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 Hemel KB7WUK/SK and Club President Ron Polluconi, KJ7IY