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Follow up to the SET Posting

VA3QV wrote 7 months ago: If you think back to my posting of  October 13th (Some stuff to think about on the SET weekend) and … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, NYC-ARESC, fema, Mr Craig Fugate

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in Ontario this weekend

VA3QV wrote 7 months ago: This weekend will be a busy one for the ARES organisation in Ontario this weekend.  The Provincial S … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Ontario ARES, Ontario ARES HF Nets, Emergency Measures Radio Group, city of ottawa, Amateur Radio Exercise

Where does the month go?

VA3QV wrote 7 months ago: After looking at my day planner I seem to wonder where we are expected to find the time for anything … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARES, amateur radio emergency services, OVMRC, oarc, Ontario ARES, OVQRP, Scouts on the Air, jamboree on the air

A very busy RADIO weekend

VA3QV wrote 11 months ago: Well its Monday am now but did I ever have a great weekend…. Saturday AM found me packing up t … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, APRS, Ottawa Bicycle Club, Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour, Yaesu VX8DR, emrg, Carleton University, Queen's University, Frontenac County Emcomm Group

‘An amazing day’: CN Cycle for CHEO surpasses $600,000 goal- Amateur Radio was there!!!

VA3QV wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday (Sunday) the Ottawa ARES/Ottawa EMRG assisted the CN CYCLE Event by providing communicatio … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Ottawa Citizen, Amateur Radio Public Service, CN Cycle for CHEO, CHEO, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, ottawa police

An upcoming Radio Weekend2 comments

VA3QV wrote 1 year ago: This is a fairly busy Radio weekend as far as local VHF comms go: Saturday is the day for the Ottawa … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio Contest, Amateur Radio, CN Cycle for CHEO, Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club, VE3WEH

Weekend of Radio Fun

VA3QV wrote 2 years ago: Hi folks, First of all…  Sorry that I have not been as posting as much as I normally do but … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, amateur balloon, ARES, Läsa, twitter, CN Cycle for CHEO

Getting ready for the weekend

VA3QV wrote 2 years ago: This weekend will be a fairly busy one with an ARES exercise on Saturday followed by the Ontario QSO … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Ontario QSO Party

Casual Saturdays...3 comments

VA3QV wrote 2 years ago: If you can read this… Thank A Teacher… If you read this in English… Thank a Veteran! “Lest we forget … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Manotick Amateur Radio Group, VE3JW, city of ottawa, Markham Hamfest

Wednesday's Storms bash Ottawa1 comment

VA3QV wrote 2 years ago: Before I get into the acutal topic for this blogpost lets look at a bit of background information co … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Ottawa Citizen, Environment Canada, emrg, Emergency Measures Radio Group, Whatta Storm...

EARTHQUAKE HITS EASTERN ONTARIO3 comments

VA3QV wrote 2 years ago: Approx 30 minutes (1340hrs) a 5.5 magnatude earthquake struck Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.  S … more →

Tags: Earthquake

A "Thank you" from CN Cycle for CHEO

VA3QV wrote 3 years ago: The Following Email arrived in my inbox today from the “Powers that Be” from the recentl … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, CN Cycle for CHEO

Mid week musings...

VA3QV wrote 3 years ago: This week we are having some NOT so very spring like weather here in Ottawa…  Its been a few d … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Public Service Events, CN Cycle for CHEO, Smiths Falls Hamfest

A HECK of a good question...6 comments

VA3QV wrote 3 years ago: Todays question comes to us today from Peter Gamble VE3BQP who is the EC for the Ottawa ARES Group. … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARES, emrg, Emergency Measures Radio Group, ice storm 1998, Emergency Prepardness

Changes to the shack and some updates

VA3QV wrote 3 years ago: Today (this morning ) I thought I would tell you about some changes in the shack along with update a … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, amateur radio equipment, Echolink, ARES, Ottawa Sun Newspaper, Yaesu FT 847, Yaesu FT 2400, H1N1 Flu Shot, seasonal flu shot

Well we did get snow...1 comment

VA3QV wrote 4 years ago: It happened again… SNOW…  But it was not as bad (again) as predicted by the weather guru … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, amateur radio antenna, TAK-tenna, 70cm ssb, 2m ssb, 6m ssb, Yaesu FT 857


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