If you were thinking that ham radio was a hobby that only sucked your wallet dry, think again. Amateur Radio Digital Corporation (ARDC) is a significant contributor to ham radio scholarships to the tune of a significant fraction of a million dollars annually, with multiple annual scholarships of between $5,000 and $25,000. Other clubs and…
We are NOW activating W7O across Oregon to commemorate the Oregon State Fair. August 26 – September 9, 2026 Our volunteer operators, located all over the state of Oregon, are handing out QSOs. YOU can be one of these volunteer operators, too! We’re operating from the State Fair in Salem, although antennas are “compromised.” And…
Congratulations to Ethan, KK7UXY, of Albany, Oregon, who has been appointed to the position of Section Youth Coordinator for the Oregon Section. He is an avid young extra class operator who earned DXCC in his first two years of being licensed. He is a member of the Willamette Valley DX Club, remotely operated as part…
W1AW/7 Oregon begins Tuesday 8/19 @ 5 p.m. PDT. It runs for 7 days (168 hours). Contact N7JI to obtain access to the signup spreadsheet. ARRL members transmitting from Oregon ARRL clubs transmitting from Oregon Keep electronic logs. Keep track of your county. Keep track of your grid. Submit adif files to me. Sign up…
June 27-28 was Field Day. It was a lot of fun. It rained A LOT. Dozens of clubs and many more individuals in Oregon participated, making thousands of QSOs and passing out Oregon to the rest of North America (and beyond). If you have photos you wish to share, please send them to… Scott N7JI…
What is ODART? ODART is the Oregon Disaster Airlift Response Team. ODART will be carrying out a statewide amateur radio communications path checking event. The goal is to create a map of working communications paths between airfields in the state. There will also be an aeronautical mobile station aloft over the NW corner of the…
Another June, another Seaside. Food, friends, flea market, forums, sold-out events, and atmosphere on the NW Oregon coast. Rented a house, put up antennas, had a great time. If you didn’t make it, plan on June 3-6, 2027. I got to meet so many people that my voice was completely shot by the end.
Dear Oregon ARRL members: Our upcoming Oregon W1AW/7 operation needs you to sign up and make QSOs from June 3-9. As part of ARRL Year of the Club and America 250 celebrations, the W1AW callsign is traveling all over the country and being operated from each state for two weeks during the year. ARRL-affiliated clubs…
June 2026 is Amateur Radio Month in Oregon! Get out there and talk up ham radio! Governor Tina Kotek has issued a proclamation designating June as “Amateur Radio Month” in Oregon. Oregon, with a population of just over 4 million, has over 20,000 amateur radio operators. That’s the third highest per capita number of hams…
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…
