EARS Launches Slack Community The Edmond Amateur Radio Society (EARS) now has a dedicated Slack workspace to help members connect, share ideas, and stay engaged between meetings and events. Slack provides a real-time, organized communication platform where conversations are grouped by topic, making it easy to participate in the areas […]
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Storm spotters are the eyes and ears of the weather community in real time. While sophisticated technology like radar and satellite imagery gives meteorologists powerful tools to anticipate dangerous weather, ground truth reports from trained spotters help confirm what’s really happening near the surface. These reports are crucial for issuing accurate warnings and […]
Well, it has been a while, but we have been busy with the network. There have been changes at many levels, but the most significant has been the routing protocol used on AREDN networks. The original protocol, OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing), was designed for mobile ad hoc networks. When […]
We have exciting news to share about the new Edmond tower project — the EARS antennas are officially installed! After a few schedule adjustments due to weather, the tower climbers successfully installed both antennas for the EARS repeaters late last week. This marks a major milestone for the project. The next […]
From time to time, we may run into unlicensed or disruptive operators on the air. The easiest—and most effective—way to deal with them is simply to ignore them. If someone isn’t using a call sign, it’s best to assume they don’t have one and avoid engaging. If you’re in the middle […]
With support from the Edmond Ham Club, Carl Abrahamson activated a VHF direct/simplex net at 10:00 a.m. as part of our emergency communications exercise. The goal was to simulate providing evacuation-notice updates to HOAs in the immediate area without relying on any repeaters, ensuring we could still function effectively in […]
The 2025 Ham of the Year is none other than Ben Curry, KJ5IEB! Ben has been exceptionally active in the club since earning his license just over a year ago, quickly becoming one of the most engaged and dependable members we have. Many of you know Ben as the Edmond Emergency Management Director, a […]
On Saturday May 31, 2025 a group of EARS members operated a POTA activation at US-11768 the Arcadia Round Barn National Historic Site along Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. Led by Ross K5SRT, the group included Randy KG5GOV, Bob K3NT, and Dee KJ5FVI. We operated FT8 on 40 meters and […]