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 […]
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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
Lithium-ion battery fires
Mark, We ham radio ops may need a reminder about the potential volatility of Lithium-ion batteries: theconversation.com/lithium-ion-battery-fires-are-a-growing-public-safety-concern-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risk-209359 Though I have an extinguisher in my shack, it won’t do any good if I’m not present to operate it when needed, and it could be unable to quench a Lithium-ion battery fire. Andrew, W5AWS. -=-=-=-