RITP and transmitter hunting For once I went to the Radio in the Park thing and didn’t set up a station. Instead, I wanted to see what transmitter hunting was…
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2022-10-14 JOTA – Scouts Jamboree On The Air
Friday to Sunday, October 14-16, 2022 Event write up The following event write up was provided by Rod Wilson VE3RXN, Group Commissioner, National Museum of Scouting The Scouting world held…
2022-10-12 John Portune W6NBC – Magnetic Loop Antennas
Zoom Meeting on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details John Portune W6NBC returns for a third time to the OARC to to talk about Magnetic Loop…
2022-09-17 Radio in the Park
September 17, 2022, Saturday from 9am to 5pm, rain or shine, at Walter Baker Park in Kanata What is RITP? Radio in the Park (RITP) is an event sponsored by…
2022-09-15 mk’s Word – A Plethora of Topics
Lots going on this month. Let there be light … We did the lighthouse thing. The antenna was good. The propagation was great but we didn’t hear many lighthouses on…
2022-09-14 Kieran VA3KS – POTA Portable Operations
Zoom Meeting on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 @ 7:30 PM ET Sad news: VA3KS (SK) Kieran VA3KS became a silent key on 2023-11-24. His obituary is posted at https://www.hpmcgarry.ca/memorials/kieran-shepherd/5331902/. The…
2022-09-10 OARC (Carp) Hamfest
Annual OARC Hamfest, September 10, 2022 Editor’s note: Hamfest 2022 has come and gone and ED VE3WGO has kindly provided a summary video of the event. The original notice/invitation to…
2022-08-20 MS Bike – Ottawa to Brockville
Saturday and Sunday, August 20-21, 2022 Event report A full report on this event, including pictures, appears in the OVMRC Rambler that can be viewed and downloaded at https://ovmrc.ca/2022/09/rambler-september-2022-vol-65-issue-1/ About…
2022-08-15 mk’s Word – Hiding Elephants
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2022-07-15 mk’s Word – Field Day Follies
Another busy month. There are always so few summer weekends. Field Day was another blast, with just enough rain to make it an official field day. As usual the computers…