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Annual General Meeting at West Shore Parks and Recreation Lower Clubhouse 2025-10-16T19:00

29 Sep

29 September 2025

WARA’s AGM will be held at the same location as last year: the West Shore Parks and Recreation Lower Clubhouse. The door will be opened on Thursday October 16th at 18:30 with a meeting start time of 19:00. Although it ... Read more »

Swap-and-Shop 2025

18 Aug

18 August 2025

WARA hosted a Swap-and-Shop this year. It was held very successfully on Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at Gordon United Church, 935 Goldstream Avenue, Langford BC. We had an attendance of 101: both vendors and general admissions. More information is available ... Read more »

Provincial Regional Emergency Operation Centre volunteer invitation

14 Aug

14 August 2025

The PREOC located at 2261 Keating Cross Road invites volunteers to come and join the team. The radio room provides emergency radio communications between local authority EOC staff and provincial emergency management staff when regular communication paths fail. On Wednesday ... Read more »

Radio Picnic at Esquimalt Lagoon was a success

22 Jul

22 July 2025

5 WARA members came to Esquimalt Lagoon on 2025-08-03. VA7TNR achieved 52 POTA QSOs. Our equipment was demonstrated to the general public and many questions were answered. Hello again… I’m VE7VNA, Dan in Langford. I host the Tuesday 7pm Rag ... Read more »

Free Exam opportunity

21 Jul

21 July 2025

Hi everyone, The University of Victoria Propagation Laboratory, in partnership with the University of Victoria Centre for Aerospace Research and UVic Satellite Design, is organizing another Amateur radio examination opportunity, which is open to students and the members of the ... Read more »