023 at the Perkin’s Restaurant located at 1001 SE Hamblin Road, Lee’s Summit, MO 64081 at 7:00 PM Central US time.

We will have a Zoom conference available if you are not able to make it, the business meeting itself will begin at 7:45 PM. Please check your email for details.

08/12/2020

We just received word that longtime ASCRA Member, Director, and Former President Ernest N. Miles, WB2UJL has became a Silent Key on August 10, 2020. Please keep his wife of 66 years, Betty, and all of Ernie’s family in your prayers. Ernie was an esteemed member of ASCRA and was a fixture on the Sunday afternoon nets for over 45 years. He was awarded the Arthur B. Church Memorial Service Award for his decades of service on the Board and as net control. We will miss our friend dearly.

08/13/2019

It’s a beautiful day for DX!

Here is our Icom IC-756 Pro III and PS-125 power supply (right) at W0SHQ, donated this week by the estate of Steve Lufcy, K0OU(sk). It will serve as backup to its younger brother, the Icom IC-7300 (left). We are grateful for this generous donation. How did you radio today?

04/13/2019

Today’s the last day of World Conference 2019. We would like to thank everyone who came out to the meeting and lunch last Saturday and contacted W0SHQ throughout the week. Special thanks to Mike Thayer, KM0S and Robin Cross, W0FEN who operated W0SHQ during the week and greeted visitors to the station. We are also grateful to the Conference Team, who added us to the official schedule of events every day during Conference.

Don’t forget about our regular Sunday nets on 7.190, 14.287, and 3.813, and 146.73/W0SHQ-R.

04/02/2019

Community of Christ World Conference starts on April 6, 2019. Are you coming to Conference? Be sure to visit W0SHQ in room 631 of the Auditorium! We will have it open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM central, subject to operator availability. Operators will monitor 14.287.

We will also have an evening net on 146.73, Echolink W0SHQ-R and we will monitor this frequency in the Shack as well.

07/30/2017

The HF station at W0SHQ took a lightning strike in June. The remote base is not available at this time due to extensive damage to the transceiver. Please consider making a donation to the club for purchasing a replacement transceiver.

07/30/2017

Echolink on the W0SHQ-R repeater node is back on the air! Please check in during our net tonight at 7:30 Central.

03/21/2017

ASCRA now has a Twitter feed

10/16/2016

The granddaughter of longtime ASCRA member, Tom Thatcher, W2TFT(SK), Sarah Thatcher, was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of liver cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, a year ago. The only cure at this point is a liver transplant, unfortunately Sarah did not qualify for a transplant even after a match was found. Her friends have started this GoFundMe page to help her with medical expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/sarahstrength #

Sarah is 31 years old and calls Kansas City her home. Despite her incredibly active and fit lifestyle (swimming, biking, running, volleyball, softball, yoga), last year Sarah was inexplicably diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, PSC, and finally bile duct cancer at the end of summer, which usually af...

05/28/2016

Can't make it to the 2016 World Conference this year? Make contact with W0SHQ between June 4 through June 11 and send a SASE to ASCRA at PO Box 73, Independence, MO 64051, and we'll send one of these 500 special QSL cards to YOU. Catch us on Echolink, 20, 15, and 10 meters through the week. Visit us at W0SHQ, the Celebration Village, or the General Members meeting at Gudgell Park Community of Christ on June 4 from 10:00 to 11:30!

03/04/2016