As of Monday morning, August 25, 2025, the FCC’s Electronic Batch Filing (EBF) system—used by all VEC organizations to file exam sessions, individual applications, and club license applications—is not processing submissions.
August 22 – September 1
Oregon’s amateur radio operators are welcome to use the callsign w7o and hand out commemorative QSOs during the period of August 22 – September 1.
In order to operate as w7o, you must:
If you want to participate, please send an email to either (or both)
Scott N7JI – ars.n7ji@gmail.com
Mike WA7SKG – michael@wa7skg.com
Remember – Your operating privileges are according to your license class.
Free Labor Day Weekend Ham Radio License Class
ONLINE (via Zoom) – Covers TECHNICIAN license
August 30-31, 2025 (Saturday-Sunday)
Saturday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (PDT)
Sunday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (PDT)
The class and materials are FREE, but you MUST register.
Pre-study is really, really helpful.
For students, this is a great way to stay sharp!
Open to all ages.
Learn new skills, serve your community, and have fun.
Earn radio-based scholarships.
Contact:
Scott Rosenfeld, N7JI, ARRL Registered Instructor
Please EMAIL your name, e-mail, and phone number.
Email: ars.n7ji@gmail.com
For the first time in the event’s history top runners will be awarded cash prize money.
Coos Radio Club in support of SWORA will provide race communications.
ODOT will be closing U.S. Hwy101 from 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, to late Sunday night, Sept. 21 to replace a failing culvert under U.S. 101 at Bearhead Mountain Lane, about six miles south of Bandon. Participants coming from south of this construction site will need to make alternate travel plans to reach Coos Bay and return home after the run.
Saturday August 16, 2005
Meet behind the elementary school in Port Orford at 8 AM. Look for the Comm trailer.
The race starts at 9AM and usually lasts an hour.
There will be several things to enjoy after the race, such as a canine demonstration, as well as vendors.
Radios tune to the Port Orford (Coast Guard Hill 147.200 + 118.8) repeater.
Contact Harry Bryant, KC7HVM oneshothrb@msn.com or 541-991-2458.
A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, Sept 4, and will run through Thursday, October 16 (7 sessions).
Sessions last three hours and start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time and they will be recorded.
These classes are sponsored by the Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum.
Share with anyone you know that you think would be interested.
To join the class, email Rol at roland.anders@comcast.net.
Courtesy of Tom K3YH
NOTE: NEW meeting link for the August meeting.
I am very excited to share that we will have an outside presenter at this club meeting. Tim Kuhlman KD7RUS Clark County Amateur Radio Club Director of Operations, in Washington, will be giving a presentation over Zoom about Eyewarn. Our county has the Eyewarn Simplex Net every Tuesday at 1830, but Eyewarn started in Washington. I suspect we will learn about how the average amateur radio operator can contribute in emergencies. I hope that we can have a good turnout for Tim’s presentation.
We will be at Puerto Vallarta in Coos Bay for dinner at 1700, and the meeting will start right at 1800, with the presentation right at the beginning.
Topic: Coos County Radio Club Meeting
Time: Aug 14, 2025 17:30 Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74345220950
Meeting ID: 743 4522 0950
AT&T stopped supporting email-to-text and text-to-email transcription services.
Why does this matter? Emergency notification services broadly depend on those services to notify subscribers.
A recent example is the 8.9 earthquake on July 29th.
The US Government supplies earthquake notification services via email and text message.
Many monitor for such events primarily because they live in Tsunami evacuation zones. Members of county emergency response networks subscribe to these notifications to keep abreast of trouble.
When those earthquake notifications failed to arrive, I explored why.
I verified the configuration at my account at USGS. No issues.
Next I tried sending myself a message using the criteria that the ENS system depends on. That test failed (image below.)
USGS ENS is designed to send messages in an email format – support for which was discontinued.
This affects how many subscribers?
ARES/RACES members subscribing text notifications on various services may be affected. Other carriers may follow discontinuing their transcription services as well.
The Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention takes place in Clackamas, Oregon from August 15-17, 2025.
Hotel, Registration and Schedule Here:
The PNW DX Convention is an official ARRL sanctioned event. Open to everyone.
Hosted by Willamette Valley DX Club (www.wvdxc.org).
Sunday afternoon at Bullards Beach State Park Gary N6BLU and John KK6GUK inhabited a picnic table with a radio and a couple of antennas.
What’s worth noting is that John has been very busy interfacing the POTA powers that establish listed parks. He’s had two added in Coos County just this year. Anyway, those are his stories to tell when he gets around to it. (Right bro?)
What I learned in conversation was that having a double park to call from really improves the attention “Spotters” give to the QSO. That means they generated several pileups and lots of contacts in a relatively short period. In this case that day, it was Bullards State Park and the Oregon Coastal Trail.
But then Gary suggested that a three-fer was possible if a station activated just over the dune, near the water. That session would be able to call Bullards, the Coastal Trail and the Oregon Shores parks numbers.
Imagine that activation?
Anyway, I’ve updated our POTA page. You can find this page (and others) in main menu under “Get Connected“.
Coos County is blessed with 15 parks to activate. A place is close by to everyone.
Let me know if I missed any that belong on the list?
https://coosradioclub.net/pota
Coos County Radio Club