In this issue: Special News, Membership reminders, Volunteer Updates, Club Happenings, and a few final thoughts. SPECIAL NEWS: Morse Code Operator to be honoured In time for Remembrance Day, the City of Ottawa has announced it will name a…
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2025-11-04 mk’s Words – November
First a bit of VE3RHQ news for those who read this but not the Discord site: By the time this gets out, the UHF and VHF cp Yagis will be…
2025-10-18 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) – Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) 2025 – Report
On October 18-19, 2025, Ottawa Amateur Radio operators provided radio-communications support for Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) – Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) 2025 at Scouts Headquarters and online. JOTA-JOTI…
2025-10-09 OARC Monthly Meeting – Report
It was great to see everyone on Thursday, October 9th, our first meeting back after the summer break. We were so glad that so many people could still make it,…
2025-10-04 The Prez Sez – October
In this issue: October 2025 OARC Monthly Meeting changes (i. Thursday this month only, not Wednesday and ii. Teams not Zoom), Aux-Comm updates, Membership updates, Volunteer Coordinators still needed, Upcoming…
2025-10-01 mk’s Words – October
Antenna follies: I used the recent “Radio in the Park” day to work on an antenna, rather than just make some contacts. The first step was to get a pair…
2025-09-27 RAC Aux-Comm Course – Report
The Ontario Government funded Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) to deliver an Auxiliary Communications (Aux-Comm) course aimed at improving interoperability among Amateur-Radio operators, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Emergency Management services…
2025-09-13-OARC Radio in the Park 2025 – Report
Radio in the Park 2025, the OARC’s annual community-outreach event, went off without a hitch on Saturday, September 13th at Walter Baker Park in Kanata. As always, a big thanks…
2025-09-08 The Prez Sez – September
In this issue: Resurgence of Amateur Radio; Welcome new hams; Updates on Club operations (including administration, membership, and volunteers), and some closing thoughts. 1) Resurgence of Amateur Radio! If this summer…
2025-09-07 mk’s Words – September
Whirlwind Not quite a tornado, but a whirlwind of things going on at the RAC shack, VE3RHQ. First, FlexRadio supplied us with their top of the line station, Maestro controller,…