ARRG Newsletter - ARRG Amateur Radio Relay Group

ARRG Newsletter
Amateur Radio Relay Group
Fall Edition
Amateur Radio
Relay Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 91213
Portland, OR 97219
www.arrg.org
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Welcome / ARRG
Updates
Member Spotlight
New Members
Technical Team Updates
Membership Info
Amateur Radio
Relay Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 91213
Portland, OR 97219
The ARRG Mission
Statement
ARRG is dedicated to
the advancement and
enjoyment of
amateur radio, to
promote our hobby,
to provide reliable
repeaters for
community service
activities, emergency
communications and
other types of ham
radio activities.
September 1 s t , 2012
ARRG Latest News & Updates
By Marc Peterson, W7PM
ARRG President
Hello Gang,
It’s hard for me to believe that 3 months have gone by so quickly and it’s already time
for another edition of the ARRG Newsletter. Pat Roberson, W7PAT was asked to head up
the Newsletter as our Editor, but as many of you know, Pat suffered a heart attack and a
mild stroke this August. Pat’s doing better and even assisted in some of the editing of this
edition, but he won’t resume his full duties as ARRG’s official editor until the December
1st edition. So continue to get well!
This month’s ARRG Newsletter is brought to you by ITREX Electronic Recycling located in
Central Point, Or. Please take a minute to read the nice article inside this issue and learn
about how this company supports the community and even groups like ARRG.
As most of you aware from hearing all the ongoing testing over the air, the ARRG
technical team has been working very hard on multiple repeater upgrades, including
getting some needed repairs accomplished. As the newest active member of the technical
team, it has been tough to relearn old skills and to get out in the field once again. I’ve
been out of the repeater guru game for a few years and it’s been difficult to get up to
speed on ARRG’s newer Motorola repeater systems, but I’m having a lot of fun doing it.
ARRG has been searching high and low for some people with decent technical skills to
assist our technical team in building, maintaining and caring for the ARRG repeater
system. We’ll train any eager helpers, but we are particularly interested in a few people
who are comfortable around a radio site or have some experience with repeaters and
antennas
Even though you might not be up to helping us in the technical side of ARRG, I want you
to know that each and every member renewal and donation you make, goes to directly
upgrading our 30+ year old repeater system. You might be interested to know that our
youngest repeater in the fleet is already 27 years old and the oldest is over 35 years old.
From CTCSS upgrades to new amplifiers and antennas for the 147.320 and 442.325 system
to a half dozen other planned upgrade projects, we are truly thinking ahead!
Speaking of tones on the repeaters, since ARRG is a wide area repeater operator, we
simply cannot expect to keep our premium coverage repeaters ‘tone free’ any longer
without having to accept some potential co-channel interference. ARRG has been utilizing
the 100.0 Hz tone for many years, but we still need to put the full encode/decode on
each repeater to make it do any good.
Like many groups that are short on funds and lacking a full technical team we’ve had to
prioritize some of our planned upgrades that have been long overdue. To learn the
current status of what’s been going on technically speaking, make sure you check out the
technical team corner column for a list of all the most recent upgrade talk.
In closing, let me say that I’m amazed at the support and friendship that ARRG has
provided to the amateur radio community since 1972. It’s wonderful to be part of
Oregon’s premier amateur repeater group. The ARRG Officers & Board of Directors'
recognize all your support over the years.
We hear your public thank you's and we appreciate each one of them! – Marc W7PM
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In each issue, we will be spotlighting ARRG members in our community. We will be reporting on how their efforts
impact amateur radio and our community. This month we are happy to spotlight a long-term ARRG board & technical
team member, Dee Lynch, K7JRB. The article below was compiled from many contributing sources, from his fellow
amateurs to his wife, Peggy. Thanks to everyone who helped give us a glimpse of Dee’s life and wonderful service to
the amateur radio community.
A Ham Story
Dee’s Dad returned from his service in World War II and encouraged
Dee to be curious about everything. They built a crystal set together
before Dee was in double digits! Dee was a voracious reader, and
even as a lad, he read World Book Encyclopedia from cover to cover,
book to book! As a high school student, the school custodian
encouraged Dee to get interested in amateur radio. Dee built a
complete ham station in the family’s upstairs barn. Dee finally
became K7JRB.
His interest in all things technical led him to Oregon Technical
Institute. His electronics training landed him the only Oregon job
from his entire class. Dee snagged a coveted position with Good
Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He worked partime in reseach and
even more time in the emerging field of medical electronics. Dee
became pretty busy with his career, as we all often do, and ham
radio had to take a back seat for awhile. Dee told me the story one
day not too long ago about him visiting a patient in his room at the
ICU. With tools in hand, he began to taking apart a cardiac monitor and fixing it right in front of the still hooked up
patient. Obviously Dee’s delicate repair talents didn’t skip a beat and neither did any hearts on that day!
When Dee returned to ham radio the FCC gave him a new call sign KA7NPN. It was later that he was able to get his
original call back. Dee has enjoyed relationships with many amateur radio groups, including the ARRL, IEEE, OTVARC
and ARRG. Dee has help with many field day events and using every opportunity to share his hobby with young people.
He was part of a group that linked the space shuttle Columbia with Hopkins Elementary students in Sherwood in 1990.
He also helped fix up the OTVARC emergency trailer. Dee worked the SEAPAC Ham Convention many times doing
whatever he’d been asked to do.
Dee started Wing-Lynch Company and invented many items that were later patented. Once such device was a
revolutionary automatic developer for early film processing that allowed prints to be developed in the dark, all without
a large darkroom and human intervention.
Luckiliy for us, Dee got involved with ARRG many years
ago and became one of our premiere lead technicians,
helping to design, build and install and maintain
repeater sites all over the state. He is a tough guy and
it shows; the title picture shown above was taken just
a few years ago when Dee happily hauled a full set of 2
meter duplexers down Mt. Fanny on his back.
Dee has never been one to shirk from a challenge and
he has always been admired for his logical ‘no
nonsense’ ability to see a problem, size up the
situtaion and meticuously resolve the problem to
everyones amazement. He has always assisted ARRG in
multiple capacities and was always too generous to
ARRG, and his company even stored ARRG equipment in
a corner of their building.
Dee Lynch, K7JRB on his Ten Tec Orion
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After selling the company, he moved a lot of that equipment to his home near Corvallis. He’s hosted ‘Radio Nite’ at
his home for a few hams each year where friends work on specific projects together. Dee has also assisted many
families of deceased hams by selling their equipment at local fairs.
Dee made many friends, not just in ARRG, but all around the community. He’s definantly has impacted each of us in so
many ways over the years. Not everything Dee has done revolves around amateur radio, Dee is an avid outdoorsman
and he likes to camp, fish and paddle his canoe on any lake that calls his name.
Terry Biggs, WB7CHK -- ARRG’s Chairman writes:
Dee and I have been doing annual Oregon high lake fishing trips for over 25
years. A trip around 1990 stands out as particularly memorable. We had
hiked about a mile into a lake for our morning fishing but not having any luck,
we decided to leave the gear, rafts and poles at the campsite. It was our
intention to go back to campsite for lunch and maybe grab a nap and then
return for a full afternoon of fishing. On the return we took a short cut, and
as we approached the lake, Dee ran right smack dab into a angry nest of bees.
Dee, Oregon High Lakes
As I heard his shouts of pain, I yelled, “What’s wrong?” And he said, “Bees,
bees!” I replied, “Run, but not toward me!”
Dee out ran the bees, but not fast enough to avoid several painful stings onto which I applied my reliable sting remedy
of Adolph’s Meat Tenderizer. His pain was gone in a short time and we continued on our mission of hooking a few big
ones. But alas, NO FISH that day. And to the insult of getting skunked, as Dee was getting out of his raft, his camera
plopped right into the water. Fortunately, we had another with us, so pictures could be made to record this annual
trip.
The next day, at the next lake, I put my raft in and began fishing. Several minutes passed, but Dee hadn’t yet joined
me with his raft. Turns out he had a leak in his brand new raft. So he suggested we drive to his uncle’s place in
nearby Oakridge and borrow his raft.
On the way I spotted some mushrooms in the woods and asked Dee if he had ever eaten wild mushrooms. He said,
“No, but I trust your judgment” to which I replied, “With your luck lately, should you trust your luck or my judgment?”
He decided he did, and we had a great feed of mushrooms for dinner (minus fish or course). Both Dee and I survived
the night.
The rest of the trip went well, except for the fact that we didn’t catch a single fish the entire trip. Since and before
lots of fish have been caught and consumed in the Oregon high lakes and lots of good memories with pictures to record
them have been made with my good buddy, Dee.
As Dee heads toward official ARRG retirement, he has been slowly turning
over the mantle of his technical prowess to others on the team. Even though
he says he’s retired, a simple call to Dee provides a quick ‘sure, here’s how
ya do it’ lesson.
Everything Dee does, just seems so effortless to those who know him. Dee
says it’s time to catch up on other more time consuming projects. But you
can be sure he’ll continue to be on the air and continue to be a mentor for
the rest of us for many years to come. If you haven’t figured it out yet, Dee
is one of those guys who is easy going and redifines the word ‘chill.’
He is really a ‘guys guy’ and I’ll go so far as to say he’s a ‘ham’s ham!’
Dee is an avid Photographer
Oregon amateur radio is a far better place because of Dee Lynch and his many years of community service and we are
proud to call him our friend!
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ITREX Community Involvement
-and how it impacted ARRG
Central Point, OR. On August 3rd, we had the opportunity to meet the crew at ITREX Electronics Recyclers located in
Central Point. For those who don’t know where Central Point is, it’s literally a few miles up the road from Medford on
the way to Crater Lake.
We happened to find out about ITREX Electronic Recyclers
http://www.itrex.co searching for replacement repeaters for the aging
ARRG emergency repeater system. Via their EBAY sales channel, ARRG had
the opportunity to snag a really nice Motorola MSR-2000 VHF deck from
Laura, the Internet Sales Manager at ITREX. The cost was minimal and
ITREX gave us an unbelievable deal.
About a week or so later, we got a nice note from Laura telling me that
after she had visited the www.arrg.org website, she and the team at ITREX
wanted to do more to help ARRG. She explained to me in the email about
how ITREX is highly invested in community outreach and support. The
team at ITREX had pulled aside another complete MSR-2000 VHF repeater
and a coveted MSF-5000 Synthesized VHF repeater and wanted us to have
them as a donation.
Marc and Ray at ITREX loading repeater equipment into the
ARRG mobile.
Well, a trip was in order to work on the Medford 147.020 repeater system. It was just the icing on the cake to have a
chance to tour the ITREX facility, so members of the ARRG Team drove down to Central Point. The ITREX team met us
and took us on a complete tour of this exciting little electronics recycling
company.
Ray Dow, the GM at ITREX, Inc. explained how they have increased the
number of employees from 4 to 14 employees in just a short time. What
impressed us the most was how Ray and his team seek out and employ
veterans. It is very apparent that ITREX really knows what ‘Community
Service’ is truly all about.
During our hour long tour of the ITREX facility it was exciting and
refreshing to see a working business model thrive this strongly in this down
economy. All we can say is that karma has truly rewarded Ray, Ron and
Laura (and the rest of the ITREX team) for their hard work. The Amateur
Radio Relay Group appreciates and thanks ITREX for making us feel
welcome and for being a wonderful Oregon community supporter.
Laura & Ron of ITREX carrying out the donated MSR-2000
cables to Marc’s rig
So when ham’s need electronic recycling, make sure you go out of your way to support ITREX!
What is ITREX all about?
To put it in its most basic terms we are a community based recycling and reuse company. Of course that’s a pretty basic and accurate definition but it
doesn’t tell the entire story.
ITREX is really a group of dedicated people who are building a local business and eventually a national business by turning the typical methods of
recycling upside down. Here are a few of the ways that we are different:
1. We make customer service our first priority. If we say we will be there then we will be and on time!
2. We let everyone recycle everything that we accept for free. 99% of the time we even pick it up for free!
3. We hire from the local community. We hire Vets. We hire from “Living Opportunities”.
4. We sell and disassemble as much as we can locally!
5. We go to communities and do free local drop off days making it easier for people to recycle!
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New England Adventure
In July, Warren Winner, W7JDT and his wife Barb were on
vacation in New England. One of the highlights of the trip was
when they visited ARRL HQ and the infamous W1AW station.
Warren said that while driving from Valatie, NY to Newington,
CT the previous day, they watched and listened to an intense
lightning and thunderstorm.
The morning they found the ARRL
Headquarters and were greeted
in the reception area by Mark
Goldstein, K8LSB. Mark was our
tour guide thru headquarters.
The hallways were decorated
with fascinating amateur radio
mementoes from all over the world. We also got the rare opportunity to visit the
production area for all the ARRL publications. While there, we saw the cover for the
August QST, 3 weeks prior to publication. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me take a
picture.
Warren Winner, W7JDT at the W1AW controls
On display there is a beautiful 1907 spark gap radio transmitter and a crystal a receiver
from the early 1930's. The ARRL lab has a new display called "The ARRL Evolution of
Amateur Radio" with equipment from 1900 to 1980. The display has three operating
stations that represented different eras of amateur history. The displays reminded Warren
of his operating days at W6BHZ at Cal Poly, K4WAR at Fort Gordon and HL9KT, Taejon,
Korea.
It was explained to Barb and Warren that all
new equipment that is tested in the ARRL
lab is purchased by licensed hams in the
area. This basically meant that the ARRL
tests rigs off the shelf, just like you or I
could buy. The equipment then goes thru
the rigorous testing in the shielded screen
room which is part of the lab.
After the tour was over we headed to
W1AW. Looking up at all the majestic
towers, filled with every type of antenna
imaginable, I sure would like to have one of
their towers, along with a couple mono
beams in my backyard, but Barb must have known what I was thinking and
said “That is never going to happen!”
Joe C, NJ1Q the W1AW station manager had suite #1 all set up for me to
operate. The rig was a Yaesu FT TX 9000 with a 1KW amplifier. Operating
on 20M and talking to stations in 7, 1 and 9 land was a real thrill. I listened for stations in Oregon but all I could find and
work were those in Arizona and California on the west coast.
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The Voice of the Oregon Emergency Net
Karen Lilly, N7RBO fell silent August 4th, 2012
By Marc Peterson, W7PM Alt. OEN Net Control Operator
Klamath Falls. It’s with a sad heart that I report that Karen Lily, N7RBO, the almost
nightly voice of the Oregon Emergency Net on 3980 KHz has become a silent key.
Left: Karen N7RBO Right: Ruth K7RFO
Karen spent her life in the service of others. She tirelessly worked for the amateur
radio community. Karen always made OEN members and visitors feel welcome,
including newbie net control operators like me. Her special love for radio showed
by her wonderful example she always set while on the air. Karen lost her life to an
aggressive form of cancer on August 4th, 2012.
During the summer on one particular net evening, Karen found her way to the mic for one last net. When she
transmitted, nobody broke in and the adjacent channel interference truly subsided just long enough for everyone to
listen to Karen say goodbye. With a tremble in her voice, she thanked everyone for their friendship and love.
I believe every one of us listening that evening sort of knew this was her last 'On Air' goodbye, because for almost an
hour thereafter amateur after amateur took turns in telling Karen on the air how much they loved and appreciated her.
In my own household there was just silence (and the sound one makes when fighting back tears) as we listened to the
unfolding goodbyes from her many OEN friends and well wishers. I took comfort in knowing that at the very same
moment, there were hundreds other ham operators and their family members listening, with tears in their eyes and a
knot in their throat.
I managed a last 73 to Karen and hope she heard me, because not much came out but a whisper. -m
Karen L. Lilly of Klamath Falls went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 4, 2012, at the age of 73. She wanted no formal
funeral services, just a family gathering at a later date. Private interment will be at Klamath Memorial Park. Karen was
born on April 20, 1939, in Lakeview, Ore., to Kenneth Cogburn and Gladys Cogburn McKenney. She attended Plush
School and moved to Klamath Falls in 1950. On March 8, 1970, she married the love of her life, J. Kern Lilly.
The most important thing in her life was her family. But she also enjoyed cooking, crocheting, and knitting, giving away
those items to people in need. Her other hobby was ham radio. Karen's call sign was N7RBO. She was
secretary/treasurer for the Klamath Basin Repeater Association for 12 years and also net manager/secretary for the
Oregon Emergency Net for 10 years.
If you are interested in participating, joining or becoming a Net Control Operator with one of Oregon’s oldest and most established
Emergency Communication group, feel free to contact the OEN through their website at http://k6ugs.com/oen.htm or join them live
on the air on 3980 KHz at 6 and 7 PM daily, 365 days per year!
Other Latest SK News: QST Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK)
QST Managing Editor Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE, of Meriden, Connecticut, died from injuries received during a
fire at his home. He was 64. Kleinman was responsible for the coordination, organization, control and
completion of all aspects of QST's editorial content each month. Kleinman's wife Jayne survived the fire, but is
currently in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.
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Technical Corner
Amateur Radio
Relay Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 91213
Portland, OR 97291
email: k7rpt@comcast.net
web site: www.arrg.org
Operating the K7RPT Repeater System
Officers
President: Marc Peterson, W7PM
Vice-President: Terry Biggs, WB7CHK
Secretary: Peter Jones, KE7CKB
Treasurer : Warren Winner, W7JDT
Board of Directors
Chairman: Terry Biggs, WB7CHK
Vice-Chair: Brian Nordlund, AC7QE
Directors: Jim Campbell, N7QME
Marc Douglas, AE7KK
Peter Jones, KE7CKB
Dale Justice, K7WW
Dee Lynch, K7JRB
Marc Peterson, W7PM
Jeff Scheetz, KF7HG
Mark Walker, W7CLU
Warren Winner, W7JDT
Committee Chairmen
Electronic Communication Jim Campbell, N7QME
Web Site - Marc Peterson, W7PM
Newsletter - Pat Roberson, W7PAT
Membership -Peter Jones, KE7CKB
Purchasing -Warren Winner, W7JDT
Sea-Pac -Dale Justice, K7WW
Standardization -Terry Biggs, WB7CHK
Technical & Site Maintenance Chair-Jeff Scheetz, KF7HG
ARRG
Welcomes it new members
Phil Kane, K2ASP
David Stevens, KA3FFG
Robert Wright, N7ZO
By Marc Douglas, AE7KK
Here is a summary of some of the work done on the K7RPT repeaters since
the last issue.
The controller at Sylvan (147.04/442.225) has been replaced, audio levels
brought up to standard. The auto patch has been placed back into service.
The 442.225 transmitter and receiver have both been put on the bench for
a tune-up and addition of CTCSS decoding/encoding. The “Marx” brothers
(W7PM, W7CLU and AE7KK) met up with Dee (K7JRB) in Bend to reinstall
the 147.04 repeater along with the 444.225 link radio to Mt. Hood, both of
which had been removed for other maintenance at the site. W7PM also
made a trip to Medford and found a failing power supply, but was still able
to push out 10 watts input and 6 watts out to the antenna.
In the meantime, the other two UHF repeaters in the Portland metro area
(Mt. Hood 444.225 and South Saddle 442.325) both started having
problems. A couple of trips to South Saddle were made to replace a failing
UHF transmitter, upgrade the firmware and programming in the controller
(including the autopatch) and add a rebuilt Henry PA to the VHF (147.32)
repeater.
Immediate plans are to get the other two UHF repeaters (Mt Hood and
Sylvan) back on the air, install a 7 DB 24' Collinear VHF replacement
antenna at South Saddle, install our first MSR 2000 VHF repeater at Cedar
Mill (147.38) with IRLP link, and get a replacement power supply down to
Bill (W7QMU) who has graciously offered to install it for us.
If you like working on this kind of stuff, come join us!
As you can see, there's never a dull moment! 73, Marc AE7KK
Rural Area ARRG Repeaters: Trip to Medford
By Marc Peterson, W7PM
On August 3rd, 2012 our trusty ARRG helper Tony and I had the
opportunity to travel to Medford, to work on the 147.020 repeater. The
machine had been down for many months.
Upon arrival, we had the opportunity to meet with long time ARRG
supporters, Bill Shrader, W7QMU and Gordon Marx, KC7YNY. These two
guys have been instrumental in housing and maintaining the 147.020
repeater system for many years.
With Bill’s help, we were able to replace the GE Master II PA and
troubleshoot the aging power supply. While not up to 100% efficiency and
operating at lower power, the repeater is working and wide area coverage
has been restored. On the way back to the Portland area, we diverted and
drove out across the mountains to Crater Lake National Park. We had a lot
of fun working a couple Medford guys on the newly restored 147.020
machine. I am happy to report that even while operating at a lower
power, the repeater was full quieting at Crater Lake West rim, which is 61
air miles away. Coming back to Portland, we were able to work Warren,
N7BIJ on the 147.040 Sylvan repeater 31 miles south of Eugene on I-5, so
talk about great coverage!
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ARRG needs your help! Immediate Equipment Needs List in order of priority:
1- DUAL BAND MOBILES TRANSCRIVER (needs to have CTCSS capabilities and a working DTMF mic):
This radio is needed to begin testing the IRLP Node for 147.380. The desired radio needs to have dual band capabilities
due to the fact that ARRG may wish to point the unit to any of ARRG’s VHF or UHF repeaters during an emergency, ARES
or CERT training or scheduled race event. In fact, we could actually use two dual band riggs; one for ‘on the air’ work
and the other for remote programming from our IRLP node managers QTH (where he is supplying the free Internet and
IRLP computer). Even if you are not willing to completely donate a rig, please let us know because we may be able to
purchase it from you at decent price.
2- UHF REPEATERS (s);
The technical team is looking for any Motorola MSR2000 or newer UHF repeater or possibly GE Master II series (or
newer) machines. We’d also use any Relm, Regency, Yaesu, Kenwood or Tait machines as well. ARRG has several spare
VHF repeaters (completely bench tested) we could possibly trade towards a decent crystal controlled or programmable
UHF repeater. As you may have heard, ARRG's entire UHF system went down this year, including Sylvan, South Saddle
and now Mt Hood is down as well. These repeaters need upgrading ASAP. The South Saddle 442.325 repeater is up and
running on our only spare working transmitter/PA combo, we currently have nothing to replace or upgrade Mt. Hood or
Sylvan at the moment.
NOTE: Legally speaking, if we do not get our UHF repeaters fixed or replaced soon, per Part 97 control regulations, we
may be forced to temporarily shut off the repeater until we are able to provide positive control linking. As you may or
may not already know, ARRG has always installed a UHF companion to every VHF repeater wherever we’ve had room
just to meet this rule.
3- TECH HELP WANTED:
ARRG needs a couple good people who are technical gurus to come support us on our technical team. ARRG is willing to
train the right people. Applicants need to have the ability to actually visit our sites and work with us on repeaters more
than just a couple times per year. We only want you if you can be active and available to assist us with our ongoing
upgrades and system maintenance.
Both ‘in town’ bench techs are needed as well as remote site folks are needed. If you have a desire to assist us on the
ARRG repeaters, even in a limited way, we can put you to work! Please contact Marc Peterson w7pm@live.com for a
complete list of items we need help on!
Amateur License Testing Sessions
OTVARC SESSIONS Exam sessions are held on the first Saturday of each month except June at 1:00 PM at the Hillsboro Fire
Department, Ronler Acres Station, 4455 NW 229th Street, Hillsboro, Oregon.
All exam elements are administered at each session. You may verify any exam schedule at http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radiolicense-exam-session as any changes will be posted there.
The test fee is $15.00. Bring check or money order payable to ARRL VEC and a photo ID. Applicants upgrading must bring the original
AND a photocopy of their current license. Contact Carl Clawson, WS7L, 503.629.5796, ws7l@arrl.net, to preregister.
KA0TP SESSIONS SE PDX/Milwaukie "First Sunday" VE testing. 7:00 pm at the Roundtable Pizza at 82nd Ave and King Rd.
Walk-ins welcome! Please come early. Bring Photo ID, photocopy of current license or other paperwork, Pen, pencils, and check for
$15 made out to the ARRL. We accept cash if you have exact change but all funds are submitted to ARRL, as we keep nothing locally.
Contact KA0TP - Tom at ka0tp@aol.com or cell 503-318-5399 2012 schedule: July 1, Aug 5, Sep2, Oct 7, Nov 4, Dec 2
PARG SESSIONS PARG has test session on the Westside by Capitol Hwy and Barbur Blvd. on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 8:00 pm.
For more information and for info on other test sessions in the area, see ARRL Exam Search at arrl.org website.
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ARRG Membership & Renewal Section
Please join the Amateur Radio Relay Group, Inc.
The Amateur Radio Relay Group (K7RPT) relies on your membership dollars to pay the general
maintenance and operating costs of the
ARRG owned and operated repeater systems.
Membership runs for one full year after receipt of paid fees.
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Please print, complete and send to:
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P.O. Box 91213
Portland, OR 97291
Current memberships available are:
Full member @ 20.00 for one (1) year, with full repeater privileges (includes autopatch where
available and IRLP access).
Family member @ $ 10.00 for one (1) year, as above.
** The family member must reside at the same residence as the full member. Each household
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