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TARC MEETING

Tuesday

20 May

7:00 PM

Meeting

Keplinger Hall, Room M-1
University of Tulsa
West of 5th and Harvard


(Click here for map)
 

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Upcoming Events

03 May
Tour de Tulsa (ARES)
Contact Rick, KA5EMT at KA5EMT@ARRL.net

17 May
Tour de Cure (TRO)
Contact Tom, KD5OPH at KD5OHP@tulsahamradio.org

26 May
Maple Ridge Run (TRO)
Contact Tom, KD5OPH at KD5OHP@tulsahamradio.org

31 May / 01 June
Tulsa Tough (TARC)
Contact Jay, AD5PE at AD5PE@sbcglobal.net

28/29 June
Field Day

General License Class

The TARC is sponsoring a General License upgrade class starting on April 21st. This class will run until about the end of June. We'll meet at TU from 6:30 until 9pm every Monday night.

The class fee is $5 if you have a book, or $20 if you need one, but in order to get the books in time, we need the money by the club meeting 4/15/08. If you miss that deadline you can still join the class, but you won't get your book until about one week after we get your payment.

For more info or to sign up, contact Jay, AD5PE at ad5pe@arrl.net or 918.834.6297

Edmond Repeater

The Edmond repeater is now online and a part of the TARC W5IAS Super Link System.  Look for it on 443.250 and a PL tone 88.5

Spreading Ham Radio into Cooper Elementary School
By Jay Eimer, AD5PE

One of the goals of the ARRL is education regarding amateur radio, with the intent of bringing new licensees into the fold. As a special service club, the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club strives to do the same in many ways. One obvious way is through licensing classes, but there are other ways we can reach out to non-hams as well, such as holding events in public, or giving presentations to other community organizations.

http://W5IAS.com/Cooper/Cooper.html

 

See 2007 Results Here


 

The Route 66 Special Event continues to be a success each year.  Follow the links for some pictures at the 2005 and 2006 event.

For pictures of the 2007 event.

For 2007 W5IAS was operating as
W6L

September 8-16, 2007
(Sept 7, 7PM till Sept 16, 7PM Tulsa Time)

QSL to
Tulsa Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 4283
Tulsa, OK  74159-0283

 

ARES ON-LINE
www.ARESOK.org

Take a look in your wallet, your desk drawer, glove box of your car... if you have a ARES ID card please ask yourself one very important question – Are you currently registered on line on the ARES OK website?

If you not currently a volunteer and would like to be, PLEASE go to the ARES OK website and register as a volunteer.

Why should you register on line? By registering on line we have one consistent information source for volunteer information throughout the state, as well as a resource listing for each county.

To register go to http://www.aresok.org/mkApplication.asp and click on the map of your county. Scroll down and fill in the blanks. Please register as a VOLUNTEER. The website is password protected, only persons that are registered on ARESOK.org can see your information.

If you are interested in becoming a leader with in ARES with in ARES OK you should contact the EC, DEC or ZEC in your area for more information about the duties and responsibilities. Most of the information is located on the website.

Also to help get information out to volunteers quickly - Oklahoma ARES is inviting all hams in area to sign up on the aresoklahoma yahoo group. To sign up go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aresoklahoma (then click on the big blue "Join This Group!" button at the top right).

These groups is how ARES will broadcast all area or state events, information, etc. that is of a timely or critical nature. This is not an email forwarding system. Please keep the posts to items that effect the Oklahoma State, i.e. weather updates, calls for assistance, ECOMM, situation reports. THIS GROUP IS FOR ALL HAMS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT DURING AN EVENT.

 

 

Tulsa Amateur Radio Club Store

Check out the large selection of TARC items and apparel available for your purchase.  Tee shirts, golf shirts, sweat shirts, caps, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, buttons, clocks and stickers.  It's all there and at a reasonable price.  If you do not see something of interest to you, contact Tom, KE5EHX, at tom.white@gmail.com, with your ideas.

http://www.cafepress.com/tarc

 

ELMER Help is just a click away

For technical questions, email our 'elmer committee' at elmer@w5ias.com and we'll get you hooked up with a volunteer mentor with expertise in the field pertaining to your question.  Please include email or phone preference, and if you prefer a phone call be sure to include your number and the best time to reach you.
 

 

444.600 Is On The Air

Tim, KB5ZVC, and I finalized the installation of the 444.600-mhz machine into the Mounds Oklahoma site. This installation will be easier for us to support and provide a better coverage pattern to the south and west of Tulsa for storm spotting and other community support activities.

Please make use of this machine as you travel in/through the area south and west of Mounds and let us know about what coverage you experience.

Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW
 

 

FREE On-Line Incident Command Training

IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is700.asp

On-Line Emergency Communication Training ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE) http://www.arrl.org/cce/

73 Mark Conklin N7XYO
ARES A-SEC NE OK

 

 Google TARC REPEATER MAP

Thanks to the hard work of Gregg, W5GGW, you can now see where the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club repeaters are located and their status.  It is amazing to explore both the maps and the satellite imagery that this system provides.  It can keep you occupied for hours!

  Click here.

 

TESTING

First Saturday of ODD numbered month 9:30 to 11:00 A.M.
January 5th, March 1st, May 3rd, July 12th, September 6th and November 1st.
Hardesty Regional Library
8316 E 93rd Street
Tulsa, OK 74133
Walk-ins Welcome
Contact: Tom - K5EHX at tom@k5ehx.net or (918)835-7889 and leave a message

Second Saturday in EVEN number month 9:30 A.M.
Broken Arrow Church of Christ
811 North 4th, Broken Arrow OK
Contact Don, AC5II @ 918.379.0962

Third Wednesday in ODD numbered months, 7:00 PM
Red Cross building on east 11th St at Hwy 169, Tulsa OK
Contact: Merlin Griffin, WB5OSM @ 918.520.7668

Saturday, 24 May, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
TWU Local 514 Union Hall, 11945 East Pine St, Tulsa OK
*** Testing is by APPOINTMENT ONLY ***
Contact: Pete Mann, KF5RD at 918.437.4846 (before 9 PM) or tulsahamtest@sbcglobal.net

 

 


The Tulsa Amateur Radio Club

SKYWARN

and

Eastern Oklahoma / Northwestern Arkansas Skywarn

As you may or may not know, the TARC is involved with the Skywarn network of community service oriented clubs. The W5IAS linked repeater system is the largest, the best and most efficient repeater system in the State of Oklahoma. When emergencies arise in our areas of coverage, the W5IAS linked repeater system serves both as a communications system and a community service. Covering some 50,000 square miles from I-35 to deep into Arkansas and from Texas in the South to Kansas in the North. During times of disasters and other emergencies the W5IAS repeater system will be used for relaying information from one area to another. Several times in the past this impressive system has played major roles in the safety of our communities. Everything from severe weather to the phone outage of the year 2000, which was covered by the TARC and the link system was used to cover the area hospitals. Thirty minutes after the phones went down the TARC was there with a net organized, hours before the EOC and others in the area even knew the phones were out. The TARC is very proud of this system and is always ready to help out in those times of trouble when we are needed the most. The W5IAS linked repeater system is still growing more impressive by the day and is always ready to leap into action.

 


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