Oregon has THREE new ARRL-affiliated clubs! Oregon Youth ARC, K7OYA. Visit https://k7oya.radio/ Salem Amateur Repeater Group, K7ATV. https://www.wa7abu.com/ Central Oregon Coast ARC, W7FLO. https://www.w7flo.com/ Congratulations to our new ARRL-affiliated clubs!
The IARU is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary on April 18, 2025. ARRL is celebrating by sponsoring “Ham Radio Open House,” which is an effort to have hams in North America open their stations to the public and talk about ham radio. To participate, or for more information, visit… https://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day
During the last Oregon Radio Clubs Meeting, we discussed benefits of becoming an ARRL affiliated club, and how to apply for and maintain ARRL affiliation. Benefits include: Access to Liability Insurance New Member Referrals Membership Recruitment Commissions Mailing Lists ARRL Annual Report There are four club categories: Local Amateur Radio Clubs (category one) Regionally or…
Make sure you post your club’s Field Day event on the ARRL’s Field Day Locator site. Many use it when traveling during Field Day weekend and media outlets can use it as well.
We had multiple clubs whose media outreach led to great promotion of Field Day 2025. One was The Forest Grove News Times that shared what the Portland Amateur Radio Club is doing, and another was the Central Oregon Coast ARC (COCARC) in Florence, which obtained proclamations from Dunes City and Florence as this week being…
Winter Field Day can be a great way to get hams involved and on the air. It takes place on the last weekend of January. Clubs can use it to help participants improve their preparedness for disasters and enhance their operational abilities in adverse conditions—or to just get on the air at a club or…
