Welcome to the ARRL Oregon Section website My goal is to make sure this website is always current during my term(s) as section manager. I want to have as many communication methods available as possible to hear what you in the Oregon section have to say. This is one of many ways for me to hear you. I welcome any suggestions for content. With the help of the section leadership, it will be added to continually. I look forward to working with you and am making plans to visit all the affiliated clubs in the state during my first year in office and hope to be able to participate in some of your activities. I have visited some ARES groups as well.
Also please keep in mind that this website is a work in progress and we will do our best to keep it updated with the information provided by our amateur radio community. Currently login access is limited to the Oregon cabinet. As we make more features available you will be notified via the arrloregon Yahoo Group. Join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrloregon/.
I also send regular informational emails to the yahoo group. Most of what I send will appear in the next SM report, but by being in the yahoo group, you get advance notice of the news.
The Western Oregon Radio Club has completed installation of a complete Icom D-Star repeater system recently. All three digital voice repeaters are in operation as well as a 23cm D-Star digipeater. The voice repeaters are able to communicate through the US national trust server and connect throughout much of the world using callsign linking or repeater linking. The repeaters provide useful coverage in much of the Portland-Vancouver area and allow digital cross band communications between D-Star users locally. These repeaters are open for any amateur to use and may be accessed by visiting D-Star users who have registered with a D-Star system anywhere in the US. The WORC continues to operate a large linkable system of FM repeaters on 10m through 23cm Bands in the Northwest corner of Oregon, providing coverage from Astoria to the Cascades, From Longview WA to south of Corvallis. For information about the Western Oregon Radio Club systems, see www.worc.info on the internet. The Radio Amateurs of the Gorge new club website at W7RAG.com is now up and running. Before we had a website, hardly anyone besides members of the club knew we existed. Now, information about the club will be searchable and readily available to the public. The website will be a repository of newsletter articles, how-to’s, and features about events club members are involved in. Informative things like frequency charts, net schedules, and lists of upcoming events can now reside on the website, making them available from any computer. No longer will you have to be at your own desk or computer to look at a newsletter; you can now see it even if you are at a library or internet cafe.
The hams in Lincoln County report that REACH THE BEACH will be using the Mt Hebo 147.220 repeater all day on May 15. Approximately 3000 bicycles are heading for Pacific City from the Willamette Valley on that day. The safety, health, and welfare of all the cyclists is managed by a network of ham radio portable, fixed, and mobile units. Feel free to listen and monitor the activity on 147.220. The McMinnville Amateur Radio Club (MARC) is honoring Betty Anderson, N7DRP who is turning 90 this month, who is one of MARC charter members. Congratulations Betty! The Radio Operators Association of Dallas (ROADS) May meeting will be a dinner with limited “meeting”. It will be held on May 20th at 6 PM at Farroll’s Restaurant, located on Hwy 99 adjacent to the Polk County Fairgrounds. This event will be held in the banquet room and will NOT include the usual business meeting. Guests are welcome.
If your club has any news you would like to share with the rest of the Oregon Section, then please forward it to me. n7pat@arrl.net
73, Pat Roberson, N7PAT Assistant Oregon Section Manager, Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Sunday 09 May 2010 - 17:00:00
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Monday 12 April 2010
Coos County ARES/RACES Honored by Public Health
Coos County ARES/RACES was honored last Thursday at a Public Health Recognition Luncheon for obtaining funding for, and installing Amateur Radio Stations in the county’s three hospitals, the County Public Health Department and the Coquille Indian Tribe’s Health Clinic. The event was covered in the Coos Bay paper.
Dan Bissell, W7WVF EC Coos County ARES
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Monday 12 April 2010 - 17:00:22
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Saturday 10 April 2010
Klamath County ARES Report
Today April 7 the Klamath County ARES/RACES group received an Award of Commendation for our help in the Klamath County H1N1 Incident Management Team.
The ARES/RACES group provided at least 1 ARES members to one to three "PODs", (Point Of Distribution) a day, three days a week during October, November, December and January, Three weeks a Month. These PODs were at almost all of the schools in Klamath County. The ARES members were at each POD as back up communications, but they also worked with the PODs to help with registering the students, and generally assisting the Nurses and Klamath County Health Department employees who were giving the shots.
The ARES members also helped with a free distribution day where the Klamath County Health Department and the Klamath County Incident Management Team provided over 600 inoculations for the H1N1 virus in about 6 hours.
Dennie Dunkeson WA7YPR EC Klamath County ARES
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Saturday 10 April 2010 - 17:00:22
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Sunday 04 April 2010
Oregon Section Club News April 2010
Oregon ARRL Section Club Newsletter April 2010
The McMinnville Amateur Radio Club presentation for the April 2010 meeting will have a discussion on the International Reply Coupon. This will include a brief history of the coupon, how to obtain the IRC and how to send and redeem them. Did you know that they are also collectable? So plan to sit back for a few minutes and learn all about the IRC and how to apply their use in amateur radio. Bring along your questions and plan to be entertained. The meeting is at 7 PM on the second Thursday each month at the McMinnville Manor Recreation Hall on Riverside Drive in McMinnville. Check their web site www.marcwireless.org if you need directions.
The Oregon Tualatin Valley Amateur Radio Club (OTVARC) will be featuring Craig Adams, former KKSN-FM radio “DJ”, with a program on “Early Oregon Radio History” at their club meeting on Wednesday April 14, at The Peppermill Restaurant, 17455 SW Farmington Road in Aloha, OR. Dinner is at 6 and the meeting starts at 7 PM.
The Tillamook Radio Club (TEARS) guest speaker on April 8 will be Dan Smith, KK7DS. Dan will be speaking on new technology D-Star digital repeaters, equipment required, and the software that runs the systems. There is an operational D-Star repeater on Mt Hebo provided by the Oregon Coast Repeater Group, W7GC. Meeting Location is 2311 3rd Street (911 Center) in Tillamook. Time is 7 p.m.
Special Amateur Radio Technician License Class and VE Examination Lincoln City - April 16 and 17. Instruction provided by Oregon ACES. Seating limited to 30 persons. Reservations required. Technician license examinations provided by the Lincoln City VE crew on April 17 at 5 p.m. Location - North Lincoln 1400 Fire Station - Lincoln City Contact Daron Wilson, N7HQR, for reservations or information. daron@wilson.org
Quarter Century Wireless Association - Oregon Coast Chapter 175 Bi-Monthly Luncheon Meeting - Saturday, April 24 at 1 p.m. Wildflower Grill in Lincoln City Contact Roger Lincoln, W7HH, roglinx@inbox.com for information or reservations. You are eligible for QCWA if you were licensed in 1985 or earlier. www.qcwa.org
I received this message and thought I would pass it on for any individual or club that would like to help out in this event:
My name is Brien Morris and my call is K7KSN. I am the Chief of Communications for an event called The Oregon Trail Rally. The Oregon Trail Rally is an annual three day event, kicked off at Portland International Raceway on Friday afternoon May 14, 2010 and then travels up the beautiful Columbia River Gorge using the rural roads of Hood River and Wasco Counties, Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16, 2010. The Oregon Trail Rally is a “Stage Rally Race.” What is Stage Rally? Quite simply, it is a flat-out race over closed sections of rural roads by modified production automobiles. It is different than most car races in that: 1. Competitors race one car at a time against the clock, usually at one-minute intervals. 2. Flat-out racing is done on limited access roads, blocked off from "civilian" traffic, rather than on prepared tracks. 3. Events are usually several hundred miles long, often lasting for several days. Each car has a driver and a co-driver. 4. In-between the racing stages, the cars travel over public roads (transit) and are required to obey all traffic laws. Expected entrants include defending three-time Rally America champion, MTV Nitro Circus star, and extreme sport icon Travis Pastrana, DC shoes founder Ken Block, BMX legend Dave Mirra, Formula D champion Tanner Foust, multi-talented drivers Andrew "ACP" Comrie-Picard and Matthew Johnson, plus most of the fastest rally drivers and co-drivers in North America. I am contacting you today because you have been identified as the contact person for your club. An event of this size requires many amateur radio volunteers to provide communications support. I would like to extend my personal invitation to any interested member of you club to come out and enjoy a great event. Participation for all three days is not required. Training will be provided at a required new volunteer orientation. Volunteers usually receive a commemorative event t-shirt and invitation to the event rewards ceremony and dinner on Sunday night. If you wouldn’t mind passing along this information to your membership and have any interested person’s contact me as soon as possible. If you require any additional information or if you would like me to attend one of your monthly meetings, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Brien F. Morris – K7KSN Chief of Communications The 2010 Oregon Trail Rally brienmorris@yahoo.com
73 for this month,
Pat Roberson, N7PAT Assistant Oregon ARRL Section Manager / Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Sunday 04 April 2010 - 17:00:00
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Sunday 21 February 2010
Oregon Section Club News February 2010
Oregon ARRL Section Club Newsletter February 2010
It was nice to see lots of you at the Salem Hamfair in Rickreall on Saturday. A great turn out and I hope you sold or found what you needed. I’m still looking for that elusive Uniden BC-780 XLT scanner I have been searching for.
Congratulations to the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) Amateur Radio Club. The ARRL Executive Committee has approved OIT’s club affiliation with the ARRL and has an affiliation date of February 1, 2010. I need to make a correction on last month’s report. I gave the wrong call to Bill Herbner, who is the Vice-President of the Central Oregon Coast Amateur Radio Club (COCARC). Bill’s call is KE7SJI. Sorry Bill.
While not club news, the City of Salem has announced Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) classes. If you live in Salem and are interested, go to this url: www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100219/NEWS/2190356/1001 for more information.
The McMinnville Amateur Radio Club (MARC) wireless reports that Dale Hunt, WB6BYU hosts a fox hunt for those wishing to improve their skills or just learn the fun aspects of DF hunting. You don’t have to be a club member or ARES member to join in. Sounds like fun Dale! Also from the MARC Wireless, club members Armand, W7IG and Millie, W7MIP Pilotte were recognized by the Yamhill County ARES (YCARES) group for over 30 years of service to ARES in both Yamhill and Clackamas Counties. Before moving to Sheridan, The Pilotte’s were both active in the Hoodview Amateur Radio Club (HARC) in Gresham, when Armand was working for Northwest Natural Gas in Portland and Salem. Congratulations to you both.
The Quarter Century Wireless Association – Oregon Coast Chapter 175 will be holding a luncheon on Saturday, February 27, in Lincoln City. For more information, contact Roger Lincoln, W7HH at roglinx@inbox.com . Anyone licensed 1985 or earlier is eligible for QCWA.
The Southern Oregon Amateur Radio Club (SOARC) reports that is offering ARRL VEC exams four time in 2010. The test dates are: Feb 26, May 21, Aug 27, and Nov 19. The exams start at 6:30 PM and are held at the Fruitdale Grange on Rogue River Highway. Exam fees for 2010 are $15.
73, for now Pat Roberson, N7PAT Assistant ARRL Oregon Section Manager / Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Sunday 21 February 2010 - 17:00:00
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Monday 18 January 2010
Oregon Section Club News January 2010
Oregon ARRL Section Club News January 2010
The 30th annual Salem Hamfair at Rickreall will take place on February 20, 2010. Registrations are now being accepted by mail to the Salem Repeater Association, PO Box 17803, Salem, OR 97305. Advance tickets are $7.00 per person and does not include tickets to the raffle. You must include a self address stamped envelope. Same day admission will be $8.00 and will go on sale at 8 AM. Doors open at 9 AM.
If you plan on being in Lincoln City on Saturday February 6, the ham radio operators in Lincoln City invite you to join them for breakfast at Sambo’s restaurant , on NE Hwy 101. Time is 7 AM or whenever you show. No meeting, no dues, just pay for your own meal.
The Central Oregon Coast Amateur Radio Club is conducting a free class for those interested in obtaining their Ham radio license. The course will be on Saturdays, beginning January 9th through March 20th at the Suislaw Valley Fire Hall on Hwy 101 in Florence. The Technician and General level class will be from noon to 2 PM. An Extra level course will begin at 2 PM and end at 4 PM. Text may be ordered at the class and are $25.00 each. Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC is the instructor. FCC testing will be offered at the end of the classes. For additional information, please contact: Bill Herbner at 997-0442 or ke7jsi@arrl.net .
The Oregon Tualatin Valley Amateur Radio Club in Washington County will conduct free Technician class Ham license classes, a series of three, are scheduled for January 16, 30 and February 6, 2010. Classes are from 1 to 4 PM as the Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue station #67, 13810 SW Farmington Road in Beaverton. For more information, contact Janet Bell at 971-404-7291 or at wb7fjc@arrl.net .
Most clubs have recently held elections. Congratulations to the newly elected officers of The Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club. The new officers for 2010 are: President: Lisa Clarke, KE7NIY Vice President: William Mortimer, N6OED Secretary: Shirley Miller, WA6HGH Treasurer: Bill Brown, KE7VUW
If your club has news, election results, or anything else you would like to share with other Oregon Hams, please send the information to me at: n7pat@arrl.net .
73, Pat Roberson, N7PAT Assistant Oregon Section Manager / Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Monday 18 January 2010 - 17:00:00
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Saturday 02 January 2010
Oregon "Cell Phone" bill
Hello everyone. I hope you are having a good new year.
There are a lot of discussions going on right now about the cell phone bill that went into effect on January 1. Some people are looking at the original bill passed by the house so I wanted to send out a message to everyone about this. Please distribute to your clubs and ARES units.
I recommend that you keep a copy of the bill in your vehicle along with your wallet-sized ham radio license.
I really want to thank Senator Morrisette for his help in making sure this happened. He worked with Jim, KI7AY, to submit amendments to the bill. He also attended the committee meeting, spoke in favor of the bill and introduced Jim and me so we could speak. It is very valuable to have a legislature member do this since the committee invites them to speak first. This allowed ham radio to be represented at the beginning of the meeting. A number of other ham radio operators attended and spoke as well, representing us well.
The relevant sections are towards the bottom of page 1 and near the top of page 2: (3) This section does not apply: (i) To a person who holds a valid amateur radio operator license issued or any other license issued by the Federal Communications Commission and is operating an amateur radio;
The following paragraph (j) also exempts CB and FRS radios.
Bonnie
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Saturday 02 January 2010 - 11:24:22
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Sunday 20 December 2009
Oregon Section Club News
ARRL Oregon Section Club News December 2009
The Coos County Amateur Radio Club recently participated as a Special Event station from Shore Acres park. KCBY-TV ran a story on the event which can be viewed at: http://www.kcby.com/news/local/79243157.html?video=YHI&t=a .
The Tualatin Valley Contesters operating W7TVC. This is the third year that the club participated in the CQ WW SSB contest, operating from from a hilltop between Dallas and Falls City. A total of eight operators participated, four stayed the entire weekend. The event held during the weekend of the Swaptober fest. To see the full article, head to: http://www.otvarc.org/newspapers/documents/09DecemberBW.pdf
The Oregon Tualatin Valley Amateur Radio Club (OTVARC) held their Holiday Party at the Meriweather Golf Club in Hillsboro. A great dinner of Turkey and all the trimmings was had by a good turnout for the event. A white elephant gift exchange followed. Election ballots were tallied and the new slate of officers for 2010 are as follows: President, Pat Roberson N7PAT; Vice-President, Don Baldwin AA2V; Secretary, Jenny Roberson K7JLR; Treasurer, Alvin Carlson KB7VHI; Trustees, Wes Allen K7WWG, Joel Simmons AD7IS, Karl Anderson NM7N, JD Fort K7JDF, and Ron O'Connor KD7VIK. Congratulations to all.
There will be VE testing in Lincoln City on January 2nd at the Lincoln City Community Center, 2153 NE Oar Place. According to the TEARS Newsletter, the Main entrance opens at 8:30 AM and applicants need to arrive no later than 9 AM.
I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Pat Roberson, N7PAT Oregon Assistant ARRL Section Manager/Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Sunday 20 December 2009 - 18:37:59
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Monday 07 December 2009
LaGrande General Class Amateur Class and Testing
The Grande Ronde Radio Amateur Association will conduct a "General Class" amateur class in La Grande, Oregon on the weekend of January 23 & 24. The classes will be held at the La Grande Fire Station in the Training Room. Classes will begin Saturday morning running late Saturday afternoon, and start again on Sunday. The class session will end with a VE Exam Session Sunday evening.
The exact time has not been nailed down at the moment.
The test will include any walk-in applicants wanting to test for any of the elements.
INFORMATION:
VE Liaison: Larry Wilson W7IXZ Mail to: 62116 Igo Lane, La Grande, OR 97850 Phone: 541.962.0757 E-mail: w7ixz@netscape.com
Test & Class Location:
La Grande Fire Station 1806 Cove Ave. La Grande, OR 97850
The cost for the class will cover the study guides; the amount to be determined when cost of materials is known.
The cost for the examination is the VE regulated $15.00.
I hope this is enough information to get the announcement published on the web page.
Thanks,
Larry Wilson W7IXZ GRRAA President ARRL VE Liaison
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Monday 07 December 2009 - 16:10:22
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Sunday 08 November 2009
Oregon Section Club News November 2009
The Oregon Coast Amateur Radio Group (OCRG) has a new weather site on Megler Mountain (1170 Feet AMSL) near Astoria. The web address to see this is: www.ocrg.org/telementery_feed/ocrgwx.html another new addition is a beach front weather station on the beach at Pacific City. The station is 35 feet about sea level on the the sand dunes with no obstructions . 100% of the funding for this came from ham radio operators. OCRG now has 13 weather and APRS sites in three counties with another in the planning stage. The web cams at Mt. Hebo, Lincoln City, and Cape Meares can be seen at www.ocrg.org/camerapages/cameras.html
The Tillamook Emergency Amateur Radio Service (TEARS) radio club meeting will be on Thursday November 12 at 7 PM at the 911 Center, 2311 3rd St in Tillamook. Tyree Wilde, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, will be the guest speaker. There will also be volunteer weather spotter training by NOAA at the Netarts Fire Station on Tuesday November 17, 7PM to 8:30 PM for more information go to www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/skytraining.php
The Southern Oregon Amateur Radio Club (SOARC) will have one more VE exam in 2009 on Nov 20, 6:30 PM at the Fruitdale Grange on the Rogue River Highway.
If your club has information to share with the Oregon Section, please send the information to me at: n7pat@arrl.net.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
73, Pat Roberson, N7PAT Assistant Oregon Section Manager, Administrative
Posted by Pat Roberson on Sunday 08 November 2009 - 21:14:46
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ARRL Membership Development Everett W Curry Jr, W6ABM 1546 NE Greensword Dr Hillsboro, OR 97124-6139 (503) 681-2345 w6abm@arrl.net
Eastern Oregon and North Central Oregon Phil Hawkins, KC7KI 1689 NE 2nd Pl Hermiston, OR 97838-1382 (541) 567-0399 kc7ki@arrl.net
Southwestern Oregon Dan Bissell, W7WVF 53516 Forest Road Bandon, OR 97411 (541)347-4580 dbissell@harborside.com
Southeastern Oregon Vacant
Central Oregon Drew Holmes, W7GER PO Box 2003 Sisters, OR 97759-2003 (541)549-6321 w7ger@arrl.net
Youth and Mentoring Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR Box 25051 Portland, OR 97298 (503)295-5704 n7qr@arrl.net
Administrative Pat Roberson, N7PAT 18230 SW Broad Oak Court Aloha, OR 97007 (503)848-2283 n7pat@arrl.net
Affiliated Club Coordinator Willard A Sheffield, N7THL 19580 SW Longacre Ct Aloha, OR 97006-2482 (503) 642-7314 n7thl@juno.com
Official Observer Coordinator Everett W Curry Jr, W6ABM 1546 NE Greensword Dr Hillsboro, OR 97124-6139 (503) 681-2345 w6abm@arrl.net
Public Information Coordinator J. Steven Sanders, KE7JSS 1602 NE Orenco Station Pkwy Hillsboro, OR 97124. (503) 320-4100 ke7jss@arrl.net
Section Emergency Coordinator and State RACES Officer William P Morris, W7IH 12255 NE Parrett Mountain Rd Newberg, OR 97132-6995 (503) 625-7647 w7ih@arrl.net
State Government Liaison Kevin E Curry, KA7KYQ 8774 SW Bellflower St Tigard, OR 97224-5211 (503) 624-9971 curry.k@gmail.com
Section Traffic Manager D Scott Gray, W7IZ 24230 Deer Hill Rd Clatskanie, OR 97016-2558 (503) 728-4793 w7iz@clatskanie.com
Technical Coordinator Lynn C Hurd, WB7UNU 14145 SW 117th Ave Tigard, OR 97224-2805 (503) 624-1999 lhurd@pacifier.com
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