There goes Route 66 on the Air! As of this writing, Route 66 on the Air for 2021 is in the log and we’ve made 1222 hams very happy because they’ve got W6L in their log. We’ve already mailed back over 50 W6L QSL cards and after my last trip to the PO Box, there’s another 50 or so to mail. We made contacts using FT8, CW and SSB. This year the hot bands were 80, 40 and 20 meters. If you participated this year, many thanks for getting Tulsa back on the map. If you have a log that […]
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Boy Scouts Council Camporee 2021
Paul and I didn’t know what to expect when our two separate paths collided with the same goal of introducing the ham radio hobby to young men, women, boys, and girls of the Indian Nations Council. We had a vision to try and do two events this year but we would start with one that we know some scouts would already attend. So we set the bar low at one scout on the air and we ended up with 27! But the small feat of just getting the TARC trailer out to John Zink Ranch was the easy part. We […]
TARC Needs Your Support!
We have been asked to participate in the Boy Scouts Camporee happening the weekend of 10/2. We are in need of at least 2 volunteers to spend the day out at John Zinc from at least 10am-4:30 pm. Our primary objective will be to introduce scouters to Ham radio and get them on the air! Lunch will be provided by the BSA. Two weeks from then we are also looking for some help on 10/16 for another similar scouting event that is a national event called Jamboree on the Air. This event will have a different twist in the hopes […]
Ham radio operators make a difference in disaster, ready if called for Ida
Video courtesy of News Channel 8 – KTUL, Lily Cummings. TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Many in Louisiana are still without power and cell service following Hurricane Ida. But one form of communication that’s been helping folks for decades, ham radio, is still able to make those vital calls. Ham radio isn’t reliant on WiFi or cell service. Just devoted operators. Paul Teel, an emergency coordinator for Tulsa County and part of the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club, said when he checked Monday more than half the state of Louisiana was without cell signal. Thankfully, by Tuesday around 80 percent had signal, but […]
Aug 26 NTS Net
12 check-ins, 2 messages handled between KG5ZZV and AE5ME who was acting as a liaison to the WinLink system. I introduced Ray K5CFY who will be my guest NCO next week, with my thanks to him! I’ve had contact with Mark Kleine regarding some folks in Norman wanting to get into traffic handling and doing it in digital modes, I told him I really don’t have additional time to devote to that personally, but he should (and apparently did contact Jeff AE5ME). As they get going, I’m hoping they will send a liaison via the Edmond repeater (if they would […]
AUG 19 NTS Net Recap
We had 6 check-ins. I did list 2 messages from me to go out, but there were no outlets to take the messages. I will therefore pass them on HF this weekend. We had no questions. I talked a bit about all the places that you can exchange traffic, any ARES net, HF Phone Traffic nets, CW Traffic Nets, NBEMS (fldigi) Nets, WInLink, etc. Basically any mode in amateur radio can be used for passing traffic. If you can even listen to HF, the HF Phone Traffic Nets are interesting because of the wide area they tend to cover and […]
AUG 12 NTS Net Recap
We had 15 check-ins, including a WinLink liaison station who brought one message to me personally. We had an excellent question from a newly licensed ham who wants to do things to help the community, but was wondering what he can do with his limited range and is technician license. I let him know that the UHF Link system covers about 50,000 sq miles and he can help with anything in that coverage area. Giving those folks something new (old) to do is one of my primary goals with the net. If we have a communications emergency in all or […]
AUG 5 NTS Net Recap
It was pretty light tonight at 8 check-ins. I did an introduction to NTS and the Radiogram form, hopefully addressing people that have joined the net recently. Jeff AE5ME brought traffic over from Winlink, where he has apparently been talking on other nets about the traffic net (thanks Jeff). The message to me was a congratulations on starting the traffic net and a request for information on how I did it. I sent a long reponse by email, but I will send a short response by NTS also as everyone likes to get those back. I fielded a good question […]
Club Meeting 7.20.21 Portable Operations Equipment
The last TARC meeting highlighted portable operations equipment. See the Photo Gallery. We even have a picture of a Tesla mobile. Thanks Dan and Paul.
July 15 NTS NET Recap
15 check-ins, 1 piece of traffic handled and I’m taking that to the 7290 Traffic Net on Saturday to get it headed in the right direction. Didn’t have much for Q&A, so I talked a little more about voicing and then did a very small amount on ARL Numbered Messages.