The TARC has one of
the best field days in the West Gulf Division
Every year several emergency service organizations
participate with us: Life Flight; DMAT; the Salvation Army; and others. Take a
look at what we do:
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We have Life Flight participate with
us. |
Here's our site as Life Flight approached,
with downtown Tulsa in the background!
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The Salvation Army was out supporting our efforts
just as we support theirs in times of disaster. |
Charlie Calhoun, K5TTT running a pileup on 20
SSB.
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With three element monobanders on 10 and 15 we
didn't have much trouble getting out. Tim Diehl, KB5ZVC, the club trustee is
our appointed tower monkey. You can see the Glenpool Fire Department generator
in the background, right of the motorhome. |
Robert Bone, N5XBE, logging for Charlie Calhoun,
Sr., W0RRY, with son Charlie Jr., K5TTT and Kelly Blake, KC5IGV looking on. The
tarps kept the rain away.
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This is the Salvation Army's Disaster &
Communications trailer which the club has equipped for emergency use. We can
run 160-2 on all modes using this trailer on the scene of an emergency. It is
equipped with 650ah of batteries and can also be hooked up to external
AC. |
Here's another shot of our site, overlooking
Keystone Lake just west of Tulsa.
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We have run a Mosely tri-bander on 20 cw from
our tower trailer. You can also see the Amoco generator and our VHF/UHF tower
in the background. |
We really enjoy our Field Day. We have had many other
emergency groups participate with us, here are a few...
- Salvation Army
- Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)
- Creek County Civil Emergency Management
- Tulsa Life Flight from St. Francis Hospital
- Glenpool Fire Department
We run 7 stations that count towards the ARRL number of
stations: 20 & 40 CW; and 10, 15, 20, 40, & 80 SSB. The bonus stations
are: Novice 10m SSB; Packet; VHF/UHF; Satellite; and packet. In Tulsa there is
a rebroadcast of the Channel 6, KOTV, weather radar over ATV that we also
monitor since FD falls right at the end of tornado season.
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