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Ever wondered what the internet is really like?

Many of us remember a time when having a blog or a computer on the internet was a cool thing and was safe-ish. There were hackers, but you could take some simple steps (though not enough people did, even then) and largely keep the miscreants out of your stuff. It's a different world today. I…

May 16, 2016

May Rambler

The May 2016 Rambler is now available for download in PDF or TXT formats.

May 7, 2016

May Meeting

The club General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18 May at the usual time. Norm Rashleigh (VE3LC) will be presenting on the topic of the Winlink radio email system and the RMS email client software. In addition, there will be door prizes, and the 50/50 draw. There will be a special door prize opportunity…

May 4, 2016

Field Day Workshop

We now have confirmation the grounds of Aviation Museum are available again this year for Field Day. Permission granted by Stacy Wakeford, new Director, Visitor Experience. To plan the event and provide info to members, a workshop will be held at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum regarding the club's annual Field Day exercise on…

May 4, 2016

Technical difficulties

OVMRC is having a bit of difficulty with its DNS, so the web site may have periods of intermittent operation while everything gets squared away. If you find the web site has disappeared or get a weird error over the next few days, don't worry, we will be back. 73 de VE3OIJ -Darin

April 15, 2016

April Rambler

The April 2016 Rambler is now available for download in PDF or TXT formats.

April 10, 2016

Monday Workshop

On 11 April, at 18h30, the OVMRC will hold a workshop on the topic of radio direction finding. The workshop will cover the building of home-brew direction finding antennas, DF techniques, and the upcoming 4 June bunny-hunt event. Please join us at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum!

April 10, 2016

April Meeting

The OVMRC meeting will take place on Wednesday, 20 April at 19h30 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Dave Green, VE3TLY will be presenting on the topic of Solar Power and will describe Dave's "off-the-grid" solar power system at his summer cottage. Remember, your attendance at the monthly meetings is recorded. The more you…

April 10, 2016

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