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SUMMARY:Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour 2026 – Community Event
DESCRIPTION:Get involved in providing radio-communications support to the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour 2025!\nAmateur Radio operators are needed at fixed and mobile stations for one or both days of this two-day community event.\n\n\n\nVolunteer to help out. Send an email to Richard VE3UNW at hagemeister@gmail.com. For more information\, visit this website.\n\n\n\nThe Ottawa Bicycle Club’s Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour (RLCT) is one of the country’s longest-running cycling events. This two-day ride goes from Ottawa\, through picturesque towns and villages along the Rideau Lakes waterway\, to Kingston on the shores of Lake Ontario.
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/rideau-lakes-cycle-tour-2026-community-event/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Activity,Community Event
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SUMMARY:OARC Monthly Meeting - June 2026 - Annual General Meeting (AGM)
DESCRIPTION:Ottawa Amateur Radio Club\nNotice of the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Members  \nNotice is hereby given that the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Ottawa Amateur Radio Club will be held:  \nDATE:      Wednesday\, June 10\, 2026  \nTIME:     6:45 PM EDT  \nLOCATION: The AGM will be a hybrid meeting. Attend in person at Scouts Headquarters\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa or attend online (details below).  \nVOTING ELEGIBILITY: Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM but only members in good standing will be eligible to vote. \n\nTo be “in good standing”\, members must have renewed their membership through the Zeffy online payment system [between June 1\, 2025\, and May 31\, 2026].  \nIf you are unsure if your membership is current\, click here to Contact Us. \nIf you are not yet a member and wish to vote\, click here to join the OARC before May 31\, 2025. \nThe Board will recognize all such members as eligible to vote.\n\n\nDRAFT AGENDA  \nNOTE: If a member has an item they wish to include in the agenda\, they must email the OARC board (board@oarc.net) by June 4\, 2025.  \n\nWelcome  \n\n\nReview and approval of Agenda and Minutes of 2025 AGM \n\n\nOARC’s 2025 Accomplishments and Finances; read the OARC Annual Report 2025 (Stub Year) \n\n\nElection of 2026 OARC Directors \n\n\nLook ahead at 2026 Operational Plan and Budget \n\n\nOther agenda items TBD \n\n\nAGM Adjourned \n\nAGM ATTENDANCE OPTIONS:  \n1. Attend in person at Scouts Headquarters\, 1345 Baseline Road. Parking is free.  \n  CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE TICKET.\nThis link takes you to Eventbrite\, a free online ticketing system.  \nPlease register in advance for the meeting so that we can be sure to:  \n\nHave enough chairs and refreshments for everyone\, and\nSend you a reminder closer to meeting. \n\n 2. Attend virtually using MS Teams  Need help?  \nClick here to Join the meeting [link will be active closer to the meeting]  \nMeeting ID: [to follow]\nPasscode: [to be follow]   \nPhotos may be taken. Portions of the meeting may be recorded. 
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/oarc-monthly-meeting-june-2026-annual-general-meeting-agm/
LOCATION:Scouts Canada National Office\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2C 0A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Activity,Club Activity
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa Amateur Radio Club":MAILTO:contact@oarc.net
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SUMMARY:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the OARC UHF/VHF Ground Plane Antenna-Building Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the OARC UHF/VHF Ground Plane Antenna-Building Workshop. This project will be of interest to anyone who has a UHF/VHF Amateur Radio transceiver and is looking for a better antenna to improve their radio transmit-and-receive performance over the rubber-duck antenna (on a handheld). \nDate: Sunday\, June 14\, 2026\nTime: 1:00pm to 4:00pm\nCost: $25 for OARC members / $35 for non-members (the fee covers the cost of supplies and small tools)\nLocation: Scouts Headquarters\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND PAY FOR THE OARC UHF/VHF GROUND PLANE ANTENNA-BUILDING WORKSHOP\nThis link takes you to Zeffy\, our secure\, zero-fee Canadian online payment system. \nWORKSHOP OUTLINE \n\nThis simple-but-effective\, and very versatile\, antenna consists of an SO-239 panel-mount connector with four ground plane radials: one connected to each of four fasteners on the corners of the panel mount connector\, and one more vertical rod as the main element.\nIt can be mounted on a piece of PVC pipe and set up temporarily or even permanently attached to a fence or tree or anywhere that will offer a higher location. The connector can be set on the PVC pipe and the feedline drops to the ground through the pipe. The pipe\, feedline\, and feedline connectors are extra but available\, once you know how high you want to put your antenna and how much feedline you need.\n\nIf you don’t have any previous soldering experience\, then we encourage you to take the OARC Soldering Skills workshop first. You are expected to have your own soldering iron and basic tools for this workshop; however\, the Club can provide some basic tools that you can borrow during the session if you don’t have everything you need.
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/oarc-ground-plane-antenna-building-workshop/
LOCATION:Scouts Canada National Office\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2C 0A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Education,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa Amateur Radio Club":MAILTO:contact@oarc.net
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SUMMARY:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for OARC Field Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:June 27 \, 2026\, 2:00 pm (18:00 UTC) to June 28\, 2026 4:59 p.m (20:59 UTC) at Scouts Headquarters\, 1345 Baseline Road (location to be confirmed). Setup on June 26. \n   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND VOLUNTEER FOR FIELD DAY 2026 \nRegistering in advance helps the OARC prepare for the correct number of people. The same link will allow you to volunteer and indicate what time you are available and your preferred duties (set up\, operating\, tear down\, etc.) \nField Day involves setting up temporary transmitting stations to demonstrate ham radio’s science\, skill and service to our communities. One objective of Field Day is to contact as many stations as possible and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. OARC Field Day attracts lots of experienced Amateur Radio operators from across the region. We also have a Get On The Air (GOTA) station for new hams\, where an experienced ham will guide the newly certified through the process. And the OARC gets Field Day points for any new hams who make contacts on that station. \nField Day has been an annual event since 1933\, and remains the most popular event in ham radio\, attracting more than 31\,000 hams throughout North America. Field Day is sponsored overall by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and\, in Canada\, by Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC). Explore full details and rules on ARRL Field Day webpage more about the RAC Field Day webpage \nClick here to read about last year’s Field Day: OARC Field Day 2025.
URL:https://oarc.net/activity/oarc-field-day-2026/
LOCATION:Scouts Canada National Office\, 1345 Baseline Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2C 0A7\, Canada
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