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TARC Minutes of Meeting February 2024

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On Tuesday, 20 February 2024 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. You can download a copy of the agenda via this link: drive.proton.me/urls/0ZF3FBTNH0#4HLdlS3hmy2T WA5MA introduced the club officers who were present at the meeting. 38 hams added their names to the attendance register with an additional four or five aspiring hams who brought the total in attendance to 43. You can download a copy of the attendance register via this link: drive.proton.me/urls/D1XBBBN0BW#5kvaDexraAe7 WA5MA said that our last meeting was […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER February 2024

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This time of year… things in ham radio are pretty slow. However, it won’t be long and things will heat up hotter than a couple of tubes in an amplifier. We just had Winter Field Day, HF/VHF/UHF University and bike rides are just around the corner as is summer Field Day. First of All… Happy Anniversary TARC!!! January 1st has come and gone so now we can officially celebrate the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club’s 100-year anni-versary!!! We’ve put a committee together to plan some events and activ-ities. Steve KF5VCQ, Robert KI5WDD, Ray K5CFY and Remell KA6DOY are on the committee. […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER January 2024

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Where did 2023 go? Hello 2024 and Happy Anniversary TARC!!! January 1st has come and gone so now we can officially celebrate the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club’s 100 year anniversary!!! We’ve put a committee together to start planning events and activities. Steve KF5VCQ, Robert KI5WDD, Ray K5CFY and Remell KA6DOY are on the committee. They’ll be scheduling events during the year and if anyone has any ideas for an activity, event or a way to celebrate this once in a century event, talk to Steve KF5VCQ or send an email to him at kf5vcq@cox.net or one of the other three […]

W5AWS Mast Mounting

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After portable operations, Saturday, 16 December 2023, at Heyburn WMA, POTA K8124, where I spent what felt like too much time erecting my inverted-V EFLW antenna, I identified some changes to improve my efficiency at getting on air. i. Add a keychain split-ring to the masthead to stop the top section dropping out of sight and becoming unreachable when the mast is vertical. ii. Replace the masthead fitting with a stainless steel carabiner. iii. Use a drive-on mast mount instead of guying to tent pegs. Read the full document at the link below drive.proton.me/urls/NC6ZDT2BV0#CFgiMn1IFeVX Andrew, W5AWS. -=-=-=-