ARES Oklahoma

As you are likely aware, there are two bills before Congress which will protect amateur radio antennas from overly restrictive HOA rules and covenants, HR 4006 and SB 3690. John Stratton, N5AUS, West Gulf Division Director has initiated a letter writing campaign for the West Gulf Division.  For those of us in Oklahoma, we need to contact our respective Senators and House members to encourage their support of these measures.  The bills have a goodly amount of bipartisan support for this issue and we must strike while the soldering iron is hot! We need Congress to approve these bills, and (more…)

SM045 – Field Day is Coming!!! (more…)

You may have heard of some issues the ARRL has with its digital network infrastructure. Mark Kleine N5HZR will try to summarize what’s out there. https://ok.arrl.org/sm044-arrl-digital-infrastructure-issues/ (more…)

ARRL has released two new courses to train emergency communications (EmComm) operators for volunteering within the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®). Both courses are within the ARRL Learning Center. The Basic EmComm course is designed to get a new volunteer started. It provides basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer and contains three modules and 11 topics, including required prerequisites. It’s expected to take approximately 10 – 20 hours to complete. The Intermediate EmComm course builds on the lessons learned in the first course and equips volunteer radio amateurs with the tools needed to thrive in the fast-paced environment of public service (more…)

29 APR 2024 ATTENTION ALL: ALL ARES-OK Leaders (ReginalEC, DistrictEC & CountyEC) are asked to contact their ARES-OK team(s) to insure that they have received this info and to check to see if any of Amateurs Operators were effected by these storms. Any ARES-OK groups that were called into assist by local served agencies are asked to notify the SEC as soon as you can. Any Amateur Radio Operators groups that were active in your area during or after the storms  submitted please submit a report via Public Safety report at this link  https://tinyurl.com/ARESOK please CC: your report to [email protected]  73 & Thank you, Mark Conklin, N7XYO ARRL-Oklahoma Section Emergency (more…)

Crossroads Amateur Radio Club (CARC) presents: 2024 CARC Ham Fest The Checotah, OK hamfest is scheduled for Saturday, January 6, 2024. The doors will be open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. https://ok.arrl.org/sm043-checotah-hamfest-today/ (more…)

A message from our West Gulf Division Director, John Stratton N5AUS. “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” SM042 – The Board is Back In Town (more…)

We are less than one week away from the annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET). Operations begin at 0900L. All details are available at https://ok.arrl.org/sm040-tulsa-rogers-set-2023-comm-plan/ (more…)

ARES Tulsa County will conduct the annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 0900 – 1200.  They will have multiple ways for everyone to participate in Tulsa and Rogers Counties and around the state. The objectives are to test communication skills during emergency power conditions, Net Control Operations (NCO) management of resources, stress accuracy in message passing, and to have some fun, all with a scenario ripped from recent headlines. For more information, see SM039 – Tulsa County ARES Simulated Emergency Test – ARRL. (more…)

Oklahoma’s second week is running now and runs through August 22, 2023, at 2359z, using the callsign W1AW/5. Operate on time/band/mode slots throughout the week, using W1AW/. Sign up for a space today at https://ok.arrl.org/w1awok/. (more…)