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 […]

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER OCT 24

QST…QST…QST! The broken antenna has been replaced!!! If you were at the September TARC meeting, then you know we had an issue with our 145.170 repeater antenna. If you see the attached picture, then you know something isn’t quite right. Yes, those two antennas should NOT be touching and that was causing some static to the vertical antenna that belongs to the 443.850 Superlink Hub repeater. After a lively discussion about the issue, what may have caused it, what could happen if it’s not repaired and what is needed to replace it, the club approved one of the two bids […]

Club Minutes of Meeting 09.17.24

On Tuesday, 17 September 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. See a copy of the agenda below left. 1 Attendance Thirty-eight hams added their names to the attendance register, a copy of which is reproduced above right. 2 Introductions WA5MA introduced the club officers present: 2nd Vice President Ky, KY5VAR; Secretary Andrew, W5AWS; Treasurer Jerry, KE5PMK; Newsletter editor Richie, W5OKL; Quartermaster Paul, KE5EHM; ARES coordinator for Tulsa County, Paul, WB5ANX; TARC Merchandise Coordinator, Robert, KI5WDD, and Bart, N5TWB, […]

TARC Minutes of Meeting

On Tuesday, 21 May 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. See a copy of the agenda below left. Attendance Twenty-six hams and three aspiring hams added their names to the attendance register, a copy of which is reproduced above right. Stormy weather and large hail prevented some of us from leaving home. Introductions WA5MA introduced the club officers present: 1st & 2nd Vice Presidents, W5JHC & KY5VAR; Secretary, W5AWS; Repeater Trustee, W5GGW; and the ARES Emergency Coordinator for […]

Copland Classic 2024 Video

The Cop Land Classic 2024 ride today was a success! No major incidents combined with great weather made for the perfect day. Thanks to all the SAG’s and ride-alongs. Major kudo’s to Ian Duncan for putting the cool video together. It’s next level quality…can’t wait to see the next one. If you want to volunteer for our events…go to www.w5ias.com and look under events.

THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER

I have to apologize to you for our mess up… The e mail that was sent asking for you to pay your dues went out to everyone, whether you had paid your dues or not. So, if you already paid your dues, no worries and thank you. If you have not paid your TARC yearly dues yet you have until the end of June to submit by paying inperson at a meeting, on the TARC website or by snail mail. At the end of June, if you have not renewed you will be dropped from the roster. We’re doing our […]