ARES Oklahoma

** In consideration of local and section wide schedules and relationships with partners, agencies and many others, ARRL Field Organization Leaders have the option of conducting their local or section wide SET at another time besides the focal-point weekend of October 1 and 2, 2022.  SETs should be conducted no later than the end of the fall season or the calendar year. Check with your local ARRL Field Organization leadership for the exact date or dates of the SET in your area. For all the detail on this years ARRL Simulated Emergency Test see this information at this link https://aresok.org/resources/2013-simulated-emergency-test/ (more…)

August 19/20/21, 2022 join us to activate as many of the 164 OK Parks On The Air. Also, join us to hunt the parks in 112 countries! Details at http://ok.arrl.org/sm028-ok-parks-on-the-air-okpota/ (more…)

Ham Holiday 22 is in the books, Ponca City 22 is coming in September, Hamarama 22 is coming in October, and Enid 22 is coming in November. All the details are at this link: http://ok.arrl.org/sm027-hamfests-hamfests-hamfests/ (more…)

Hamword is a Winlink-based game that mimics the popular five-letter word guessing game, Wordle. Learn more here… http://ok.arrl.org/sm026-winlink-hamword-game/ (more…)

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…)