Oregon W7O SOTA Campout video
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.
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 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…
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…
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,…
By Gubernatorial proclamation… June is Amateur Radio MONTH in Oregon! Feel free to download the proclamation, print it, repost it, get visibility for Amateur Radio. This month belongs to ALL of us! If you’d like a copy, you can right click and download it, or email me at ars.n7ji@gmail.com. Scott N7JI ARRL Oregon Section Manager…