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Club Nets Begin This Week
Hello to all amateurs who frequent the OVMRC-sponsored radio nets. Take note that the 3 club nets are starting up this week:
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OVMRC Eyeball QSO and Picnic
This is the invite and sign-up for the OVMRC Eyeball QSO and Picnic with optional POTA activation and Foxhunt, to take place from 9.30 am to 2 pm on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa.
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GPS for FT8/FT4: Off-Net Time Sync of Raspberry Pi Computer
Operating Objective: To use a Raspberry Pi - 400 (or equally Raspberry Pi-4 ) as a computer to operate the WSJT-X application for portable operations of the FT-8 and FT-4 modes without the aid of an internet connection or AC power.
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2022-23 Year End Nets Report
Greetings to all OVMRC members and participants in our weekly nets. I'm happy to say that attendance at the HF and VHF nets has continued to do well over the past season now that we're getting over the COVID hiatus.
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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.
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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
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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.”
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