Are YOU the new volunteer OARC Activities Coordinator? The OARC needs a volunteer Activities Coordinator. This is a critical role that will help ensure our sustainable, long-term growth by ensuring…
Category: Columnists
2025-04-15 mk’s Word – April
Annual Homebrew Night showed lots of imagination “To invent you need a good imagination and a pile of junk” -attributed to Tom Edison Not much junk at this year’s Homebrew…
2025-04-04 The Prez Sez – April
Welcome to our busy season! Plans are roaring ahead for World Amateur Radio Day on April 18th. As you know, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaimed April 18, 2025 World Amateur Radio…
2025-03-15 mk’s Word – Upbeat March meeting and successful Commonwealth Contest
Well, I was going to tell you all about how the Commonwealth Contest went. But let’s preempt that for a bit about the March OARC meeting. March Meeting brought comments,…
2025-03-08 The Prez Sez – March
Are YOU the new volunteer OARC Membership Coordinator? The OARC needs a volunteer Membership Coordinator. This is a critical role that will help ensure our sustainable, long-term growth by placing…
2025-02-19 mk’s Word – February Frequencies
Too bad about the February monthly meeting being cancelled. I hope everybody got the word. I guess we will try again in March. It’s nice to hear the Canadian Ski…
2025-02-01 The Prez Sez – February
Opening words … Hello OARC members and subscribers. Time is flying by and I want to update you about a number of things. February Member’s Meeting Small Group Discussions about…
2025-01-15 Weird Stuff – Spurious Experiments
[Wayne Stacey VE3QO shares some of his “Sixty Years of Weird Stuff in Radio”.] My friend Jon and I learned Morse code in the late 1950s, when we were about…
2025-01-15 mk’s Word – And Pictures Too
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…
2024-12-19 mk’s Word – Winter Wonderings
I’m back … No, I didn’t really go anywhere, but haven’t put any words onto the OARC website since the weather was nice. Partly I was busy with the station…