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…
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2022-12-14 OARC Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 @ 7:30 PM ET Preliminary Summary of Meeting! Changed on 2023-01-06! The 2022 OARC AGM minutes are not available yet, so this is an UNOFFICIAL summary.…
2022-11-25 Rally of the Tall Pines
Friday and Saturday, November 25-26, 2022 About the event The Lincoln Electric Rally of the Tall Pines, now one of the largest Rally Sport events in North America, celebrated its…
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…
2022-11-12 Joe Norton Award Date Extended
The OARC executive has extended the submission deadline for the 2022 Joe Norton Award Details Each year the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club offers the Joe Norton Award – a cash…
2022-11-09 WC8VOA and the VOA Bethany Relay Station
Zoom Meeting on Wednesday, November 09, 2022 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details Following a busy day in May 2022 at Hamvention in Xenia Ohio, Harrie VE3HYS and Roger VA3EGY…
2022-10-15 mk’s Word – Finding Foxes the Old-Fashioned Way
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…
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…