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SUMMARY:OARC Carp Hamfest 2025
DESCRIPTION:OARC Carp Hamfest is the region’s largest Amateur Radio flea market and trade show!\nThis event features most of the big ham radio retailers\, fellow hams selling radio goodies at unbelievable prices\, and major door prizes. This is the OARC’s annual flagship event! Below\, your will find more information as follows: \n\nReserve your vendor or exhibitor table\,\nWhat to expect at OARC Carp Hamfest 2025\,\nKey dates and times\,\nOther details (admission\, parking\, etc.)\, and\nVolunteer to help out at OARC Carp Hamfest 2025.\n\nReserve your vendor or exhibitor table\nIf you are commercial or private vendor\, don’t miss out on the opportunity to showcase your products and connect with amateur radio customers from across the National Capital Region. If you are an exhibitor (e.g.\, local amateur radio club or service organization)\, book a table to engage with potential new members and other audiences. Fee: Tables: $17 per 8-foot table (does NOT include admission fee) All tables are 8 feet long. That’s 33% more space than most hamfests! \n   Online table reservations are now closed.  You can get more tables when you show up at the door.  We will do our best to accommodate your request. \nWhat to expect at OARC Carp Hamfest 2025 \n\nThe OARC Carp Hamfest features great door prizes donated by the all our confirmed 2025 commercial vendors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIcom Canada\n\n\n\nGerald Lemay Books\n\n\n\nHarold Macfarlane\n\n\n\nRetevis Canada\n\n\n\nRadio Communication Alexandria\n\n\n\nReliable Radio\nNetty Electronics\n\nAnd door prizes from a couple of vendors that could not attend (but still love us!): \n\nRadioworld\nArt by Selina LED Signs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibitors and organizations include: Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)\, Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®)\, West Carleton Disaster Relief\, Diefenbunker\, Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA)\, several regional Amateur Radio clubs\, and more. \n\n\n\n** New this year **\n\n\n\nRadio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) \n\n\n\nThis year’s RAC AGM will be held in conjunction with Hamfest\, starting at 1:00pm in the sports club diner at the arena upstairs. The meeting will be attended by the members of the RAC Board of Directors and Executive and is open to all RAC members. The AGM will also be available online by YouTube livestream. Click here for more info about the RAC AGM. \n\n\n\n\n\nWinlink demonstration \nThis year’s OARC Carp Hamfest will feature a demonstration of Winlink. The demonstration will display a functioning: \n\nWinlink 2m/70cm Gateway\nTypical ‘shelter’ station set-up with HF\, 2m and 70 cm capabilities\nAPRS display\nLocal AREDN network\n\nIf you are a prospective OARC AUXCOMM team member\, then this demo is for you! \nWe’re very grateful to Ian Snow VA3QT (Team Lead) and Marcel  Eschenmoser VE3UKW\, both from the Emergency Management Simcoe County – Auxiliary Communications Team\, for setting this up.  \n\n\nKey dates and times\nVenue setup date and time Friday\, September 05\, 2025 at a 2:00 pm – Venue set up NOTE that this is setup for the infrastructure\, NOT for vendors.  Hamfest date and start times Saturday\, September 06\, 2025 – Commercial vendor setup: 7:30 am – Private vendor and exhibitor setup: 8:00 am – Open to public: 9:00 am – 12 noon – Teardown after 12 noon. \nOther details (admission\, parking\, etc.)\nAdmission: $6 per person. Children 12 and under are free. Parking: FREE! Coffee and snack concession in the lobby area.\n\nWrite your Amateur Radio exam on-site\nWrite your Amateur Radio Operator Certificate exam at Hamfest under the supervision of an examiner accredited by Innovation\, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). You don’t need to book ahead – you can just show up! You can also upgrade. If you are upgrading\, bring the 11-digit certificate number on your current Certificate to speed processing.\nVolunteer at Hamfest on Sept. 6th\nEd\, VE3WGO\, has been delivering Hamfest since 2007 and we’re all so grateful to Ed for his organization skills and boundless energy. We are also fortunate to have a small army of volunteers that help make Hamfest to run smoothly. Some volunteer roles may still be available\, including:\n\nvenue set-up (afternoon of the day before)\nroad sign set-up and take-down\nparking lot and tailgate relations\nvendor registration\nfront-door ticket seller\ninside vendor relations\nphotographer\ntalk-in (on-air notice on local repeaters)\nannouncer\nOARC membership and extras table\nvenue tear down and clean up\n\n  Volunteer team roles have now been assigned.  You can still join our team if you can show up by 7am and let Ed VE3WGO know that you want to help out! \nNeed more info?\nFor INFO ONLY contact Ed VE3WGO via hamfest@oarc.net
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/oarc-carp-hamfest-2025/
LOCATION:W. Erskine Johnston Arena\, 3832 Carp Road\, Carp\, Ontario\, K0A 1L0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Activity,Club Activity
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: OARC Monthly Meeting - Sept 2025
DESCRIPTION:The OARC Monthly Meeting scheduled for Wednesday\, Sept. 10\, 2025 has been cancelled because the key people needed to run the meeting are away. The draft agenda will be pushed to the October meeting (Oct. 8\, 2025). \nDraft agenda – now moved to the October meeting: \n\nWelcome\, updates (Roger\, VA3EGY)\nBattery technologies & applications (Wayne\, VE3CZO)\nOther agenda items TBD\n\nAll amateur radio enthusiasts are welcome: OARC members and non-members\, licensed and not-yet-licensed hams\, friends and family. \nThe meeting is cancelled so there is no button here for you to click to register. \nNormally\, we ask everyone to register in advance for the meeting because this helps us to: \n\nBe sure we have enough chairs and refreshments for everyone\, and\nSend you reminder closer to meeting.\n\nThe in-person meeting venue is Scouts Headquarters\, 1345 Baseline Road in Ottawa. Parking is free. Most monthly meetings will be hybrid (in-person and Zoom). Photos may be taken. Portions of the meeting may be recorded.
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/oarc-monthly-meeting-sept-2025/
LOCATION:Scouts Canada National Office\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2C 0A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Activity,Club Activity
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SUMMARY:OARC Radio in the Park 2025
DESCRIPTION:Get involved with OARC Radio in the Park (RITP) 2025\nJoin fellow Club members along with your friends and family to set up portable amateur radio stations at Walter Baker Park in Kanata.  The Activity runs from 9:00am to 1:00pm\, rain or shine. With a little help from local hams\, passers by can participate in “fox hunts” (using radio direction finding techniques to locate one or more radio transmitters hidden within a designated search area) and can “Get on the Air” under the supervision of a certified ham. \n CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE TICKET. We ask everyone to register in advance because this helps us to know how many people are coming and to send you reminder closer to activity. \nParticipants should be self-sufficient. No food or drinks will be provided. Washrooms are available in the adjacent arena.
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/radio-in-the-park-oarc-2025/
LOCATION:Walter Baker Park\, 100 Charlie Rogers Place\, Stittsville\, ON\, K2V 1A2
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL NOTICE: RAC Aux-Comm Training Course
DESCRIPTION:The Ontario Government has funded Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) to train volunteers in Auxiliary Communications (Aux-Comm).  The course is FREE. Below you will find details on: the target audience and goal of the course\,  the pre-requisites you must meet\, the link to register for the course\, and finally a course description. Course location will follow. \nTarget Audience:\nThe Aux-Comm course is designed for experienced Amateur Radio volunteers who provide communication support during planned events and incidents\, as well as communication personnel from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and government Emergency Management services. \nGoal:\nThe Aux-Comm course aims to improve interoperability among Non-Governmental Organizations and Emergency Management workforces\, ultimately contributing to a more efficient and effective disaster response. \nThe goal of this 20-hour course is to provide instruction to Aux-Comm volunteers so that their individual and organizational efforts/expertise are appropriately integrated into the public safety/service communications support environment. \nAux-Comm volunteers provide alternate communications by supporting communications with other organizations: \n\nin cases where local services have failed;\nat emergency incidents/planned events/training exercises; and\nwithin the emergency management structure (Emergency Operations Centre (EOCs)\, etc.)\n\nPre-requisites:\n\nSign up at the Ontario Corps Volunteer Registration Portal and complete the pre-requisite steps described there.  This includes 4 on-line training modules that take about 2 hours to complete.\nComplete a Criminal Record Check. You will be contacted by Triton Canada within about a week of completing your OntarioCorp registration and training.  The turnaround is typically 2-3 days.\nComplete the online IMS100 e-learning (2 hours)\n\nPlease CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE RAC AUX-COMM TRAINING program*\n*link takes you to Eventbrite. Please note: The form currently allows you to register for each day separately. Until we can get that fixed\, please just register for the first day\, Sept. 27th. If you already registered for the 28th\, don’t worry\, we will not miss you! \nCourse description\nCourse outline \n\nThe Communications Unit and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)\nAux-Comm Roles and Responsibilities\nInteroperable Communications\nIncident Communications\nIncident Radio Communications Plan\nIncident Communications Centre\nTeam Management and Accountability\nResources\, Safety and Deployment\nBest Practices\nInteroperability and Radio Networks\n\nGroup exercise scenarios: \n\nSOP Exercise\nPower Outage\nTrain Derailment\nWild Land Fire\nSevere Storm/Flood
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/special-notice-rac-aux-comm-training-course/
LOCATION:Ben Franklin Place \,101 Centrepointe Drive\, Ottawa\, ON K2G 5K7
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