1. We'll each order one (or more) of the kits.
2. When you've ordered and received the kit, let me know via email.
3. My thought is to give us all the month of April to get the kit.  So at the end of April, we'll know who all is interested in doing this.
4. Once we know how many have the kit, we'll announce a build day, time and meeting place that fits everyone's schedule.
5. Then we'll DO IT!

Announcing:

CASCADE QRP CLUB BREAKFAST   --     April 12: WEST SIDE

Starts around 9:00 a.m. (but some show up a little earlier!)

We'll have some sample NORCAL S9 Signal Generator kits available to look at.
These are the kits we'll be using for our upcoming club build.  Come check
these out!

We call this a club, but there are NO DUES, NO ROSTER, NO RULES, NO CLUB
OFFICERS!  This is simply a group of people who love amateur radio and love
to talk about it!  Most of us enjoy QRP (low power), but because there are
no rules, it doesn't matter what you enjoy about ham radio!  In fact, you
don't even need to be a ham radio operator to join us at breakfast!  (We can
help you get started!)  Just show up and have a great breakfast with some
great company!


FUTURE BREAKFAST MEETINGS AND LOCATIONS

Both east and west side locations are Home Town Buffet (formerly Old Country
Buffet).  Plug either of these into Mapquest for good directions:

EAST SIDE:  10542-A SE Washington Street, Portland 97216-2809 (105th and SE
Washington)
WEST SIDE:  13500 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard  97213-4804

2008

     May 10: WEST SIDE
     June 14:  WEST SIDE

     July 12:  EAST SIDE
     August 9:  EAST SIDE
     September 13:  EAST SIDE

     October 11: WEST SIDE
     November 8: WEST SIDE
     December 13:  WEST SIDE

2009

     January 10:  EAST SIDE
     February 14:  EAST SIDE
     March 14:  EAST SIDE

Phil, WA7URV
Daytime (weekdays):  503-537-2719
Evenings and weekends:  503-625-7323    email:  492commish@...

Hi All:
I am a new member:Stewart Fletcher.  I live out in White Salmon, WA
across the mighty Columbia from Hood River.   I have been trying to
find other QRPers in the Portland Area far about one year and just now
found out about Cascade QRP.
Do you folks have a QRP net?  I would like to see if I can listen in.
Also your group builds sound interesting.  i do kit building but have
not tried built from scratch yet.

Thanks
Stewart
KE7LKW
stewart@...

--- In cascadeqrp@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Fletcher" <stewart@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
> I am a new member:Stewart Fletcher.  I live out in White Salmon, WA
> across the mighty Columbia from Hood River.   I have been trying to
> find other QRPers in the Portland Area far about one year and just now
> found out about Cascade QRP.
> Do you folks have a QRP net?  I would like to see if I can listen in.
> Also your group builds sound interesting.  i do kit building but have
> not tried built from scratch yet.
>
> Thanks
> Stewart
> KE7LKW
> stewart@...
>

Stewart, I had trouble finding any real local activity as well.

The pQRP group holds an 80 meter CW net every Monday at 7pm local -
3.551 MHz, although in the past few weeks, it's been found about 1kHz
up from that.  More details and regular reminders can be had by
joining that Yahoogroup:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pQRP/

pQRP is a bit more focused on scratch-building, using "ugly" and
"Manhattan" methods, but since it also includes some of the "kit
companies" in membership, kit-builders are a major part of the group
as well.  Although theoretically an all-encompassing Pacific Northwest
group, it presently has more activity from Seattle than Portland.  Of
late, the net has struggled with band noise, and most ops have ended
up QRO.  Propagation has only been a bit of an issue, the main problem
being a Texas traffic net on the same frequency is darned near as loud
as local QRP ops!

There have been a few off-group rumblings of a pQRP "face to face" at
the next Swaptoberfest, as well, but nothing's solidified.

Look forward to seeing you/hearing you in some local activity!

73,

Dave W8NF

--- In cascadeqrp@yahoogroups.com, Huston Gruen <hgruen1@...> wrote:
>
> Phil,
> Has anybody concidered a Pie and Coffee evening meeting during the
week like the guys up north do?  It seems the second Saturday of every
month is really loaded in meetings for me.  I would like to attend,
but two or three meetings in one day is more than I can handle!!  Do
any of the locals monitor the pQRP group on 3551 on Monday evening at
7:00 PM? My code speed is still too slow but I can hear most of them
each time.
>
> Huston Gruen K7ITA
> Vancouver, Wash.

Huston,

Funny you bring this up.  NT7S and I were unaware of the Cascade
group, so we proposed a "Portland area" P&C right on the pQRP
Yahoogroup.  We were told that there was a Portland group, but neither
of us found any links or a webpage, so we proceeded to "hold" our own
breakfast.  It's documented in text and photos on
http://www.nt7s.com/blog/2008/07/inaugural-pqrp-portland-eggs-coffee/
a typical QRP gathering, we scattered half-built PC boards on the
restaurant table, pored over schematics, shared our experiences using
circuit analysis software, etc.  But it's not a regular gig, and we
certainly did not want to "replace" any existing QRP/homebrew focused
gathering.

Like you, I would actually find evening meetings during the week more
amenable to my schedule.  I try to reserve weekends for those projects
needing long periods of focused attention.  With tomorrow's meeting
being on the east side, I probably won't make it, but I do try (when I
remember about them) to make the west side breakfasts.

The Monday night pQRP net is usually reachable from here in PDX.  I've
checked in a few times...just plumb forgot last Monday, as I got
involved in working on the sheetrock for our remodel.  It's best to
have QRO available; propagation lately has brought in unintentional
QRM from Texas and Wisconsin traffic nets, who seem to not hear us.
It can be quite a fun net when Wayne NB6M is working 1W from his
sailboat in the bay and tells us what he's experienced that day.

Since the pQRP net generally has 6-8 checkins, probably the thing to
do for now is just join their net.  Send slow; the guys promise to
slow down if someone needs them to do so.

Also, NT7S and I are talking about heading up to Bothell some time
when they hold their P&C meets.  A three hour drive for a ham radio
club meeting?  But when folks like NB6M and KK7P in the group, it
would be anything but an ordinary meeting.



73,

Dave W8NF
Far flung west Hillsboro

Hi Phil and gang,

I have been looking at the web to find something regarding FYBO for
2009, but have found nothing.    There was a general purpose contest
site that had it listed as being 1400 to 2400Z on Feb 2, but that does
not work, for it's not a weekend.   Have any of you folks heard about
the event.   My son (ka7exm) and I had talked about going out to build
an igloo for this year's event, but time is tight and I don't know if
we can pull it off or not.

Many thanks.

73, Wes
w7zoi

From Hank Greeb, as posted on the qrp-l list:

>>> I've been advised that the FYBO 2009 will be held on February 7, 2009.

>>> Rules will be the same as for 2008, but the scoring robot won't be used
because some people ran into technical difficulties while using it.

>>> The 2009 rules aren't on the web site yet, but the rules for 2008 may be
found at http://www.azscqrpions.org/FYBO2008.htm  Just change the date
to 07 Feb 09 and you should be all set.

>>> The major question between now and 07 February 2009 should be:  "where
to go to F)reeze Y)our B)... O)ff" in 2009.  This should be high on the
"to ponder" list.

>>> Hope to see ya'll during FYBO 2009.

Maybe by then I'll have enough of a portable kit to actually participate from
the field....

73,

Dave W8NF



72/73 de n8xx Hg<<<


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Wes Hayward <wesw7zoi@...> wrote:

> From: Wes Hayward <wesw7zoi@...>
> Subject: [cascadeqrp] FYBO ?
> To: cascadeqrp@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:58 AM
> Hi Phil and gang,
>
> I have been looking at the web to find something regarding
> FYBO for
> 2009, but have found nothing.    There was a general
> purpose contest
> site that had it listed as being 1400 to 2400Z on Feb 2,
> but that does
> not work, for it's not a weekend.   Have any of you
> folks heard about
> the event.   My son (ka7exm) and I had talked about going
> out to build
> an igloo for this year's event, but time is tight and I
> don't know if
> we can pull it off or not.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> 73, Wes
> w7zoi
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

CASCADE QRP CLUB BREAKFAST   --        January 10:  EAST SIDE

Starts around 9:00 a.m. (but some show up a little earlier!)

We call this a club, but there are NO DUES, NO ROSTER, NO RULES, NO
CLUB
OFFICERS!  This is simply a group of people who love amateur radio
and love
to talk about it!  Most of us enjoy QRP (low power), but because
there are
no rules, it doesn't matter what you enjoy about ham radio!  In fact,
you
don't even need to be a ham radio operator to join us at breakfast!
(We can
help you get started!)  Just show up and have a great breakfast with
some
great company!


FUTURE BREAKFAST MEETINGS AND LOCATIONS

Both east and west side locations are Home Town Buffet (formerly Old
Country
Buffet).  Plug either of these into Mapquest for good directions:

EAST SIDE:  10542-A SE Washington Street, Portland 97216-2809 (105th
and SE
Washington)
WEST SIDE:  13500 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard  97213-4804

2009

     February 14:  EAST SIDE
     March 14:  EAST SIDE

Phil, WA7URV
Daytime (weekdays):  503-537-2719
Evenings and weekends:  503-625-7323    email:
492commish@...

----- Original Message -----

From: Phil Westover

To: cascadeqrp@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 6:39 PM

Subject: [cascadeqrp] CASCADE QRP BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY, EAST SIDE

CASCADE QRP CLUB BREAKFAST -- January 10: EAST SIDE

Starts around 9:00 a.m. (but some show up a little earlier!)

We call this a club, but there are NO DUES, NO ROSTER, NO RULES, NO
CLUB
OFFICERS! This is simply a group of people who love amateur radio
and love
to talk about it! Most of us enjoy QRP (low power), but because
there are
no rules, it doesn't matter what you enjoy about ham radio! In fact,
you
don't even need to be a ham radio operator to join us at breakfast!
(We can
help you get started!) Just show up and have a great breakfast with
some
great company!

FUTURE BREAKFAST MEETINGS AND LOCATIONS

Both east and west side locations are Home Town Buffet (formerly Old
Country
Buffet). Plug either of these into Mapquest for good directions:

EAST SIDE: 10542-A SE Washington Street, Portland 97216-2809 (105th
and SE
Washington)
WEST SIDE: 13500 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard 97213-4804

2009

February 14: EAST SIDE
March 14: EAST SIDE

Phil, WA7URV
Daytime (weekdays): 503-537-2719
Evenings and weekends: 503-625-7323 email:
492commish@comcast.net