By Dan Romanchik, KB6NU<\/p>\n
In recent message to his Northwest Division membership, Mike Ritz, W7VO, described a new program that he\u2019s gotten the ARRL to take on\u2014the Clean Signal Initiative. He writes:<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>After a few months gathering support from the amateur community for the project, the ARRL Clean Signal Initiative (CSI) is finally getting off the ground. The Board\u2019s Programs and Services Committee approved the concept several months ago, and since then I have been canvassing some of the best known RF engineers in amateur radio to get their support and input.\u00a0 <\/span>As a result, the team will be conducting our first Zoom call next week to lay out the next steps for the project. All I can say at this time is that there are some amateur radio \u201cheavy hitters\u201d behind this, and I believe will be a game changer for the ARRL.<\/p>\n For those that may be unaware of this project, here is a synopsis (or at least my vision):<\/p>\n Rob Sherwood, NC0B, of Sherwood Engineering, who is most well-known for his ranking of receiver performance<\/a> (http:\/\/www.sherweng.com\/table.html), is part of this effort. You can see a video of a talk that he gave recently to the Sutton & Cheam Radio Society by going to https:\/\/youtu.be\/IioApKRecrI<\/a>. Also on the committee is Ward Silver, N0AX.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Based on my knowledge of how IEEE standards committees work, I stressed that the initiative should make every effort to get as many stakeholders\u2014including manufacturers and users\u2014involved as possible. Involving so many people may be cumbersome at times, but standards require consensus for them to be effective, and the only way to do that is to get everyone involved. I\u2019d suggest that if you feel that you have something to contribute that you contact Mike directly. His email address is w7vo@arrl.org<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 ARRL Clean Signal Initiative on the horizon<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n =============================<\/p>\n Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, is the author of the KB6NU amateur radio blog (KB6NU.Com), the “No Nonsense” amateur radio license study guides (https:\/\/KB6NU.Com\/study-guides\/), and often appears on the ICQPodcast (https:\/\/icqpodcast.com). When he\u2019s not worry about how clean his signal is, he operates CW on the HF bands and teaches ham radio classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ARRL Clean Signal Initiative on the horizon By Dan Romanchik, KB6NU In recent message to his Northwest Division membership, Mike Ritz, W7VO, described a new program that he\u2019s gotten the ARRL to take on\u2014the Clean Signal Initiative. He writes: \u201cAfter …<\/p>\n\n