Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Inc. - Page 10 - Over 60 years of Continuous Service to Ottawa

50 Years Ago - January 1974 Rambler

Appears in: Rambler Vol.66 Issue 5

January 9, 2024

HF Dipole Dimensions Reference

Antenna Diagram: 73, Norm VE3LC Appears in: Rambler Vol.66 Issue 5

January 9, 2024

Ante VA2BBW: Award Hunting

At one of the recent OVMRC meetings, our president had mentioned the Triple Play Worked All States award after seeing one of the locals, in this case Brian Rawlings VE3QN, appear on the recent recipients list. Being interested in paper chasing myself, I logged in to my LoTW account as soon as I got home…

January 9, 2024

Rambler January 2024 (Vol 66 Issue 5)

January 9, 2024

Wray VE3EO’s new Begali Spark

The Begali Spark has arrived and is now in operation. Actually it took me over a year to decide because I really wanted an example of fine Italian machinery.

December 10, 2023

Random Wire Antenna Lengths – A University of Delaware resource worth bookmarking!

When on the trail, at Field Day, or whenever a good antenna is unavailable, a random wire can save the day.

December 10, 2023

Building a 6m “Squalo” antenna

I have never had a very big interest in the 6m band, but since my return to the hobby in the summer of 2022, I learned that that is where the good old Pot Lid Net moved to. My 100 foot long attic doublet does work on the magic band but has multiple lobes at…

December 10, 2023

Update on Solar Cycle 25

Many avid DXers will know that propagation conditions have been rather good of late now that we are fully into Solar Cycle 25.

December 10, 2023

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