SM052 - Oklahoma Upcoming Hamfests

Two Oklahoma Hamfests are still on the calendar for 2025. Amateur radio operators attend hamfests to buy things, sell things, learn things, take license tests, and meet old and new friends.

Enid Hamfest
The Enid Hamfest is on Saturday, September 20, 2025; tickets are available online at https://enidarc.org/store. Save $2 and order early, online!

Ardmore Hamfest Texoma Hamarama
The Ardmore Hamfest, Texoma Hamarama, is on October 11, 2025; tickets are available online at https://hamarama.org/tix. Save $2 and order early, online!

Ardmore Texoma Hamarama – Super Raffle

The Texoma Hamarama Hamfest has another super raffle for a Yaesu FT-DX101D HF-50 MHz 100-watt super radio. Get your tickets before we run out at  https://hamarama.org/super/. This 100-watt HF radio is an awesome flagship model. This radio is valued at well over $4,000. Raffle tickets are only $20, with only 300 tickets sold.

The winner of this prize does not have to be present to win, and the winner will be announced at the 2025 Texoma Hamarama Hamfest. So, even if you can’t come, you can participate in the action!

Hamfest Survey

To learn more about what you want at future hamfests, I have built a quick survey to let you help the Oklahoma hamfests build better events in 2026. Please take about 2 minutes to respond to this survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JP2C8VP. All results are anonymous, and I’ll share the results with all of the Oklahoma hamfests. Thanks in advance!!!!

Oklahoma Hamfest Schedule
Elk City – Early March
Altus – Late March
Green Country – Mid April
Oklahoma City – Late July
Enid – Mid September
Ardmore – Late October

All the details about OK hamfests are available online at: https://ok.arrl.org/hamfests/

Plan now, and see you there!!!

Clubs

Amateur radio clubs are the backbone of the hobby. The tremendous local hams have good information, and as Elmers or mentors they love to share it. Send something that your club is doing well to me n5hzr@arrl.org, and I’ll feature your club in this newsletter, and on the ARRL club newsletter. Most clubs are seeing an increase in new member activity recently. Our Oklahoma Affiliated Club Coordinator, Jim Shideler W5JCS, can help you find a club or help your club become affiliated. We currently have 39 clubs listed at https://ok.arrl.org/clubs/. Look for a club near you, or verify that your club is on the list. Send Jim an email at W5JCS@arrl.net if you need club assistance.

ARRL Oklahoma is On The Web

• OK.ARRL.ORG — https://ok.arrl.org/

• ARESOK —  https://aresok.org/
• ARRL.org —  http://www.arrl.org/sections/view/oklahoma
• Blogspot —  http://arrlok.blogspot.com/
• Facebook —  https://www.facebook.com/arrloklahoma
• Twitter —  https://twitter.com/arrl_OK/
• ARRL Member Emails —  https://www.arrl.org/myarrl-account-management#!/edit-info-email_subscriptions

JOIN/RENEW ARRL NOW —  http://arrl.org/join/

73, de N5HZR — Stand by, more follows…

SM051 - Ham Holiday 2025 and Super Raffle

 Ham Holiday 2025 OKC Hamfest July 25/26 – Super Raffle

Ham Holiday 2025 is Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26, 2025. Tickets are available online at https://hamholiday.com/tix/. Bring your amateur radio friends or make new ones here. This year, we are having a super raffle for a Yaesu FT-DX101D HF-50 MHz 100 watt radio. Get your tickets before we run out at https://hamholiday.com/raffle/ .This 100-watt HF radio is an awesome flagship model. This radio is valued at well over $3,200. Raffle tickets are only $20, with only 300 tickets sold.

The winner of this prize does not have to be present to win, and the winner will be announced at the 2025 Ham Holiday Hamfest.

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On Friday, July 25, the doors will be open from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm, with the Ham Holiday Friday Banquet starting at 6:30 pm. Banquet tickets are still available. This year our banquet speaker is Tim Duffy K3LR, CEO of DX Engineering. Tim was an Edmond club member before transplanting to Pennsylvania. Tim will talk about where he sees the amateur radio hobby. This year, through the generosity of ICOM and DX Engineering, the main raffle prize for the banquet is an ICOM 7300 radio. This fan-favorite transceiver covers the HF through 50MHz bands with 100 W of output power, has sold over 100,000 units worldwide. You must have a 2025 banquet ticket and must be present to win!!

Friday Banquet
Banquet ticketing information is available on the tickets page.
Saturday, July 26, the doors are open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Location
All of this happens at Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S May, Oklahoma City, just south of I-240, on May Ave. There is some construction on 74th Ave, so take a look at the construction update on https://hamholiday.com.

Flea Market
Buy, sell, trade, and learn all about amateur radio at Ham Holiday 2025.

Ham Holiday 2025 is a two-day HamFest held continuously since 1974. Ham Holiday will again be at the Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) in Southwest Oklahoma City this year. We will be in the OCCC Student Union. Follow the arrows when you get to campus and head to Parking Lot D.
There will also be forums or classes to help you gain knowledge and learn something new about various topics.

The amateur radio license examination session will be at 12:30 pm on Saturday. You can get your amateur radio license, or upgrade your ticket right on-site, for no testing fee.

Super Raffle
In addition to the great door prizes, this year, we have a special limited raffle for a chance to win that Yeasu FT-DX101D radio worth over $3,200. Only 300 twenty-dollar tickets will be sold for this raffle and they are going fast. Please get your tickets today before they run out.

You can get your tickets online today or at the door, and we’ll see you there.

73

SM050 – Field Day 2025 and OK NTS Additional Contest

 

What is Field Day?

ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth full weekend of June each year, thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups, or friends to operate remotely.

Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest, and, most of all, FUN! For more information and to find the nearest field day site, visit ARRL’s Field Day site at https://www.arrl.org/field-day

We use these same skills when we help with events such as marathons and bike-a-thons, fund-raisers such as walk-a-thons, celebrations such as parades, and exhibits at fairs, malls, and museums, which are all large, preplanned, non-emergency activities.

OK NTS Contest for Field Day 2025

THIS YEAR, we have added an extension to let you send radiograms and transfer messages through Amateur Radio. The object is to exchange as many NTS messages as possible on the 40m, 80m, and 2m bands.

For more information…

All of the details and information are available at the OK NTS Contest 2025 flyer at https://ok.arrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/OKNTS-2025.pdf

Clubs

Amateur radio clubs are the backbone of the hobby. All of the tremendous local hams have good information, and as Elmers or mentors, they love to share it. Send me something that your club is doing well at n5hzr@arrl.org, and I’ll feature your club in this newsletter. Most clubs have seen an increase in new member activity during the pandemic. Our Oklahoma Affiliated Club Coordinator, Jim Shideler W5JCS, can help you find a club or help your club become affiliated. We currently have 38 clubs listed on the ARRL Find-a-club directory at http://www.arrl.org/find-a-club. Look for a club near you, or verify that your club is on the list. Send Jim an email at W5JCS@arrl.net if you need club assistance.