The Annual 7th District QP
Saturday May 3rd. 7QP is the follow-on to the Oregon QSO Party and has been run since 2005. In that time we have been able to get all 36 counties on the air by a combination
of fixed and mobile operations ...and firm support from the Oregon radio clubs.
The 7QP offers a good chance to do a station checkout for emergency operations, train new hams for HF operation, and provide your county as a multiplier to the rest of the hams in the country. The full rules, check sheets, and other useful information is found on the 7QP web page http://www.7qp.org
July 25, 2008
First MARC Pizza Feed at Izzy's Pizza and Classic Buffet
Location: 1290 Hwy 99W in McMinnville
Time: 1900 hours (7:00 PM)
No Host
Come on Out for Food and Fun !
"MARC Ham get together, no Club business just fun
The MARC Club is having a no-host Pizza Feed the last Friday of every month. We had our first one on March 28th. Our turn out for this event was about 20 people. We had a very good time by the looks on everyone's faces. Come join the fun. It promises to only get better as the crowd grows."
International Lighthouse & Light Ships Weekend
This highly popular annual amateur radio event (not a contest) will be held
over the weekend of 16-17 August 2008.
There were 380 lights on the air from 48 countries last year.
All you need to know about the event is contained on the official web site
at http://illw.net which has been the official web site since 2001.
The event is organized and managed by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group in
Scotland since the passing of the founder of the weekend, Mike Dalrymple,
GM4SUC, in December 2005."
The McMinnville Amateur Radio Club Net Schedule
The MARC club has started a Monday evening net for information about upcoming events and issues for our club. Net traffic can also be received and sent during this time. The net meets every Monday at 7:00 pm on the MARC repeater 146.640. The net controller schedule is listed below.
Larry, WN7X Month of May
The Tone is Coming, The Tone is Coming...Are You Preparing??
The Marc Board has decided to go with a PL tone of 100Hz that will be enabled starting on July 1, 2008. Those Marc members who need to upgrade their radios with a CTCSS tone board generator or need assistance in reprogramming their radios to enable this feature may contact the MARC club for further assistance.
See our Download page for a presentation on the MARC Repeater CTCSS Upgrade and Why? by K6LQT
SeaPac Now Accepting Registrations
The 2008 SeaPac Northwest ARRL Convention will be held in Seaside,
Oregon, May 30 – June 1, 2008 and is the Northwest’s largest ham convention
complete with equipment exhibitors, a large flea market arena, seminars, VE
testing, DX and YLRL luncheons, a Saturday night banquet and much, much
more.
Saturday Banquet Speaker:
We are pleased to announce that the banquet guest speaker this year will be
Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement
Division of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. Hollingsworth is well known to the
amateur community and draws large and enthusiastic audiences. In addition to
Hollingsworth, long time SEA-PAC visitors will be pleased to learn that Stanley
Ham will make a repeat appearance at the 2008 banquet. Reservations for the
convention and the banquet are being accepted by mail or the website
www.seapac.org.
Friday Sound Seminar:
We are also pleased to announce that there will be a Friday Seminar on Sound,
lead by Bob Heil, K9EID. There is a 250 person limit on this seminar.
On-Line Early-Early Bird Awards - deadline Feb 16, 2008
Again this year we are holding a special Early-Early Bird award drawing for
persons that register through this website before printed registration forms are
distributed on Feb 16, 2008. To be eligible, submit your registration before the
Feb 16, 2008 deadline. You can either register and pay on-line, or print out the
website registration form and mail it in with a check postmarked no later than
Feb 16, 2008 .
Early Bird Awards - deadline May 15, 2008
As in past years, there is also a special Early Bird award drawing for
registrations made on-line or mailed in and postmarked no later than May 15,
2008.
Details about the convention and local lodging is available on the website. For
additional information you may contact Wayne Schuler, AI9Q, ai9q@arrl.net.
Last Updated on May 01, 2008