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President’s Ramblings
Welcome amateur radio enthusiasts to the 2023/24 season of the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club.
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Club Nets Begin This Week
Hello to all amateurs who frequent the OVMRC-sponsored radio nets. Take note that the 3 club nets are starting up this week:
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OVMRC Eyeball QSO and Picnic
This is the invite and sign-up for the OVMRC Eyeball QSO and Picnic with optional POTA activation and Foxhunt, to take place from 9.30 am to 2 pm on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa.
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Silent Key, Gordon Grant VE3DY, Charter Member of the OVMRC
Gordon Grant VE3DY was a founding member of the OVMRC and became a Silent Key on May 18 at the grand old age of 104. He passed away peacefully at the home he designed and build in 1962. Gord became a ham at the age of 15 in 1934.
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June 3-4 OVMRC activation for the POTA Plaque Weekend
00:00 UTC 3rd June to 23:59 UTC 4th June 2023 Local Ottawa time: 8pm Friday 2nd June to 8pm Sunday 4th June Choose your own park! Over 30 in the Ottawa/Gatineau area
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Bryan Rawlings VE3QN inducted into the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (CARHOF), QCWA Century Club and OVMRC Life Membership
On Saturday April 15, 2023 there was a special in person event sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club; Ottawa Amateur Radio Club and, the National Capital Chapter (70) of the Quarter Century Wireless Association to honour the long-standing contributions to amateur radio of Bryan VE3QN.