Our last 2m net was not well attended.  I thought I would share my comments with a larger audience.

1) The webpage has been updated: www.ofarc.org.  Our next meeting is scheduled for March 25^th at TranStar.

2) I’ve listened to a couple of good podcasts recently:

a. The Hamradio Workbench, March 7^th covers building an 18650 battery tester: https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/podcast

If  you enjoyed my battery presentation last November, this will be a good review and dwells more on the subject of testing and creating your own packs.

b. The QSO Today podcast of March 4^th talking about Off Center Fed antennas:  https://content.libsyn.com/p/2/b/5/2b535ff857419dcc/Episode_441_Robert_Glorioso_W1IS_Final.mp3?c_id=147528384&cs_id=147528384&response-content-type=audio%2Fmpeg&Expires=1678898598&Signature=awx5Ro7m8Il~s9JLtjMR7ritQnEQyptqUTWz3qUrmlfgkU2D-tfdXGQAWVaKdZA99jb1Nongq5m4igC7oYh3kcQWfj6~IkUZo3JDldBqX2SiC9iTOkn-eOuyIhpQnuf~yoWXdwOxQjrlXWh3C6qFoAdJc0CwGaDOq~nxakAlEkRALvXXAe-fU-ylJINWk~YkZuwSWeUWhLWP6G6W24joqAHTypRRk3avHNE4KEF4ok2yjeUyR~k3Aq~PcZCfcbtFpccdpIybkfwIo9HhOQmvuoX9Pea8bKyl5Rcsb7LadgI9B1-dPym02N7OyxynHDOR~mG0WCgAlf61xWJzYy7dEw__&Key-Pair-Id=K1YS7LZGUP96OI

The website Bob (W1IS) mentions, “OCF Masters” is a wealth of information: https://batteryeliminatorstore.com/collections/ocf-masters and a good white paper describing his findings can be found here: https://batteryeliminatorstore.com/blogs/ocf-masters-articles/a-deep-dive-into-end-fed-half-wave-antennas-originak

3) The QSO Today Expo is coming up March 24^th and is well worth your time and registration fee.  For more info, see: https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/

Enjoy,

Barry – KG5IRR