A History and Overview on the 145.170 Repeater

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

A History and Overview of the SuperLink Hub Repeater

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.

Expanding Your DMR CodePlug Using Excel: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Dr. Greg Meador AI5HV Unlock the full potential of your DMR radio by learning how to efficiently expand your CodePlug using Excel! In this video, we’ll walk you through the process of managing and expanding your CodePlug with ease, ensuring you have all the necessary channels and contacts at your fingertips. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced HAM operator, this tutorial will simplify the complexities of DMR programming and help you customize your setup like a pro. Don’t forget to subscribe for more HAM radio tips and tricks! The link to the BridgeCom Systems Live Stream video that […]

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 that we received for a like for […]

New Calendar

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!

TARC Go Fund Me

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. […]

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 […]