Saturday and Sunday, June 08-09, 2024 About the event The Ottawa Bicycle Club’s Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour (RLCT) – one of the country’s longest-running cycling events. This 2-day ride goes…
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2024-05-19 mk’s Word – Busy, busy, busy
Project plethora … It has been a busy month (again). Since homebrew night: Not much of all this had me sitting in front of a radio. Strangely, that’s OK. As…
2024-05-08 John Portune W6NBC – Open-Wire Transmission Line (Take 2)
Hybrid Meeting on Wednesday, May 08, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details John Portune W6NBC returns for a fourth time to the OARC to to talk about “How to…
2024-05-05 CN Cycle for CHEO
Sunday, May 5, 2024 About the event CN Cycle for CHEO is a fun, non-competitive event that offers a wide range of cycling and walking routes for people of all…
2024-04-18 mk’s Word – Delayed by lazy editor
That crazy antenna (a follow up to homebrew knight) At one point in the process of getting VE3RHQ up and running we were looking at omnidirectional antennas for satellite work.…
2024-04-10 Homebrew Night
IN-PERSON Meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details We will not have a speaker in April, but members are encouraged to do an in-person “show…
2024-04-06 Microwave Activity Day
Details On Saturday, April 6, 2024, between 08:30 – 12:30, the West Carleton Amateur Radio Club(WCARC) will be having a Microwave Activity Day (MAD) on the grounds of theDiefenbunker: Canada’s…
2024-03-29 Weird Stuff – Eclipsed by Garbage
[Wayne Stacey VE3QO shares some of his “Sixty Years of Weird Stuff in Radio”.] My first job as a university “summer stupid” was in the engineering department of a Winnipeg…
2024-03-25 Ed Explains the 2024 OARC Hamfest
Something old and something new … Even though the OARC hamfest is still several months away, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared well in advance. As always, we need lots…
2024-03-24 Bylaw Brouhaha
Why all the fuss? If you happen to be member of a club or association or company that has not-for-profit status, you have probably heard rumblings about changes to your…