FAQs – Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

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 »

Discord Server

18 Feb

18 February 2024

In June we released a Discord Server for our community. Discord is a service for hosting chat sessions about our hobby and our club. Sadly, things have slowed down after the initial release. We want to make it flourish and ... 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 »

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

22 Jan

22 January 2019

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 »

Richmond Amateur Radio Club Swap Meet Saturday April 8, 2017

12 Mar

12 March 2017

On Saturday, April 8, 2017, the Richmond Amateur Radio Club (RARC) will be hosting a swap meet at the South Arm United Church (southwest corner of No. 3 Rd. and Steveston Hwy.) in Richmond, BC from 9 AM to 1 ... Read more »