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SDR (software deined radio)
built into it — it’s got a nice
color touch screen,” Eaton said.
“We had 16, they were gone in
the irst hour.”
Radio communications are
expected to play an important
role in the event of a disaster that
brings down utilities.
From June 7-10, ham radio
operators will participate in
Cascadia Rising, the emer-
gency preparedness exercise
simulating the irst four days
following a Cascadia earth-
quake or tsunami.
“It doesn’t matter where you
are,” SEA-PAC Public Infor-
mation Oficer Nicole Crosby
said. “There are earthquakes in
California, looding in the Mid-
west and hurricanes in the East.
Each one is its own problem
area.”
From Morse
Code to the digital age
Ham radio operators are in
all generations — it’s a hobby
spanning Morse code to the dig-
ital age.
Upstairs, novices and bar-
gain-hunters alike prowled
tables of used equipment.
“It’s what every ama-
teur radio operator does,” Tim
Coleman of the Clark County
(Washington) Amateur Radio
Club said. “We buy used equip-
ment to get started in the hobby,
then we upgrade equipment,”
he said. “Then we sell the old
stuff.”
Don Hawkins of Portland
displayed R.L. Drake equip-
ment from the 1970s, “the tran-
sition stage between vacuum
tubes and semiconductors,”
according to Hawkins.
Like Coleman and other
lea market vendors, he said
he looked forward to a trip to
the convention loor “to buy
new toys” from his own sales
proceeds.
Downstairs, Portland’s Louis
Bybee offered Morse code keys,
power ampliiers for radio, sol-
dering guns, tools, power sup-
plies — what he called “a little
bit of everything.”
Jack Tiley of Spokane,
Washington, displayed antique
measuring instruments donated
by Gonzaga University to raise
money for the local amateur
radio club.
His prize was a potentiome-
ter, a precision box for calibrat-
ing capacity devices.
“This was the way they did it
before they had precision instru-
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John Foley from Hood River takes a look at a late 1930s
Morse Code Keyer on sale at the SEA-PAC Ham Radio
Convention flea market on Saturday, at the Seaside Civic
and Convention Center.
ments,” Tiley said. “It’s very
unusual. It’s what they used in
the primary standards labs in
the 1940s and ’50s. Today it’s
a collector’s item or a museum
piece.”
Ron Plummer of Los Ange-
les is celebrating his 70th year in
ham radio.
“When we started in the
hobby, it was all tubes,” Plum-
mer said. “There weren’t any
transistors. Almost everybody
built their own equipment. Now
you go to the store and buy what
you need.”
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Continuing
Education:
Augustana University.
Community/school
involvement: Student council,
National Honor Society, Com-
muniCare, recycling project.
Scholarships: L.R. Hitch-
man Award, Dick & Harriet
Baldwin Scholarship, Murl G.
Peterson Academic Achieve-
ment Award.
Sports: Track and ield.
Favorite class and teacher?
Calculus with Mr. (Rod) Heyen
or creative writing with Mrs. (Jessica) West.
What will you remember the most? Mr. Heyen yelling at us
whenever he got really excited about math.
Advice for success? Know when to ask for help.
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Northwest All-League
Player of the Year: Kassidy Fetch,
Vernonia
First Team
Kassidy Fetch, Sr., Vernonia
Julia Clark, So., Gaston
Pearl Cook, Jr., Vernonia
Charity Hall, So., Gaston
Mariah Johnstone, Sr., NKN
Maddie Lambert, So., NKN
Jaden Miethe, So., Knappa
Alleggra Poetter, So., Vernonia
Kaitlyn Truax, So., Knappa
Paris Vanderburg, So., Knappa
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Sammy Moore, Jr., Gaston
Alisha Murphy, Jr., Knappa
Ivy Ramos, Jr., Delphian
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Paige Smith, Sr., Vernonia
Sara Smith, Sr., Vernonia
Honorable Mention (Knappa)
Hannah Hellberg, Fr.
Hailey Murray, Jr.
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Knappa sophomore pitcher Paris Vanderburg was one of
three Logger softball players named first-team all-league.
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The Knappa Lady Log-
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Radio communications are
expected to play an important
role in the event of a disaster that
brings down utilities.
At his SEA-PAC table, John
Sarah Stein
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In case of emergency
Getting started
Whether getting into ama-
teur radio for fun or for survival,
newbies don’t need to spend the
$1,500 necessary for state-of-
the-art equipment. Used equip-
ment can be found for under
$100, and all radio operator tests
are priced at $15, according to
Crosby.
Entry level is called “tech-
nician,” followed by gen-
eral license and amateur extra,
which allows access to all avail-
able U.S. Amateur Radio oper-
ating privileges on all bands and
all modes.
For more information, con-
tact Clatsop County Auxiliary
Communications or the Ama-
teur Radio Emergency Service.
Local clubs include the Sun-
set Empire Amateur Radio
Club, Seaside Tsunami Amateur
Radio Society, Cannon Beach
Amateur Radio Society and
Oregon Coast Hams.
Links to these and other
amateur radio groups can be
found at clatsop-ares.org.
“From people who do it for
fun, to contest teams, emergency
communications, preparedness,
weather-watchers — people
use the ham radio,” Ham Radio
Outlet’s Eaton said. “It’s a great
means of communication.”
WARRENTON VALEDICTORIAN
Maggie Cote
Continuing education:
Oregon State University.
Community/school
environment:
Student
Council, National Honor
Society, Key Club, Com-
muniCare, Prom Commit-
tee, Clatsop County Animal
Shelter, Voices from the
West oral histories.
Scholarships: Oregon
State Academic Achieve-
ment Award, Dick and Har-
riet Baldwin Scholarship,
Murl G. Peterson Academic Achievement Award.
Sports: Volleyball.
Favorite class and teacher? Calculus and Mr. Rod
Heyen.
What will you remember the most? I’ll remember all
the people who have been a part of my life over these past
four years. I have made many great memories and become
the person I am today because of them.
Advice for success? Work hard and use your time
wisely.
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Morse code still has its role
in radio communications, Plum-
mer said.
Also referred to as “CW,” or
continuous wave, Morse code
adds reach and is a “great way
to talk to people all around the
world,” especially when there is
a language barrier.
Hays, director of marketing for
NW Digital Radio, displayed
a high-speed digital radio with
expanded network reach. The
UDRX-40 Universal Digital
Radio sells for $395, and is sup-
ported on Windows, Android,
Macintosh and Linux browsers.
“There’s a resurgence in having
an alternative way to send mes-
sages in a disaster,” Hays said.
In the Seattle area, hams
are building a high-speed net-
work to supplement the internet,
which could be brought down in
a disaster. “It’s bigger than Cas-
cadia, but Cascadia’s certainly
part of the motivation,” he said.
One vendor had nothing
with a plug, battery or cable on
her table.
Gretchen Otto, a distribu-
tor of Thrive Life, offered sam-
ples of “Freeze Dried Snack-
ies,” ideal for a well-stocked
home following a disaster, she
said. “Once you open them,
for most of the items, you have
a year to eat the contents,” she
said. “The beauty of it is, you
can literally eat everything with-
out water except maybe the
sauces and cookies,” Otto said.
“I’ve tried every meat, every
vegetable, every fruit, without
water. “Some were a little dry,
but good.”
champion Vernonia, which
had eight players selected
all-league.
Knappa
sophomores
Jaden Miethe, Kaitlyn Truax
and Paris Vanderburg were
all named to the irst team,
while junior Alisha Mur-
phy was second team. Junior
Hailey Murray and fresh-
man Hannah Hellberg were
selected honorable mention.
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