Author: Mark

January 21, 2025 Winter Field Day is among us. Field days are a great way to learn how to operate your radios or other peoples’ radios. Typically, a field day operation starts mid-day on Saturday and operates for 24 hours straight. I’ve listed all the Winter Field Day sites I’m familiar with, so you can join the fun no matter where you live. Also, you can operate from your house to contact as many folks as possible. More information (and the new rules for this year) are available at https://winterfieldday.com/. Visit one of these sites, or fire up your radio to (more…)

Here comes the Ardmore Hamarama https://hamarama.org hamfest, which will be held on October 26, 2024, at the Ardmore, OK Convention Center. Entry tickets are only $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Flea market tables are going fast for $15. Plan to visit Ardmore to see your old friends, make new friends, attend great training forums, and buy/sell tons of radio equipment. CORA will offer another chance to win a Yaesu FTDX10 Special Package Super Raffle this year. For only a $20 super raffle entry ticket, you can win a chance to win a $3,000+ deluxe radio package. Only (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…)

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…)

For the past couple of years, the Section Manager and I have been working on the creation of a framework that will facilitate the flow of NTS traffic throughout the Oklahoma Section. This sparked the creation of NTSOK. (https://ok.arrl.org/nts/ntsok) In some states, ARES and NTS are distinctly different groups of people that do not collaborate. In Oklahoma, we are frequently the same individuals and we felt we would be remiss if we did not leverage that fact. To that end, this is my first communication to the Emergency Coordinators and I sincerely plan for it to not be my last! (more…)