ARES Oklahoma

Seminole Communications Need A message from the ARRL Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator, Mark Conklin N7XYO… 2000L 6 MAY 2022    DO NOT SELF DEPLOY ATTENTION ALL ARES-OK members are on Stand-by –   ARES-OK Districts 11, 5 & 6 should prepare to muster teams if requested, a LIMITED deployment is expected. The OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT has requested communications support from the ARRL/Amateur Radio Emergency Services. ARES-OK Leaders (ReginalEC, DistrictEC & CountyEC) are asked to contact their ARES-OK team(s) of volunteers to ensure that they have received this info and are ready to help. SCOPE: Provide voice communications between chainsaw and debris removal teams and their base of operations. Seminole (more…)

Today ARRL announced the start of the ARRL Club Grant Program. And, the ARRL Youth Licensing Grant Program will cover the one-time $35 FCC application fee for new amateur radio license candidates younger than 18. http://ok.arrl.org/sm024 (more…)

SM023 – FCC $35 Fee – Club Grants – http://ARRL.org Update – Hamfest Update – and more at http://ok.arrl.org/sm023-fcc-35-fee-club-grants-arrl-org-update-hamfest-update/ (more…)

Learn more about the National Traffic System (NTS) now using Winlink in Oklahoma. Also, the Elk City Hamfest is coming on March 5. More information is available at http://ok.arrl.org/sm022-nts-ok-winlink-elk-city-3-5/ (more…)

To start the year off, I’d like to introduce the new ARRL Oklahoma section website,  http://ok.arrl.org/. This site houses the OK Section Manager News and publicizes ARRL activity in the entire state. Read all about it at http://ok.arrl.org/sm021-announcing-http-ok-arrl-org/ (more…)

The Pryor, OK Tailgate Event is Saturday, January 15, 2022. ARRL West Gulf Division Director John Stratton N5AUS was at Saturday’s SCARS meeting, watch the video at your leisure. More info at http://ok.arrl.org/sm020-pryor-tailgate-john-stratton-n5aus/ (more…)

Our Oklahoma/Texas ARRL West Gulf Division Director John Stratton N5AUS will be speaking at the South Canadian Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) meeting, in-person this Saturday, January 8th at 9:30 am. Please feel free to join the group in person at their normal meeting location, Firehouse #7 Training Center, 2207 Goddard Ave, Norman, OK. The meeting, and John’s presentation, start at 9:30 am, but people start showing up at 9:00 am to visit before the meeting. You can also join the meeting via Zoom using the https://w5nor.org/zoom/ link, or this will be streamed live on YouTube by clicking the https://w5nor.org/stream/ link. More information is on the Oklahoma Section website at this link. (more…)

Saturday night is Straight Key Night (SKN) Learn more about it, and get on the HF air with CW. https://ok.arrl.org/sm018-straight-key-night-skn/ (more…)

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and all the rest from the OK ARRL section. Plus a year-end summary of 2021 at http://ok.arrl.org/sm017-happy-holidays-and-2021-year-end-summary/. (more…)

The Enid Amateur Radio Club (EARC) is running a special event station on Saturday, December 18th, 2021. More information is available on the OK ARRL Section page at http://ok.arrl.org/sm016-cq-ho-ho-talk-in-de-w5htk/ (more…)