The next regular meeting of the OARC will be September 10 2008. However, come out and meet us at field day, June 28, 19 2008.
Regular Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, (except July and August) usually in the Honeywell Room 2nd floor of Ottawa City Hall (formerly Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton Headquarters/Old Teacher's college) at 111 Lisgar Street. 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
The champlain Trail event is coming.
Photos of last build session for the club project.
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 -), 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.
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
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
We also have a guide to the Eastern Ontario voice repeaters available.
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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