Who We Are
Our club is committed to furthering growth of Amateur Radio by providing assistance to anyone interested in becoming a HAM.
Our club was formed in 1981 by people with common interests, to share ideas and techniques.
We welcome guests and members of any age to join with us to learn and have fun.
Some of our activities include:
- Nets
- Helping each other learn and grow
- Members meetings
- Board meetings
- Swapfests
- Club lunches and/or dinners
- Antenna parties
Eola Hills - W7RXJ
McMinnville, OR
- Repeater ID: 41-428
- Downlink: 146.64000
- Uplink: 146.0400
- Offset: -0.6 MHz
- Uplink Tone: 100.0
- County: Yamhill
- Grid: CN85kb
- Call: W7RXJ
- Use: OPEN
- Coverage: Yamhill, Polk, and Marion counties.
- Sponsor: McMinnville Amateur Radio Club (MARC)
- Features: E-power.
- EchoLink: 576557
- Nets:
- MARC: Mon at 7pm.
- Radio Topics: Wed at 7pm
- SkyWarn: 3rd Sun at 6pm.
- Coordination: ORRC
Amateur Radio in Yamhill County
Amateur radio is more than a fine hobby...
- It is a learning experience.
- It provides service to the community.
- You can learn about new radio technology.
- Helps you prepare for emergencies.
- Amateur radio is fun.
In our club we have club newsletters and social activities throughout the year that help foster camaraderie between members, while other projects promote good will between amateurs and our local or regional communities.
Monthly General Meetings
Monthly Meeting Update - Jan 27, 2023
>>In order to keep the same location for our meeting, we have changed the meeting from the second Thursday of each month to the first Thursday of each month.
We now hold hybrid club meetings on the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm at the Yamhill County Auditorium, 2050 NE Lafayette Ave., McMinnville, Oregon.
Internet video links are sent via email to members a few days prior to the meetings. Those links are generally also shown in the monthly newsletter.
Nets
Our repeater is on 146.640 - 100 hz pl tone
Monday Check-in Net
This weekly checkin/information net is each Monday at 7:00 pm and everyone is welcome to check in.
Topics may Include, but are not limited to:
- Club announcements
- Q and A
- Items of Interest
- Trivia, Ham radio or otherwise
Ham Radio Topics Net
This weekly net is each Wednesday at 7:00 pm and everyone is welcome to check in.
Topics for this net are anything Ham Radio related such as:
- General Q&A
- Technical questions
- Sharing a recent contact
- Sharing info about equipment
Calendar
Don't forget to the checkout the calendar for the latest information.
