Ham Shack Focus – Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

2-metre, LF/HF, and HF Digital Band-Plans Aug 2020

21 Aug

Aug 21, 2020 – The RAC Band Planning Committee has released 2 updated band plans, and the IARU is conducting a “HF Digital Band Plan Review”. See info and links below. RAC 2-metre Band Plan: https://www.rac.ca/proposed-two-metre-2m-band-plan/ RAC 0 -30 MHz ... Read more »

“Is WARA a VHF only club?”

28 May

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 »

Morse Code Training Update

28 Aug

Larry VE7EA has provided new information on Morse Code Training. Check Education on the top menu bar, or click Morse Code Link.

New Facebook Group

4 Apr

Bailey Meeres VA7AIB and Trevor Peirce VE7TAV are hosting a new Facebook Group – the Unofficial Discussion Group for Westcoast Amateur Radio Association. This helps fill the gap that was left after we recently closed down our forum for technical and administrative reasons. Bailey and Trevor invite you to join the new group to discuss anything related to the club or radio in general.

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

22 Jan

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 »