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...
Beginner
MIRA Ham Radio Course – 2024!
MIRA is pleased to announce its upcoming Fall 2024 edition of its online (Zoom Based) course to help newcomers take...
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...
MIRA Activates VE7RAC for GOTA!
April 18th, 2023 was World Amateur Radio day, and as part of the celebration, RAC sponsored it's Get On The...
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...
