[Wayne Stacey VE3QO shares some of his “Sixty Years of Weird Stuff in Radio”.] In the early 1960’s, when gas cost a mere 35 cents per gallon, many teenagers in…
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2024-01-16 mk’s Word – Snow Fun, Is it?
What to do in the dead of winter January, and real winter has arrived, just in time for Winter Field Day and the Canadian Ski Marathon. At this point, it…
2024-01-10 Rod VE3RXN – My WSPR Experiments
Zoom-only Meeting! on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details Join Rod VE3RXN as he describes his QRP WSPR experiments. How low could I go? As a…
2024-01-05 Operation High Tower
Harrie VE3HYS found a video showing the installation of the original tower and buildings at Camp Fortune, where the VE2CRA repeaters live. Jump down to view the video (13:49). We…
2023-12-17 mk’s Word – Power to the People
Portable power purchase I recently bought a power station, not the one at Fitzroy, or Darlington, but a battery packaged with an inverter and DC-DC converter. It’s called the Ecoflow…
2023-12-13 OARC Pre-Christmas Meeting
In-Person Meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting invitation from the OARC president Well we are almost at holiday season and there is snow on the…
2023-11-24 Rally of the Tall Pines
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2023-11-17 mk’s Word – November Noise
Tricks of the trade? I’ve started to wonder, in a way I haven’s since I was about ten, what does everybody else know that I don’t. For example, something everybody…
2023-11-08 Craig VE3OP – My Visit to W1AW
Hybrid Meeting on Wednesday, November 08, 2023 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details Join Craig VE3OP as he describes his trip to W1AW. Craig’s presentation – chock full of pictures…
2023-10-21 JOTA – Scouts Jamboree On The Air
Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22, 2023 Event notice The Jamboree on the Air, or JOTA, is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to link Scouts around the world,…