Salvation Army Station, Ponca City (l-r) Carl KI5SF, Rick KE5CKP, Joe KB5DBR

Bartlesville - Osage Hills State Park "no order" ( Karolena Gompf - No call, David Turinetti - KE5TPB and Sabina Turinetti - KE5TWL, Don Pratt - K5OKB, Lloyd Waller - KD5MUY, Don Reed - N5DLR, Glen Stockton - K5UP, Steven Fairless - KE5EHO, Alfred Morrison - N5XPX, Mike Maloney - AC5P, James Irick

Tahlequah @ the Fire Department Station - City Airport

Tahlequah @ the Fire Department Station - City Airport

The University of Oklahoma Sports Media Relations Department is seeking an experienced radio operator, who will function as the Game Day Frequency Coordinator (GDFC), and two student assistants (Assistant GDFC) for University home football games.
The Lead will be knowledgeable in the VHF/UHF RF communications with preference given to those with an Amateur Radio license class of Advanced or higher. The Lead GDFC will be required to becoming familiar with all aspects of the Broadcast Auxiliary Service (FCC Part 74) to include bandplans, future bandplans, and FCC Rules and Regulations and is also responsible for the appropriate tasking of the two assistant GDFCs.
The Assistant GDFCs will be the eyes, ears, and legs for the Lead, and will also be expected to quickly learn all aspects of game day frequency coordination. It is expected that one student would be of Graduate, Senior, or Junior standing, and the second would be a Sophomore or Freshman.
The roles and responsibilities of the University of Oklahoma GDFC are primarily to make certain that all entities for which the GDFC has control have a clear and useful frequency for the duration of each event. Procedures and guidelines are primarily identified in the Society of Broadcast Engineers Game Day Frequency Coordination Procedure Manual (currently version 3) which can be found on the SBE website at http://www.sbe.org/freq_tools.php.

Briefly, coordination is an active, not passive, process. The GDFC must be engaged in pre-event coordination and identify and resolve conflicts. Expensive tools (which will be supplied) are worthless unless the GDFC is actively involved. Per the Coordination Procedure Manual:
The ultimate goal of this program is to create an interference-free RFenvironment. Please note that we are not saying we will eliminate all interferecne, as there are many reasons why (mostly because they are out of our control), interference will continue to exist despite your best efforts. [see Section 2.1.1]

You will be required to attend each home football game (perhaps the Spring game). The University will provide you with OFFICIAL (ALL ACCESS) credentials, a parking pass and a reserved seat somewhere in the stadium. This seat will have a clear view of the RF environment (playing field and stadium floor), a counter top large enough for the supplied laptop, telephone, and RF monitor. You *may* be offered a small honoraium for your work.
The GDFC will serve in the game venue in the same manner as a local SBE frequency coordinator. Your responsibilities will be to monitor not just the Broadcast Auxiliary frequencies (FCC Part 74), but all other frequencies in the vicinity of the venue. These may include not only transmitters in, but also near the stadium, and include vendors, PCS phones, FRS radios, law enforcement, Amateur radio, security, medical, maintenance, stadium mangement , team management, referee mikes, and coach's mikes. These may cross FCC Part 15 (license-free devices) and Part 90 (Private Land Mobile) devices. Note that the GDC has no authority to coordinate Part 90 radios, but will identify potential conflicts in all frequencies in use at the venue.

The GDC is not a frequency cop or coordinator of ALL frequencies. This is an effort to get users to coexist in a complex, RF-rich environment. If an uncoordinated user is not creating RF interference, there is no reason to move forward with a "search and destroy" mentality. The last thing the coordinator wants is to alienate users with a heavy-handed attitude. Education of users and reduction of conflicts are the primary goals sought here. If necessary, other methods and personnel may be available to do enforcement. Being a GDC is tough enough. Note that the FCC has assigned different entities to act as coodinator for different FCC Parts. Part 74 frequencies are the only ones which the GDC may coodinate. Conflicts with non-Part 74 devices can only be identifed and users put together to allow them to find their own solution.
You must be familiar with the RF landscape of the stadium and be fluent in using the tools provided you.
For more information, contact Gary Skaggs at the University of Oklahoma, gskaggs@ou.edu or phone 325-6440.

Murrah Memorial Marathon
April 27, 2008

"A Run to Remember"
Oklahoma City EOC

Marathon PreEvent Staffing April 22 2008

Marathon EOC April 27 2008

Texas County Oklahoma
Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Has a web page with alot of information on it!

http://tcares.bravehost.com/

Thought you might be interested in the results of the weather radio promotion that happened in the Oklahoma City metro this last Saturday. This is part of an email from WalMart’s electronics merchandiser, who has been our contact.

Special thanks and a huge “ATTA-BOY!” needs to go to Ronnie Warren at OKC EM, who pursued the project last year and has spearheaded it again this year.

Here are the numbers for all the stores that participated in the event.

Sat. only #'s 5,976
Total Wk from start of promotion time frame 8,940

Many more were sold in area stores around core stores that participated that benefited from all the media promotion of our event.

If you count the other locations that benefited we were able to put over 10,000 all hazard radios into homes this past week & weekend. Please thank all of the EM's and volunteers that participated in this event for us. It went very well and we could not have helped get this many people more prepared w/out the partnership with you.

Thank you again for all that you and your team did to help put this event together.

http://www.weather.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm#sametable

Gayland Kitch OCEM
Director of Emergency Management & Communications
The City of Moore
301 N. Broadway Moore, Oklahoma 73160
405-793-4477 office 405-793-5062 24-hr
gkitch@cityofmoore.com

Enid Amateur Radio Club
March 8, 2008
Celebrating 70 years as a League affiliated club.

Teachers’ Institute on Wireless Technology

The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is a week long, in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff who want to learn more about wireless technology and bring that knowledge to their students. A variety of topics are covered during the 4 days of the TI including basic wireless technology literacy, electronics, and the science of radio; bringing space into the classroom; ham radio operation; introduction to micro controllers; and basic robotics.
The Teachers Institute is only the beginning of a participant's exploration with wireless technology. The goal of the TI program is to equip each teacher with necessary foundational knowledge, and through hands-on learning, generate the inspiration for teachers to continue to explore wireless technology and adapt relevant content into their classroom instruction.
Teachers Institute opportunities are virtually free for the participants. The grant to attend a TI covers transportation, hotel, a modest per-deem to cover meals, instructional resources for the electronics, microcontroller, and robotics segments of the course, and a resource library of relevant ARRL publications.
The application to attend a Teachers Institute is very simple. Download and complete the application, indicating the dates you would like to attend, in order of preference. Send a cover letter on school letterhead, signed by you and a school administrator, along with the application, stating that you would like to attend. Be sure to include contact information that is good during school and summer (phone number, address, e-mail). Make sure the e-mail address(es) you provide (at school and/or at home) will accept e-mails from the ETP coordinator (mspencer@arrl.org). Mail the letter and application to Mark Spencer, Education & Technology Program Coordinator, at the address below.
The applications are reviewed, and as accepted, applicants are assigned to session preferences on a first-come, first-served basis. With a class limit of 12 for each session of the Teachers Institute, don’t delay. A $100 deposit is required to hold your place when you are accepted.
The Teachers Institute is only a part of the ARRL's Education &Technology Program (ETP) and the resources that are made available to teachers. The ETP is based on 5 pillars:
development and free access to curriculum materials to help teachers teach wireless technology literacy,
grants of ham radio station equipment for establishing ham radio operations in schools,
grants of supplemental equipment to support and improve on-going school programs,
free activity board kits and resources that teachers can use to assist in teaching wireless technology, and finally,
teachers institutes.
The ETP was developed to address the ARRL education vision and mission to advance the art and science of radio through education. The ETP is totally supported by philanthropic donors who share that vision.
Additional information about this year's Teachers Institute opportunities is provided here:
2008 Teachers Institute brochure (PDF)
(http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/SpencerBrochureSummer2008%20HORIZONTAL.pdf)
2008 Teachers Institute flyer (PDF)
(http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/SpencerBrochureSummer2008FULL.pdf)

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ti.html

More information about the Education & Technology Program can be found on the ETP web page.
If you have questions, please contact:
Mark Spencer, WA8SME
ETP Coordinator
774 Eastside Rd., Coleville, CA 96107
mspencer@arrl.org
or by phone at 530-495-9150 (PST)

As in the past, the starting gun will be at 6:30 AM; the official Marathon route will remain open till 1:00 PM. Race organizers expect around 10,000 participants in the Full and Half Marathons, 10km Walk, and 2km Kids Marathon.

Recruiting for volunteers has already begun. If you volunteered last year, you have probably already been contacted by the Marathon Volunteer Coordinator.

Thomas Webb, WA9AFM/5, is the Communication/Emergency Preparedness Chair on the Marathon Board Of Directors. Tom has been recruiting from the various amateur radio clubs around the Metropolitan Oklahoma City area. If you were a volunteer last year and wish to join in this event again, e-mail Tom at tmwebb@cox.net.

All volunteers will receive an OKC Marathon Volunteer t-shirt. Not only will this be your uniform of the day for the Marathon, but a great reminder of this outstanding event.

The Marathon route will remain the same; starting at the 9:01 Gate at the National Memorial and ending at the intersection of 5th and Broadway.

This will be the eighth Marathon honoring those who were killed and the ones who gave of their time, talent and treasure during recovery and relief. Amateur radio communications support has been an integral part of the Marathon since the first run in April, 2000.

With the 26.2 mile course winding its way from downtown, through Bricktown, past the Capitol through several of Oklahoma Citys residential neighborhoods to Lake Hefner and back downtown, clear and accurate communication among safety officials was vital.

There in lies the mission of the amateur radio community; public safety and welfare communications to make sure the runners, volunteers and spectators had a safe and enjoyable day.

The radio operators will be assigned to the primary medical aid station, with race officials, relay exchange points and with medical units along the course. The net control station for the Marathon Network will operate from the Salvation Army Emergency Operations Center at SE 44th and Bryant in southeast Oklahoma City. .

There will be extensive use of Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS). This will provide police, fire and emergency medical services with a display of where the runners were along the course. In the event emergency equipment has to be dispatched, officials can quickly determined if the Marathon route would be effected and appropriate locations and emergency units advised.

Also, this will allow race officials to instantly determine the Lead, Tail End, and SAG (a taxi for runners who have withdrawn from the race) vehicles are located.

The radio operators are another great story contributing to the success of the Marathon, said Chet Collier, Director of the OKC Memorial Marathon. These individuals love what they do, and they love Oklahoma City, he continued, Awe literally could not run a successful event without their work.

The Memorial Marathon has special meaning to the Oklahoma amateur radio community. Within minutes after the explosion at the Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, the Oklahoma County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Net was up and running providing emergency communication support to rescue and support units.

The net operated on a 24 hour-a-day basis for over two weeks; a total of over 360 hour of continuous operation. Until Hurricane Hugo struck several years later, the emergency net supporting the Murrah disaster was the longest running amateur radio emergency net in U.S. history. Over 330 amateur radio operators from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas volunteered their services.

Special Events

http://www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html