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…
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…
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
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…
Members of the Willamette Valley DX Club (Oregon and SW Washington) are using the W7AC and W7RM callsigns to celebrate WVDXC’s 70th anniversary. This will carry on for the entirety of the 2025 calendar year. The club will be making electronic certificates available for stations that contact the club over the air. WVDXC was founded in…
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…
