http://arrloregon.org/ en-gb This site is powered by e107, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL License. Administrator - dean@alpinesoft.com dean@alpinesoft.com Wed, 22 May 2013 05:22:39 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:22:39 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 http://www.arrloregon.org/e107_images/button.png http://arrloregon.org/ 88 31 Search ARRL Oregon Section query http://www.arrloregon.org/search.php http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.333.1 It's time to start planning for the 7QP weekend if that has not been on your mind already. Visit http://www.7QP.org for the current Planned Operations for Oregon:See all those empty counties? Don't assume that just because there may be a lot of hams in your county you can skip it. We need a lot more operators signing up for both fixed and mobile operations. We'd like to see five entries in each one. If you are going to play in the 7QP, please send an email to 7qpops@codxc.org and let us and the world know. Having your call in the table is an easy way to have the world looking for you - be rare for a day!We have been pulling all the strings to arrange for good propagation conditions on May 4. All the contest calendars have been informed. We are even bringing in mobiles from the east to run through some of the very rarest counties along the eastern edges of Montana and Wyoming. In Oregon we are doing our part to make this the best QSO party of the year.Big news from N1MM-Logger. No, it has nothing to do with chain saws. This most popular FREE logging software has been upgraded to allow entry of multiple county exchanges. If a station in Arizona sends AZGHM/GLE, you enter that in the exchange block. You get credit for two QSOs, and Graham and Greenlee Counties. That's no big deal for us in Oregon (it only counts as Arizona) but this also happens with exchanges from the Indiana and New England QSO parties that share our weekend. If you have never tried a logging program, you need to check one out. There's a list of FREE and low cost programs on the 7QP web site. Click the Logging Software link along the left hand edge of the page.So there you have it. We are shaking the trees and kicking the bushes to get the word out. Once the table gets filled in we can concentrate on filling in the bare spots and strong-arming the usual suspects. Hey, we've got Gilliam County covered already. Anyone want to light up Curry County? It's wide open and there's nobody home.....73, and thanks for your support of the 7QP,-- Dick Frey k4xu7QP captain for Oregon http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:00:00 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.333.1 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.336.10 RN7 C/4 REPORT FOR MARCH 2013:APRIL 10, 2013 3560 KHZ @ 1930 AND 2130 HOURSPACIFIC TIME--------------------------------------------------------------------------------SESSIONS 62QTC 143 TIME 371 This report is being sent to Oregon ARES and NTS stations this month, just to let you know that there is a Regional CW NTS net; if you are interested in CW nets, OSN also meets at 6:30and 10 PM on 3569. REPRESENTATION %ATN 16BCEN 89IMN 99WSN 99OSN 99Thanks to all who QNI RN7!! Ralph VE7OM is working evening shift, hopes to be backwith us soon. Also thanks to those of you who QNG RN7 while the boss ZZZ's in hischair!! You know who you are: N7EIE, W7ZIW, K7BFL, W7GB, VE7DWG, N7CM, the GOODGUYS and GALS!! Several TCC skeds are available if you are interested, its great to work these goodoperators from Central and Eastern Area. Its only once a week and doesn't take longto do. Let me know and I will put you on track to K0TER and K6YR.Also theres slots available if you would like to be a Transmit (TX) or Receive (RX)to PAN, which meets on 7052 Summer Schedule beginning April 15Z.At SeaPac we will have an informal NTS meeting, same location as usual: Sea MistRoom on ground floor, last room on the right. 10:30 till Noon on Saturday May 31.73 from Scott Gray W7IZRN7 Manager http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:09:05 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.336.10 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.335.10 OREGON STM REPORT FOR MARCH 2013: April 10, 2013--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NET ACTIVITY FOR MARCH 2013: OEN HAS 2 SESSIONS PER DAY, 62 SESSIONS THIS MONTHOREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7,812; QTC 24, KG7UY NET MGRBEAVER STATE NET: QNI 678, QTC 161, KK7TN NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 210, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 103, QTC 53, KC7SRL NET MGRNORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 622, QTC 164, N7YSS NET MGRSTATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR MARCH 2013:K7EAJ 296 Ernie K7EAJ is NTSD Target Station for Oregon and handles LOTS of trafficas U see!!W7IZ 273 Scott is Net Manager of RN7 Cycle 4, a CW net that meets daily 7:30 and9:30 pmN7YSS 142 Uncle Dave is Net Mgr of NTTN which covers Portland/Vancouver at 6:05 pmdailyN7CM 61 Claire N7CM is xyl of K7EAJ, both live in Hillsboro, both are active ARESand NTSKC7SRL 46 Kurt KC7SRL in Cave Junction is Net Mgr of OSN second sessionKK7DEB 45 Debbie KK7DEB in Fairview delivers more NTS traffic than all of us!!W7ELI 29 Eliza W7ELI in Fairview is very active in NTS and ARES, delivers LOTS oftraffic too!WS7L 19 Carl WS7L in Hillsboro is Net Mgr of OSN first sessionW7VSE 7 Vic W7VSE in Medford was Oregon STM for over 20 years!KG7AVF 2 Welcome Ray, KG7AVF in Bend, reporting for first time!PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL FOR MARCH 2013:N7CM 205K7EAJ 205KK7DEB 141N7XG 110N7YSS 110KK7TN 100KD7THV 92--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to all who reported this month!! 73 from Scott Gray W7IZOregon Section Traffic Mgr http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:04:46 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.335.10 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.334.1 Please click on the calendar on the top right of the screen for a list of events throughout the Oregon Section. Please contact Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, at ab7zq@arrl.net in order to get events added to this calendar. http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:00:00 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.334.1 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.332.8 SECTION NEWS JULY 2012Hi everyone. I know I said I would send out a section news while I was recovering from surgery but I don't seem to have gotten everything done that I expected to while I was recovering. I took more naps than I expected, even though I didn't need to take any of the narcotics they gave me after I got home. I was fine with just the prescription-strength Ibuprofen. Everything came back from pathology as benign after surgery so that is good news. They did an open procedure and took everything out intact just in case it didn't come back benign but I was fortunate. I was released from the hospital on Sunday June 2nd (while you were all leaving Seapac). I am back to work at my part-time job at the state hospital but I am coming home early since I get tired and uncomfortable sitting in a chair all day. I come home and take a nap, then I'm up late.Because of all that I missed Seapac as well as field day activities. I did get a call with some NTS (National Traffic System) messages sent to me from field day sites and received some field day messages in Airmail. Beginning this year, ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) started the Drew Holmes (W7GER) Memorial Field Day Award. The ARES unit who operates at their EOC (Emergency Operations Center) or COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) site as a class F station and makes the most contacts will receive that award. If your ARES unit operated on field day, please make sure Vince Van Der Hyde, K7VV, receives your contact records. Mark and I had dinner at the Spirit Mountain Casino buffet tonight and we ran into him and Frank Gruber. He said he hasn't received any field logs yet for this award other than OEM (Oregon Emergency Management).I will be going down to the Coos County hamfest this weekend. At the moment it sounds like my husband is planning to go with me. We'll know for sure when I'm ready to head out the driveway. I made reservations at the Mill RV Park for both Friday and Saturday nights. I know I'll be too tired to drive home after hanging out at the hamfest all day. That way I can take my time getting down there on Friday and have a leisurely trip back home on Sunday. I hope to see many of you down there.I haven't gotten a lot of news well organized right now since I got way behind on my ham radio email and just got caught up quickly over the weekend. I will be going to the Hoodview club on Thursday night so I will get myself current on what is going on before then. http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:00:31 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.332.8 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.330.10 OREGON STM REPORT FOR JUNE 2012:JULY 11, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET ACTIVITY FOR JUNE 2012: OEN HAD 60 SESSIONS, EVERYONE ELSE HAD 30 SESSIONS. OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 6,959; QTC 15, KG7UY NET MGRBEAVER STATE NET: QNI 577, QTC 103, KK7TN NET MGROREGON SECTION NET#1: QNI 184, QTC 77, WS7L NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 113, QTC 110, KC7SRL NET MGRNORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 479, QTC 125, N7YSS NET MGR STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR JUNE 2012: W7IZ 384K7EAJ 141N7YSS 97N7CM 91KC7SRL 55W7VSE 32W7ELI 29KK7DEB 28WS7L 24 PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL FOR JUNE 2012: N7CM 260K7EAJ 260N7XG 110N7YSS 110KK7DEB 99KK7TN 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanx to all who reported this month, hope your summer is going great!! See you around the traffic nets/73 Scott W7IZOregon Section Traffic Mgr http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:00:31 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.330.10 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.331.10 OREGON STM REPORT FOR MAY 2012:JUNE 11, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------NET ACTIVITY FOR MAY 2012: OEN HAD 62 SESSIONS, OTHERS HAD 31 SESSIONS. OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7042, QTC 14, KG7UY NET MGRDISTRICT #1 ARES NET: QNI 738, QTC 32, KC7ZZB NET MGRBEAVER STATE NET: QNI 619, QTC 129, KK7TN NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 186, QTC 79, WS7L NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 109, QTC 74, KC7SRL NET MGRNORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 530, QTC 128, N7YSS NET MGR STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR MAY 2012: K7IFG 245 *BPL* ORIGINATED 111K7EAJ 213W7IZ 197N7YSS 136N7CM 130KC7SRL 52W7ELI 29KK7DEB 24W7VSE 22WS7L 18 PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL FOR MAY 2012: N7CM 130K7EAJ 130KK7DEB 119N7XG 110N7YSS 110KK7TN 82KD7THV 47--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NTS Meeting at SeaPac was a good success, great to see everyone who attended. Best wishes to Bonnie AB7ZQ who recently had surgery, hoping you mend quickly! 73/Scott Gray W7IZOregon Section Traffic Mgr http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:00:31 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.331.10 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.329.8 Hi everyone,I am long overdue for a section news and wanted to go ahead and get one out. I will update my calendar to ensure that I get these out monthly. Please feel free to send me information that you would like me to announce in the news.I am sure you are all looking forward to SeaPac. It is always a good time - a great time to see people around the section that we don't see often. Unfortunately I have just learned that this year I will not be able to attend for the first time. I am scheduled for surgery at the hospital in McMinnville on May 31st and expect to be in the hospital for 2-3 days and have at least a 3-4 week recovery afterwards. Fortunately Mark is a good cook and will take care me! All tests so far have come with good results so I expect the results of all this will be good but it is a situation I need to take care of as soon as possible in order to make sure nothing serious is wrong. I felt it was important to take the earliest surgery date I was offered. I will provide more of an update after I am home from the hospital and plan to send out the June section news while I am relaxing in my recliner recovering from surgery. This will be the first surgery I have had in my entire life so this will be a new experience for me. Because of the expected recovery period I will probably need to stay close to home for field day instead of traveling to other areas of the state as I had planned.I believe that most of the section appointees will be at SeaPac so feel free to visit with them about their activities in the section. They are listed here:Assistant Section Manager - ARRL Membership Development - Everett W Curry Jr, W6ABMAssistant Section Manager - Southwestern Oregon - Dan Bissell, W7WVFAssistant Section Manager - Youth and Mentoring - Russ Mickiewicz, N7QRAssistant Section Manager - Administrative - Pat Roberson, W7PATAffiliated Club Coordinator - Dan Bathurst, WA7ABUOfficial Observer Coordinator - Everett W Curry Jr, W6ABMSection Emergency Coordinator - Vince VanDerHyde, K7VVState Government Liaison - Kevin E Curry, KA7KYQSection Traffic Manager - D Scott Gray, W7IZTechnical Coordinator - Ron Fial, KO7VI pulled out a couple of interesting announcement from my email. Earlier this year I was notified that the Seaside Tsunami Amateur Radio Society had elected all women board. I suspect this is somewhat unusual in ham radio. Their board members are: President Pat Love KE7RBM Vice-President Terry Williams KE7QFR Secretary Carolyn Lee KE7OXP Treasurer Vianne Patterson KE7ZFM Below is the current Oregon STM report.OREGON STM REPORT FOR APRIL 2012:MAY 11, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------NET ACTIVITY FOR APRIL 2012: ALL NETS HAD 30 SESSIONS EXCEPT OEN WHICH HAD 60OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7317, QTC 10, KG7UY NET MGRBEAVER STATE NET: QNI 611, QTC 121, KK7TN NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 184, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 116, QTC 93, KC7SRL NET MGRNORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 504, QTC 119, N7YSS NET MGR--------------------------------------------------------------------------------STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR APRIL 2012: W7IZ 264, K7IFG 234, K7EAJ 190, N7YSS 115, N7CM 85, KC7SRL 53, KK7DEB 40, W7ELI 26, WS7L 22, W7VSE 15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL FOR APRIL 2012: KD7THV 285**Congrats on your new General ticket, Rick!!, N7CM 170, K7EAJ 160, KK7DEB 120, N7XG 110, N7YSS 110, KK7TN 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to all who reported this month!! Hope to see you at SeaPac Saturday morning, NTS has a meeting in the Sea Mist Room from 10:30 till Noon. 73/Scott Gray W7IZOregon Section Traffic MgrPlease feel free to contact me at any time.Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQOregon Section Manager http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Fri, 11 May 2012 19:41:31 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.329.8 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.327.10 OREGON STM REPORT FOR APRIL 2012:MAY 11, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET ACTIVITY FOR APRIL 2012: ALL NETS HAD 30 SESSIONS EXCEPT OEN WHICH HAD 60 OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7317, QTC 10, KG7UY NET MGRBEAVER STATE NET: QNI 611, QTC 121, KK7TN NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 184, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGROREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 116, QTC 93, KC7SRL NET MGRNORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 504, QTC 119, N7YSS NET MGR-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR APRIL 2012: W7IZ 264K7IFG 234K7EAJ 190N7YSS 115N7CM 85KC7SRL 53KK7DEB 40W7ELI 26WS7L 22W7VSE 15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL FOR APRIL 2012: KD7THV 285**Congrats on your new General ticket, Rick!!N7CM 170K7EAJ 160KK7DEB 120N7XG 110N7YSS 110KK7TN 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all who reported this month!! Hope to see you at SeaPac Saturday morning, NTS has a meeting in the Sea Mist Room from 10:30 till Noon. 73/Scott Gray W7IZOregon Section Traffic Mgr http://www.arrloregon.org/comment.php?comment.news. Bonnie Altus<ab7zq@nospam.com> Fri, 11 May 2012 19:40:22 -0700 http://www.arrloregon.org/news.php?item.327.10