In case you missed it… There were 41 at the last TARC meeting on September 19th and it was a meeting packed with lots of good stuff! We sort of semi-wrapped up Route 66 on the Air. Since it had just ended the previous Sunday, by the meeting on Tuesday not all the logs were in and results had not been tallied, however, preliminary results showed that there were over 1,800 contacts made. The final results will be shared at the October meeting. Andrew W5AWS wrote an e-mail to David Minster NA2AA, the Chief Executive Officer of the ARRL in […]
TARC Minutes of Meeting October 2023
On Tuesday, 17 October 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. You can download the agenda for the meeting via this link: drive.proton.me/urls/YKC0VCXNKR#1eQdD6obFcPs WA5MA introduced those officers of the club who were present; 39 persons added their names to the attendance register, a copy of which you can download via the following link: drive.proton.me/urls/T4H0K8J8WG#79gfwJLfuUUW WA5MA asked if any club members present are not receiving the club newsletter. Nothing heard. WA5MA asked for any questions or comments about the minutes […]
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
TARC Net Check-in Log for Oct. 3, 2023
Net Log 10.3.23 TARC-Net-Checkins-20231003.log
TARC Net Check-in Log10.11.23
Gents, The check-in log from the net tonight is attached to this message. Co-logging seems to work, as long as we remember the slow update rate. Next time it will be easier, Brent, and easier still the time after that. Thanks, David and Brent, doing this way will encourage others to have a go. Andrew, W5AWS. -=-=-=- 20231010-TARC-Net-Checkins.pdf 20231010-TARC-Net-Checkins.log
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. -=-=-=-
TARC Net log 9.26.23
Gents, The log for the net tonight is attached to this message. Andrew, W5AWS. -=-=-=- 20230926-TARC-Net-Checkins.log 20230926-TARC-Net-Checkins.pdf
TARC Minutes of Meeting September 2023
On Tuesday, 19 September 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. You can download the agenda for the meeting via this link: tinyurl.com/3yvw4wds WA5MA introduced those officers of the club who were present then requested round-robin introductions of the company; 41 persons added their names to the attendance register, a copy of which you can download via the following link: tinyurl.com/4sdcxaaa WA5MA asked if any club members present are not receiving the club newsletter. Nothing heard. WA5MA asked for […]