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World Amateur Radio Day celebrated across West Carleton

April 23, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – While Ward 5 residents spent Good Friday (April 18) waiting to vote on the first day of advanced polls, amateur radio enthusiasts were busy celebrating World Amateur Radio Day by using the radio waves to reach people around the world all the way from West Carleton.

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Lots on in WC for World Amateur Radio Day

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – Friday, April 18 is World Amateur Radio Day and West Carleton will be a big part of the celebration.

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OARC partners with WCDR to offer amateur radio training

January 14, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – The Ottawa Amateur Radio Club (OARC) is partnering with West Carleton Disaster Relief (WCDR) to provide amateur radio training – a life-saving skill when all other forms of communication are down.

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A man sits in his truck outfitted with radio wquipment.
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WC radio club in the bunker April 6

March 18, 2024 wadmin 0 Comments

CARP – The West Carleton Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) is heading to the Diefenbunker for a microwave activity day, but there will be no cooking involved.

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WC radio club mobile in Kinburn

June 16, 2023June 27, 2023 wadmin 0 Comments

KINBURN – The Kinburn Community Centre must be a good place to reach the world, as the West Carleton Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) were back last weekend (June 10), setting up antennas, outfitting mobile units, and filling the rink room with all kinds of communication equipment.

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From left, WCARC members Remi De Cristofaro, Ray Perrin, Clayton Smith, Glenn MacDonell and Bert Zauhar pose with some of the equipment they are using in the ARRL competition. Photo by Jake Davies
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WC radio club competes in Kinburn

June 20, 2022August 8, 2022 wadmin 0 Comments

KINBURN – The West Carleton Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) took their equipment to the Kinburn Community Centre June 11, 12 and 13 to compete in the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Very High Frequency contest.

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Tune in to OARC Carp Hamfest Sept. 6

August 14, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

CARP – Turn up and tune in to the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club’s (OARC) Hamfest conference hosted in Carp Sept. 6.

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WCDR talk 2024, explore disaster kits

November 6, 2025November 17, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

KINBURN – West Carleton Disaster Relief (WCDR) has been saving the community for eight years. Last week (Oct. 28) the volunteer organization focused on 2024-2025.

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OARC Carp Hamfest

OARC Carp Hamfest is the region’s largest Amateur Radio flea market and trade show

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From Carp to Toronto with microwaves

April 11, 2024April 24, 2024 wadmin 0 Comments

CARP – As it turned out, the hill above the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum was the perfect West Carleton location to use line-of-site microwave communications to reach like-minded people in the Toronto area.

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