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    • 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
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SPECIAL REQUEST Scout Pacific Jamboree VE7JAM (2500 Scouts Attending)

13 Jun
Posted on 13 June 201517 July 2015

Morning Shifts still available. There will be a communications tent with various radios available for the scouts to make contacts. Looking for hams to assist for one 2 – 3 hour session at the Pacific Jamboree at Camp Barnard in Sooke during … Read More »

News

WARA Ham Course Update

4 Feb
Posted on 4 February 201512 July 2015

The ham course has now completed, with good success rates.  We welcome a number of new hams as members of WARA: Richard Jones – VA7RXJMitch McKay – VA7KMNJohn Brent – VA7WPN Lloyd Gilmore – VE7LGAElise Garcin – VE7ORBRoss Macdonald – … Read More »

Education Department

Volunteer to Help Your Club

22 Nov
Posted on 22 November 201412 July 2015

Are you able to join others in the many activities that support WARA? These include technical support to our repeater network and tasks at the site where we are replacing our old antenna, with the Emergency Communications Team including the … Read More »

WARA Departments

New CRD Emergency Communications Team Formed

22 Oct
Posted on 22 October 2014

A new emergency communications team is now active and on the air from the CRD radio room. It is staffed by a number of WARA members, and led by Glenn Lindsey (VE7GRQ). Other members are Tom Heemskerk (VE7TZH), Mark Lofthouse … Read More »

News

Ladies — come and socialize at the WARA Breakfast and on the YL Net

7 Oct
Posted on 7 October 201412 July 2015

Continuing in 2015, there will be an YL/XYL table once a month at the regular Saturday Morning WARA Breakfast.  All women are invited to come and join us. There were four of us at the initial September 2014 Breakfast and … Read More »

WARA Club Activities and Events

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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

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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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