Via Southgate: Early radio ham remembered (Kansas)

The Gardner News report on a special event held to remember an early radio amateur, Loretta Ensor W9UA, who passed away September 7, 1991

The contributions of Loretta Ensor (1904-1991) to the field of amateur radio was recalled on Saturday, September 10, during a special event at Ensor Park and Museum in Olathe.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club and others operated the radio station inside the historic Ensor home at 18995 W. 183rd using Loretta’s call sign of W9UA.

A lifelong resident of Johnson County, Loretta assisted her older brother Marshall, W9BSP, in teaching radio by radio during the late 1920s, the ’30s and the early ’40s, and was a charter member of the Young Ladies’ Radio League, which was organized in 1939.

Ensor Park and Museum is owned and operated by the City of Olathe and reopened following a two-month break for summer. Visitors can tour the Ensor home and the nearby peg barn of the.late 1800s from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 30.

There is no charge for admission, but freewill donations are accepted. For more information, visit
https://ensorparkandmuseum.org/

Source https://gardnernews.com/2022/09/11/special-event-at-epm-will-remember-early-ham/

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