Bert Schmidt was one of Beaverton CERT’s original ham radio operators. Bert helped install and maintain and served as the guardian for the W7BVT 444.75 MHz repeater. Bert got ham radio going in Beaverton and helped keep it going. No, BERT isn’t named after Bert, but maybe it should be!
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