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Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

Website of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association, Victoria BC

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    • DStar Registration WARA Contact
  • Swap and Shop
  • Activities
    • WARA Member Meetings
    • Public Service Events
      • Event listings
      • Event volunteers
      • Field Day
      • Marathon
      • TC10K
      • TdV
      • CARHA
        • CARHA Documents
      • Public Service Contact
      • Responsibilities of a public service event team member
    • WARA Ham Breakfast
    • Repeaters including DMR and DStar
      • DStar Registration WARA Contact
    • Technical Committee Reports
    • WARA Operating Procedures Documents
  • Emergency Comms
    • Emergency Communications Team and WARA Nets
    • Municipal and Provincial Emergency Operations Centers
    • Amateur Radio Data Network – HamWAN
    • WARA’s emergency radio kits
    • ECT Contact
    • ECT Downloads
  • Education
    • Course Information
    • Education Department Contact
    • WARA Ham Class Documents
    • Morse Code Training
  • About WARA
    • What is Amateur Radio?
    • Welcome to WARA
    • Membership Application and Payment
      • Membership Application
      • Annual Dues Payment
    • WARA Meetings
    • Board of Directors
    • Constitution, Bylaws and Minutes of Meetings
      • Minutes of Board Meetings (protected)
    • WARA Supporters
      • Donations
  • External links
  • Contact Us
    • WARA General Enquiries Contact Form and Address
    • WARA Payments Contact
    • Education Department Contact
    • Membership Director Contact
    • Public Service Contact
    • Emergency Communications Team Contact
    • DStar Registration WARA Contact
  • Swap and Shop

Category Archives: Contesting

POTA Party and Picnic

6 May
Posted on 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 »

Contesting, WARA Club Activities and Events

Field Day 2024 was a great success. Updated

22 Jul
Posted on 22 July 202422 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 »

Contesting, Field Day, Swap Meet

2023 Field Day Results. We done good!

19 Nov
Posted on 19 November 202319 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 »

Contesting, Field Day, News, WARA Club Activities and Events

“Is WARA a VHF only club?”

28 May
Posted on 28 May 202011 November 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 »

Contesting, Emergency Communications Team, Ham Shack Focus, HF Development, News, WARA Club Activities and Events

Canada Day Cross Canada IRLP Net

26 Jun
Posted on 26 June 201930 July 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 »

Contesting, News

WARA Meetings and Nets

Members Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month (some exceptions).

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday Oct. 15, 2026 at 7 PM. Weekly Nets (VE7VIC repeater):

  • Monday Night Net 7 PM (all welcome)
  • Tuesday Night Rag Chew 7 PM (all welcome)
  • Trans-Canada IRLP Net Wed. 8 AM
  • ECT Net Wed. 7 PM
  • YL Net Thursday 7 PM
  • Newcomer's Net Thursday 8:15 PM
  • Trans-Canada DStar Net on C-Module Friday 6pm Starts in the East and goes West 
Saturday Morning Breakfasts: Apple Tree Family Restaurant, 1501 Admirals Rd, Every Saturday anytime after 8:00 AM.

Public Service

Our next Public Service event is the Times Colonist 10K running race to be held on Saturday 2026-04-26. WARA members will provide informational and emergency radio communications.

For more information: TC10K

To volunteer, contact: Public Service Contact – Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

Propagation

WARA Membership Payments

Please visit our Membership Payments page

Donations

Please consider donating to WARA (tax deductible)

Field Day 2022 Video from VE7ALB

https://youtu.be/bKaHjqcsIbE

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