Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Inc. - Page 5 - Over 60 years of Continuous Service to Ottawa

Website Feature Highlight 4: Content Distribution

The OVMRC website has many connections to other online platforms and services.

February 14, 2025

OARC Basic and CW Course

Our friends at the OARC are running a basic amateur radio course and a CW course starting this February.

January 19, 2025

Website Feature Highlight 3: IRC

The OVMRC now has its very own Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Channel! This channel can be used as a meeting place for local hams to have text-based conversations while in the shack, or on their mobile devices. It can be accessed via our web client at the link below, no installations or registrations are necessary:…

December 19, 2024

Rambler December 2024

December 19, 2024

Quick Tip # 3 - Two POTA logging tricks

Here are a couple tricks that I recently discovered about the operation of the POTA logging database that you can use to your advantage.

November 15, 2024

Quick Tip # 2 - Make your antenna ground spike more visible

Many of the compact commercial verticals such as the JPC-12 antenna utilize a ground spike to support the antenna. It is very easy to pack up your vertical and leave the spike behind. My solution is to tie a foot of brightly coloured plastic marker tape around the spike near the top.

November 15, 2024

OVMRC Portable Activity (Oct 19, 2024) POTA at Green's Creek Conservation Reserve CA-1425

Green’s Creek starts at the Ottawa River in the east end of Ottawa. It is an area of unusual geology, with steep-sided ravines and plateaus. The area has 5.5 kilometres of trails for seasonal recreation such as hiking and cross-country skiing. https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places/greens-creek

November 14, 2024

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