Oklahoma Repeater Society Inc

The purpose of the Society is

To render public service through Amateur Radio, and
To gather and disseminate information concerning Amateur radio operation especially in the frequency modulation mode and repeater operation, and
To coordinate efforts and establish standards in regard to repeater systems and associated functions, and
To associate with groups similarly constituted in order to broaden the scope and function of Amateur Radio as a service in the public interest, convenience or necessity, and
To encourage experimentation by the Society members in advanced techniques in the use of repeaters in order that the general technical excellence of repeater systems shall be improved, and
To provide a forum for discussion of spectrum utilization and the achievement of maximum compatibility between various users of the Amateur Radio Bands.

Construction Permits New or Renewed

Submitted by wb5osm on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 21:57

Call	Output	Input	CTCSS	District	County	City	Type	Comments
KC5TDG	145.450	144.850	100.0	SOUTHWEST	Murray	Davis	REPEATER	Local Coverage
WB5UCP	147.375	147.975	123.0	SOUTHEAST	Leflore	Big Cedar	REPEATER	1000' HAAT! Progress being made construction permit renewed
KE5BAL	444.075	449.075		SOUTHEAST	Carter	Ardmore	REPEATER	Received all clear from Tx! It's a go 3/28/09
W5HFZ	52.810	51.110	131.8	NORTHWEST	Harper	Buffalo	REPEATER	Recently issued
W5KO	145.330	144.730	88.5	NORTHEAST	Okmulgee	Preston	REPEATER	Just issued
N5PTV	927.4875	902.4875	123.0	SOUTHWEST	Grady	Tuttle	REPEATER	Recently issued

Recent Repeater Coordinations

Submitted by wb5osm on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 13:11

ORSI Welcomes the following new systems to the air!

Call	Output	Input	CTCSS	District	County	City	Type
KE5IOB	442.150	447.150	141.3	OKC	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	REPEATER
W5HFZ	145.130	144.530	131.8	NORTHWEST	Harper	Buffalo	REPEATER
W5HFZ	145.170	144.570	131.8	NORTHWEST	Ellis	Catesby	REPEATER
W5HFZ	442.050	447.050	131.8	NORTHWEST	Woods	Camp Houston	REPEATER
W5HFZ	442.075	447.075	131.8	NORTHWEST	Harper	Buffalo	REPEATER
KA5LSU	145.170	144.570	123.0	NORTHWEST	Logan	Seward	SNP

* SNP Local coverage repeater or short range system

Enid Hamfest and Spring 2010 Meeting

Submitted by wb5osm on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 11:43

ORSI is consdering having an informational table at the Enid Hamfest 07-Nov-2009. We are also looking at the possibility of holding our Spring 2010 meeting in the Northwestern District.

Coordinated Repeater Listings for Oklahoma

Updated 30-May-2009

The ORSI board voted to list all coordinations, where a trustee requested non-publication, we will only publish the frequency, county, coordination date and update dates. Then show it as a closed access repeater.

This Oklahoma database was published here as of 30-May-2009. The database as of Circa 16-Jan-2009 was sent to the ARRL for use in this year's edition of the "Repeater Directory." The ARRL sent the data for the 2009-2010 Repeater Directory to the printer on 30-Jan-2009, any updates received after this date will NOT be published in the 09/10 "RD".

Frequency Coordination Issues and Answers

Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:01

What is a Shared non-protected pair?
It was asked about using 145.25 for a network of repeater for disaster work, so one would never be out of range of one.
How or who do we work with in the surrounding states?
What if someone puts up a repeater in one of the surrounding states that interferes with my repeater?
What if the trustee of that repeater says he is coordinated, but it is through a coordination group that we don’t know or recognize?
So what about the mess in Texas? What is ORSI doing about it?
What is the biggest problem we have here in Oklahoma?
Speaking of that, “I want a repeater pair for my area; you say there are no pairs available. You guys have one listed, but I have not heard it on the air for a long time. What’s the deal?

Some of you have changed your mailing address

Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 15:29

Some of you have changed your mailing address, please email us with an update of that. If we have too much trouble tracking you down, it could jeopardize your coordination.

Merlin Griffin WB5OSM
Frequency Coordinator
Oklahoma Repeater Society inc.

Dues should be mailed to

ORSI Treasurer
PO Box 7914
Edmond OK
73083-7914

2009 Meeting Information

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 15:27

The 2009 Fall Meeting is in Stillwater OK. Date & Time to be announced.

Please note

Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 15:25

New coordination, unless on 145.25, will only be protected for 90 miles, and must use coordinated PL tones. Meaning, we will guide the repeater trustee in PL selection, so that adjacent repeaters will not use the same PL tone. 145.25 remains as the shared-non protected pair on two meters. We are working on some SNP pairs on 70 CM.