March 2020 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:29223] Set An Example
by k5ur＠aol.com 30 Dec '21

30 Dec '21

Hi all: As we close the year,I'd like to ask for those who have not made a monetary donation to the League thisyear to please do so. As volunteers, we already contribute our time and effort,but it’s also important for our development efforts to be able to say that allBoard members have made a monetary donation. Oftentimes when seeking donations,especially from major donors, one of the first questions asked is whether allBoard members have given. I've made my annualdonation. I am asking you to please do the same. To make a donation, click onthe link below: https://www.arrl.org/arrl-donation-form Please help us achieve100% ARRL Board participation. Take a few minutes this weekend and help set anexample. Let's all donate something! Thanks. 73 Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:28968] Fwd: Lawsuit Opens to Other States/Communities in CA and How You Can Halt 5G Now
by Richard J. Norton 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

The following message is from the woman in my town that I call the anti-smart-electric-meter lady. As the message shows, her group is raising money for its quest to save us from 5G cellphone service. Remember that they have already been successful in Los Angeles by stopping installation of a first-responder network. They make noise, and our technically savvy politicians listen. I want to forward the e-mail to the League's RF Safety Committee, and have them comment on whether there is such a thing as "electrohypersensitive people," as discussed in the last reference. The ARRL's web-site does not appear to be up to date regarding the RF Safety Committee. At least putting *RF Safety Committee* into the search window brings up old membership. If this finds its way to someone who can get the question answered, please do so. Thanks. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Liz, Peoples Initiative News <mandatoryussmartgridblock(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:49 AM Subject: Lawsuit Opens to Other States/Communities in CA and How You Can Halt 5G Now To: <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=642tG4sr4Fs&c=1&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=642tG4sr4Fs&c=3&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=642tG4sr4Fs&c=4&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=642tG4sr4Fs&c=5&r=1> <https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Lawsuit-Opens-to-Other-States-Communiti…> [image: Black] <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1128337193175&a=1133507147528&e…> To share this email just copy and paste the below link https://conta.cc/2NICDv8 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016IMu61KNZQ0z0-UU_DVzLdJaAhk-QFnMq1kRtGaOpkCZ…> 1) Update on Lawsuit Fund Raising 2) Lawsuit Open to Other states 3) Lawsuit Opens to Other Communities in CA 3) How You Can At Least Temporarily Halt 5G Dear Precious People, First of all I want to thank from the bottom of my heart, each and every one of you who so generously contributed to our lawsuit. We would be absolutely nowhere without you!! I would also like to thank those of you who passed the link on...that is a big part of fund raising - making sure the link is passed on to your friends and associates, re-posted on FB and other social media platforms. I know some of you have expressed your desire to join our suit and I do apologize that I am sending this email out as opposed to calling you individually, just I got so inundated with calls and emails, it will take much longer for me to go through them and I can get this news to you much quicker by sending this email out. *HOW MUCH WE HAVE RAISED THUS FAR* Thus far we have managed to raise a whopping *$48,276!!* That's in only 1 month of fund raising! We have right now, $20,256 from the Go Fund Me Page and in mailed checks and direct donations on the website (that do not show up on Go Fund Me), we have raised $28,020! I am so incredibly grateful and so excited!! We are absolutely on our way!! *LAWSUIT OPENS TO OTHER STATES* Also I have fantastic news!! The lawsuit is now open to other states in addition to just CA! This lawsuit is going to be expensive, so we are welcoming other states into the suit which will require an in state attorney to partner with our NY attorney to do "pro hac vice" which is the Latin legal term for an out of state attorney working with a law firm that is licensed to practice law in the state in which the out of state attorney is bringing the suit. Please call or email me to discuss details if you are interested in joining. *OTHER COMMUNITIES/INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CA* We are also accepting a VERY limited number of people and/or communities within the state of CA. We really do need to raise more funds and some of you have stated you are able to do that. Please DO contact me as we may be able to name you in the suit and therefor possibly file injunctions in your area until the suit is adjudicated at which time we expect a win based on the research the law firm has completed, on what we will be suing under, which I will email out to you once I get permission from the attorney. I will still try and call you individually, but I have to sift through everything and I was so slammed with people wanting to join (yey! :) that my notes may not be perfect on this. Although our attorney told us we would be mot likely be filing this month, it looks more like another month or so. I look forward to sending it to you as soon as we have it! In the meantime, let's go for our next round of funding goal...$100,000! We are almost @ $50,000 and if you can donate again and/or pass the link on to those who would be interested, we would be so very grateful to you. We MUST raise these remaining funds and I KNOW we can do it!! Please click on the below link to help us get there! Go Fund Me video by clinking here. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016IMu61KNZQ0z0-UU_DVzLdJaAhk-QFnMq1kRtGaOpkCZ…> If you'd like to just re-post the Go Fund Me page you can do so by copying this link... https://www.gofundme.com/f/y6ca8t-suing-fcc-for-protection-from-5g?utm_sour… <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016IMu61KNZQ0z0-UU_DVzLdJaAhk-QFnMq1kRtGaOpkCZ…> Thank you so much to those of you who have donated. Please consider helping us get to the next level of funding, the $100,000 mark. Please donate what you can and please do pass Go Fund Me the link or this entire email on! *HOW YOU CAN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY HALT 5G* We have had the incredibly good fortune of having a court rule in our favor regarding NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act) and the roll out of 5G and small cell wireless facilities. Please click here for a sample letter <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016IMu61KNZQ0z0-UU_DVzLdJaAhk-QFnMq1kRtGaOpkCZ…> you can send your town, city or county to at least temporally halt 5G until such time as we win our lawsuit! (You may notice I have posted it on one of our sites that is not the non profit through which we are bringing the suit, as we are still fixing the issues with that site but are almost there.) Please be sure and read our legal disclaimer at the top of the page in the link. Very special thanks to Paul McGavin and Mark Graham for their continued, amazing, diligent work and help on this issue and the letter. With love, light and gratitude, Liz Barris (google has also deleted most of my pages from their search engine) 310-281-9639 http://citizensforaradiationfreecommunity.org/ http://thepeoplesinitiative.org/ http://stopsmartgrid.org/ http://americanassociationforcellphonesafety.org https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pilot-study-shows-dramatic-differe… [image: Black] <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1128337193175&a=1133507147528&e…> <https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=xgogc89ab&p=oi&m=11283371…> The Peoples Initiative Foundation www.thepeoplesinitiative.org, 101 S. Topanga Cyn. 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[arrl-odv:30027] Zoom Accounts
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Dear ODV- We have the possibility of purchasing 5 additional Zoom accounts at a non-profit rate. This will require ARRL to pay an admin fee to receive coupon codes for the account holders to use when registering. When registering the account holder will be require to enter a credit card for the annual charge of $74.95. Reimbursements may come from your division budgets. Vice Directors will still require Director's approval for the purchase. These accounts have one host and support up to 100 participants. If you are in need of a Zoom account please let me know. We will do our best to accommodate your request with the discounted rate. Thank you. Diane Middleton, W2DLM Chief Financial Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio (r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0225

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[arrl-odv:30029] Re: Zoom Accounts
by Michael Ritz 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

The Northwestern Division obtained a Pro Zoom account last month, and offered it up to affiliated clubs and ARES groups for their use during the crisis. I have 12 club and ARES virtual meetings scheduled so far in April, and more are booking every day. While not a true ARRL service, the clubs are really appreciative of the efforts to help them conduct meetings virtually. It's great PR for the League. 73; Mike W7VO > On March 31, 2020 at 12:36 PM Ed Hudgens <ebhudgens(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > I already have a pro account which we will be using in the Delta Div. > > Thanks. Stay safe. > > Ed > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO)" <dmiddleton(a)arrl.org> > Date: 3/31/20 2:34 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:30027] Zoom Accounts > > > Dear ODV- > > > > We have the possibility of purchasing 5 additional Zoom accounts at a non-profit rate. This will require ARRL to pay an admin fee to receive coupon codes for the account holders to use when registering. When registering the account holder will be require to enter a credit card for the annual charge of $74.95. Reimbursements may come from your division budgets. Vice Directors will still require Director’s approval for the purchase. > > > > These accounts have one host and support up to 100 participants. If you are in need of a Zoom account please let me know. We will do our best to accommodate your request with the discounted rate. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Diane Middleton, W2DLM > > Chief Financial Officer > > ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio ® > > 225 Main Street > > Newington, CT 06111 > > (860) 594-0225 > > > > _______________________________________________ > arrl-odv mailing list > arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org > https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv >

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[arrl-odv:30026] Digital Publications
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Good morning. The digital publisher of QST and On the Air, is having technical difficulties this morning and the links to our digital versions of these magazines is not working. The apps, however, are still up and running. We will be posting the following on the news crawl this morning in case you get questions. Digital Editions of QST and On the Air Currently Not Available Online The digital editions of QST and On the Air magazine are currently unavailable online. Access to the publications via the iOS, Android, and Kindle apps is functioning normally, however. Digital publisher PageSuite is working to resolve the problem. ARRL will update members when web access has been restored. 73, Barry, N1VXY

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[arrl-odv:29994] Week 1 of ARRL - Remote
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Good morning ODV: We're now four days into remote operations based on Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont's "Stay Safe, Stay Home" policy edict. Just to clarify, the statement basically ordered all non-essential and non-profit businesses to reduce their in-person workforce at each business location by 100%. Subsequent regulations issued by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (CDECD) provided some, by certainly not specifically clear, guidance on what was essential vs non-essential and approved functional exceptions to the policy. Since there's been some confusion, I'd like to take a moment to clarify some of the provisions which are allowing us to keep a very few functions operating at 225 Main St. By "business location" the edict meant each physical location for each business. For us, that meant that the main HQ building, W1AW and the warehouse were all separate locations. The guidelines also allowed an exception for "receiving mail and packages". There was also an exception which allowed that a business didn't have to file for an "essential" determination if there was only one person at a location (e.g. an attendant). Based on the guidelines and after review with CT counsel, we have a couple of functions still operating at HQ, but very limited. Diane and I are trying to respond to the spirit as well as the letter of the law while still trying to keep a couple of critical functions working. Given all that, here's a status of what's been going on this week: * We currently have 67 people working remotely full-time and 3 working part-time remotely. There are another 5 working part or full-time on site, including the W1AW operator and building maintenance. All are based on exceptions provided in the guidelines. * That leaves only 12 people who cannot work remotely beginning April 2nd and who have the option to continue full pay through a combination of federal benefits and our expanded PTO policy. All in all, I believe that is an excellent result of which Diane and I are particularly proud. * All our Customer Service Reps are connected and working remotely answering questions, taking and processing orders and memberships that come in over the phone. Transactions that come through the web are being processed as usual. We are changing our renewal campaign strategy somewhat to use more e-mail communications and to encourage renewals online rather than through the mail. * We are running the warehouse in two shifts with one person on each shift to comply with the Governor's order. There will be a delay in that two people are doing the work of four, but that will also depend on the volume of orders. * We have one full time staff position in the Controller's department to receive and process mail (in accordance with State guidelines) and deposit checks. They are also batching membership transactions to be delivered to CSRs for processing. As a result of this move and web transactions, we believe that we can effectively process all membership transactions. Any individual issues will be handled by the CSRs on a case-by-case basis. * As already reported, the Publications Group is up and running remotely and our magazines are going to be distributed on schedule. The printer is an essential business in the states in which they operate and is reporting normal operations. News items are continuing to flow and are being posted to the web site and other social media accounts. * I've already reported on the ARRL VEC which I sent the other day. * All awards submitted through LoTW are being processed but certificates and plaques are not being processed and mailed as that is an HQ process. * We're handling LoTW questions remotely and we set up a process for the periodic signing of LoTW certificates so, while happening, these will be delayed slightly. * The ARRL DX contest is being adjudicated on schedule. * Field Organization communications are on-going and being handled remotely. The next round of SM election ballots will be mailed from the mailing house ahead of the deadline. Overall, it's been an interesting and challenging week for the entire staff particularly since the Governor gave no indication of his actions prior to the moment he announced the order last Friday. Everyone has accepted the challenge, no group more so than the IT infrastructure team who did yeoman duty to ensure that anyone who could, was set up to work remotely. And they did it in a very short period of time and continue to resolve issues as they arise. If you have specific questions, please let me know and I'll try to get them answered. 73, Barry, N1VXY

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[arrl-odv:30021] FW: Social distancing
by Bob Famiglio, K3RF 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Some much needed ham radio humor for this troublesome time from a client who is also a ham. Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF From: Jeff DePolo Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 2:13 PM To REDACTED list Subject: Social distancing --------------------------------- Jeff DePolo, Senior Engineer Broadcast Sciences LLC Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 610.917.3000 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> www.avast.com

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[arrl-odv:30020] Fwd: [Arrl-ariss:264] ARISS and ham radio get big attention!
by Mark J Tharp 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

ARISS note from Rosalie. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: White, Rosalie, K1STO via Arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org> Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 8:39 AM Subject: [Arrl-ariss:264] ARISS and ham radio get big attention! To: arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org> Some of you will recall that Emily Calandrelli, KD8PKR is the host of Xploration Station's show, Xploration Outer Space. And that she also wrote *Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader*, a book that involves ham radio and ARISS. Astronaut Anne McClain had read the book on the ISS for Story Time in Space, and the vid is now available to watch. https://storytimefromspace.com/ For tomorrow's weekly report to NASA, I wrote about this (see paragraph in different font). You'll see Emily's Tweet (below) about it with Anne McClain floating next to the ARISS station. Anne read the book in 3 segments; segments 2 and 3 have the radio in them. The tour of the ARISS radio happened around 10 minutes into the vid segment 2 of the book reading, and there's a good. description of the radio. The final segment was read entirely with Anne in front of the radio. She answered some of the ARISS questions posed in the book, from her perspective (she didn't get licensed--she launched in Dec 2018 after her flight date was greatly sped up and she was too overloaded to study). You'll see that even Melania Trump recommended listening to the book reading. March 19: After the ISS National Lab Space Station Explorers, Story Time >From Space, and ARISS worked together in past months, the recent book *Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader* by Emily Calandrelli, KD8PKR, was read by Astronaut Anne McClain for Story Time From Space. Anne read the book in 3 segments. The second segment features a tour of the ARISS radio station that includes details about ham radio and ARISS. At the end of the final segment, a video was included of Astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, talking about the impact of ham radio on both the ISS astronauts and students taking part in ARISS activities. Many schools and media outlets—and even the USA’s First Lady—have recommended that parents have housebound youth listen to McClain read the book. The *Vermont Community Newspaper Group*‘s (Burlington) reporter wrote in part, “A great way to get out of the house—way out of the house—without leaving home…. In this installment Ada is trying to fix a ham radio…. It’s a nice antidote to weighty issues, enjoying readings from weightlessness.” A few posts recommending McClain’s YouTube thus far are: Los Angeles’s ABC TV7; *Daily Times* (Delaware County, PA); *The Mercury* (Berks County, PA); *The Trentonian* (NJ); *The Barnstable Patriot* (MA); and the Orange School District and Hamilton School District (NJ). screenshots: 1. Anne McClain, floating next to ARISS equipment, ready to read the Ada Lace book that involves ham radio & ARISS 2. the First Lady’s tweet about the book reading _______________________________________________ Arrl-ariss mailing list Arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ariss

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[arrl-odv:30019] Fwd: on line testing
by Dale Williams 29 Mar '20

29 Mar '20

FYI 73 Dale WA8EFK -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: on line testing Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:50:44 +0000 (UTC) From: jenkinstd(a)aol.com To: ptrouten(a)bex.net, dale.wms1(a)frontier.com http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/march/usa-conducts-first-all-online-h…

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[arrl-odv:30006] Amateur Construction of Ventilators
by w3tom＠verizon.net 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

I have been contacted by Frederick M. Barken, M. D. WA2BLE, an active amateur and retired physician located in the Western NY Section of the Atlantic Division. As you are aware NY is currently the epic center of the outbreak. The good doctor has suggests that Amateur Radio has the potential to make a substantial contribution to in the saving of lives by producing ventilators in volume. Please review the below series of emails and offer comments on whether this concept is feasible/practicable and how to best jump start this project. This envisioned project would similar to what Micky has shared on a larger scale as I understand it. It is awesome that folks are working toward common goals. Thanks & Stay Healthy! 73, Tom – W3TOM From: Frederick Barken <fbarken(a)gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2020 10:21 AM To: w3tom(a)verizon.net Cc: Roderick, Rick, K5UR (President) <K5UR(a)arrl.org>; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley(a)arrl.org>; k3rf(a)arrl.org; Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org>; techedit-nutsvolts(a)yahoo.com Subject: Re: Amateur Construction of Ventilators Tom, Thank you for your quick reply. Yes, I had given thought to all the same considerations. As far as distribution goes, that could be through contacting state health departments. They know exactly how many ventilator units there are in each hospital. I know in NY the governor is calling for 30,000 units! I could imagine the state of NY offering to compensate individuals for their outlay, or setting up some sort of fast-tracked grant, perhaps assigned to ARRL for fair distribution. Retired hams, sheltering in place and able to buy the kit, might just do it as a donation. Delivery of units could be by Fedex, with hospitals paying the shipping through their budgets. I wouldn't count on the need for units diminishing in spring. So far there is no sign that this virus behaves like seasonal influenza, and the toll will be horrible if we don't meet the need. The best guess I have read is that this will continue to come in rolling waves throughout the country. The unit would have to be of the utmost simplest design to keep down parts cost and assembly time. One or more parts suppliers, commonly used by hams, would just throw the parts in a box and ship.There would have to be a very simple manual, both for assembly and for operation. There also would have to be some sort of on-line registration to receive a kit and confirm when assembled. Issues of privacy (HIPAA), medical and product liability, and patent protection are rapidly melting away in the face of a national emergency. We essentially would be operating as Good Samaritans. Last night I also reached out to Bryan Bergeron editor-in-chief at Nuts & Volts, and he is looking into the feasibility of such an endeavor. I include him on this email in the hope of all working together to save lives. I thank you all for your consideration and am happy to help in any way I can. Best and 73, Fred, WA2BLE ___________________________________ Frederick M. Barken, M. D. 125 Genung Circle Ithaca, NY 14850 607-279-7160 On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 9:41 AM <w3tom(a)verizon.net <mailto:w3tom@verizon.net> > wrote: Greetings Fred, Thank you for your excellent suggestion. It is clear that in order to successfully apply this concept would require a significant undertaking. To make this project work under the current operating conditions there are several things that need to come together. Here are my thoughts off the top of my head: * Someone or a group needs to create a simple, cheap and universal design for a ventilator that would be acceptable to the medical community. Devices could be crowd-sourced by a large number of hams and hobbyists doing the assembly as you suggest. * With ARRL HQ’s hardworking staff presently working from their homes there is currently little bandwidth available for ARRL HQ to manage this envisioned campaign. So a group (Club) would have to be identified and would need create a plan, develop a framework and honcho such an endeavor. * Standard parts would have to be readily available in volume at low cost. * The project could become more efficient if a parts supplier could to create a complete kit for distribution. * Another piece of the puzzle is the question of how to pay for such a program. While the outcome could potentially save many lives, with many Amateurs Radio operators out of work under the current conditions this could present a challenge to self-funding. * A method of identifying hospitals in need of ventilators (And would accept them) and a method of delivery/distribution to those hospitals would need to be developed. * To enhance the value of the project everything would have to come together relatively quickly. The volume of required ventilators may diminish over the next four to five months due to warm weather and other mitigating factors. These are just a few of my thoughts that come to mind when considering your concept of creating a significant number of ventilators utilizing crowd-sourcing by a large number of hams and hobbyists. I will bounce these ideas around and let’s see what develops… Many thanks for sharing your creative suggestion! 73, Tom Abernethy, W3TOM ARRL Director – Atlantic Division (301) 257-6225 Serving all of the ARRL members in the Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland/DC, Northern New York, Southern New Jersey, Western New York and Western Pennsylvania ARRL Sections. From: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org <mailto:sford@arrl.org> > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 9:58 PM To: Frederick Barken <fbarken(a)gmail.com <mailto:fbarken@gmail.com> > Cc: Abernethy, Tom, W3TOM (Dir, AT) <w3tom(a)arrl.org <mailto:w3tom@arrl.org> >; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley(a)arrl.org <mailto:bshelley@arrl.org> > Subject: Re: Amateur Construction of Ventilators Dr Barkin: I'm sorry to say I lack the authority within the ARRL organization to consider your proposal. Instead, I'd encourage you to contact Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, your Atlantic Division Director. He email address is w3tom(a)arrl.org <mailto:w3tom@arrl.org> and I am copying Tom on this reply. 73 . . . Steve Ford, WB8IMY QST Editor _____ From: Frederick Barken <fbarken(a)gmail.com <mailto:fbarken@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 7:28 PM To: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org <mailto:sford@arrl.org> > Subject: Amateur Construction of Ventilators To: Steve Ford, WB8IMY I am a ham, hobbyist, longtime QST reader, and a retired physician. Here in NY State the Governor estimates that we will need some 30,000 ventilators to support victims of COVID-19 infection. There is simply no way that is going to happen if supplied only from commercial sources. Is it possible, given a bare-bones design, that a significant number of devices could be crowd-sourced by a large number of hams and hobbyists doing the assembly? A ventilator is simply an air pump with just a few variables to control: the tidal volume (how much air moves with each inspiration), the ventilatory rate (how many cycles per minute), the % oxygen in the inspired air, and something called positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) which leaves the airway expanded in exhalation, just like with a CPAP machine or the mask that is worn by a fighter pilot at high altitude. PEEP is adjustable, but typically is about 5mm Hg. The control circuitry for this should be very simple. The device would require standardized fittings to work with the hoses found in hospitals and set up by respiratory technicians. The machine doesn't have to be pretty. Anything that could be done can only save lives. If ARRL could take the lead on this, publishing on line the assembly instructions, perhaps a parts supplier could scramble to create a kit to be sent to thousands of home brewers. They could either donate the device to their local hospitals or there could be some sort of organized distribution system set in place. Would you please give this idea some consideration? Thank you very much. Fred, WA2BLE ___________________________________ Frederick M. Barken, M. D. 125 Genung Circle Ithaca, NY 14850 607-279-7160

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