Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Inc.

Since 1957

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Rambler December 2024

December 19, 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
Respect, Reflect, Remember: HMCS Gloucester

Thanks to Fred VE3LAF for the suggestion of a brief reflection on HMCS Gloucester as the subject for OVMRC remembrance. Of note is that among those who served includes both Fred VE3LAF and Marcel VE3FNG. HMCS Gloucester - “Knowledge through discipline” 1943-1972 Opened in 1943 as a Naval Radio Station utilizing High Frequency Direction finding…

November 12, 2024
Rambler November 2024

November 12, 2024
Quick Tips #1 - Attaching wires to a fibreglass mast

Attaching wire antennas to a fibreglass mast for portable operation can be a challenge and it often results in the tip of the mast eventually getting broken. Here is a solution that takes the strain off the fragile tip section of the mast.

October 12, 2024
Rambler October 2024

October 12, 2024
Rambler September 2024

September 14, 2024
Rambler June 2024

June 14, 2024