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Discord Server

18 Feb

18 February 2024

In June we released a Discord Server for our community. Discord is a service for hosting chat sessions about our hobby and our club. Sadly, things have slowed down after the initial release. We want to make it flourish and ... Read more »

January Members meeting

10 Jan

10 January 2024

For our January members meeting, held on the third Thursday of the month, George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU, will be giving a presentation on DMR, a comparatively new form of Digital communications. George’s contributions to Amateur Radio are wide and varied, here are a few ... Read more »

November Members meeting. November 23, 2023

19 Nov

19 November 2023

At our November members meeting, David James, VA7VK, Will be giving a talk entitled, THE VAGARIES AND ADVENTURES OF ESTABLISHING AN HF STATION IN A TOUGH LEGAL AND TECHNICAL SETTING. “This presentation documents my return to Amateur Radio after being ... Read more »

2023 Field Day Results. We done good!

19 Nov

The 2023 ARRL Field Day results have been published in the December issue of QST magazine. WARA placed number 1 in BC, Number 4 in Canada and number 68 over all for Class 2A. That is a club station (A), operating ... Read more »

Annual General Meeting

28 Oct

28 October 2023

On Thursday October 25, 2023, our AGM was held in-person at the SARBC meeting room with many joining online via Zoom. We had a great turn out across both channels. The following are the key updates from the meeting: • ... Read more »