Tuesday, October 8, 2024 3:45 PM Eastern Update: Winlink officials are requesting that all non-essential Winlink traffic (weekly nets, testing, etc.) be postponed until after hurricane Milton has moved on and response efforts have turned to recovery. “There is still a lot of traffic in the aftermath of Helene, and we expect Milton will add significantly to that. We need to keep the gateways clear for that traffic,” they asked in an email. Winlink is a system that allows for emails to be sent over a hybrid amateur radio/internet network. It is used extensively in emergency communications and disaster recovery. […]
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ARRL: Hurricane Milton – Storm Updates 10.6
Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:00 PM Eastern Update: Hurricane Milton was located just over 300 miles west-northeast of Progreso, Mexico, and 835 miles west-southwest of Tampa, Florida with winds of 100 miles per hour. Hurricane Milton was moving in an east-southeast direction at 6 mph and is forecasted to arrive near Tampa, Florida on Wednesday as at least a Category 3. The Hurricane Watch Net is making tentative plans to activate on Tuesday afternoon for Hurricane Milton. The current forecast, issued at 5:00 PM EDT Sunday is calling for Milton to become a powerful Category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds […]
MFJ Ceasing On-Site Production
MFJ Enterprises, Inc. founder Martin F. Jue, K5FLU, announced that as of May 17, 2024, the company will cease on-site production at their Starkville, Mississippi, facility. Ameritron, Hy-Gain, Cushcraft, Mirage, and Vectronics brand products will be affected by the shutdown. In a letter posted to social media, Jue said he is looking forward to retiring: Times have changed since I started this business 52 years ago. Our product line grew and grew and prospered. Covid changed everything [for] businesses, including ours. It was the hardest hit that we have ever had, and we never fully recovered. I turned 80 this […]
DLARC Preserves “Ham Radio & More” Radio Show
Ham Radio & More was a radio show about amateur radio that was broadcast from 1991 through 1997. More than 300 episodes of the program are now available online as part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC). Ham Radio & More was the first radio show devoted to ham radio on the commercial radio band. It began as a one-hour show on KFNN 1510 AM in Phoenix, Arizona, then expanded to a two-hour format and national syndication. The program’s host, Len Winkler, invited guests to discuss the issues of the day and educate listeners about various aspects of […]
World Amateur Radio Day – April 18, 2024
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is celebrated each year on April 18. The theme for 2024 is, “A Century of Connections: Celebrating 100 Years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community, and Advocacy.” The global event covers all of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) regions and spans 2 days: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 0000 UTC to Friday, April 19, 2024, 0000 UTC. For more ideas and information, visit World Amateur Radio Day (arrl.org).
Poltergeist or RFI
By: W5AWS Help! At the October 2023 in-person meeting of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club, Mark, WA5MA, our president, announced that he had been contacted by a desperate homeowner whose kitchen stove electronic controller would periodically become scrambled during the night by transmissions from the nextdoor amateur radio operator. WA5MA asked whether anyone present had experience suppressing Radio Frequency Interference (RFI); apart from the obvious addition to power cords of snap-on toroids, there was nothing heard. WA5MA asked anyone present with ideas to contact him. Poltergeist or RFI At that point, we had too little information to know how to […]
AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT
SENATORS WICKER, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE THE AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT https://www.wicker.senate.gov/…/senators-wicker… Here is a link for you to use to contact your senators showing support for this bill. https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
Storm Spotter Training 2024
The annual National Weather Service storm spotter training will be presented in Tulsa on March 16 at 9:00 am. The meeting place will be at the OSU Tulsa auditorium. The training is free of charge and open to the public. More information about this event and others can be found at their website: https://www.weather.gov/tsa/spotter_training
Morse Keying Practice
Morse keying practice to the website and “social” media. Andrew, W5AWS Morse-Keying-Practice.pdf
APRS Radio Configuration
“Social” media on configuring radios for APRS. Andrew, W5AWS. 20230830-APRS-Radio-Configuration