Welcome to the Portland Amateur Radio Club (PARC).  PARC invites all hams to participate in monthly meetings and activities.

April Monthly Meeting

April 13, 2026

Elmer and social hour 5:30 – 6:30. 

Meeting 6:30 – 8:30

This meeting is in-person and Zoom.

Zoom registration link is here: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Tc04fYcBS2WLA4eT_3L9WQ

In person location is:

Scouting America
9700 SW Nimbus Ave
Beaverton, OR 97008

Google Map Link: Scouting America

 

Meeting Topic

Dale Hunt – Radio Orienteering / Amateur Radio Direction-Finding (ARDF) and the 2026 National Championships in Oregon.

Talk description:

 “Radio Orienteering”, or “Amateur Radio Direction-Finding (ARDF)” is an international competitive version of transmitter hunting, done on foot through a forest using a map, compass, and a directional radio receiver.  We will discuss equipment, skills, and techniques, along with plans for the National Championships to be held in Oregon this summer.

 BIO:

 Dale Hunt, WB6BYU, started transmitter hunting around 1971 using 75m SSB mobile with tube equipment.   Since them he has organized hunts in several locations, taught ELT search techniques to Search and Rescue teams, and designed specialized equipment.  In the 1990s he got involved with ARDF through the Friendship Amateur Radio Societies, lead the first ARRL team to the World ARDF Championships in Hungary in 1998, and organized the first US National Championships here in Portland in 1999.  He served 17 years as the IARU Region II ARDF Coordinator, interfacing with other groups around the world.  He can be reached by email at WB6BYU@kuonanddale.com.

 

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Portland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) has been serving the amateur radio community and the City of Portland, Oregon, since 1941.

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