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Good morning, Oregon ARRL!
Ask your friends if they received this email. If they didn’t, tell them
to opt-in to section manager emails in their membership profile.ARRL fights for hams on Capitol Hill, and defends our spectrum
allocations, but only ONE in SIX licensed amateurs is an ARRL member. In
Oregon, it’s only 15%.Let’s ALL work together on improving on that number. If you believe in
ARRL, help recruit new members. Talk it up at meetings, talk it up at
exam sessions, talk it up at impromptu breakfasts.SEA-PAC 2025 REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
SEA-PAC 2025, the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention, is open for
registration at http://www.seapac.org! This year’s theme is "Be Radio Active."
Join us May 30 to June 1, 2025 in beautiful Seaside, Oregon. Gordon West
will be our keynote speaker at this year’s banquet, and will offer his
popular Instructor Forum. Come for the exhibitors, flea market tables,
Radios on the Beach, opportunities to win prizes, and our Friday evening
reception where you can meet and mingle with other hams, including
national ARRL leaders.For more information, see the SEA-PAC website, http://www.seapac.org. See you
at SEA-PAC!OREGON CLUBS NEWS
During the last Oregon Radio Clubs Meeting, we discussed benefits of
becoming an ARRL affiliated club, and how to apply for and maintain ARRL
affiliation.Benefits include:
Access to Liability Insurance
New Member Referrals
Membership Recruitment Commissions
Mailing Lists
ARRL Annual Report
There are four club categories:
Local Amateur Radio Clubs (category one)
Regionally or Nationally Organized Amateur Radio Groups (category
two)
Local School or Youth Groups, or Clubs for the Elderly or Disabled
(category three)
Club Councils (Clubs of Clubs) (category four)Once a club is ARRL affiliated, it wil l always be an ARRL affiliated
club. However, to keep your club in active status, clubs must update
their club listing through the ARRL website. To update your site, one of
people listed on the club page must edit the page. If you are unable to
edit your club’s ARRL listing, please contact Max Sabo, your
Affiliated Club Coordinator at max@noltra.com.To lookup your club, or other clubs, use the ARRL Club Search page,
here: https://www.arrl.org/find-a-club
ARRL publishes a Club Primer that helps clubs get started in the
affiliation process. This is also a great read for any club leadership
on how to gain more members, increase club enthusiasm, and increasing
engagement. The primer can be downloaded here:
http://www.arrl.org/active-club-primerOregon Youth Amateur Radio Club
Ethan, KK7UXY, has created the Oregon Youth Amateur Radio Club.
Specifically set up as a statewide club for amateurs (and those working
to get l icensed) aged 26 and under. The club holds the call K7OYA, holds
monthly meetings via Zoom, has a discord server for members, and has
applied to ARRL as an ARRL affiliated club. The club is working on
developing a remotely-accessible station for its members.In addition, we all know that for kids, ham radio can be expensive.
While the club does not have nonprofit status, it hopes to be a conduit
for connecting its young members with hams who have accumulated and may
have "excess" equipment they are interested in "divesting" themselves
of.Please send your young amateur radio operators in the direction of
OYARC!Contact Ethan, KK7UXY, at kkyuxy@gmail.com for more info.
Willamette Valley DX Club
The Willamette Valley DX Club was founded in 1955 and is a regional DX
and contesting club, as well as the home of the 7th area QSL bureau.
WVDXC covers Oregon and southwest Washington, and its m embership
includes many prominent contesters and DXers.During 2025, WVDXC is celebrating its 70th anniversary and encouraging
its members to put the W7AC and W7RM callsigns on the air. If you work
W7AC or W7RM during 2025, you can request a special commemorative
certificate (presently in development).WVDXC is also hosting the 2025 Pacific Northwest DX convention at the
Monarch Hotel in Clackamas, OR, from August 15 to 17, 2025.All WVDXC meetings are hybrid, and visitors are always welcome to
participate (and join!).See http://www.wvdxc.org for more info.
WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY – APRIL 18, 2025
The IARU is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary on April 18, 2025. ARRL
is celebrating by sponsoring "Ham Radio Open House," which is an effort
to have hams all over North America open their stations to the public
and talk about ham radio. To participate, or for more information,
see…https://www.arrl.org/world -amateur-radio-day
OUR SECTION WEBSITE IS HERE FOR YOU
Do you have special or activities for members of the Oregon section?
Your ARRL Oregon field organization is here to serve Oregon’s ARRL
members.OUR WEB SITE – http://www.oregonarrl.org
Contact:
Max, K7NAR, ACC – max@noltra.com
Scott, N7JI, SM – ars.n7ji@gmail.com
Nelson, NF7Z, PIO – farrier@gmail.com
Matt, K7EPW, PIO – matt@efn.orgThanks!
Scott N7JI
ars.n7ji@gmail.com
ARRL Oregon Section Manager
Coos County Radio Club 