Add Your Club’s Field Day Event to the ARRL Locator
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.
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.
What is a Special Service Club? A club that exists to go above and beyond for their communities and for Amateur Radio is what defines a Special Service Club (SSC). They are the leaders in their Amateur Radio communities who provide active training classes, publicity programs and actively pursue technical projects and operating activities. Letting…
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…
Amateur Radio, a.k.a. Ham Radio, is a worldwide, licensed communications service. There are over 750,000 licensed ham operators in the United States (including over 20,000 in Oregon), and over 3 million worldwide. Ham radio operators use their skills and equipment to talk to other hams, near and far, over the airwaves. Ham Radio does not rely…
The Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention takes place in East Portand – Clackamas from August 15-17, 2025. This is an official ARRL convention, and this year, it’s hosted by Willamette Valley DX Club. (www.wvdxc.org) Learn about DXing. Learn about contesting. Make friends and make contacts! Convention prices (not including lodging) Adult – $150 Youth –…
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
George Cutsogeorge, W2VJN, Veneta, Oregon receives Yasme Excellence Award In his nearly 80 years as an amateur radio operator, he has made many contributions to the technical advancement of the amateur service through his articles, books and business endeavors. His passion for ham radio drove him to be constantly working to make improvements in the…