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Ottawa Amateur Radio Club
2025-01-17 January News Jolt
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Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels
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What's new at the OARC?
- mk adds a picture or two to his Word
- Wayne writes weird stuff
- Winter Field Day is soon
- OARC Spring basic radio course registration open!
- OARC Spring CW course registration open!
- Canadian Ski Marathon still needs radio ops
- February member's meeting mixes it up!
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Details and links below ...
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2025-01-15 mk's Word - And Pictures Too
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Whipping up an antenna ... Since there isn't much going on here just now, I thought I'd let you see a few of the toys I've acquired recently. The first is a pair of telescopic whips. They are long enough (5.6m) to make a quarter wave on 20m and up. With the pair they will make a dipole for that …
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2025-01-15 Weird Stuff - Spurious Experiments
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My friend Jon and I learned Morse code in the late 1950s, when we were about 14 years old and keen Boy Scouts. Our mutual interest in radio developed a year or so later, but we had not yet been able to achieve the 10 wpm Morse speed that was a mandatory requirement for an amateur radio licence in those …
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2025-01-25 Winter Field Day
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Winter Field Day is an exciting annual event for amateur radio enthusiasts, taking place on the last full weekend of January. It offers a unique opportunity for radio operators to set up field operations in remote locations, enabling them to connect with other participants worldwide. You may choose to participate solo or get your your friends, family, or whole …
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2025-02-01 Basic Amateur Radio Course
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Spring 2025, Sundays from 14:00 to 17:00 ET
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The Spring 2025 course registration is open!
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The OARC runs courses that prepare you to take your Basic amateur radio operator exam. There are additional details and links …
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2025-02-02 OARC CW Course
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Spring 2025, Sundays from 14:00 to 15:00 ET
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The OARC CW course registration is now open!
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The OARC runs a CW course that prepares you to take your CW amateur radio operator exam. This is a in-person-only course. The sessions take place at 1345 Baseline Rd, Ottawa, National …
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2025-02-08 Canadian Ski Marathon
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Saturday and Sunday, February 08-09, 2025
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The Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM) is North America’s longest and oldest Nordic ski tour. The CSM needs lots of radio operators to help run the event …
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2025-02-12 February Member's Meeting
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IN-PERSON Meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 @ 6:45 PM ET
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Meeting invitation from the president
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I've heard from many of you that you want our monthly meetings to be more engaging. We miss the conversations between members. The lingering effects of COVID and Zoom hybrid meetings have really impacted us. I think some have stopped coming to our meetings …
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