Quartzfest
Quartzfest
Location: Roadrunner BLM Short Term Camping Area
53 rd Street North, US Hwy. 95
Quartzsite, AZ 85346
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Discover the Joy of Amateur Radio
The Amateur Radio Service offers a unique mix of public service, technology and experimenting with electronics all with an emphasis on fun. Some hams use their skills to provide communications during emergencies and disasters when other forms of communication fail. Others enjoy talking to people across the country and around the globe, participating in contests and building experiments. More Information
January 2020
ARRL Field Day
ARRL Field Day is always held on the 4th full weekend in June.
Want to see what Field Day is all about?
Objective:
To contact as many stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20,15 and 10 Meter HF bands, as well as all bands 50 MHz and above, and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.
Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2.
Maple Ridge Swap Meet
Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club
Closest town: Pitt Meadows BC
Directions to location: 12460 Harris Rd Pitt Meadows BC
1 block South of the Lougheed Hwy. in the old REC building
For more information Maple Ridge Swap Meet
BARC Annual Swap Meet
The Burnaby Amateur Radio Club (BARC) Annual Swap Meet is Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Salvation Army Cariboo Road. Doors open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Salvation Army Cariboo Road Temple in Burnaby at 7195 Cariboo Road, Burnaby, BC
For more information to get book a table please see the swap meet page.
OCARC Executive
OCARC Executive July 2024 - June 2025
President
- Dave Archibald VA7MD
Vice President
- Ian McLaughlin VE7BST
Treasurer
- Bob Meldrum VA7RGM
Secretary
- Gary Cooper VE7GCP
Director
- John Clarke VE7JXC
- Greg Corbett VE7CD
- Chris Walter VE7EQN
- John Semenec VE7JWS
BC Amateur Radio Clubs
There are many amateur radio clubs in the province of British Columbia.
In the Okanagan Valley there are:
Technical Meeting
We hold our monthly technical committee meeting on the first Tuesday of the month. Start time is 19:00 hrs (7:00 P.M.).
The general meeting is held on the fourth Thursday of the month at the same location. Start time is 19:30 hrs (7:30 P.M.)
The meeting location is at Kelowna Fire Department, Station 1 on 2255 Enterprise Way in Kelowna. Entrance is from the parking lot (North) side.
Discover the excitement of Ham Radio
The Amateur Radio Service offers a unique mix of public service, technology and experimenting with electronics all with an emphasis on fun. Some hams use their skills to provide communications during emergencies and disasters when other forms of communication fail.
Others enjoy talking to people across the country and around the globe, participating in contests and building experiments.
For more information, you can Contact Us, or if you prefer our Snail mail is;
PO Box 21126, Orchard Park, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9N8
OCARC
The Orchard City Amateur Radio Club is incorporated under the Societies Act of British Columbia in 1971.
OCARC is centered in the city of Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. With over 65 members, our amateur radio club provides volunteer communications for events throughout the region. Club members are active in every facet of the hobby and they maintain several analog, digital, VHF & UHF mountain top repeaters.
