Westcoast Amateur Radio Association
Website of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association, Victoria BC
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On Saturday, April 7, 2018, from 9 AM to 12:30 PM, the Richmond Amateur Radio Club (RARC) will be hosting its second annual Swap Meet and Emergency Communications Display at the South Arm United Church at 11051 No. 3 Rd. … Read More »
The Comox Valley Amateur Radio Club will be holding it’s second annual swap meet this year on April 1st. It will be located at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay. Tables will be $20 and setup time is 08:30 and … Read More »
DMR Repeater and System USER Dashboard (NEW January 2018) As of January, 2018, WARA is operating a UHF DMR repeater VE7VIC on 443.950 +5MHz. You will need a DMR Radio to take advantage of this repeater. Every DMR Radio needs … Read More »
UPDATE: The VE7VIC-10 node is functioning again as of Saturday Nov. 19, 2017. The VE7VIC-10 Winlink node was offline pending PC repair/replacement. Cause of issue was failed power supply in the PC. You can check the status of this node and … Read More »
The ‘225 net’ meets each Thursday night @ 7pm on a frequency of 144.225 MHz using USB. Host/Net Control is Merlin, VE7OR, operating from Chinatown in Vancouver. I typically sign in, getting 5×7 signal reports from Merlin, from my place … Read More »