JUNE 2026 IS AMATEUR RADIO MONTH IN OREGON!

June 2026 is Amateur Radio Month in Oregon!
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!
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.
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…
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…
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 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…