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 primarily to the Oregon section cabinet. I am beginning to provide access to individuals designated by the DEC's for updating ARES-related information. 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. Much 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. I also forward messages that come from the ARRL to section managers that may be of interest as well.
If you have information that you want posted or updated on this page, please send to me at ab7zq@arrl.net. If you submit news to that link, please notify me that it is there so that I can go look for it. We receive a lot of spam messages at that link.
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Calendar Events
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.
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Tuesday 09 April 2013 - 17:00:00
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Thursday 11 April 2013
7QP Contest! Please participate!
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 k4xu 7QP captain for Oregon
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Thursday 11 April 2013 - 17:00:00
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RN7 C/4 Report for March 2013
RN7 C/4 REPORT FOR MARCH 2013:
APRIL 10, 2013 3560 KHZ @ 1930 AND 2130 HOURS PACIFIC TIME --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SESSIONS 62 QTC 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 16 BCEN 89 IMN 99 WSN 99 OSN 99
Thanks to all who QNI RN7!! Ralph VE7OM is working evening shift, hopes to be back with us soon. Also thanks to those of you who QNG RN7 while the boss ZZZ's in his chair!! You know who you are: N7EIE, W7ZIW, K7BFL, W7GB, VE7DWG, N7CM, the GOOD GUYS and GALS!!
Several TCC skeds are available if you are interested, its great to work these good operators from Central and Eastern Area. Its only once a week and doesn't take long to 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 Mist Room on ground floor, last room on the right. 10:30 till Noon on Saturday May 31.
73 from Scott Gray W7IZ RN7 Manager
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Thursday 11 April 2013 - 12:09:05
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Oregon STM Report for March 2013
OREGON STM REPORT FOR MARCH 2013: April 10, 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NET ACTIVITY FOR MARCH 2013: OEN HAS 2 SESSIONS PER DAY, 62 SESSIONS THIS MONTH
OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7,812; QTC 24, KG7UY NET MGR BEAVER STATE NET: QNI 678, QTC 161, KK7TN NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 210, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 103, QTC 53, KC7SRL NET MGR NORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 622, QTC 164, N7YSS NET MGR
STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR MARCH 2013:
K7EAJ 296 Ernie K7EAJ is NTSD Target Station for Oregon and handles LOTS of traffic as U see!! W7IZ 273 Scott is Net Manager of RN7 Cycle 4, a CW net that meets daily 7:30 and 9:30 pm N7YSS 142 Uncle Dave is Net Mgr of NTTN which covers Portland/Vancouver at 6:05 pm daily N7CM 61 Claire N7CM is xyl of K7EAJ, both live in Hillsboro, both are active ARES and NTS KC7SRL 46 Kurt KC7SRL in Cave Junction is Net Mgr of OSN second session KK7DEB 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 of traffic too! WS7L 19 Carl WS7L in Hillsboro is Net Mgr of OSN first session W7VSE 7 Vic W7VSE in Medford was Oregon STM for over 20 years! KG7AVF 2 Welcome Ray, KG7AVF in Bend, reporting for first time!
73 from Scott Gray W7IZ Oregon Section Traffic Mgr
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Thursday 11 April 2013 - 12:04:46
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Monday 16 July 2012
Oregon Section News July 2012
SECTION NEWS JULY 2012
Hi 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.
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Monday 16 July 2012 - 17:00:31
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Friday 13 July 2012
Oregon STM Report for June 2012
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 MGR BEAVER STATE NET: QNI 577, QTC 103, KK7TN NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET#1: QNI 184, QTC 77, WS7L NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 113, QTC 110, KC7SRL NET MGR NORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 479, QTC 125, N7YSS NET MGR
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 W7IZ Oregon Section Traffic Mgr
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Thursday 12 July 2012 - 17:00:31
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Friday 11 May 2012
Oregon Section News - May 2012
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, W6ABM Assistant Section Manager - Southwestern Oregon - Dan Bissell, W7WVF Assistant Section Manager - Youth and Mentoring - Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR Assistant Section Manager - Administrative - Pat Roberson, W7PAT Affiliated Club Coordinator - Dan Bathurst, WA7ABU Official Observer Coordinator - Everett W Curry Jr, W6ABM Section Emergency Coordinator - Vince VanDerHyde, K7VV State Government Liaison - Kevin E Curry, KA7KYQ Section Traffic Manager - D Scott Gray, W7IZ Technical Coordinator - Ron Fial, KO7V
I 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 60 OREGON EMERGENCY NET: QNI 7317, QTC 10, KG7UY NET MGR BEAVER STATE NET: QNI 611, QTC 121, KK7TN NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 184, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 116, QTC 93, KC7SRL NET MGR NORTHWEST 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 W7IZ Oregon Section Traffic Mgr
Please feel free to contact me at any time. Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ Oregon Section Manager
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Friday 11 May 2012 - 19:41:31
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Oregon STM Report for April 2012
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 MGR BEAVER STATE NET: QNI 611, QTC 121, KK7TN NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #1: QNI 184, QTC 48, WS7L NET MGR OREGON SECTION NET #2: QNI 116, QTC 93, KC7SRL NET MGR NORTHWEST TRAFFIC AND TRAINING NET: QNI 504, QTC 119, N7YSS NET MGR
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 W7IZ Oregon Section Traffic Mgr
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Friday 11 May 2012 - 19:40:22
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Thursday 23 February 2012
Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
Each summer the ARRL offers multiple sessions of the Teachers Institute (TI) on Wireless Technology, a 4 day expenses paid professional development seminar. TI has provided teachers from elementary school to the university level with tools and strategies to introduce basic electronics, the science of radio, space technology, satellite communications, weather science, as well as micro-controllers and basic robotics in their classrooms.The goal of the TI program is to equip each teacher with necessary foundational knowledge, hands-on learning, and generate the inspiration for teachers to continue to explore wireless technology and adapt relevant content into their classroom instruction.The cost is virtually free for the participants and graduate credits are available through Fresno Pacific University. Participants are expected to be able to complete all requirements during the class time.To qualify, applicants must be an active teacher at an elementary, middle, high school or at a community college or university, or in a leadership or enrichment instruction roll in an after-school program.An Amateur Radio license is NOT required.For more information or brochure, contact them at etp@arrl.org [Submitted by W7PAT]
Posted by Bonnie Altus on Thursday 23 February 2012 - 20:26:17
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