“The Quest for Rooftop RF Signals: Working Around Urban Noise Issues”

Sniffing RF noise on the rooftop of the Artisan's Asylum in Allsoton, MAArtisans Asylum (AA) is a makerspace located in the heavily populated Boston neighborhood of Allston.  AA hosts the Boston Amateur Radio Club as well as the Boston Urban Radio (BURG).

“The Artisans Makers decided to add the skills of Amateur Radio (Ham) several years back and begin teaching classes to the community.  Setting up an RF station in the Engineering and Robotics group at the Artisans was straight forward.”

Gregory Kenley, AC1NY, of Boston, describes the efforts that he and other Artisans members employed to overcome urban noise issues and successfully install an HF station in an RF-noisy environment.

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