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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
