Hams helping Hams!

2026 OARS Officers
Position	Name	Call Sign
President	Howard Lim	W1COL
Vice President	Paul Smietan	NT7PS
Secretary	Mark Gayman	KK7MCI
Treasurer	Jennie Salazar	KO6GQJ
Member-at-Large 1	Bill Mackey	N3DPQ
Member-at-Large 2	Andrew Berets	K7FDT
Member-at-Large 3	Mike Bryant	K7EWC
Committees and Key Contacts
Position	Name	Call Sign
Marketing Director	Doug Grover	N7POV
Volunteer and Membership Program Manager	Dennis King	KK7YQG
Elmer Program Manager	Arthur Salazar	KO6ETV
Outreach Coordinator	Sandra Zacher	KM7CCJ
STEAM Coordinator	Jeff Records	KF7ATW
Newsletter Editor, Summer Field Day Coordinator	Corinne Tobeck	KK7ZHM
Meeting Program Manager	Jim Denyer	W7JFD
Calendar Manager, Senior Elmer	Bruce Montgomery	WA7BAM
Senior Instructor, Audio/Visual, Senior Elmer	Lee Chambers	KI7SS
Discord Manager	Alex Smith	K4RNT
Audio Visual	John Wrubal	AC7VL
Historian	Phil Cornell	W7PLC
Repeater Maintenance Chief, Club License Trustee	Mark Weisenfeld	K7TUM
Webmaster, Field Tech Ops Program Manager	Mike Bryant	K7EWC

Please use the contact page if you need to reach any of these officers or key personnel.

New HAM Guide

An excellent resource written by one of our own, Dr. Eric Messelt, W8ESM.

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Upcoming Study Group for Technician Class License

Upcoming Online Study Group

Get Licensed now!

Free Online Technician and General Courses

Online training for the Technician and General License

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ARRL

The National Association for Amateur Radio®

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Contesting

Welcome to the WA7BNM Contest Calendar. This site provides detailed information about amateur radio contests throughout the world, including their scheduled dates/times, rules summaries, log submission information and links to the official rules as published by the contest sponsors.

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QRZ.com

Amateur radio news, swap meet, articles.

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OARS Constitution

3 min read

OARS By-Laws

11 min read

TCARES - OARS MOU

4 min read

Join us on DISCORD!

Join our active discussions on Discord

OARS New Member Welcome Pamphlet

Helpful information for new hams and new OARS members

Payments to OARS

Payments to OARS for dues, donations, equipment purchase, etc.

OARS on Facebook

OARS Facebook page

Repeaterbook

ARRL Northwest Division

ARRL NW Division

ARRL Western Washington Section

ARRL WWA Section

TCARES

Thurston County ARES

Space Weather

Space Weather, CME, Sunspots, etc.

Local Weather

Local Weather from the National Weather Service/NOAA

Weather Underground

My Weather Underground station on Olympia's West side. Check the NWS site as well

Ocean Liner Museum

A description of the origins of "CQ" and "SOS"

How much battery power do you need

LiFePO4 "Lithium" batteries

A short discussion of the +'s and -'s of LiFePO4 batteries.

Some Capital Peak History

OARS Field Day Site - Home of Duane Braford
8901 Rich Rd Se
Olympia, WA

Setting up one of the Field Day antennas

Art Taylor, KL7SK making final adjustments

Field Day in progress. "CQ Field Day, CQ Field Day, this is NT7H"

Art Taylor KL7SK and Den Niles, WV7S checking out a Field Day radio

Meet and Greet at Capital Mall - Lee Chambers-KI7SS,
Bruce Montgomery-WA7BAM,
Interested passerby

Preparedness Fair 2022 - Lee Chambers-KI7SS,
Ken Dahl-K7TAG,
"The Amazing Spiderman",
Ernie Bodoh-KK7ASX,
Doug Grover-N7POV

Kid's Day at St Martin's - Doug Grover, N7POV (seated) teaching interested kids about Morse Code

Are you a ham?

Are you a ham radio operator

4 min read

Joe Walsh from the Eagles

Joe Walsh on becoming a ham radio operator.

1 min read

Welcome Pamphlet

Written by our own Dr. Eric S. Messelt, W8ESM, this pamphlet will strive to answer many of your questions about ham radio.

1 min read

The "Doozy"

1 min read

Solar flares & stuff

1 min read

Lightning Protection Basics for the HF Station

With spring (hopefully) just around the corner, late winter is a great time to evaluate our station lightning protection arrangements prior to lightning season.

6 min read

Smith Charts

1 min read

A Brief History of the Amateur Radio EmComm Organization

In the early days, amateur radio and hams were considered irritations and nuisances to the "real" communicators -- the commercial sector and the military.

6 min read

HT Antenna Improvement

A simple improvement on your HT antenna

5 min read

Olympia Hams Thwart Burglary

2 min read

What is RFI?

3 min read

Learning Morse Code Increases Neuroplasticity

2 min read

Kenwood TK-6110 Mobile radio

This is a commercial radio “low band 30-50Mhz” altered to work in the 10M FM Ham Bands 75 watts output. It comes with original box, mobile mount, original power cable, microphone, and can also provide programming software but buyer will need to purchase programming cable (Amazon around $20) $175 OBO Contact Jeremy AG7WT at ag7wt@47repeater.com

Yaesu FT-2900 2M mobile 75 Watts “WIRES” capable

No Microphone $100 OBO Contact Jeremy AG7WT at ag7wt@47repeater.com

CVARS Swap Meet July 25, 2026

Details at: https://www.cvars.org/CVARS2026SwapmeetFlyer.pdf For more info, contact Grant at (360) 614-SWAP or swapmeet@cvars.org, or check at https://CVARS.org

Hams helping Hams!

Olympia Amateur Radio Society "OARS"

Membership

Meetings

Volunteering

Calendar

Field Tech Ops

Get Licensed

Repeaters

NETS:

TCARES (see wa7oly.org) Every Tuesday Evening beginning at 7:00 PM on the OARS Repeaters.

OARS Information Net Every Tuesday Evening beginning at 7:30 PM on the OARS Repeaters.

License Testing

Watts Newsletter

Elmer News

OARS Apparel

Beginner's Corner

CB vs. Ham: Speaking the Right Language

What about this phonetic alphabet?

Why do we say "73" anyway?

Donating to OARS

About

Contact Us

Officers

New HAM Resources

New HAM Guide

Upcoming Study Group for Technician Class License

Free Online Technician and General Courses

ARRL

Contesting

QRZ.com

Roster & Documents

Links of Interest

Join us on DISCORD!

OARS New Member Welcome Pamphlet

Payments to OARS

OARS on Facebook

Repeaterbook

ARRL Northwest Division

ARRL Western Washington Section

TCARES

Space Weather

Local Weather

Weather Underground

Ocean Liner Museum

How much battery power do you need

LiFePO4 "Lithium" batteries

Some Capital Peak History

Gallery

Articles

Swap-n-Shop

Kenwood TK-6110 Mobile radio

Yaesu FT-2900 2M mobile 75 Watts “WIRES” capable

CVARS Swap Meet July 25, 2026

Morse Code Copy Tutor

OARS 2026

Olympia Amateur Radio Society
"OARS"