f you are considering joining ARRL, or if you are rejoining after a lapse of 2 years or more, you can really help the PARC treasury by joining via the club. PARC will receive $15 from the ARRL for each membership we process. ARRL membership is now $39 per year, and includes 12 issues of QST magazine. For more information on how you can help PARC, contact us at W7LT@arrl.net, or call 503-771-1773 and leave a message.

-W7LT

he general meeting program this month will be Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness presented by Multnomah County ARES Emegency Coordinator Eric Stephenson, KK7UE. Eric will have a video program on how ARES operates in emergency situations, with emphasis will be on what we as Amateur operators can do.
Also joining us at the March meeting will be our new Oregon ARRL Section Manager, Marshall Johnson, KK7CW. Please come meet with Marshall for a brief update and questions session. The club meets at 7:30 PM in the auditorium on the lower level of One Liberty Center, 650 N.E. Holladay Street, Portland, Oregon. Entrance is at the rear of the building. The VE test session will take place at 6:30 PM in the conference room on the lower level.  Please contact n7xb@arrl.net or w7lt@arrl.net, or call 503-257-7320 to assure a spot.

Articles should be submitted electronically to my primary email address, leaball@zzz.com.  I use Office 97 products.  If there is any doubt about format, copying and pasting the article into the body of an e-mail message works just fine.  Pictures should be in .jpg format (jpeg, for you Mac users) and high resolution.

What sort of stuff do we want?  Anything having to do with ham radio is good.  It's even better if it ties in with club activities (as in meeting programs, for example).  We don't want political diatribes (this is a hobby, damn it!) or any-thing that defames any group of people or any other organization.  Just remember, if it's not on hand, it doesn't get run.

-AL7W