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
2023-24 Year End Nets Report

Hello, all OVMRC members and participants in our weekly nets. It is certainly comforting to have had a continued dedicated following on the OVMRC nets this season; I'm grateful to all attendees who check in to report on their weekly exploits across the bands and also to all the new operators who have gained amateur…

June 14, 2024