We received the NEPA/SHPO report this morning, and we’re thrilled to share that it’s approved with no restrictions! Wednesday crews commenced clearing the land and conducting a Geotechnical Study to determine the type of soil present on the site. This crucial step will ensure that the tower is securely anchored […]
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This is my busy part of the year, so I have not been able to keep up with this as I would have liked. But I want to add some information and an update on possible network options to obtain faster backbone speeds. We have presented the common equipment used […]
Hello everyone, my name is Brandon KI5ZIR and I am a fellow member of the Edmond Amateur Radio Society. My interests within the hobby are DMR and other digital modes, portable field ops, and ARES. Today, I went out to Stinchcombe Wildlife Refuge in Bethany: POTA park US-11222. For those […]
Over the weekend I happened upon a couple of videos about selecting a handheld (or HT in ham lingo). A few months ago I wrote an article on this topic and these are more resources that could be very helpful. I think these are excellent resources for new hams trying […]
Last month my family took a long-awaited vacation to New Mexico. We had originally planned to take this trip, which consisted of visiting Carlsbad Caverns in southern New Mexico and then camping in northern New Mexico, in 2020. Due to several circumstances including COVID, the trip has been delayed until […]
During the K5EOK Field Day on Saturday, June 22nd, we held a 10M dipole build activity and we had the following high level results. In total 13 dipoles antennas were built during field day from 20 parts kits with 5 of them raised and tested successfully during the activity period. […]
Due to work issues I have not been able to finish the next part, but meantime here is an update to local mesh goings on. We now have a node stack up on Dwain’s or the grainery in downtown Edmond. The link antenna to the rest of the network is […]
In this section we will take a look at some of the hardware used in a node site. AREDN® is one of the lowest cost parts of the service. The radios are not expensive, with the most costly being the sector antennas (the long vertical boxes you see on cell […]