MIRA Annual Summer BBQ — Aug. 20th, 2026 
NVIS Tests — 60m, Sept. 19, 2026 
We have our remotes back! 
Ham Happenings … coming to Nanaimo Sept 12th! 
2m SSB!
Scott (VA7LMP) and I (Larry VE7VJ) have been chatting on 2M SSB. They would like to see a few more...
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FIELD DAY 2024!
Amateur Radio's annual Field Day event was held June 22nd and 23rd this year and MIRA members were out in...
MIRA celebrates long-time contributors!
At our monthly meeting this May (2024), MIRA Executive and members took time to recognize the outstanding and longstanding contributions...
MIRA at Winter Field Day 2024
Winter Field Day is a fun and challenging event for amateur radio operators to practice portable emergency communications in winter conditions. ...
Oceanside Packet Node Map
For those who may not be familiar with 'Packet Radio', it's basically an email system which uses radio waves between...
QSO #10 — QSLing (Acknowledgment of a contact)
So, we've talked about getting on the air, etiquette in nets, and logging contacts (both manually and via software). Now,...
QSO #9 — Logging Software
Last time, we talked about logging of contacts in general and my travails in maintaining a manual, handwritten log. It's...
QSO #8 — Logging
Welcome back! It has been a long, hot summer but it looks like the fall rains are finally starting to...