N7WAH ARC
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