Starting at 4pm local time Saturday Jan 10 John KK6GUK and my self will be attempting a 24 hour 30 park activation. We will be starting in Reedsport and working our way south down into Curry County. We will post parks and frequencies as we move from park to park on the clubs FB messengerContinue reading “POTA hunters needed.”
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CCRC Club Meeting
Club Meeting tonight 5PM for Dinner and meeting start at 6PM. Puerto Vallarta Restaurant 230 S 2nd St. Coos bay. Zoom info below. Gary Zoom Invite N6BLU Gary McElroy is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Coos County Radio Club Zoom Meeting Time: Jan 8, 2026 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)Continue reading “CCRC Club Meeting”
Weather Station Search
Merry Christmas y’all. I shook the tree and I wound up with a Weather Station. Which one? Dunno… I do know I would like to use the data for APRS and the internet. What else should it feature? What do you think? Suggestions most welcome. Put them in the comments for everyone to appreciate.
Free Amateur Extra Class Starts January 15
If you or anyone you know is interested in attending an Amateur Extra Class licensing course, please pass along the following information, and feel free to publicize it with your radio club or any group you feel would benefit. A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday,Continue reading “Free Amateur Extra Class Starts January 15”
Special GENERAL CLASS offer for 12/26-12/27 radio license class
Thinking of getting your General license? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Kessler Syndrome
Speculation on the effect of cascading space junk collisions on Amateur Radio. “The Kessler Syndrome is a scenario proposed by NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais in 1978. It describes a situation in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) becomes so high due to space pollution that collisionsContinue reading “Kessler Syndrome”
New 60m Amateur Band
The FCC allocated a new chunk of the 60m band to amateurs in the US. The action opened 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz (60 meters) to the amateur service on a secondary basis with a permitted power of 9.15 watts ERP. The Commission also authorized amateurs to continue using four existing channels outside of the 5351.5Continue reading “New 60m Amateur Band”
DMR – FYI
Digital Mobile Radio – Internet linked Ham Radio. As club members may be aware, there are no DMR VHF repeaters in the Coos County area. (At least to this editor’s knowledge.) If your HT has DMR mode, that mode is basically useless on the local air unless you have a friend and both radios areContinue reading “DMR – FYI”
Post Christmas Ham Radio Class
Free ham radio class, December 26-27, online. Free education. Free materials. Free learning of mind-bending new concepts. REGISTER BY E-MAIL ars.n7ji@gmail.com Thanks, Scott N7JI Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Lunch Bunch
Bandon’s Friday lunch
Coos County Radio Club 