(As you may know, Mike VE3FFK is the OARC’s ISED Delegated Examiner. This is his report for the 2022-2023 year.) New exam record set This year has been a record…
Category: Columnists
2023-05-16 mk’s Word – May’s Mixed Messages
Antenna re-think Looking back at the pictures from my 2023 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) article, I see I could have made some improvements. The legs at the base of…
2023-04-22 mk’s Extra Words – RACHQ Activated for WARD
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) A few weeks ago a couple of us (Craig, VE3OP and I) realized that World Amateur Radio Day was coming up. We were wondering if…
2023-04-19 mk’s Word – Homebrew Hints and Hacks
What? No in-person Homebrew Night?? It has been a while since I attended an in-person homebrew night, and it looks like it will be a while longer. So here’s a…
2023-04-01 mk’s Word – AI Being Installed on Local Repeaters
Coming soon to a repeater near you … You may have noticed a new trend in the local repeaters, with the introduction of artificial intelligence. Now instead of dropping occasional…
2023-03-15 mk’s Word – The Ide(a)s of March …
In search of … outdoor locations The temperatures are bobbing up and down through zero, as they should be this time of year. It has me thinking about those days…
2023-02-15 mk’s Word – A Radioactive Winter
Jumpin’ January … The CQ 160, one of my highlights of the winter, has come and gone for another year. This time, in an effort to defeat, or at least…
2023-01-15 mk’s Word – Startings and Endings
Where to begin? Start at the beginning, or somewhere else, but start. My accreditation as an examiner got renewed this week, which is a good thing, since I still have…
2022-12-15 mk’s Word – December Digressions
The winter 160m CW contest Its half past December and the first “real” snow of the winter is about to come down. We (the VE2OJ crew) got through another 160m…
2022-11-17 mk’s Word – November Notions
Novemburrr 2022 I’m in a Grrrumpy mood these days. That last gasp of summer like weather was fun while it lasted. Unfortunately it didn’t (couldn’t) stick around. I can’t decide…