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…
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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
August 15 2022, or as I see it, half way through the last real month of summer. The 160 loop The 160 loop is progressing, slowly, since I tend to…
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…
2022-06-25 ARRL/RAC Field Day
June 25 , 2022, 18:00 UTC to June 26, 2022, 20:59 UTC (setup June 24) What is Field Day? Field Day is an operating event sponsored by the ARRL whose…
2022-06-21 Weird Stuff – An alarming development
[Guest columnist Wayne Stacey VE3QO shares some of his “Sixty Years of Weird Stuff in Radio”.] Even when professionally installed, a residential alarm system can provide some interesting moments for…
2022-06-15 mk’s Word – Up on the Roof!
Well, I just came off the roof. A smart person once told me “If you find yourself asking ‘Can I do another one?’ , it is time to stop.” So…
2022-06-11 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour
Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12, 2022 About the event The Ottawa Bicycle Club’s Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour (RLCT) – one of the country’s longest-running cycling events – is now in…