9/14/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
Print Your Shack: Mic Holder Remix • Radioddity HF-010 First Impressions • Tech Tips: APRS • HamTube: POTA Roundup
Print Your Shack - Mic Holder Remix
Original mic-holder model on Printables
Tinkercad - duplicate, modify and combine designs.
Hardware - Radioddity HF-010
HF-010 user manual, v1.1 (PDF) - assembly, setup options and starting configurations.
Recent six-month follow-up - additional information released after my initial viewing.
Tech Tips - APRS
APRS.fi live map - explore stations, weather, objects and tracks.
APRS and local tactical information
Byonics MicroTrak AIO - the tracker family used by MDARC.
HamTube - Down the POTA Rabbit Hole
Michael Martens / KB9VBR - practical POTA and antenna advice. Featured video: 5 Tips for a Successful POTA Activation.
K8MRD / Ham Radio Tube - portable gear and field operating. Featured video.
Nine Foxtrot Radio / WQ9F - SSB activations and portable setups. Featured video.
GraymanPOTA / NW9F - activations, livestreams and field experiments. Featured video.
Ham Radio Prep - beginner-friendly guidance. Getting Started with POTA: Your First Activation.
N1JUR Amateur Radio - activations, antennas and practical portable operating.
KM4ACK - computers, software and technology for portable radio. PotaCat interview · PotaCat website.
Events and Club Links
Veterans Day Parade volunteer sign-up
Midwest City Veterans Day Parade information
8/10/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
3D-printed loading coil, Nexus amateur-radio workstation software, end-fed half-wave antennas, and VE testing.
3D Ham - Loading Coil YouTube video
Steve Ellington EFHW facebook page
7/13/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day results and lessons learned, Ham Holiday information, VE testing, and member projects.
6/8/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning, station equipment and volunteer assignments, Tribute to Liberty support, and VE testing.
5/11/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
Field Day planning, activities for Technician licensees, K6ARK 3D-printing projects, and VE testing.
4/13/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
Technician activities including nets, Skywarn, public service, listening and Field Day; VE testing and presentation ideas.
3/9/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
Upcoming events, VE testing, presentation ideas, and member radio projects and activities.
2/9/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
VE testing updates, upcoming hamfests, presentation ideas, and member projects and activities.
1/12/2026 - Second Monday Meeting
Winter Field Day planning, operating arrangements and volunteer needs, VE testing, and member projects.
11/10/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
AllStarLink node introduction and access, Veterans Day Parade preparations, CORA updates, and VE testing.
10/13/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
Veterans Day Parade planning, CORA updates, VE testing, and a presentation by Donald Ohse W5DRO (topic not specified in the agenda).
9/8/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
CORA updates, VE testing, upcoming events, and member projects and activities.
8/11/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
Ham Holiday review, Monday meeting plans, CORA updates, VE testing, and member projects.
7/14/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day and Tribute to Liberty reviews, Ham Holiday information, CORA updates, VE testing, and Monday meeting plans.
6/9/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning, Tribute to Liberty volunteer support, CORA updates, and VE testing.
5/12/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning, amateur-radio activities for Technicians, CORA updates, and VE testing.
4/14/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
WSPR introduction, receiving and transmitting, hardware and propagation data; Technician activities, Green Country Hamfest, and club updates.
3/10/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
Activities for Technician licensees, first-Saturday meeting discussion, CORA updates, and member projects.
2/10/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
KFOR tour, Winter Field Day feedback, Ada Hamfest recap, and member projects and activities.
1/13/2025 - Second Monday Meeting
Winter Field Day planning, feedback on Fuzzy’s, arrangements for the February meeting at KFOR, and member projects.
11/11/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
Veterans Day Parade review, Christmas party planning, meeting-location discussions, VE testing, and the video This Is Ham Radio by David Bell W6AG.
9/9/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
RF connectors, ham-shack tour, 442.950 MHz repeater update, Technician activities, and VE testing.
8/12/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
AIOC All-In-One Cable, Quansheng UV-K5 handheld radios and firmware, Ham Holiday recap, repeater updates, and VE testing.
7/8/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day and Tribute to Liberty reviews, ham-shack tour, 442.950 MHz repeater update, and VE testing.
6/10/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning, equipment and volunteer arrangements, 442.950 MHz repeater update, and VE testing.
4/8/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
Amateur-radio station and ham-shack discussion, 442.950 MHz repeater update, VE testing, and member projects.
3/11/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
Winter Field Day lessons learned, replacement of the 442.950 MHz repeater, and amateur-radio station basics.
1/8/2024 - Second Monday Meeting
Winter Field Day planning: stations, antennas, shelter, operating hours, supplies and volunteer roles; member projects.
11/13/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
Veterans Day Parade feedback, Christmas party planning, CORA updates, VE testing, and member projects.
9/11/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
Midwest City Community Improvement Grant proposals, CORA updates, VE testing, and plans for the October meeting.
8/14/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
VE and VEC overview, Ham Holiday recap, Midwest City Community Improvement Grant discussion, CORA updates, and VE testing.
ARRL VE Info
ARRL VEC - VOLUNTEER EXAMINER MANUAL, Ninth Edition. This manual and the Supplemental Information is available at:
The ARRL VE application and Open-Book Review form are included in the manual above.
More information is available at the ARRL VE resource page:
http://www.arrl.org/volunteer-examiners
7/10/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day recap and lessons learned, CORA and Ham Holiday updates, VE testing, and member projects.
6/12/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning: operating schedule, shelters, meals, volunteer assignments, outreach and VE testing.
5/8/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
ARRL Field Day planning, Tribute to Liberty participation and volunteer needs, VE testing, and member projects.
4/10/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
Logbook software options and features, Logbook of The World registration, Green Country Hamfest, and member projects.
3/13/2023 - Second Monday Meeting
Logbook of The World - Getting Started - Stan Hall N5TAN
Presentation
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YlUZWmkUm5U5TgIxLDZgLYsJ6YKjAKNlM0PiYyXpXNY/edit?usp=sharing
Additional Info
LoTW - Getting Started
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/getting-started/
Moving TQSL certificates to another computer
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/moving/
LoTW Login
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/default
NWS Weather Balloons - An Introduction - Stan Hall N5TAN
Presentation
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oTVPTVUjIy5JJeyAzy6TF9x9C0oMDPYi_-xOK51F6rM/edit?usp=sharing
Additional Info
ARRL Radiosonde info - Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdvgpV2_uAw
NWS weather balloon info
https://www.weather.gov/chs/upperair
NWS Radiosonde factsheet
https://www.weather.gov/upperair/factsheet
NWS Radiosonde info
https://www.weather.gov/upperair/radiosonde
IEEE article tracking weather balloons with SDR
https://spectrum.ieee.org/chasing-weather-balloons-with-sdr
Windows Radiosonde decoder software
https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/radiosonde-decoder.html
Radiosonde tracker
Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBy-bXEWZeM
Open source RTL-SDR radiosonde decoder - radiosonde_auto_rx
https://github.com/projecthorus/radiosonde_auto_rx/wiki
Open source esp32 TTGO radio sonde decoder - rdz_ttgo_sonde
https://github.com/dl9rdz/rdz_ttgo_sonde
MySondy - TTGO ESP32 firmware
https://mysondy.altervista.org/mysondygo.php
11/14/2022 - Second Monday Meeting
Amateur-radio digital-mode hardware with Stan Hall N5TAN, Veterans Day Parade, VE testing, holiday events, and member projects.