QSL via the trustee (W6ABM) or our President: Ron O'Connor (KD7VIK) 18935 SW Blamon Ct. Aloha, Oregon 97007.

Tualatin Valley Contesters are a group of hams serious about increasing their contest skills. The Group was formed in 2007. Contests worked our first year included: Field Day (GOTA), IARU HF Contest, CQWW DX Contest, ARRL November Sweepstakes and ARRL 10-meter Contest.

About the Tualatin Valley:

The Tualatin Valley is a farming and suburban region southwest of Portland, Oregon in the United States. The valley is formed by the meandering Tualatin River, a tributary of the Willamette River at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley, east of the Northern Oregon Coast Range. Most of the valley is located within Washington County, separated from Portland by the Tualatin mountains. Communities in the Tualatin Valley include Forest Groove, Cornelius, Hillsboro, North Plains, Aloha, Beaverton, Sherwood, Tigard and Tualatin.

At 83-miles (125 km) long, the Tualatin River bears the name of a local Native American Tribe (Atfalati) a hunter-gatherer Kalapuyan band that lived in the Tualatin River valley. Originating in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, it's confluence with the Willamette is located to the south of West Linn.

The valley of the Tualatin was an important early farming region in the settlement of Oregon. The building of a plank road to the Tualatin Valley from Portland in 1860 is considered by historians to be one of the decisive events that allowed Portland to surpass its rival, Oregon City as the economic hub of the Oregon Territory. The railroad was extended into the valley in 1868.