Our first Summer Bunny Hunt training

Find the rabbit!

Show up at the park at Minto Park off South River Rd. at 11 am or after. Antennas and equipment will be furnished if you don't have your gear yet. This first session will be mostly training. The talkin will be on 145.29.

Annual SARC Christmas Dinner Party

The Salem Amateur Radio Club finds that the Christmas season is just too busy to put a meeting close to Christmas, so we hold a special dinner meeting earlier in the month. This year (2009) we will hold the meeting at the Scottish Rite Temple at 4090 Commercial St. SE, Salem, Oregon on Monday, December 8th. This will be catered to a degree, with the Club furnishing ham, turkey, coffee, punch, and the plates with plastic-ware to eat with.

Members of the Club should bring a dessert or salad item to share with the group as pot luck. There will be a large screen projected program at the meeting, presented by Scott, KE7EQA. We love to follow Scott's travels and great pictures.

The dinner will setup at 6PM, with the program starting near 7PM that night. There will be a raffle.

Annual SARC Picnic

Each year, the Salem Amateur Radio Club holds a meeting in a local park to enjoy the conversation and members of the Club. We replace a meeting in July or August to have our annual pot luck picnic. This also give us a chance to see some of the installations hams have made in their cars. FIND PICTURES ON THE PHOTO GALLERY PAGE.

FIELD DAY

The last full weekend in June is traditionally S.A.R.C.'s annual radio camp out. Its Field Day, from mid-day Saturday to midday Sunday, with camp tents, picnic tables, a camp cook and antennas from one end of the park to the other. Club members have made contacts on 160 meters through 70 cm, with ample opportunities for HF operations for novice to tech plus licensees. There is nothing like talking to the world at 3 AM. Its great fun!  Talk-in on 145.29.

CODE PRACTICE

Sorry, temporarily discontinued until notice:

VE TESTING

Regular ham testing has returned to the greater Salem area.  Please email Jeff for more info. Send info on your needs, your name, city, etc.

Test sessions are available through the club by contacting Jeff Crabill, KK7LU. Please see our Leadership Page for more details.

BUNNY (TRANSMITTER) HUNTS

The Salem Amateur Radio Club has as its bunny (transmitter) hunt coordinator, Doug, KE7ASM. The group meets on weekend summer afternoons on the steps of our State Capital. From there one of the group is designated to be the bunny and given about a 30 minute head start in which to find a hiding spot within city limits. With our group it may take about another twenty or thirty minutes to find the bunny and this procedure is then again recycled. Most of us build our own attenuator and we prefer a two element quad. It's exciting to be in a hunt and we have talked about using the odometer reading of shortest distance to capture in lieu of speed to capture. Most often we work in teams of two and have a "more the merrier" attitude. Join in..........it's a blast!

COMMUNICATIONS EVENTS

SARC is frequently involved in public service walks or bike events in which we provide communications for the safety and welfare of riders or walkers during the events. We benefit by better understanding of net procedures and working together. We hope to provide such services as to improve public perception of Ham Radio and increase awareness of our Club and Ham Radio in our area. We already have gained recognition by Federal authorities concerning our elevated activity as hams in our area. In recent lectures, we were told that our area is several percent greater in increased new licenses.

SPECIAL EVENTS STATIONS

We encourage upgrading licenses in several ways. Although operating from friend's stations is great, operating from other remote locations helps to demonstrate how HF radios operate and get new Hams interested in setting up their own HF stations and to upgrade to allow running such stations. (The Antique Powerland station was fun for the event and as a learning experience for our members). Others to come.

THE COUNTRY STORE

SARC runs the Country Store as a service to those who attend the Swapmeets at Rickreall twice a year. The Hamfair runs in February and the SwapToberfest runs in October. Both are fun swapmeets and one of the best tables to be near is the Country Store, as the good deals find their way to the table.