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 […]
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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 […]
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!
TARC Minutes of Meeting March 2023
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 asked whether anyone doesn’t receive the newsletter. WA5MA asked for any questions or comments about the minutes of last month’s meeting. Nothing heard. Ian, KC9THI, moved to approve the minutes as written; John, NJ5Z, seconded; the minutes were approved by acclamation. WA5MA asked for any questions or comments about the financial report. Nothing heard. Ky, KY5VAR, moved to approve the financial report; Paul, KE5EHM, seconded; the minutes were approved by acclamation. WA5MA […]
Net Check Ins – 3.28.23
1 W5AWS Tulsa ANDREW 2 KC5MJE JENNINGS KENNY 3 KC1KCE Sapulpa GRANT 4 KI5VYF Tulsa LINDA 5 N5LOL TULSA BRENT 6 K5CAY Tulsa DAN 7 KI5EGI Collinsville SAM 8 KI5VAG TULSA CARL 9 KB5VDA Tulsa GREG 10 KC5BXG Tulsa SAM 11 KI5YSY Muskogee EASTON 12 N9JPH McAlester JASON 13 KA5MOD Tulsa STEVE 14 KD5UTW MOUNDS KEVIN 15 K1RKO Tulsa KIRK 16 KI5WDD Tulsa ROBERT 17 WA5TRM Tulsa STORM 18 KI5VMS Tulsa STEVE 19 KI5ZWB Tahlequah GABRIEL 20 KI5ZDF Tulsa TIM 21 AA5AS Bixby RANDY 22 KN6QCJ S LAKE TAHOE ZACH 23 NJ5Z TULSA JOHN 24 N5DGF TULSA DON 25 N5DMK […]
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER – March 2023
In case you missed it… The second HF University is in the books. Saturday, February 18th was the second HF University with good attend-ance, great speakers and some even better discussion. Topics included “How not to be a LID” given by myself, Mike KI5EGH did a deeper dive into POTA activations and how to use the POTA website to it’s fullest potential and Paul WB5ANX gave a presentation on grounding your sta-tion…always a good topic! We had a short mentoring session and discussion time after lunch. We even had a radio to work on that wasn’t transmitting with full power. […]
Net Check Ins – 3.14.23
1 K5TZS Broken Arrow DAVE 2 WA5MA Bixby MARK 3 KC5MJE JENNINGS KENNY 4 W5AWS Tulsa ANDREW 5 KY5VAR Broken Arrow Ky Vargas 6 N5LOL TULSA Brent H Mansur 7 KM5UQ Hartshorne Terry W Dalpoas Jr. 8 KI5VYF Tulsa LINDA 9 WB5ANX TULSA PAUL 10 K5CAY Tulsa DAN 11 KB5VDA Tulsa GREG 12 KI5VAG TULSA Carl W Meilahn 13 WB5VST SKIATOOK Benjamin N Joplin 14 NJ5Z TULSA John E Budd 15 AJ5W Tulsa David J Williams 16 KI5YSY Muskogee Easton M Privette 17 AG5SL McAlester James R Bray 18 KF5VCQ TULSA STEVE 19 AA5AS Bixby Randy L Kennon 20 KI5YWF […]
Net Check Ins – 3.8.23
1 W5AWS Tulsa ANDREW 2 KC9THI Tulsa IAN 3 WA5MA Bixby MARK 4 KC5MJE JENNINGS KENNY 5 WB5ANX TULSA PAUL 6 AA5AS Bixby RANDY 7 KY5VAR Broken Arrow KY 8 KI5UGI Tulsa BRANDON 9 K5CAY Tulsa DAN 10 KI5VYF Tulsa LINDA 11 N5LOL TULSA BRENT 12 KB5VDA Tulsa GREG 13 AC5JM BARTLESVILLE JERRY 14 WD5HHC TULSA JIM 15 KI5ZWI STILLWATER TREYTON 16 AG5SL McAlester JAMES 17 N9JPH McAlester JASON 18 KI5YX Coweta MIKE 19 KI5EGI Collinsville SAM 20 KI5VME Guthrie ETHAN 21 N9JYJ Ponca City JOHN 22 WA5TRM Tulsa STORM 23 KN6QCJ S LAKE TAHOE ZACH 24 KI5WDD Tulsa ROBERT […]