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Special Event Call Sign Application for “W7Q” made by CCRC has been approved for use from 2025-10-15 to 2025-10-19. In conjunction with the Great Shakeout preparedness event on October 16th, the Coos County Radio Club sponsored the special event call sign – W7Q for Earth Quake Preparedness and Awareness. Licensed Ham Radio operators – especiallyContinue reading “W7Q – “Shakeout” Call”

Pink Ribbon Run & Walk for Cancer October 4th. 9:00AM. CCRC & ARES will be providing radio communications. Volunteers needed. The Pink Ribbon 5K, a fun run to support breast cancer awareness and research. John Topits Park / Empire Lakes298-284 Hull Street Coos Bay, OR 97420 For race participants: Tickets at EventBrite.

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 MikeContinue reading “Oregon Special Call W7O 8/22 – 9/1”

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!Continue reading “Free Labor Day Weekend Ham Radio License Class”

Home Town Heroes 5k Foot RacePort Orford 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 asContinue reading “Volunteer Request”

If you or anyone you know is interested, there is an upcoming free, live Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom. 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 6:30Continue reading “Free Technicians Class”

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 everyContinue reading “Update: August Club Meeting”

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 inContinue reading “AT&T Discontinues Messaging Services”