June 2026 is Amateur Radio Month in Oregon! Get out there and talk up ham radio! Governor Tina Kotek has issued a proclamation designating June as “Amateur Radio Month” in Oregon. Oregon, with a population of just over 4 million, has over 20,000 amateur radio operators. That’s the third highest per capita number of hams…
Today’s equipment simply begs to be taken portable. When I was licensed in 1984, you could find a few compact HF radios – Icom IC-735, Kenwood TS-120S, Yaesu FT-757GX – but I was taught to be wary of solid state radios because the transistors were “fragile,” so my first rig was a Novice-proof radio called…
The Oregon section has a new Assistant Section Youth Coordinator! Ethan Looney, KK7UYXY, is a very experienced and talented 16 year old amateur radio operator. He founded the Oregon Youth Amateur Radio Club, has earned DXCC, and participated in the PJ6Y Saba DXpedition. He will be working with Oregon’s Section Youth Coordinators, Affiliated Clubs Coordinator,…
The American Legion Post 10 (Albany) Ham station has come online! It is available for use by Post 10 members (Legion, Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion and Legion Riders) holding a valid Amateur Radio License and verified by the Command Office, and Scouts and Cub Scouts who wish to earn their Radio Merit Badge…
The Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act is working its way through congress and needs your help. Clubs and individuals can help in this effort. The process for individuals is very, very easy. https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/ The process for clubs is slightly more involved. https://send-a-letter.org/club/ There is a video that has been produced by the ARRL as well….
ARRL Oregon Section CLUBS meeting Wednesday, Sept. 10 @ 6 p.m. PDT Are you an officer in your radio club? Are you trying to build membership? Are you trying to engage your members? Clubs are the backbone of ham radio. We meet quarterly to discuss our clubs, things we can do better, things we know work, things we should never…
We commemorated the 2025 Oregon State Fair by operating as w7o. Requested by Mike, WA7SKG, we had the callsign w7o for the duration of the State Fair (August 22 – September 1). Oregon’s amateur radio operators used the w7o callsign and handed out over 1800 commemorative QSOs during the period of August 22 – September…
Are you passionate about and love talking about ham radio? Are you OK with crowds? We (a collective of passionate hams) are doing a ham radio booth at the Oregon State Fair in Salem. You can be a part of it. We will be active from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, 8/22, Monday, 8/25,…
The Oregon section (and N7DUX University of Oregon Radio Club) are the home of TWO students who received scholarships from the ARRL Foundation for the 2025-2026 school year! Ellie is a University of Oregon student and president of the N7DUX club, and received a $3,000 scholarship from QCWA. Fedor is also a student at UO…
Nearly 70 hams did some serious hiking as part of this summer’s W7O SOTA Campout at Crater Lake. Click the link to watch WA7JNJ’s video.
