Announcing the New EARS Website Design! We’re excited to officially roll out the new and improved Edmond Amateur Radio Society website at k5eok.org! Over the past couple of weeks weeks, we’ve been working behind the scenes to refresh the look, improve usability, and make it easier than ever for members and visitors to stay connected […]
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Getting Started in Amateur Radio: Just Get On the Air One of the best pieces of advice we can offer to new hams is simple: get on the air early and often—even if you don’t feel completely ready. It’s very common for new operators to spend their first few weeks (or […]
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 […]
Volunteers Needed: Stockyards City St. Patrick’s Day Parade – March 14, 2026 The Stockyards City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is coming up on Saturday, March 14, 2026, and we’re looking for volunteers to help with event communications. All volunteers should plan to arrive by 7:45 AM, and we expect to wrap up around 11:00 […]
Oklahoma QSO Party: Celebrate Amateur Radio on the Airwaves! Each spring, amateur radio operators across the nation tune their rigs and antennas to join one of the Midwest’s most popular state operating events — the Oklahoma QSO Party (OKQP). This annual event brings hams together for a weekend of friendly competition, […]
Storm Spotting: What to Report and Why It Matters 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. […]
AREDN – Network Growth and a Major Change 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), […]
Edmond Tower Project Update: Antennas Installed! 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 […]