Author: Casey Baldwin

The OTVARC Club will participate in the Winter Field Day exercises in January 2025. We will meet at L.L. Stubb Stewart State Park on Friday, January 24th for antenna setup, operating trailer, and sleeping accommodations, Saturday, January 25th breakfast before the start time of 11:00 am.We will operate three stations from 11:00 am Saturday till…

From Carl – WS7L Dear OTVARC members: I am hosting a multi-operator activity in the ARRL 10 Meter contest at my station. This band is heavily dependent on the sunspot cycle and is currently the best it’s been in the last 20+ years. If you’re new to contesting, don’t worry. We can show you the ropes. You can…

Here is the flyer for the upcoming holiday dinner. RSVP is now closed – FULL. Thanks for your RSVP. The event is now full. If you have RSVP’d but need to cancel, please email holidaydinner@otvarc.org

Here are the details for the upcoming ISS Contact by Zeke, KJ7NLL Hello everyone,  We just received confirmation from NASA’s ARISS program! The purpose of this email is to introduce everyone who may have been working on different parts of the project independently. In just over a week the event will begin, so I want…

On Tuesday 10/1 (today) we will be doing a test run-through at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum hosted by the Carlton Observatory as part of “Telescope Tuesdays”.  We will set up for the 6:39pm pass of the ISS and confirm contact via the ISS cross-band repeater. Bonus: The International Space Station should be visible during the…

From Eric, KJ7LNW: Hello everyone, This Saturday (Sept 14), Middle and HS students will be building the antennas that will be used to contact the International Space Station.  If you would like to to help, then please let me know when you can drop in (or stay for the entire day). Here are the details: Location:TEACH-NW141…

Info for upcoming foxhunt: The next East County Fox Hunt will meet at Mt. Hood Community College Fisheries Building #22 West parking lot on Saturday, September 21st.  I will hide several-ish VHF (2 meter) transmitters on the MHCC campus. The hunt will start at 11:00 AM and continue till approx. 1:00 PM. Rain or shine.…

Below is information on the online Technician and General Licensing classes the West Seattle Amateur Radio Club is offering.  The lectures are all on YouTube and you are not required to attend the Zoom sessions or take the test at the end, or pay any fees.  Only attend the Zoom sessions if you have questions…

Below is the press release for an ARISS event this Friday, AUG 16th at 11 AM. Students will ask the ISS astronauts questions as the ISS is overhead. The school is in Seattle but is open for anyone to tune into.  This event will be viewable on YouTube, the link is below. Since Seattle is…

Longtime club member Pete Mackie, KG7IXU is now SK at the age of 88. Pete taught our technician class in the past. He will be missed. Memorial services have not been announced yet.