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The 2023 Swaptoberfest is coming up on Saturday the 21st of October!  Don’t forget to mark your calendar to attend.  This hamfest happens every year at around the same time in October…  Lots of meetings, lots of stuff for sale, and lots of friends.  Save a spot in your calendar for October 21st, 2023.  If […]

From the ARRL: Congressmen Bill Johnson (OH-06) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) reintroduced a bill in the US House of Representatives on June 12 — H.R.4006 to remove private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair the ability of Amateur Radio operators from operating and installing reasonable antennas on property that they own or control. Similar […]

On Monday evening February 6, 2023, there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that mainly affected Turkey and Syria but also other neighboring countries with 3,700 people dead and more than 16,000 injured until the last hours, but it is suspected that there are more. According to information received from the emergency coordinators of the IARU R1 […]

Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R.9670) on Thursday, December 22, 2022, to eliminate private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair the ability of an Amateur Radio Operator from operating and installing amateur station antennas on property subject to the control of the Amateur Radio Operator.  […]

Congratulations to David Kidd, KA7OZO, of Oregon City, for his re-election as ARRL Oregon Section Manager.

CT1END, the Emergency Communications Coordinator for Portugal, reports that a group of nine radio amateurs are working to support emergency communications locally and back to Portugal.   The island of São Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1800 earthquakes over 48 hours causing concerns and prompting the Regional Government of the Azores to prepare […]

Outcome of the written procedure with the CEPT Assembly regarding suspension of the Russian Federation and Belarus from CEPT Membership. Based on a request from a number of CEPT members, the CEPT Presidency carried out a written procedure, in accordance with the CEPT Arrangement, on the proposal to suspend indefinitely and with immediate effect the […]

New Proposal Window is February 21, 2022 to March 31, 2022   February 16, 2022 — The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together,  to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates […]

It appears that at least the current version of the EZNEC Antenna Modeling Software package is now free thanks to the author, Roy Lewallen, W7EL.  See the authors web page for details!  This is a very nice antenna modeling software package.  Click the “Read More” link below and to the right, for a direct link […]

To see the latest update on Sea-Pac, click READ MORE, then click here…

I’m happy to report that the Oregon HamWAN program has received an ARDC grant of $88,000 to expand its digital communications network. The project aims to enhance amateur radio digital and emergency communications capabilities between Portland and Salem, Oregon. The nonprofit plans to expand its digital communications network by deploying 12 network backbone distribution sites […]

“7TH AREA QSO PARTY IS COMING SOON! MAY 1, 2021: The one chance most of us have to be “DX” for the rest of the world to work is rapidly approaching! The 7th AREA QSO Party, sponsored by the Central Oregon DX Club, has grown over the years to be one of the largest QSO […]

Amateur Radio is basically a safe activity. In recent years, however, there has been considerable discussion and concern about the possible hazards of electromagnetic radiation, including both RF energy and power-frequency (50-60 Hz) electromagnetic fields.  To allay such concerns, the FCC set limits on the amount of RF energy people can be exposed to. Some stations […]