The Ottawa Amateur Radio Club (OARC) is building a thriving Ottawa Amateur Radio community of individuals that are trained, equipped, and actively involved in the hobby and in providing radio-communications support as a public service to our served agencies.
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- 2026-04-08 Homebrew Night: Showcase Your Creations!
Dust off those soldering irons and bring out the co-ax! It is time to showcase your creativity at the upcoming OARC Homebrew Night. We want to see what you have been working on. And there are prizes! - 2026-04-03 The Prez Sez – April 2026
In this issue: Let’s make this a season of activity, Homebrew Night (April 8), World Amateur Radio Day (April 18), Weekly Nets, CN Cycle for CHEO – Community Event (May 3) , and OARC Field Day (June 27-28) - 2026-04-03 mk’s Words – April 2026
Sorry. The dog (tablet) ate my homework (column). I took a break after writing it (as I usually do, to catch mistakes), and when I… - 2026-04-01 Ralph’s Technical Trawl – April 2026
To all who pursue the technical aspects of this wonderful hobby, these two surnames are members of a standard lexicon: George Simon Ohm and Andre Marie Ampere. - 2026-03-11 OARC Monthly Meeting – March 2026 – Report
A record 77 attendees joined in on the OARC Monthly Meeting on March 11, which featured Chris Schnobb’s very informative presentation on MeshCore, LoRa, and Mesh Networking. Watch the full meeting recording here. - 2026-03-05 mk’s Words – March 2026I should have known better. Its not the first time. I have a power supply. It has one of those switches with a neon lamp…
- 2026-03-01 Ralph’s Technical Trawl – March 2026AI Noise Filtering — A New Frontier in Amateur Radio Audio. For decades, Amateur Radio operators have relied on traditional analog and more lately Digital Signal Processing (DSP) tools to tame some of the noise that creeps into their transceivers. AI-based filtering takes a different approach.
- 2026-03-01 OARC Basic Course – Fall 2025 – Report
The fall 2025 OARC Basic Amateur Radio course ran from late October until the end of January, 2026. So far, 26 of our students passed the ISED exam (most with honours). In addition, six of them also passed the Advanced. A hearty welcome to all these new hams! - 2026-03-01 Review of Propagation: a ham-radio tabletop game
I recently had the opportunity to review a tabletop game with an Amateur Radio theme. Simply named “Propagation,” it’s a card- and dice-based game. The goal of the game is simple: to gain points by making QSOs.
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Last Updated on 2025-07-01 by Joannadanna