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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Final Scores OVMRC Field Day 2023 Report
This is a report on the club’s performance in the June 2023 ARRL Field Day as listed in the final scores posted in the December 2023 on-line version of QST Magazine.
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POTA Activation in memory of VA3KS/SK
As I was unable to attend Kieran’s memorial service on Friday 8 December 2023, I thought I would activate one of his favourite POTA parks in his memory.
Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Inc.
Since 1957
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We're a group of Amateur Radio Operators located in the Ottawa area interested in sharing, studying, and progressing the hobby.
