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W7BU Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club

We have been connecting communities for over 90 years

  • About SEARC
  • Lightship
  • Repeaters
    • SEARC Radio Network
    • Repeater Site Webcams
  • Training, Testing, YouTube
    • Technician Training
    • Information videos
    • WinLink video
  • Events
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  • Contacts
  • Membership
    • About SEARC Membership
    • Code of Conduct
    • Membership renewal or Application form
  • Support
W7BU Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club

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Upcoming Events

  • Ham License Testing, all levels - 01/04/2025 - 02:00

ADDRESS:

SEARC
PO Box 264
Astoria OR 97103

SEARC is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization,
EIN 94-3023696

Link your  Fred Meyer card to “SEARC” using organization code UK836.

Follow SEARC on facebook

SEARC meets almost every 3rd Saturday either on zoom or with a hybrid zoom/in-person meeting at the Larsen Center for the Performing Arts in Astoria. See the events page for more information.

membership form / renewal link You can renew your membership here.

There is a testing session for all levels of ham license tentatively scheduled in Astoria for Saturday January 4 2025 at 2 pm. ham.study/sessions/W7BU

Next Membership meeting January 18, 2025, 10 am. This will be a hybrid in-person / zoom meeting, location TBA. Click the link for information.

Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/SunsetEmpireARC

Licensing Exams for all levels are available on request. Contact Ellen at AA7EN@ARRL.net if you want to upgrade your license. There is a testing session for all levels of ham license tentatively scheduled in Astoria for Saturday January 4 2025 at 2 pm. ham.study/sessions/W7BU

If you enjoy our repeater network please consider a tax deductible donation to the club that keeps them operational. Everything helps. Make check out to SEARC and mail to
SEARC
PO Box 264
Astoria OR 97103
or make a credit card payment.

Tax Exempt ID 94-3023696



See a listing of events involving SEARC on the EVENTS page.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

SEARC provides assistance in obtaining ham licenses at all levels, and the superstructure needed to practice for and support emergency communications.  It is our duty to provide these services in a way that is conscious of implicit bias, systemic racism, and societal inequities.  We do not collect demographic information on age, sexual orientation, race, nationality, disability, or any other personal characteristics in our membership application, and anyone with a ham license is welcome to use the SEARC repeater system.

Links

  • Clatsop County Auxiliary Emergency Communications:  clatsopauxcomm.org/
  • Women Ham Operators: clatsopauxcomm.org/get-involved/coastal-who
  • Sea-Pac:   seapac.org/
  • ARRL:  www.arrl.org/
  • Practice for licensing tests:  arrlexamreview.appspot.com/
  • FCC License Search:  wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp
  • EchoLink: echolink.org/
  • Repeater Book:
    repeaterbook.com/repeaters/index.php?state_id=none
  • Clatsop County APRS
    https://aprs.fi/#!lat=46.08000&lng=-123.54000

Table of web pages

  • Code of Conduct
  • Contacts
    • SEARC Documents
  • Events
  • Flex Radio Basics
  • Information videos
  • Join Us
    • Membership form submitted
    • Membership renewal or Application form
  • Lightship Columbia
  • Original SEARC Repeater map with coverage images
    • Megler Field Trip!
  • Photos
    • Arch Cape container build
    • Flex Radio installation, Wickiup, fall 2023
    • Megler Work 2023
    • Wickiup work summer 2023
  • SEARC Radio Network
    • Repeater Site Webcams
  • Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club
  • Support
    • Thank You for your donation or membership fee
  • Technician Training
  • WinLink video
  • About SEARC
  • Lightship
  • Repeaters
    • SEARC Radio Network
    • Repeater Site Webcams
  • Training, Testing, YouTube
    • Technician Training
    • Information videos
    • WinLink video
  • Events
  • Photos
  • Contacts
  • Membership
    • About SEARC Membership
    • Code of Conduct
    • Membership renewal or Application form
  • Support
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