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.
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…
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…
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!
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…
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 –…
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…