Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Inc.

Since 1957

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Rambler

Rambler, March 2025

March 16, 2025
Rambler February 2025

Next Meeting: Wednesday February 19 RAC HQ offices, 720 Belfast Rd at 7:00pm in person and 7:15 PM via Zoom. If you aren't on our mailing list please contact Norm at: ve3lc@myrac.ca for an invitation.

February 16, 2025
January 2025 Rambler

January 12, 2025
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