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“Is WARA a VHF only club?”

28 May

28 May 2020

Dear WARA member, The question “Is WARA a VHF only club?” is often asked and the answer is usually ‘yes’. As with any organization there is a lot of history involved and WARA is what it is because of that ... Read more »

WARA Meetings at Red Cross House Cancelled

12 Mar

12 March 2020

12 March 2020 – Until further notice all WARA General Meetings and Board Meetings are cancelled because of health concerns. The Board will make decisions regarding an alternate location or deferred meeting ... Read more »

CARHA Friday Jan 17 to Sunday Jan 19, 2020

7 Jan

7 January 2020

The CARHA Hockey Tournament is coming up quickly, scheduled for Friday Jan 17 to Sunday Jan 20. Neil Townsend VE7NIL is the communications coordinator. Take a look on this website https://www.ve7vic.ca/carha-documents/ for all your radio volunteer information.

Jeanne Socrates VE0JS Sails Non-stop Around the World

10 Nov

10 November 2019

From: Aubrey Stuart <aubreystuart@outlook.com> Subject: Fundraising for Jeanne Socrates – Plaque Dear Friends and Supporters of Jeanne Socrates, VE0JS: On 7th September 2019, Jeanne Socrates returned to Victoria after 339 days at sea, becoming the oldest person to sail solo, ... Read more »

AGM 2019 President’s Report

16 Oct

16 October 2019

WARA has had a busy year. We have had a lot of work done to the repeater network. We had a PA failure on Salt Spring which caused a general cleanup and upgrade, replacing the PA, replacing the duplex filter ... Read more »