QST, QST, QST…The Tulsa Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting on October 19th will be in Keplinger Hall, Room 2005 at 6:45. The room is large enough to accommodate 60 to 65 people so there is room for social distance. Wear your mask if you feel uncomfortable. Talk in is the 145.110 repeater. See you there.
Category Archives: Ham News
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 […]
Texoma Hamarama – CANCELLED
Dear Hamarama Friends, Supporters and Participants, We are unfortunately going to have to postpone the October Hamarama one more year. We do not take this decision lightly. There has been a good deal of anguish, stress and conversations covering everything from low pre-registration to COVID to shortage of manpower and time. There is no one single person or problem and we neither assign nor accept no blame. The CORA group was willing to help and we greatly appreciate that, but in retrospect, we needed a full year to work together if that is what we were going to do. We […]
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 […]
Pictures posted in Photo Gallery
Pictures from the Maker Fair and the first Portable Operations Day have been posted in the Photo Gallery. Check ’em out!
Maker Fair 8/28 Tulsa Fairgrounds
Don’t miss the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club at the Maker fair on Saturday morning. Starts at 10 AM to 5 PM at the Tulsa Fairgrounds. Talk in on 145.110.
Portable Ops Day-8/28
Everyone is welcome to the first TARC Portable Operations Day. Starts at 1 PM and goes until the batteries run out. Chandler Park, Shelter #3.
New Classifieds!
Take a moment to check out our classifieds section on the www.w5ias.com website! We have two new listings posted today! Take a look and see if you need Yaesu Ft-2800M or an Astron RS-35a! Ham Store
Are You Contesting, or Calling a Net?
Written by: Gregg, W5GGW Are you Contesting, or Calling a net? An Amateur Radio Operator calling CQ during a contest on a frequency that was available for their use operates very much like a net control operator. They select the stations that they will work next, and control the traffic on that frequency. Learning to be a net control-operator is one way to learn more about contesting and to familiarize yourself with the concentration levels that are necessary when a ‘pileup’ occurs and you have lots of calls thrown at you. Emission Modes and Carriers The FM radios that we […]
WA5MA Portable Ops Case
Attached are a couple of pictures of my portable radio case. HF only and can run on battery or power supply. The case can be seen in person along with others at the July 20th meeting.