Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

Good News….WARA Salt Spring Island Repeater Repaired

13 May

May 12, 2019 – WARA’s Salt Spring Island Repeater (VA7VIC 146.660 MHz 100 Hz tone) has been repaired and is back in service. This has been a long slog for the Repeater Team.The repeater is co-located on Mt. Bruce with ... Read more »

TC10k Comments from VA7BNB

29 Apr

THANK YOU to more than 40 WARA members and friends who gave their time to support the our Public Service team at the April 28 TC10K run. There were 9000 plus runners, walkers, wheelers, teams and youth who came out ... Read more »

Field Day June 22-23, 2019 Volunteer Info

28 Apr

WARA will be participating in Field Day June 22-23, 2019 with Frank Andersen VE7GCO as the club’s coordinator. Our location will be as usual at Heritage Acres, 7321 Lochside Drive, Saanichton, British Columbia. Hank VA7HV is looking after the signup ... Read more »

General Meeting Tuesday April 16, 2019

9 Apr

Please join us on Tuesday, April 16th for a talk by our own Larry Gagnon (VE7EA) entitled Get Fit (or not), Have Fun, Play Radio! The Summits on the Air (SOTA) Program”. This is a fun and interesting part of ham radio and worth coming out the learn all about it. We will also have a business meeting to discuss a couple of items. Please join us at the Jewish Cultural Center at 3636 Shelbourne at 7:00PM, Tuesday Apr. 16, 2019. The board looks forward to seeing and talking with you.

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.