Category: Fusion

Sign up for a chat with Santa!

Sign up for a chat with Santa!

We’re asking for everyone that would like to talk to Santa to please fill out a short form on the web. This will help us prepare for each individual conversation, and well as planning for how many calls the Big Guy will have to handle. He doesn’t want to miss talking with a single child.

It’s quick and easy. Just visit https://kansascity wide.com and you’ll get greeted by a pop-up message. Click on the button at the bottom of the popup and fill in the short Google Form. You don’t have to include your email, but if you do, we can send you an acknowledgement as well as a custom QSL message. Your email won’t be used for any other purpose.

Don’t see the signup button? Click HERE or copy and paste this URL into your browser:
https://forms.gle/xzVa5ivt4XaEFRBF9

Santa is visiting Kansas City Wide!

Santa is visiting Kansas City Wide!

Santa has booked two time slots to talk one-on-one with the young ones this holiday season. Stay tuned for the details. There will be an advance sign-up process to be sure everyone gets a chance to talk with Santa on Fusion!

New International Net

New International Net

The first International Net was this morning, Friday, November 4th, at 10:30 central. It was a fantastic success with 63 logins! This was an experiment, and we’ll be making announcements for future international nets.

Logins:

GØYLM-LIN GØRDH-BRI ADØGA-LANC WØMUD WØFH-RICK WBØWXS KGØHG-JOE KFØCBF W9NJP-JIM KB9KQU ADØBY KB8QAV KC5FM G7CDA KG7FXD G6EOY-ROB W5KBD/DAVE DL4FCT KQ4DWL-LOU 2EØUCT 2WØJYB 2MØJVR KI5WLD MØRGV KUØS/GW KI7ZQR AB8RL K8RRT-4ØØ MØVTD-STU- KZ4JON-JON KCØJC-JEFF KJ7KPI KB8ZIO KJ7VWB KAØYJE-LAR MØXGS-GARY VK4SD KSØJD-JEFF KFØELS-KVN KFØDCW DO1TCL NØET KCØKW JERY KEØRGT DL8SDS MØXDR/M KE6UPI WØSUN KFØCCG-JDN KFØIYR/FRD GM1ROM G5HVH KDØXL-BOB WØAAU-RON M7CQN-ANDY MØLMN-DAVE WBØHKE-KRK KE8PBA KEØSRL-JEF NØEWQ/LARY KI5SPL KFØEBI-RAY

New Ladies Net starting on Fusion

New Ladies Net starting on Fusion

I am excited to announce a new Ladies Net that is starting on Fusion in the Kansas City-Wide Room called “Hammettes”.

The net will start with some great leadership and is poised to grow as a unique net.

“Hammettes” is the inspiration of Jennifer NØVVX, who is president of the Raytown Amateur Radio Club and Kristl KR1STL, who is the president of the Warrensburg Area Amateur Radio Club.

The net is for everyone, but the hope is to help make the ladies feel welcome and encourage them to join in on Ham radio. We hope you contribute to the net’s conversation.

Fusion and KC-Wide was selected to increase the nets coverage area to include people from all over to join in. 

Please help us in spreading the word that “Hammettes” premieres on Tuesday October 4th at 8:00 pm, CST.

Lee’s Summit-West Frequency Change

Lee’s Summit-West Frequency Change

The Lee’s Summit-West repeater has been upgraded and the frequency changed. The frequency is now 145.410 with a n negative offset. This was previously the frequency of the Louisburg repeater (which has been offline for some time).

The repeater list has been updated with the new frequency. When we’re able to restore the Louisburg repeater, it will be on 147.315.

These changes were required by the repeater coordinating bodies in Missouri and Kansas.

KUMed repeater is back!

KUMed repeater is back!

After a long absence, the repeater at the KU Medical Center campus near 39th and Rainbow Blvd (442.325) is back in the KCWide room. Thanks to Travis Marshall for all his help.

This repeater had been linked to Wires-X via an FTM-100 and computer located near the repeater in the hospital. Because of COVID, access to the equipment in the hospital became impossible. As most computers do, the on-site computer eventually required attention, and we found out that the KU Medical IT department had tightened their internet security and our remote control software no longer worked.

Travis (NIØY) was able to retrieve the linking equipment from the hospital and install it at his home, restoring the link.

New Fusion “Kansas City Wide” repeaters

New Fusion “Kansas City Wide” repeaters

I am happy to announce we have some new repeaters in the “Kansas City Wide” room. With these changes you have really good coverage from KC to Topeka. 

We just purchased (3) repeaters from the Kansas DMR group. We now have new repeaters in Topeka, Lawrence and Basehor.  As part of the transaction, we needed to change the frequency of the repeaters. Rick WØFH, Kris KUØS and I just returned from visiting the new repeaters and the transition is finished and they all seem to be working well. 

Where these repeaters had been connected to the room part-time before they are now Fusion only 24/7.

For these kinds of changes to happen it takes great people. A special thanks to the KS-DMR group, Cort NØMJS, Gavin NØECQ, Rob WVØS, Brian KCØBS, Kris KUØS, Rick WØFH and Justin NV8Q for their help in making this happen along with a smooth transition. 

The new frequencies are listed below as well as on the Web page. We hope this helps your coverage in your travels around the Metro area. 

FYI, Thank you, Jerry Dixon, KCØKW

Basehor, KS, New 444.625, Old 444.750

Lawrence, KS, New 444.875, Old 444.375

Topeka South, KS, New 443.625, Old 444.9875

The Stadium repeater is back!

The Stadium repeater is back!

The repeater at Arrowhead is back and connected to the Kansas City Wide room. The antenna is still marginal, but we hope to improve that soon. The frequency is 145.49 with a negative offset.

Signal reports are always appreciated.

Repeater frequency change

Repeater frequency change

The KC-NORTH repeater has been changed to a new VHF frequency: 145.110 with a negative offset.

The repeater is north of downtown, along North Oak Trafficway at about 40th Street. Coverage is best to the south.

Please break out the radio programming software and add this to your radios. Signal reports are always welcome!

Rick WØFH