By: W5AWS Motivation From the point of view of efficiency, tuning an antenna to resonance at the fre-quency of transmission makes sense in that it ensures maximum transfer of power, which is all well and good until we QSY to another frequency, forcing a need to re-tune or acceptance of the impedance mismatch and reflected power in the feed-line. An End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) is an antenna that is a half-wavelength at the lowest frequency of operation, making the odd and even harmonics of the fundamental frequency available across the bands for which it is designed to work; even so, an […]
Monthly Archives: April 2023
TARC Meeting Minutes April 2023
On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 1900 hours local, Mark, WA5MA, called to order the meeting of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club in Room-3140 of Keplinger Hall at the University of Tulsa. WA5MA welcomed new attendees and those who are working to get their Technician license. WA5MA introduced the club officers present then requested round-robin introductions of the company. WA5MA yielded the floor to Bart, N5TWB, who couldn’t stay for his scheduled time on the agenda. N5TWB is the Public Service Liaison, who said that we were approached by the organizers of the “Black Wall Street Ride to Remember” bicycle […]
Net Check Ins – 4.11.23
1 W5AWS Tulsa ANDREW 2 KY5VAR Broken Arrow KY 3 KC5MJE JENNINGS KENNY 4 N5LOL TULSA BRENT 5 WB5ANX TULSA PAUL 6 W5IAS Tulsa STEVE 7 WA5MA Bixby MARK 8 K5TZS Broken Arrow DAVID 9 KI5VYF Tulsa LINDA 10 K5JKP Broken Arrow DEREK 11 KC0LRM Tulsa DANA 12 AC5JM Bartlesville JERRY 13 KJ5AND Glenpool RUSTY 14 AG5SL McAlester JAMES 15 KI5YWF Oklahoma City DON 16 KI5YX Coweta MIKE 17 N9JPH McAlester JASON 18 KA6DOY MANNFORD REMELL 19 KC5SFE OKLAHOMA CITY DIRK 20 KF6OPP EDMOND Dirk E Dewachter 21 KG5CTY Sapulpa PAT 22 WA5TRM Tulsa STORM 23 KI5ZWB Tahlequah GABE 24 […]
CW for the Hearing Impaired
A Handheld Vibrational Device Delivering CW to Hearing-Impaired Individuals There are many students in our club over the age of 50 that have various hearing impairments. Through the hard and dedicated work of an LICW committee which made an initial haptic prototype, then improved by Bob WO6W, we now have a patent pending effective vibrational CW decoding device. This device is now being made available to LICW membership and the public. This will also be an interesting aid for those with good hearing because feeling the code creates alternate white matter pathways to the mind which can aid in one’s […]
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER – April 2023
In case you missed it The President of the United States has the State of the Union address, the Governor has the State of the State address and I gave a State of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club address at the March meeting on the 21st. Well maybe not quite as formal, but I’ve been President of TARC for just over 2 years now and I think it’s important that you know just how far the club has come in those 2 years (there’s a list as long as my arm). Here are the activities that the club is currently […]
Field Day Input
The 2023 Field Day planning is underway… But before we get too far down the road, we want your input… Take a moment to let us know what you want to see at this years field day so we can make sure to incorporate it and make it even better than last year!