Saturday’s weather started out a bit rough for those practicing amateur radio outdoors in the elements but that didn’t stop Andrew Shead (W5AWS) and Jack Conway (W5JHC) from heading out to Camp Garland to setup a portable operations demonstration to scouters at the 2022 Council Camporee! This couldn’t have been accomplished without support from the TARC trailer headed up by Steve Childers (KF5VCQ) broadcasting under the W5IAS callsign at the Claremore Hamfest. This also couldn’t have been done without Paul Teel (WB5ANX) securing our spot at another council event and Mark Adams (WA5MA) providing flyers and QSL cards for those […]
DeoxIT
Shared from W5AWS This video is a useful explanation of the various DeoxIT cleaners and lubricants, including CRC QD and Maxpro, and their use:
New FCC Application Fee Will Not Apply to Amateur Radio License Upgrades
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff has clarified in response to an ARRL request that the new $35 application fee will not apply to most license modifications, including those to upgrade an amateur radio licensee’s operator class and changes to club station trustees. The FCC staff explained that the new fees will apply only to applications for a new license, renewal, rule waiver, or a new vanity call sign. As previously announced, the new fees take effect on April 19, 2022. Read More @ ARRL
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER April
WOW, it’s now April!!! What have you done so far this year with ham radio? Let us know and if you can write about a project you’re working on or a ham radio experi-ence you’ve had, we can put it in the newsletter and the W5IAS website for others to read. Here’s what you missed at the March club meeting… At the last club meeting I asked for a discussion about prorating member-ship dues, which fall on April 1. The proposal placed before the members was that anyone joining the club and paying the annual membership fee before October 31st […]
Hamfest Photos!
Going to Hamfest on 4.9? Take a picture of yourself at the TARC trailer and send us your photo!!! We want to make a big picture board online of all those club members and any amateur friend that stops by! Send them via email with your call sign and name to webmaster@w5ias.com!
Can you help??? Volunteers needed for the Green Country Hamfest! You could win a new radio!!! CLICK HERE!!!
Green Country Hamfest in Claremore is in need of volunteers to staff the front and back doors of the event as greeters. You will help attendees coming in and leaving and provide event info. If you work at least one 2 hour shift you will be entered into the drawing for the volunteer prize, a Yaesu FT-70DR (nice!) You will need to wear your ARES vest for visibility. If you do not have one (which you should) Mark Conklin has a few loaners. To volunteer for a 2 hour shift go to volunteersignup.org/BPHCK We have lots of slots open…so please volunteer. […]
New weekly Net Script is available
A new TARC Weekly Net Script is available. If your script is not dated 3/29/22 you have an old script
TARC Boy Scouts Merit Badge
Paul (WB5ANX) and myself (W5JHC) had the pleasure and honor to host a radio merit badge for Troop 199 out of Oologah Ok during two of their Monday meetings! This was one of the firsts for the TARC communication trailer and went off without a hitch and had 9 scouters practice their skills and discuss the topic of Amateur Radio. I hope one day to do a larger scale merit badge for the council so that we can work on growing the younger population to the hobby. What amazed both Paul and I was that they were really interested in […]
[SEC-ARES] Emergency comms in the Azores
Emergency comms in the Azores GB2RS News Team | March 25, 2022 The island of Sao Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1,800 earthquakes in 48 hours. The regional government has prepared contingency plans to protect the island’s population. CT1END, the Emergency Communications Coordinator for Portugal, reports that a group of nine radio amateurs are working to support emergency communications locally and back to Portugal. Radio amateurs are asked to steer clear of 3.75 to 3.76MHz overnight, 7.1 to 7.11MHz during the day, and around 14.300MHz for those amateurs outside the region. All radio amateurs are encouraged to listen […]
Guthrie Repeater – Online
As of 3.19 4pm, the Guthrie repeater is back online! There was a power failure to the switching supply. Dan took a spare with him just in case and it came in handy! Dan K5FVL