The next regular meeting of the OARC will be on September 9, 2009,
at 19:30.
But you are invited to meet us at
Field Day on the 27th and 28th of June.
Meetings are usually in the Colonel By room, check the website and/or your groundwave for confirmation. But we are always at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West.
Regular Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, (except July and August). Meetings commence at approximately 19:30 hours. Have a look and you'll see that the OARC has a lot to offer.
Members who receive their groundwave by e-mail are reminded that if they don't get their groundwave to e-mail the groundwave editor. There have been a few e-mail addresses that have bounced.
> Ian Jeffrey, VE3IGJThe Ottawa Amateur Radio Club Inc. (OARC) (history) is an association of radio amateurs devoted to the promotion of interest in amateur radio communications in the National Capital Area and to the advancement and achievement of club members.
Amateur Radio is alive and kicking in the 21st century. Amateur Radio operators are still doing emergency communication as needed and learning valued technical skills. For more information read Amateur Radio
Tyler VA3DGN put together a build session for homebrewed J poles. This session took place at Algonquin college, June 20 and June 21. VA3DB photos VA3DGN photos
This event occurred June 6 and 7 2009, about 10 OARC members worked the event. About 45 hams in total worked it.
There was a lot of interest at this meeting in nue-psk.
Canadian Ski Marathon is over and done with, Here are photos courtesy of Arthur, VA3BIT.
The club has available manuals for test equipment, if you spot something here you want, please contact the secretary.
As a continuation of last years PIC project the club has some ideas ideas. Some photos of the last build session.
The OARC executive administers the day to day affairs of the radio club.
Email sent to 
will also reach the executive.
The OARC publishes a monthly bulletin called The Groundwave and also sponsors the Capital City FM Net on the club repeater VE2CRA (146.940- 100hz CTCSS), Mondays at 20:00L to pass traffic, make announcements of interest to amateurs in the National Capital Region and to communicate with it's members.
OARC Events and club meetings.
The club holds Amateur call sign VE3RC. This call is used at community events and on field day.
The club maintains a voice repeater, VE2CRA located at Camp Fortune, Quebec, immediately North of the City of Ottawa.
2 m: 146.940 - MHz (100hz CTCSS)
70 cm: 443.300 + MHz (100hz CTCSS)
The club also supports an ATV repeater, located on CJOH on Merivale road.
VE3TVA Amateur Fast Scan Television Repeater
Video/audio beacon & input 439.25 MHz (audio sub. 443.75)
Video/audio output 914 MHz
An Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) IGate station, using call sign VE3RC, operates on:
144.390 MHz Simplex
We sponsor both the Joe Norton award and the National Capital award.
Other nets and clubs in the Ottawa area
The OARC gratefully acknowledges the support of our sponsors:
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