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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.

June 11, 2023

Rambler June 2023 (Vol. 65 Issue 10)

June 11, 2023

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

May 25, 2023

Rambler May 2023 (Vol 65, Issue 9)

May 10, 2023

Meshtastic: An “appliance” operator’s foray into off-grid messaging

Meshtastic is a platform agnostic software application that is an “..open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.”

May 10, 2023

General Links of Interest:

YOTA Camp on the RAC, Volunteer opportunities, and various local amateur radio related information.

May 10, 2023

Spotlight on Amateur Radio Explorations:

Welcome to a spotlight on various project and explorations that local amateurs have come across or are engaged with which might serve as conversation starters for on-air nets or eye-ball QSOs.

April 16, 2023

Did you work the Sable Island DXpedition CY0S?

From March 20 for 11 days a team of 8 American well seasoned DXers conducted the most extensive DXpedition multi-mode operation on Sable Island in history using the call sign CY0S on bands 160 m through to 70cm.

April 16, 2023

We're a group of Amateur Radio Operators located in the Ottawa area interested in sharing, studying, and progressing the hobby.