ARRL Midwest Division Newsletter June 2020 Hams Aid COVID-19 Health Workers by Allen Harpham, WD0DXD On March 30th of this year, I learned that there was a need for protective face shields in the area at local hospitals and other medical facilities. After notifying several members of the Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska located in Hastings we determined that we could start printing and laser cutting parts to make these face shields. I then contacted the Emergency Managers in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties. They all approved of the idea and asked our organization to coordinate the production and delivery of the shields. Since then, volunteers from Central Community College in Hastings and Grand Island, Hastings Public Library, Grand Island Public Library, Grand Island Public Schools and individuals in Kearney and Hamilton County have also volunteered to produce these materials . We have also had materials donated to us from Hastings Public Schools, Adams Central, Kenesaw Public Schools, Hastings Catholic Schools, Amhurst Public Schools and many others used to produce the face shields. The Central District Health Department agreed to distribute the final product in their district, the Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska is distributing them in Hastings Area and Michael Forseman of Kearney is distributing them in the Kearney area. Michael also developed a very important website that helped us track and distribute the products. During this time we were also asked to make special face shields for Dentists that would go over their eye loops. We did that and even shipped some to Indiana and Ohio. Other items that were produced included Ear Protectors used to help avoid strain on users’ ears when wearing masks all day and Nasal Swabs that were used to take samples during covid-19 testing.
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ARRL Midwest Division Newsletter
June 2020
Hams Aid COVID-19 Health Workers
by Allen Harpham, WD0DXD
On March 30th of this year, I learned that there was a need for protective face shields in
the area at local hospitals and other medical facilities.
After notifying several members of the Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska located in
Hastings we determined that we could start printing and laser cutting parts to make these
face shields. I then contacted the Emergency Managers in Adams, Hall and Buffalo
counties. They all approved of the idea and asked our organization to coordinate the
production and delivery of the shields. Since then, volunteers from Central Community
College in Hastings and Grand Island, Hastings Public Library, Grand Island Public
Library, Grand Island Public Schools and individuals in Kearney and Hamilton County
have also volunteered to produce these materials
.
We have also had materials donated to us from Hastings Public Schools, Adams Central,
Kenesaw Public Schools, Hastings Catholic Schools, Amhurst Public Schools and many
others used to produce the face shields.
The Central District Health Department agreed to distribute the final product in their
district, the Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska is distributing them in Hastings Area
and Michael Forseman of Kearney is distributing them in the Kearney area. Michael also
developed a very important website that helped us track and distribute the products.
During this time we were also asked to make special face shields for Dentists that would
go over their eye loops. We did that and even shipped some to Indiana and Ohio.
Other items that were produced included Ear Protectors used to help avoid strain on
users’ ears when wearing masks all day and Nasal Swabs that were used to take
samples during covid-19 testing.
ARRL Midwest Div. Newsletter — June 2020 p. 2
We organized a group of volunteers that have
been practicing NON-CONTACT pickup and
delivery of the items.
We shut down major production on May 11th
having produced over 4000 face shields and
over 14,699 products in all. This included a
stock pile of 400 face shields for each
county. All were donated free of charge to the
communities.
The Amateur Radio Association of Nebraska
coordinated this project with the help of all of
our wonderful volunteers. This includes
numerous non Ham Radio Operators. In total
we had over 25 volunteers contribute to the
project.
We couldn't have done this without the entire
support of the community and we are very
humbled by their help.
Allen Harpham President/CEO Flatwater Technologies 1126 N. Briggs Ave. Hastings, NE 68901 402-462-4619 Ext. 111 Facebook: @fwtechnologies Twitter: @FlatwaterTech
ARRL Midwest Div. Newsletter — June 2020 p. 3
COVID 19 Face Shield 3D Printing
by Ray Bosenbecker, KEØNCS
When the COVID 19 pandemic started to affect the US, I began making face shields and
masks with my 3D Printer, but couldn't find a way to contact hospitals that needed them
until I contacted "Face Shield Initiative STL" (St.
Louis).
The Volunteer Group had just been created to
provide entire Face Shields to hospitals and first
responders.
I contacted Face Shield Initiative STL on April 3rd
and that same day one of the members came to my
house, picked up 3 face shield frames and gave me a
box of filament for my printer.
All frames were made from the DtM-V3.0 stl file. The
next week they came and I provided 10 Face Shield
Frames for the biweekly pickup.
To increase my build rate, I bought another 3D printer and the next delivery I provided 20
Face Shield frames, then 26 and then 29.
Three Dimensional printer used to make Face Shield Frames
Production set-up with Second 3D Printer
ARRL Midwest Div. Newsletter — June 2020 p. 4
The initial frames took 6 hours each but with printer parameter changes a frame only
took 4 hours. I made between 6 and 8 Shield frames a day. My two Monoprice Select
Printers and some of my shield frames are shown in the photos.
On April 24th the Initiative Group picked up my last Shield frames because requests
slowed down. In a month the group of small companies, schools and individuals
delivered over 4000 Face Shields to meet the demand of St. Louis Area Hospitals and
Midwest Division ARRL Hamfests & Conventions 07/18/2020 - Warrenburg Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc. 2020 Hamfest Location: Warrensburg , MO Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: WAARCI, Johnson County ARES, MO-KAN Council Website: https://www.waarci.org
08/08/2020 - 08/09/2020 - CVARC Hamfest, ARRL Iowa State Convention Location: Central City, IA Type: ARRL Convention Sponsor: Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club Website: http://w0gq.org/hamfest/
08/09/2020 - St Charles Amateur Radio Club Hamfest Location: O Fallon, MO Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: St Charles Amateur Radio Club Website: http://wb0hsi.org/hamfest 09/05/2020 - Reno County Kansas Amateur Radio Association 2020 Hamfest Location: Hutchinson, KS Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Reno County Kansas Amateur Radio Association Website: http://www.rckara.org
10/03/2020 - Wichita Area Hamfest Location: Wichita, KS Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Valley Center Amateur Radio Club Website: http://www.vcarc.org 10/31/2020 - ARRL Nebraska State Convention 2020 Location: Lincoln, NE Type: ARRL Convention Sponsor: Lincoln Amateur Radio Club Website: http://www.lincolnhamfest.org 11/21/2020 - Northeast Nebraska Hamfest Location: Norfolk, NE Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Elkhorn Valley Amatuer Radio Club, Inc. Website: http://www.qsl.net/evarc
If you have never operated in one of the state QSO parties, I urge you to give it a try. Besides a great opportunity to work a bunch of stations concentrated in a single state in a short amount of time, you will learn a bit of the geography and history of the state. If you are working on a county hunter award, these state QSO parties frequently have mobile and portable stations out in the less populated counties. The sponsors of the QSO parties also offer a variety of awards for working stations required for specific goals and objectives. I’ll admit to not being available to operate on many of the State QSO parties in the Midwest Division but if you can only manage one QSO party, I highly recommend the Kansas QSO Party. They offer a number of wonderful award certificates and the hams of Kansas go all out to activate all 99 counties. For full details check out the web sites for the two remaining QSO parties for 2020 – Kansas and Iowa.
Kansas August 29-30, 2020, Sponsored by Bob Harder, W0BH, Hesston, KS. For details go to http://ksqsoparty.org
Iowa September 19, 2020, Story County ARC Sponsor: http://www.w0yl.com
Division Legislative Action Chair: Mike Edwards, WB9M (MO)
Legislative Action Coordinators: Nick Critelli, K 0PCG (IA); Bruce Frahm, K0BJ (KS &
NE); Mike Edwards, WB9M (MO).
Assistant Directors (Missouri): Paul Haefner K 0JPL, Dave Propper K2DP, Kent Trimble K9ZTV, Roger Volk K0GOB, Cecil Higgins AC0HA, John Frederick N8GOU, Eric Zust W0TT, Randy Schulze KD0HKD, and Ron Lowrance, K4SX.
Assistant Directors (Kansas): Mike Albers K 0FJ, Jim Andera K0NK, Bill Henderson K0VBU, Charlie Hett K0THN, Richard Johnson K0RCJ, Rick Tucker W0RT, and Jon Jones N0JK.
Assistant Directors (Iowa): Tim Busch N0CKR, C.W. Pantel K0IIR, and Jim Spencer W0SR
Assistant Directors (Nebraska): Matt Anderson, KA0BOJ, Joe Eisenberg K0NEB, Allen Harpham WD0DXD, and Todd LeMense KK0DX.
Midwest Division Webmaster: Steve Schmitz W0SJS email: [email protected]