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  • 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

WARA “QuarterWave” Newsletters – 1996 to 2008

25 Nov
Posted on 25 November 20174 December 2017

Here is a link to a folder with a selection of WARA Quarterwave newsletters, starting with Vol.1 No.1, followed up by several years from 2002 to 2008.  Click here to read them.

Enjoy, Alan va7awm

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Newcomer (“Newbie”) Net

25 Nov
Posted on 25 November 2017

The club has a number of nets on its repeater 146.840 MHz. The most recent is the Newcomer (“Newbie”) on Thursday evenings at 2000 hrs. Recent net controllers have been Trevor VE7TAV and Bailey VA7AIB. Both are self-study hams and … Read More »

WARA Club Activities and Events

VE7VIC-10 Winlink node Restored Nov. 18

17 Nov
Posted on 17 November 201719 November 2017

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 »

Emergency Communications Team, News

AGM November 21 – Royal Theatre

8 Nov
Posted on 8 November 20178 November 2017

This year the Annual General Meeting will be at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street.  Coffee and conversation will start at 6:30 pm, and the meeting will start at 7:00 pm. A very special thanks to the Royal & McPherson … Read More »

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Single Sideband Net on VHF

17 Oct
Posted on 17 October 201717 October 2017

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 »

News

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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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