Category: News

Notes from the February 19, 2019 General Meeting

24 Feb

At the February WARA membership meeting we had an online presentation from Michael Walker (VA3MW) from FlexRadio. We started the meeting with Mike’s presentation due to the three hour time difference. Mike talked about SDR in general and then dove ... Read more »

2019 Scout Pacific Jamboree at Camp Barnard

25 Jan

To Interested Amateur Radio Operators, from Ron Bilinsky VE7RTB, this is a request for ham volunteers to assist at the 2019 Scout Pacific Jamboree. The 2019 Scout Pacific Jamboree is being held this summer from July 6 – 13 at Camp ... Read more »

February 19, 2019 General Meeting

22 Jan

Our February meeting, (location JCC, 3636 Shelbourne, Feb. 19 at 7 pm) will feature a web-based presentation by Mr. Michael Walker (VA3MW) from FlexRadio. Mike has been a ham since 1974. He has worked on computers with 64,000 tubes in ... Read more »

The WARA APRS Upgrade – Dec.2018-Jan.2019

22 Jan

WARA’s old VE7VIC-14 APRS system was an RF receive-only iGate, which meant that it listened for RF traffic on 144.390 MHz and sent the received beacons to the APRS-IS internet servers. This was fine for getting local stations into the ... Read more »

Notes from the January General Meeting

22 Jan

We had a good members meeting. The status of our ham classes was discussed and the effects on our budget was explained by the treasurer. One member offered to help but we need three members to cover the work. Please ... Read more »