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Portable Operations Battery Box – a lower cost alternative
For a couple of years I have looked on enviously at the many battery boxes that innovative ham radio operators have put together to power their equipment while on portable ops. POTA and public service events in particular, often run for longer time periods, or need higher transmit power levels than that offered by an…
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2023-24 Year End Nets Report
Hello, all OVMRC members and participants in our weekly nets. It is certainly comforting to have had a continued dedicated following on the OVMRC nets this season; I'm grateful to all attendees who check in to report on their weekly exploits across the bands and also to all the new operators who have gained amateur…
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OVMRC Vehicle Fox Hunt and Mobile Radio ‘Show and Tell’ by Rob, VE3RXH
What a great day for our in-vehicle Fox hunt and mobile radio ‘show and tell’ on Saturday 25th May. The sun shone and everyone was in a great mood to play radio. We really did put ‘Mobile Radio’ back into our Club name!
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Report on the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF) 2024 at Carleton University
The Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF) is a science project competition for students in grades 7 to 12. Over 400 finalists from the Canadian regional competitions compete at their grade level for prizes and scholarships.
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Yaesu FT-100D Microphone Surgery by Rob, VE3RXH
Rambler readers may recall my mobile HF radio install from last month’s issue where I installed my Yaesu FT-100D mobile transceiver and ATAS-120A antenna in my Ford F-150...
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OVMRC Fox hunt and POTA Activation at Vincent Massey Park
The Club Executive are committed to organising activities for members to get together, learn about ham radio and have fun. The first outdoor event on the agenda for 2024 was a Fox hunt and POTA activation held on Saturday 20th April at Vincent Massey Park.
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Toroidal Cores for Sale: $5.00 each (all money goes to the OVMRC)
Norm VE3LC has come into possession of more than 60 Fair-Rite toroidal ferrite cores, part number 2643251002.
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Tony (AM) Vandenbelt VK3BBD/VE3FXH (SK)
Graham VE3AMN received word from one of Tony's sons that Tony succumbed to Alzheimer's disease last weekend, in a home, in Melbourne Australia. Tony was born in the Netherlands, and emigrated to Canada after the warwith his parents and siblings. Whilst in Ottawa, Tony was very active in amateur radio, serving as president of the…
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