Legislation Will Increase Communication Options During Natural Disasters WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Richard Blumenthal, D- Conn., and Representatives August Pfluger, R-Tex., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn. announced their joint re-introduction of legislation in the Senate and House to restore the right to Amateur Radio operators to install the antennas necessary to serve their communities. Here in Oklahoma, we ask all amateur radio clubs and individuals to visit https://ok.arrl.org/hoa/. This page has all of our contact information and template letters. Please note that all letters should be sent to the email and address listed. Letters emailed to legislators tend to […]

Announcement: Green Country Hamfest Oklahoma DX Association DX Dinner   This year, on Friday evening April 11, 2025, the Green Country Hamfest and the Oklahoma DX Association are Co-Sponsoring a DX Dinner. We are pleased to announce that Dave Jorgensen – WD5COV will be our featured speaker. Dave has been a member of numerous high-profile DXpeditions including: 7O6T – Yemen, VP8STI – S. Sandwich, VP8SGI – S. Georgia, 3D2C – Conway, E30FB – Eritrea, 9M0W – Spratly, ZK3A – Tokelau, 3Y0J – Bouvet, TX5S – Clipperton, and many others. Dave will do a presentation on the 3Y0J – Bouvet and […]

January 6, 2025 For immediate release: Mark Adams, WA5MA, appointed Tulsa County Assistant Emergency Coordinator I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Adams, WA5MA, as ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC) for Tulsa County. While living in California, Mark was a member of the RACES organization for many years supporting the City of Corona with communications, DUI checkpoints, EOC activations, aerial ATV, and staffing the mobile command vehicle.  First licensed in 1986 as N6MWH he changed to WA5MA when he moved to Oklahoma.  Mark has been an active member of Tulsa ARES and the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps for […]

Alongside his presentation for TARC’s October 2024 General Meeting on the 443.850 SuperLink Hub repeater, Bob W5RAB also presented on the 145.170 Repeater, co-located on the same tower as the .850, with slides created by Paul WB5ANX. Below is an attached PDF of those slides for convenience and reference. TARC 145.170 Overview Oct 2024

For the October 2024 TARC General Meeting, Bob W5RAB presented on a brief history behind the 443.850 SuperLink Hub repeater here in Tulsa, with slides created by Paul WB5ANX. Below is an attached PDF of those slides for convenience and reference. SuperLink Overview Oct 2024 Bob also presented a history and overview of the co-located 145.170 repeater during the October 2024 meeting.

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 that we received for a like for […]

I’ve created a NEW calendar just to start posting events that we do to help separate the mess of NET’s and training. SO, please shoot the webmaster@w5ias.com any events that need to get added.. Stay tuned to the NET/Training coming up later this month as I start to clean up that calendar to make it more user friendly!

The Tulsa Amateur Radio Club has been operating since 1924 and provides invaluable communications support to Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma. Through the use of its numerous repeater sites, TARC helps provide our area critical communications infrastructure that provides uninterrupted service during times of emergencies. Recently, one of our antennas was damaged during a storm. This antenna (estimated to be worth $3,000) had to be replaced. Fortunately, our club had a backup antenna. Unfortunately, all of our discretionary income was used to pay a tower repair team to climb the tower and replace our antenna. This service alone was approximately $3,500. […]