Website of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association, Victoria BC
A large audience of over 30 club members and friends welcomed Joe Young VE7BFK as the guest presenter at the Feb. 16, 2016 WARA general meeting. Joe talked about the “Sport” of Amateur Radio Direction Finding. He covered concepts, technology … Read More »
Great news! WARA now has a packet Winklink station operational, thanks to Chris VE7ALB and Al VE7BEU. The description is: VE7VIC-10 145.690 MHz Triangle Mountain, 850 feet ASL Kantronics controller Radio: ICOM IC-229H Primary and secondary Internet feeds Hydro backup … Read More »
By Joe Wright KG7CWG Ever since moving to the area up here and setting up my station the WARA repeater has been the only one that I can consistently access. I believe that between the location and height of … Read More »
By Len Howland VE7BSA Many years ago before the current well-developed emergency radio groups did so, WARA developed emergency radio procedures and training in support of the Canadian Red Cross, BC Coastal Region. Tote boxes containing 2-metre radios, antennas, … Read More »
Each year the students in the WARA ham class get introduced to using mobile radios in vehicles by volunteers from our club. This takes a couple of hours on a Saturday morning, during which we drive around town contacting each … Read More »