Ham Happenings … coming to Nanaimo Sept 12th!
We are happy to share the announcement that the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Club is once again hosting their annual Ham...
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We’re now on the ‘Magic Band’ (6m)!
Well, chalk up another milestone for Mid Island Radio Association and its VE7RPQ repeater system. We can now be heard...
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...
QSO #7 – Netiquette
Hi There! Yes, it's been a while. No real excuse -- just busy with other stuff and being 'lazy' about...
