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| Oregon Magazine TM January 2009 |
Thank God for Global Warming ...   The cool photo on the right is from KE7FVB, and is either a frozen Oregon T-Rex or one of his ex-wives. On the left, sent in by WA7ZNZ, is a late December shot of the small barn on Washington County's "Pumpkin Ridge," which houses the 145.45 megaherz (millions of cycles per second) HAM (Amateur Radio) repeater. This electric machine receives radio signals from places as distant as the Coast Range, then rebroadcasts them at much higher power, thus magnifying the reach of small low-power portable amateur radio emergency stations.. The "45" repeater was built and is maintained by a group of HAMs which calls itself the ORFN repeater association. "ORFN" is an acronym which stands for "Oregon Radio Flatulence Network." Oregonians
display courage in the Civil War ... A Forlorn Hope An Oregon Civil War hero is remembered 100 years after his death
Hotel Renovation
Project Dresses Up PDX Waterfront by Fred Delkin The gods of liberalism
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J. Matt Barber Two-Faced’ Portrait of
China’s Paramount E-RFD:
War
Footing in
Israel (Imagine
this was your problem) E-RFD: Concerning the Presidential election: (Sent in by Camber Bybee, KB7RGX, who presently resides somewhere in Central Oregon's high desert.)  E-RFD: Frontline Funnies (Iraqi photo-op) <<< Sports Feature >>> PSU Cage Program Blossoms Brightly by Fred Delkin (Oregon college roundball making national noise) Some favorites from 2008:
E.T. Went Home? (An essay suggesting that Zeus wore an EVA suit.)
Oregon Business Thriving on Government Contract by OrMag Editor, Fred Delkin, this one is about a company run by a HAM radio operator who makes interesting things.
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