With a surplus satellite dish on my hands as a result of an internet upgrade, I began to look around for a potential amateur radio use.

The Opek HVT-600 is a 200 Watt 10-band (1/4 λ) ham radio antenna (80m - 2m).

This emphasis on technological advancement and experimentation in the amateur radio community has rapidly developed with the advent of Software Defined Radio (SDR).

This article summarizes my thoughts of working for QSOs through Fengtai OSCAR-118

In this article I will provide a brief update on the amplifier’s build progress.

An update on the “Shortened Dipole for Balconies” (Rambler, Jan 2022, Vol 64, Issue 5) In a previous article in the January 2022 issue of the OVMRC Rambler I reported experimenting with a linearly-loaded induction dipole, shortened for use on a balcony. Since the length of this dipole is longer than my balcony allows, I…

Winlink Express (Winlink) (formerly RMS Express) is a radio client for email delivery with or without the internet. It is primarily used by amateur radio operators interested in Auxiliary Communications Service. It is becoming the preferred e-mail client for the RAC Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS). The concept for Winlink Express, as designed and developed by…

For this year’s Remembrance Day contribution to the Rambler, I have Fred VE3LAF and Maurice- Andre VE3VIG to thank for steering this brief reflection toward a focus on Canada’s Cold War contributions that are often overlooked.