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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
November Club Minutes of Meeting 2024
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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 […]
Tulsa Amateur Radio Club Minutes of Meeting -10.15.24
On Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at 1900 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. 10.15.24-tarc meeting min
ARRL: Hurricane Milton – Storm Updates 10.9
10/09/2024 ARRL.org Wednesday, October 9, 2024 1:30 PM Eastern Update: Amateur radio operators are in service across the State of Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. The Hurricane Watch Net is active on 14.325.00 MHz (USB) and 7.268.00 MHz (LSB). The VoIP Hurricane Net is active on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the amateur radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. The Florida SARNET has been placed in a restricted net condition to ensure traffic can flow as needed. The net is limited […]
ARRL: Hurricane Milton – Storm Updates 10.8
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 3:45 PM Eastern Update: Winlink officials are requesting that all non-essential Winlink traffic (weekly nets, testing, etc.) be postponed until after hurricane Milton has moved on and response efforts have turned to recovery. “There is still a lot of traffic in the aftermath of Helene, and we expect Milton will add significantly to that. We need to keep the gateways clear for that traffic,” they asked in an email. Winlink is a system that allows for emails to be sent over a hybrid amateur radio/internet network. It is used extensively in emergency communications and disaster recovery. […]
Hurricane Milton – WINKLINK NOTE 10.8
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 3:45 PM Eastern Update: Winlink officials are requesting that all non-essential Winlink traffic (weekly nets, testing, etc.) be postponed until after hurricane Milton has moved on and response efforts have turned to recovery. “There is still a lot of traffic in the aftermath of Helene, and we expect Milton will add significantly to that. We need to keep the gateways clear for that traffic,” they asked in an email. Winlink is a system that allows for emails to be sent over a hybrid amateur radio/internet network. It is used extensively in emergency communications and disaster recovery.
ARRL: Hurricane Milton – Storm Updates 10.6
Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:00 PM Eastern Update: Hurricane Milton was located just over 300 miles west-northeast of Progreso, Mexico, and 835 miles west-southwest of Tampa, Florida with winds of 100 miles per hour. Hurricane Milton was moving in an east-southeast direction at 6 mph and is forecasted to arrive near Tampa, Florida on Wednesday as at least a Category 3. The Hurricane Watch Net is making tentative plans to activate on Tuesday afternoon for Hurricane Milton. The current forecast, issued at 5:00 PM EDT Sunday is calling for Milton to become a powerful Category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds […]