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Tom Houck- KD7CDC NOW SILENT KEY

Posted Tue, 01/20/2026 - 12:52pm by admin

Long time Tri-Cities amateur radio operator Tom Houck KD7CDC suffered a life ending heart attack at home Tuesday, January 20, 2026. He was a great friend and active ham radio enthusiast. Please keepTom's wife Mckenzie Houck KI7LZO and their children in your prayers.

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Being NET CONTROL is FUN!

Posted Mon, 01/19/2026 - 3:33pm by Richard Bogert

I have to say that I look forward to being net control for the morning social net a day or two a week. You really get to know the ham radio operators that join in. The net is growing slowly with about 10 regular check-ins and some once-in a whiles
When our net control operators travel, are ill or just have other things to do, we need willong ham radio operators to step up and be net control once in a while. This is important to me because I will be traveling to AZ pretty soon and I will be gone till spring. Please contact me KI7OOM or Albin KK9HAM and say,"I'd like to be net control on W7AZ".

James Langford- WB7DTO Now Silent Key

Posted Thu, 01/08/2026 - 10:55am by admin

Long time Richland amateur radio operator and Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club member WB7DTO James C. Langford passed away early this morning in the hospital in Spokane. He had been transported over the weekend due to health issues. Jim was 96 years old. Jim and both his sons received their amateur radio licenses at same time back in the 1970, with their calls grouped together- WB7DTM, WB7DTN and WB7DTO. Jim held a General class license. They were active in the Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club for a long time. I worked on different projects with Jim out at Hanford.

New Dues Rates For The Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club

Posted Thu, 12/11/2025 - 3:25pm by admin

We have all experienced inflation. Reality is the Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club has had the same $20 dues rate for at least 25 years. Although the club has always kept costs low, our minimal costs of basic operations, which include annual non-profit corporation costs with the State, liability insurance and meeting place costs are substantially outpacing our income. In the December 2025 club meeting, our excellent Treasurer Cory KJ7GXG pointed out that our 2025 expenses were more than double our costs. Additional costs for 2026 include fixes for all our club repeaters: the Johnson Butte repeater (146.04/.64) is ailing, and the two Rattlesnake mountain long range repeaters have been down for two years due to broken antennas. Antennas that will withstand the WX on Rattlesnake are NOT CHEAP. The officers and membership attending the meeting were convinced, and with an unanimous vote, a motion to raise dues to $40 per year (individual) and $50 per year (family).

Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club 2026 Officers

Posted Fri, 12/05/2025 - 11:40pm by admin

Per the club's bylaws, elections for 2026 Officers were held at the regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 1, 2025. The following are the slate of candidates:

President: nominations: Mike Conatore
Vice President: nominations: William Karnesky.
Secretary: nominations: Tony Gasperino
Treasurer: nominations: Cory Williams
3 Year Trustee (replacing Mike Tesky): nominations: Steve Sterling
All positions were filled by the single nomination. All nominations closed with Mike
Tesky asking if there are any more nominations at least three times. All votes performed
by motion for white ballot and approved by voice vote. All positions approved and
filled by apparent unanimous voice vote.

Pacific Northwest Hamfairs and Swapmeets

Posted Sun, 09/14/2025 - 9:00am by admin

The below link is by far the most comprehensive list of amateur radio related events in the pacific northwest. Much thanks to N7CFO .....

Pacific Northwest Hamfair webpage at http://www.n7cfo.com/amradio/hf/hf.htm

QSL INFO: 2024 Tri-Cities Water Follies/ Columbia Cup (Unlimited Hydroplane Racing) Special Event Station

Posted Mon, 07/29/2024 - 11:11am by Mike Tesky KC7CCK

Members of the Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club operated a special event station -- W7AZ -- celebrating the 57th running of Columbia Cup Unlimited Hydroplane races from July 26-28th 2024. The races are part of the Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland WA.) area week long Water Follies celebration. The Water Follies and unlimited hydro racing has occurred every year since 1966, except 2020 due to Covid lockdown.

QSL Info

Contact confirmation/QSL Cards may be sent to:
Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club
PO BOX 73
RICHLAND, WA 99352

Please provide a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) and we will get a QSL card back to you

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Updated files in "New Ham Kit"

Posted Wed, 07/17/2024 - 12:11pm by KK9HAM

We have updated and expanded the files in our NEW HAM KIT area. We now have more relevant information for new and aspiring HAMs TCARC-HAM-INTRO-101.pdf to help them get started.

If you have one of those popular Baofeng radios, we have a nice, english and detailed operations manual UV-5RV2+ User Manual.pdf and a quick and dirty instructions sheet to manually program that radio Baofeng-Programming-ae2.pdf.

You will also find a Band Plan for Western Washington WWARA-BAND-PLAN-20211218.pdf which is also used by the Eastern Washington.
Plus a file with humorous clips on being a HAM radio operator.

Enjoy . . . 73

About Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club

Posted Mon, 05/13/2024 - 5:47pm by admin

The Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club (TCARC) is open to all persons with an interest in amateur (Ham) Radio. It is incorporated in the state of Washington as a not-for-profit corporation.

2026 Club Officers

Effective Jan 1, 2026

President:

Mike Conatore, K7NT

Vice President:

William Karnesky, Vice President

Secretary:

Tony Gasperino, WS7V

Treasurer:

Corey Williams, KJ7GXG

2025 Club Trustees

Note: The permanent license trustee is the club station license holder. The remaining three trustee positions each have 3 year terms.

Club License Trustee (Permanent):

Trevor Marvin, NZ4RN

1 Year Remaining:

Ed McLaughlin W6OLA

2 Year Remaining:

Mark Glaman N7MHB

3 Year Remaining:

Steve Sterling, WA7DUH

Club Meetings

The Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club holds a regular meeting the first Monday of every month of the year. Each meeting includes an amateur-radio-oriented program that will be of interest to most hams.

Regular Club and Business Meetings start at 7:00 pm in the Confluent Makerspace facility, 285 Williams Blvd, Richland, WA. All individuals interested in amateur radio are welcome and invited to attend these meetings - you do not need to be an amateur radio operator!

Do you have an idea for a club meeting, or can you give presentation or demonstration of a ham radio related subject? Please attend a meeting and talk with the Vice President or President to get on the schedule.

Membership Information

All individuals interested in amateur radio - you do not need to be licensed - are invited to become members of the Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club. Membership is only $40.00 per year, $50 for family, and goes to supporting our meeting location at Confluent Makerspace, three area repeaters (146.04/64 on Johnson Butte; 146.16/76 and 444.1/449.1 on Rattlesnake Mtn), liability insurance at club events, and support for various club events. Without your membership and support, the club is not all that it can be.

The best way to join is to attend a club meeting (see info above) and seek out the Treasurer or other officer. They will fix you up. You can mail in your membership or annual renewal. CLICK HERE FOR FORM AND MAILING INFO.

New Membership or Renewal Form

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 10:42pm by admin


JOIN THE CLUB! RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!

Be a part of Amateur Radio in the Tri-Cities - join the Tri-Cities Amateur Radio Club!

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