The Western Oregon Radio Club is an Amateur Radio club located in Portland Oregon. The club functions to operate radio repeaters to provide coverage over a large portion of the northwest corner of the state of Oregon. The club has several separate radio sites for repeaters. The separate sites are linked using RF linking to allow users on any local repeater to be heard on any of the other repeaters. The club also has RF links to other similar Amateur Radio Repeater systems located throughout the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The current roster of repeaters participating in the Evergreen Intertie system includes 29 separate repeaters. The club supports other forms of Amateur radio activity including Voice over Internet Protocol systems, a connection to the public telephone system ( Autopatch ), a weather alert monitor for NOAA weather emergency weather warnings, D-Star repeaters, and a low power FM Broadcast station. The club hosts several nets each week on the local repeater system and also connecting throughout the Northwest. A local user net is conducted each week on Wednesdays at 7 PM to provide up to date information about the local repeaters and to answer user questions. The WORC system is an open repeater system available to all Amateur Radio Operators. The club system has been used to support several public service activities. The system has a part in the District ARES plan and has been active during exercises and real emergency activities. The Leadership and Board members of the Western Oregon Radio Club are as follows: Board President:  Ron Polluconi  KJ7IY Board Secretary, Kris Schatz  KR7IS Board Treasurer:  Mike Hemel  KB7WUK / SK Chairman of the Technical Committee: Ken Seymour  KA7OSM 07-03-2025 About the WORC

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO MEMBERS!

Recently and unexpectedly, in late April 2025, the WORC lost our long-time club member, Treasurer, web site manager, NET control operator, and all-around awesome human, who has contributed immensely to the WORC over the past 30 years: Mike Hemel KB7WUK / SK.

Mike was the ultimate human and friend who was always there to help the club in all of its endeavors. He and club President, Ron Polluconi KJ7IY would be testing, troubleshooting, and tracking interference into the wee hours of the morning to keep the quality of the VHF/UHF Repeater network as reliable as possible.

Mike had the only access to our email account. Therefore, we need to temporarily change it in order for us to keep in touch with our members.


MEMBERS: Please do the following:

  • Email us so we have a new record of your contact information: Name, callsign, membership plan you have, anything else you want to tell us
  • We recently started a Facebook Group page, for those who want to get involved there too. Be sure to join the group if you use Facebook. The group name is: WORC - The Western Oregon Radio Club

NEW WORC EMAIL ADDRESS:

This will be our temporary address until we settle on a new email address. So, please check back often here or on Facebook for any updates. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Mike and Ron 2005

Mike Hemel KB7WUK/SK and Club President Ron Polluconi, KJ7IY