[ARRL-OK] ARRL Oklahoma Section Report April 25, 2006

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ARRL Oklahoma Section Report
April 25,  2006

Topics
OKC Memorial Marathon April 30
Message from OK  Section Emergency Coordinator Mike-N5KEY
MIPS Report of April 19, 2006 by  Bob-W5KCB
FAA Club Licensing Class Success 
Lake Country Tailgate April  1
Affiliated Club Process, Changes and New Affiliated Club Coordinator  
Section Traffic Report
Upcoming Events

OKC Memorial Marathon  April 30
Many hours of work over months and months are coming to harvest as  the run 
to recognize that horrific Wednesday in 1995 is set for this  Sunday.  To 
Tom-WA9AFM and the multitude who have given, planned,  organized, communicated and 
put forth a very positive posture for Amateur Radio:  THANKS & JOB WELL DONE!

Participant numbers per  pre-registration:
Marathon-2000
Half Marathon-3000
Marathon Relay-2350  (470 teams)
Walkers- 1600
Kids-1600

Total over  10,500!

Words from the Marathon volunteer organizers-
“Each  person who has registered has either experienced your professionalism 
and  friendliness, or has heard about you first hand from someone who has.  
You  are the reason this race works, and the Memorial is the reason we make this 
race  work. You have already accomplished an amazing amount and the race hasn’
t even  happened yet!  I am extremely proud of you and I think God daily for 
you  and that he let me know and work with you. Keep the  faith!”

Greetings from Mike Key-N5KEY OK Section Emergency  Coordinator

HELLO TO ALL! : 
I WILL TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF LINES TO  INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM MIKE KEY 
-N5KEY, THE 
NEW SECTION EMERGENCY  COORDINATOR FOR OKLAHOMA. I AM AN EXTRA CLASS, AND 
HAVE BEEN LICENSED SINCE  1971. WE ARE GOING TO TRY SOME NEW STRUCTURING IN 
THE ORGANIZATION OF ARES IN  OKLAHOMA.

WE ARE APPOINTING SIX NEW ASSISTANT SECTION  EMERGENCY COORDINATORS, WHICH 
WILL BE KNOWN AS ZONE EMERGENCY COORDINATORS. THEY  WILL BE ASSIGNED ZONES IN NW 
, SW, NE, AND SE OKLAHOMA, AS WELL AS ONE IN THE  GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY METRO 
AREA AND THE GREATER TULSA AREA. INTERSTATE 35 AND  INTERSTATE 40 WILL DEFINE 
THE ZONES BORDERS, ROUGHLY. WE HOPE THESE NEW  POSITIONS WILL HELP KEEP 
INFORMATION ORGANIZED AS FAR AS ARES OFFICERS, TRAINING  PROGRAMS, AND LIASION DUTY 
WITH SERVED AGENCIES IN THEIR ZONES. 

WE  ARE WORKING HARD TO COMPILE AN UP TO DATE LIST OF ALL ARES OFFICERS IN  
OKLAHOMA, ALONG WITH A LIST OF TRAINING RECORDS AND SPECIAL SKILLS AND  
TRAINING. ALONG THESE LINES, WE ARE DESIGNING A NEW ARES APPLICATION. WE  
ARE ALSO ABOUT TO LAUNCH A NEW YAHOO GROUPS E-MAIL SERVICE FOR  
ARES-OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL BE FOR ARES-OKLAHOMA PERSONNEL AS AN INFORMATION  
CLEARING HOUSE. THIS WAY, ALL OF ARES-OKLAHOMA WILL BE AWARE OF WHAT IS  
HAPPENING IN THE STATE! 

WE ARE ALSO RE-DESIGNING THE  ARES-OKLAHOMA WEBB SITE. COMING SOON TO A 
THEATER NEAR YOU, (WE  HOPE!!!!!!).  

I AM ASKING THAT ALL OF THE DISTRICT EMERGENCY  COORDINATORS IN OKLAHOMA 
SEND ME THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, ALONG WITH THE  COUNTIES IN THEIR 
DISTRICTS, 
THE EC's UNDER THEM, AND ANY INFORMATION YOU  FEEL PERTINENT. 
MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS KEY at OUTDRS.NET OR  N5KEY at ARRL.NET.

WE ASK ALL ARES OFFICERS TO ESTABLISH N E-MAIL  FOREWARDING SERVICE THROUGH 
THE ARRL USING THEIR CALL SIGN AT ARRL.NET. THIS  WILL GREATLY SIMPLIFY CNTACT 
EFFORTS AND BOOKEEPING. MY PRIMARY TELEPHONE  CONTACT NUMBER IS 580-504-0869 
(CELL). AFTER 
HOURS, YOU CAN ALSO REACH ME AT  HOME, 580-223-5647. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 

P.O. BOX 38  
OVERBROOK, OKLAHOMA 73453. 

I AM LOCATED IN LOVE COUNTY OF  OKLAHOMA, NEAR 
LAKE MURRAY.  I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR  EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF 
ARES AND PUBLIC  SERVICE! 
73 TO ALL FOR NOW !  

MIKE KEY N5KEY -SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR 
AMATEUR RADIO  EMERGENCY SERVICE (ARES) 
OKLAHOMA

MIPS by Bob W5KCB, Assistant  Section Manager Oklahoma Section of Lawton, OK 

A Mass Immunization  And Prophylaxis Site (MIPS) exercise was conducted at 
the Grady County Seat in  Chickasha , OK on Wednesday, April 19, 2006.  ARES 
Amateur Radio Operators  provided the emergency communications. 

Bob, W5KCB, functioned as  the Communications Division Supervisor with Stan, 
WA7WNM, as his assistant.  Dale, KE5KCX, Paulette, KE5HCV, Randy, KE5HZQ, 
Richard, KE5HZU, Bill, AD5NK,  Dave, K5FOZ, Laqueta, KD5WEV, Renee, KE5BVK, Candy, 
KE5IAE, Myrna, KE5IAD,  Rockey, KE5EQC, Ilana, KD5UGP, Millie, KD5OBN, Gary, 
KE5GRV, Cindy, KE5HZP,  Shirley, KD5WEM and George, KK5QY manned the various 
operational sites during  the exercise. Sam, KE5EPY, manned the station at the 
Oklahoma State Health  Department.  Communications was linked from the 
Chickasha 145.230 repeater  to the Edmond 147.135 repeater and the Lawton 146.910 
repeater.  

Accolades were heard from all quarters with excellent ratings from  the 
Oklahoma Health Department Evaluators.

FAA Club Licensing Class  Success
Appreciation to Dave-K5FOZ for the update on the recent round  of another 
successful Amateur Radio licensing class. Earlier this month, 25  students tested 
for Amateur Radio operating privileges. 22 new technician  license holders 
were produced from the licensing class sponsored by this club  with an extra 
class operator also resulting from the session. Congratulations to  the students 
and all who helped so much in this process. K5FOZ reports that most  of the 
new license holders will be involved in upcoming Grady and Oklahoma  county 
Health Department exercises. Wonderful effort all the way around!  

Lake Country Tailgate April 1 and beyond Great time in Ardmore on  April 
fools day. Enjoyable group having a wonderful time equipment buying and  selling, 
getting acquainted and laughing. Had a well attended League forum with  all 
having time to discuss the good news of Amateur Radio while revealing topics  we 
all need to work on. Appreciation to all who attended this nicely done League 
 sanctioned event and are a source of strength/ team building. It is the 
quality  of these events that make our role as public service providers through 
Amateur  Radio possible and respected. Ever think that events like this are 
emergency  simulation exercises in a manner of thinking? What about our weekly 
nets, club  meetings, and meal gatherings? Seems if we get to know each other in 
these  settings we are better able to serve when duty calls. Do you agree? 
Thanks to  Kevin-N0IRW and all who helped pull this fun event together. Sure hope 
we can do  it again next year!

Affiliated Club Process, Changes and New  Affiliated Club Coordinator

Recognition to Jim-N5OHL for  serving the Oklahoma Section as ACC for several 
years. He improved club  communication, League presence and the number of 
League affiliated clubs. We now  have 29 clubs with ARRL affiliation with that 
number being 17 when Jim became  ACC. The newest affiliated clubs are the 
Dustbowl ARC in Guymon and the Muskogee  ARC. Thanks to Pam-N5KW for her effort with 
the Muskogee club. It is great to  have both clubs back affiliated.  An SM 
visit to the Dustbowl club is  planned for May 2 with appreciation to 
Austin-KB5IIM, and others, for making a  difference in their communities. 

Dave-NB5N from Tulsa is the new  ACC and brings great skills to the position 
and experience in the League field  organization. Dave is a past Oklahoma 
Section Manager and has accomplished  significant goals in the Tulsa Health 
Department Amateur Radio station(K5THD).  Let us hear from you to get your club 
affiliated or re-affiliated. Speaking of  K5THD a wonderful special event was held 
recently at this station. The event  celebrated World Health Day and helped 
communicate that point and the  purposefulness of Amateur Radio. 

Oklahoma Traffic Report by  Arlyn-KK5GY
March 2006
Sessions-234 Stations-2,490  Traffic-1,014

Public Service Honor Roll O.C.- WA5OUV  Arlyn-KK5GY Sam-W5CU

Station Activity Reports Cecil-KI5LQ  O.C.-WA5OUV Arley-WB5NKC Pat-WB5NKD 
Aryln-KK5GY Sam-W5CU

Kindly  send your reports to kk5gy at arrl.net

Upcoming  Events

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Sunday April 30th  Contact Tom-WA9AFM 
tmwebb at cox.net 

*Hamfest & Eyeball QSO  Saturday May 6 Tri-State Amateur Radio Group 
http://www.tsarg.org Talk-In:  146.625 - (PL 103.5); 146.520 simplex Contact Jay-K5GUD 
580 994 2751  K5gud at cneconnect.com 

*Oklahoma State Convention July 14-15  Oklahoma City Contact ne5s at arrl.net 
*League sanctioned event  

Best blessings from God to each of you!
73, John  Thomason-WB5SYT
Oklahoma Section Manager
Wb5syt at arrl.org
405 844 1800