Inaugural Sooner Sprint is this Saturday! 8a to 8p

Search for stations calling CQ Oklahoma Sooner Sprint (or CQ OKSS using CW) and make some contacts!  Or find a frequency and start calling CQ.  Let’s kick this thing off right.  Who will get the bragging rights as the winner of the inaugural Sooner Sprint?   See you on the air CW, SSB or FT8.   Good luck! Ki5EGH

Presidents QST June 2026

We’re looking for a few good…yes, GREAT hams… One of the reasons that the Tulsa Amateur Radio Club is able to do all the activities that we do is…there are club members that volunteer their time, talent, experience and love for the ham radio hobby! And my own personal experience has taught me that you can never have enough volunteers and every club position needs a backup. As President of TARC, I have a backup in the 1st Vice President position. As a backup to the 1st Vice President position, we have the 2nd Vice President position (or as Ky […]

Tonight, Monday the 1st of June!

we will be calling CQ SP for the Spartan Sprint.  I will be operating QRP and will be submitting for the ARS Spartan Sprint.  It is a QRP CW group contest for the first Monday of the month.  Look it up on WA7BNM contest calendar for more information. THE ADVENTURE RADIO SOCIETY Check it out and see you tonight!

40m End-Fed Half Wave Antenna Bill of Materials

Gabe KJ5JOW BOM for the EFHW build, complete with links to all parts as well as a price/tool breakdown. Total price for all parts with tax/shipping is half ($49) of a comparable ARRL kit, which already has a decent price (~$98 with tax/shipping). Sourcing your own parts is a money saver!   Impedance Matching Transformer Enclosure (IP65 3x3x2”, $4 Amazon) Ferrite Core (Mix 43 Fair-Rite 2643251002, $6.70 Digikey) RTV silicone adhesive (Permatex, $6 Home Depot) OR Zip tie mounts/ties ($.10/ea Amazon) Winding wire (16-18 AWG enameled copper, ~50in, $1.60 Amazon) 100 pF capacitor 3kV (TDK Ceramic, $.43 Digikey) SO-239 chassis […]

Field Day 2026 RSVP

It’s that time of year to let us know you want to come and participate at Field Day!!!!!! For starters we need your support to help make this event and event!!! But more importantly we need to know what else you would like to do at field day so we can make sure to have enough program for all and operation opportunities!