Contesting – Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

POTA Party and Picnic

6 May

6 May 2025

Come out and join Dan Wilson, VE7VNA, for a POTA activation and picnic on Sunday, May 18 at 10:00AM to 2:00PM. It will be held at the Filter Beds at South end of Elk/Beaver Lake Park. Bring your own radio ... Read more »

Field Day 2024 was a great success. Updated

22 Jul

22 July 2024

WARA participated in the ARRL Field Day. Field Day is the one of single most popular on-the-air events held annually in the US and Canada. Held on the fourth FULL weekend in June. Each year, thousands of radio amateurs gather ... Read more »

2023 Field Day Results. We done good!

19 Nov

19 November 2023

The 2023 ARRL Field Day results have been published in the December issue of QST magazine. WARA placed number 1 in BC, Number 4 in Canada and number 68 over all for Class 2A. That is a club station (A), operating ... Read more »

“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 »

Canada Day Cross Canada IRLP Net

26 Jun

26 June 2019

On Monday, July 1, there will be a Special Canada Day Cross Canada IRLP Net. This will happen at 0800h local time on the WARA 146.840 repeater. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this net, all operators in ... Read more »