Membership Renewal Time!!

It’s time for membership renewals! Take a quick moment to see if your name is on this list and if you see your membership expiring in 2025, then it’s time to start the renewal process. We have made this process easy for those that just want to pay online! Just click the link below to send in your credit card payment via paypal! If you still want to snail mail the check to us that is ok too! Follow the link below to fill out the form to send in with your check! QUICK NOTE: Anyone joining the club and […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER Feb 2025

QST…QST…QST…So what now??? The year 2024 is gone and with it our 100 Year Anniversary Celebration! So what now??? At the January meeting we had our annual State of the Club address. We did a review of all the things that TARC has done during the last 4 years. Several club members were recognized for their efforts and contributions to the club and ham radio during that time by receiving a certificate. Many club members were also recognized by an Honorable Mention. My thanks goes out to all those who helped make the Tulsa Amateur Ra- dio Club what it […]

Minutes of Meeting Jan 2025

20250121-TARC-Meeting-Minutes – PDF   On Tuesday, 21 January 2025 at 1902 hours local, Mark, WA5MA, called to order the meeting of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club in Room-3140 of Keplinger Hall at the University of Tulsa. See a copy of the agenda below left. Attendance Twenty-seven hams added their names to the attendance register, a copy of which is reproduced above right. Introductions WA5MA introduced the club officers present: Secretary Andrew, W5AWS; Treasurer Jerry, KE5PMK; Repeater Trustee, Gregg, W5GGW; and ARES coordinator for Tulsa County, Paul, WB5ANX. Round Robin WA5MA solicited introductions from the attendees, name and callsign. Business Minutes […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER Jan 2025

QST…QST…QST…Out with the old and in with the NEW!!! We’ve had our 100 Year Anniversary Celebration, amended our TARC Bylaws, started our latest venture…Tech Night, we had an incredible Field Day, repaired one of our broken repeater antennas, renewed TARC’s Special Service Club status, had our best ever Route 66 on the Air, ARES has resumed doing Hospital Nets, TARC has partnered with Discovery Lab’s Tinkerfest. Let’s go back to December 10th and our 100 Year Anniversary Celebra-tion! If you missed it…well…you missed a good one. There were only a few empty seats and for those that attended, it was […]

ARRL as a Special Service Club

TARC is recognized by the ARRL as a Special Service Club (SSC). You may be wondering, “What is an SSC, and how does this affect me?” What is a Special Service Club? A club that exists to go above and beyond for their communities and for Amateur Radio is what defines a Special Service Club (SSC).  They are the leaders in their Amateur Radio communities who provide active training classes, publicity programs, and actively pursue technical projects and operating activities. What about TARC? As an ARRL Special Service Club, we have met our agreement to develop our skills in specified areas […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER Dec 2024

In this Issue of the Presidents Corner… QST…QST…QST…Here are your report cards!!! 100 Year Anniversary Merchandise / Mugs and Pins / TARC Merchan-dise Big changes at the November meeting / Election results Three new Net Control Operators Let’s make DMR great…again!!! Upcoming events Go Boxes CW Class / CW Nervous Novice Net Club Spotlight / Member Spotlight Tulsa Amateur Radio Club and Tulsa University QST…QST…QST! Here is your report card for the antenna replace-ment. As of today, December 2nd, 2024 we’ve only had 24 persons donate to the gofundme account for a total of $3,350. I would like to commend […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER Nov 2024

In this Issue of the Presidents Corner… QST…QST…QST…We need your help!!! 100 Year Anniversary 100 Year Anniversary Merchandise / Mugs and Pins TARC Tech Night TARC Merchandise Repeater Challenge WX5TUL Skywarn Net Let’s make DMR great…again!!! Upcoming events Go Boxes CW Class / CW Nervous Novice Net TARC badges are available Club Spotlight / Member Spotlight Tulsa Amateur Radio Club and Tulsa University QST…QST…QST! We need your help!!! If you were at the September TARC meeting, then you know we had an issue with our 145.170 repeater antenna that caused problems for the 443.850 Superlink Repeater System hub radio. After […]