N7WAH ARC

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N7WAH is in Cathalmet WA, USA, 98612

Our local training net is Monday at 1830 local time on the BeachNet system:
  Nicolai: 444.500
  Cathlamet: 444.300
  Grays River (KM Mtn): 147.020

Our secondary frequency is 145.55 simplex.
This also is our local check-in frequency in an emergency.

N7WAH maintains three repeaters:

Cathlamet – 444.300, +5MHz, 118.8Hz

Nicolai – 444.500, +5MHz, 118.8Hz (Beachnet)

Nicolai (Packet) – 145.630MHz 1200b

Clatsop AuxCom maintains a repeater on Nicolai Mtn:
146.760, minus offset, 118.8Hz

We meet Tuesday mornings 0900 to 1030 except for the second Tuesday of the month when we meet at 1800 in the evening. All meetings are held at the River Street meeting room in Cathlamet.

Weekly Meeting via Zoom

You can join our weekly club meeting via Zoom by clicking the link below.
Meeting ID: 854 3512 9053
Passcode: ******

Club Info

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Club Documents

Check out our community section for minutes from meetings, newsletters and more.

Mailing Address

PO Box 124
Cathlamet, WA 98612


Officers

President: Steve K7SH
Vice President: Jim KG7WSQ
Treasurer: Bob WB6AGE
Secretary: Richard KC4ONA & Margaret KK7JII


Committees and Chair

Field Day: Open
Education: Open
School: Open
ARES/RACES EC: Gordon WA6TTR
AEC: Richard KC4ONA, Steve K7SH
Repeaters and Trustee: Gordon WA6TTR
New Members: Dave AE7RD
Website: Ron W7ERY

Meeting Location

River Street Meeting Room

Additional Info

Club Members

Emergency Management

The phone number to reach the EOC is:
Dial 360-795-6100, then enter a 1 to then enter the extension number 559 for EOC Ham station or 299 for River Street Meeting Room.

Washington State Emergency Net. This is where traffic will be passed out of the area in a disaster. They practice on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings on or near 3985.
WSEN net

Our Emergency Coordinator for Wahkiakum County is Gordon WA6TTR.
Our Assistant EC’s are Steve K7SH and Richard KC4ONA.

Call-out documents:
Our emergency frequency list
Area nets and repeaters

Here is our Amateur Radio Region 4 Homeland Security Interoperability Plan.
This plan addresses Emergency Communication for Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties.
InterAgency Agreement
Appendix A Activation Procedures
Appendix B Regional Net Protocals
Appendix C Frequency and Mode Listing
Appendix D Acronym Definitions

Map of all Emergency Regions in the state:
Homeland Security Map for WA, with Region contact info

Cowlitz County Auxiliary Communications Services has a website with a tonne of useful information for us: Cowlitz ACS

What is the difference between ARES and RACES?
Click on this link to a FAQ provided by ARRL

Emergency workers should take the online FEMA IS-100, IS-700, and IS-800 classes.  
These take several hours each. At the conclusion of the class a test is given.  
If passed your certificate of completion is emailed to you.  
Copies of certificates should be provided to Mr. Renfro.  
Here are the links to the classes …  
Registration Link to take tests
IS-100,  IS-200, for incident supervisors only, IS-700, IS-800  

Helpful Links

BeachNet Repeater System info Website  
http://qsl.net/nm7r/index.htm   

Download ARES Registration form

Download ARES Field Resource Guide

Amateur Radio Relay League (Ham info home base)  
http://www.arrl.org/   
Complete Band Plan details from ARRL   

Lower Columbia Amateur Radio Club  
http://www.w7dg.org/   

Clark County Amateur Radio Club  
http://www.w7aia.org/index.html   
In addtion to many other fine links, they have a really nice intro for new hams.   

Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club (CPARN-W7BU repeater system and the lightship Columbia )  
http://www.w7bu.club/ Map of CPARN Repeater Network, Gearhart to Long Beach and Cathalmet
http://w7buhams.org/repeaters.html   

Pacific County Amateur Radio Club  
http://www.qsl.net/w7rdr/   

AB7F Repeater Network (I-5 corridor, Chehalis to Salem)  
http://ab7f.mooo.com/coverageMAP.htm   

Wahkiakun School District Ham Club website with introductory Ham info
https://wahkiakumdraftamateurradio.wordpress.com/    

WARTS Net website with much Ham info
http://www.wartsnet.org/    

WaDiOp – Wahkiakum Digital Operations Net (proposed)
WaDiOp proposed digital net    

Well written pdf explaining atmospherics and propagation
Australian Doc on propagation    

Why are amateur radio operators called HAMs?
This link responds

Link to ARRL’s list of Third Party Operating Agreement countries
http://www.arrl.org/third-party-operating-agreements

Current Members for 2021

AE6DI Mark
AE7RD Dave 
AK9E Ron K
K7SH Steve 
KB7AJY Jean
KC4ONA Richard
KC7IVJ Dale 
KG7WSQ Jim
KG7WSW Sulema
KG7WSY Jerry
KI7ORS Pat
KI7ORU Lynette
KJ7KMP Bill  
KJ7PHT Prudence
KJ7RHV Luke
KJ7UMW Glen
KK7JII Margaret
N7TSM Will

NU7D Randy
W7ERY Ron W
W7RAK Ruth
W7WOG Steve
WA6TTR Gordon
WA7RD Bob
WB6AGE Bob C
WR8Z Peter

Arlene (SAR)

SK: Bud W7CWY