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Ottawa Amateur Radio Club
June 2026 Newsletter
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In this newsletter ...
- Join the OARC today
- Upcoming activities
- OARC Monthly Meeting-Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) – June 10 (**NEW** MS Teams details below)
- OARC UHF/VHF Ground Plane Antenna Workshop – June 14
- OARC Field Day 2026 – June 27-28
- FEATURED EVENT: OARC Carp Hamfest – Sept 12
- OARC Radio in the Park (RITP) 2026 - Sept 19
- Latest posts
- The Prez Sez – June 2026
- mk's Words – June 2026
- Ralph's Technical Trawl – June 2026
- David's Column – June 2026
- OARC Monthly Meeting - May 6 2026 – Report
- OARC End-Fed Half Wave Antenna Build Workshop - May 31 – Report
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Details and links below ...
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
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OARC Monthly Meeting – Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) - June 10
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Notice is hereby given that the 2026 OARC AGM will be held:
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Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Time: 6:45 PM
Location: Scouts Headquarters, 1345 Baseline Road
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Only members in good standing can attend and vote. Review 2025 accomplishments and finances, and elect directors.
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**NEW** Please note that the Microsoft Teams details have changed.
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Meeting ID: 210 752 677 425 787
Passcode: pL3Bp23K
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OARC mini Amateur Radio auction (Cash-only)
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This mini Amateur Radio equipment auction will feature some freebies, some unreserved, some minimum bid.
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Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Time: 5:30-6:45 SHARP
Location: Scouts Headquarters, 1345 Baseline Road
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Cash only. In person only. Exact change appreciated.
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OARC UHF/VHF Ground Plane Antenna -Building Workshop
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Join us for the OARC UHF/VHF Ground Plane Antenna-Building Workshop. This project will be of interest to anyone who has a UHF/VHF Amateur Radio transceiver and is looking for a better antenna to improve their radio transmit-and-receive performance over the rubber-duck antenna (on a handheld).
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Scouts Headquarters, 1345 Baseline Road
Cost: $25 for OARC members / $35 non-members
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OARC Field Day 2026 - June 27-28
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Join us for Field Day, which involves setting up temporary transmitting stations to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities.
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Date and time:
Saturday, June 27 , 2026, 2:00 pm (18:00 UTC) to Sunday, June 28, 2026 4:59 p.m (20:59 UTC)
Setup on Friday, June 26
Location: Scouts Headquarters, 1345 Baseline Road
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Click here to Read more and to volunteer, including your preferred shift and duties.
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FEATURED EVENT: OARC Carp Hamfest 2026
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OARC Carp Hamfest is the region’s largest Amateur Radio flea market and trade show, featuring most of the big ham radio retailers, fellow hams selling radio goodies at unbelievable prices, and major door prizes.
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Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
Location: W. Erskine Johnston Arena, 3832 Carp Road, Carp
Admission: $6 per person. Children 12 and under are free. Parking: FREE!
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Click here to Read more, to reserve a table, and to volunteer.
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OARC Radio in the Park (RITP) 2026 - Sept 19
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Get involved with OARC Radio in the Park (RITP) 2026.
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Join fellow Club members, along with your friends and family, and set up portable Amateur Radio stations at Walter Baker Park in Kanata.
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Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm, rain or shine.
Location: Walter Baker Park, 100 Charlie Rogers Place, Stittsville
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In this issue: A few pre-summer thoughts, preparing for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), updates on Club goals including Education, Equipment (the VE2CRA Repeater-Modernization Project, in particular), and Activities.
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I was going to write something about Field Day, but realized you've heard it all before. So...I was looking around the shelves for some light reading the other day and found a magazine I hadn't looked at in a while (which describes most of my library, I guess) It was an issue of "Radio Broadcast" - from July 1925. It was a good one…
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Ralph’s Technical Trawl - June 2026
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Designing antennas often requires multiple programs and utilities. VE3KSM Antenna Studio brings modeling, analysis, and visualization together in one easy-to-use platform for amateur radio experimenters.
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David’s Column - June 2026
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Updates on a few local Amateur Radio activities and some historical trivial about Arthur “Artie” Moore, a pioneer and inventor in the ham radio field who reported hearing the Titannic’s distress calls from his small English village some 5,000 kilometres away.
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OARC Monthly Meeting - May 2026 - Report
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Local Amateur Radio news; updates on Club business; Featured presentation: The Amazing Hex Beam – Is it for you?; updates on deliverables under the Club’s strategic goals (upcoming workshops, the VE2CRA Repeater Modernization Project, Field Day and Carp Hamfest)
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OARC End-Fed Half Wave Antenna Build Workshop - May 31- Report
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The OARC End-Fed Half Wave Antenna Build workshop, led by Harrie, VE3HYS, guided participants through soldering basics, tool selection, and PL-259 connector assembly.
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