Useful Links
Visit https://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html for information on current HF/VHF/UHF propagation and solar flare conditions.
Visit https://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycont.php for information on amateur radio contests!
Visit https://www.n2yo.com for information on amateur radio satellite passes.
Visit https://www.amsat.org/status/ for information on AMSAT satellite status.
Visit https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html for information on the International Space Station FM repeater and APRS digipeater status.
Local Clubs and Associations
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) is the national association for Amateur Radio in Canada. It is a not-for-profit membership association with headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representing the interests of Amateur Radio all across Canada.
QRZ.com is US based Web for Ham Radio Operators, and is a wealth of information especially for working HF and or using the IRLP or Echlink systems around the World Some great features are GridMapper your own personal web space and a built in Log Book.
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATION COUNCIL
Repeater List: Vancouver & Fraser Valley – British Columbia …
Repeater List: BC South
Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club to find out more come pay us a visit. Club holds a monthly business meeting at the Pitt Meadows Heritage building on the first Tuesday of each month at 19:30 hours and club members get together weekly Thursday evenings at 19:00 for coffee at the club house. Come stop by and meet some of our members.
The New Westminster Amateur Radio Club, is an organization that was created to promote the exciting hobby of Amateur / Ham radio and emergency communications.
Welcome to the White Rock Amateur Radio Club. Situated on the north shore of Semiahmoo Bay, White Rock is one of the garden cities of Canada.
Surrey Amateur Radio Club: SARC
Delta Amateur Radio Society, located in Delta, British Columbia.
The North Shore Amateur Radio Club
The Burnaby Amateur Radio Club is dedicated to serving the Amateur Radio (HAM) community and the general public in Burnaby, BC and throughout the Lower Mainland.
The Coquitlam Amateur Radio Club
The Richmond Amateur Radio Club is a member of the Emergency Management BC and also operates VE7GOG for the Parks Canada Gulf Of Georgia Cannery historic site.
The Chilliwack Amateur Radio Club, is a group of amateur radio enthusiasts in Chilliwack and the Upper Fraser Valley area. Club Call Sign VE7AFA
Salt Spring Island Amateur Radio Club is an active group of ham radio operators on Salt Spring Island, the largest of the Southern Gulf Islands.
Welcome to the Island Trunk System Web Site
Repeater List: Vancouver Island. Last Updated: 18 July 2016. The following abbreviations are used: a Autopatch c. Closed, limited access l linked or crossband …
Welcome to the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association. WARA is a registered not-for-profit society and charitable organization based in the Capital Regional District area of Victoria British Columbia, Canada. (See map).
Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society is an amateur radio club located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The society maintains a repeater on …
The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association is made up of members of the community stretching from Courtenay to Duncan on Vancouver Island.
Welcome to the Campbell River Amateur Radio Society club
Arrowsmith Amateur Radio Club (AARC)
The Mid-Island Radio Association
BC Sun Coast Amateur Radio Club Society
Our Sister Club at NASA
While doing research for our new web page and Domain name I discovered we have a sister club at NASA ….. Hello from LARA ! L.A.R.C. Amateur Radio Club is a group who enjoy radio communications as a hobby or as support for public services such as municipal emergency operations centres…..
Watch NASA TV live here Watch exciting NASA events here live as they happen.
Other Interesting Links
What is Software Defined Radio?
Today’s technology allows us to build radio receivers that sample radio signals and process them on a PC or an embedded system. Similarly, transmitters can be built that generate the RF signal digitally, then convert it to analog. Software Defined Radio (SDR) refers to the technologies that make these exciting things possible.
SDR Receivers “On Line” from around the World…
The DXZone is the largest human created and maintained library of web sites dedicated to Amateur Radio, currently listing 20.000+ links organized into 600+ categories and subcategories.
“DXCoffee” editors are, above all, ham operators. So, our undertaking is also aimed to create interesting opportunities to get on the air, usually corresponding to meaningful events relating to our website such as anniversaries, editorial team meetings and the like. And of course, there’s always that rare DX with prefixes seldom seen. Furthermore, DXCoffee has sponsored DXpeditions.
Jean Socrates The Oldest woman to sail single hand around the World. I expect to be at sea for around 7-8 months, hoping to get safely around the Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean and back to my starting point without any outside help and without using my motor (which will be sealed). Jean will be on HF throughout her Journey.
The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) is an internationally known facility for science and technology research related to radio astronomy. It is Located in Penticton BC Canada.
MacHamRadio was started in 2003 by Steve Muncy (NI5V), as a site intended to promote Ham software for the then newly released Mac OS X. Steve supported the site for five years before moving on to new endeavors….
SATFLARE track in real time all the satellites orbiting the Earth, with both 2D and 3D interactive representations, predict their passes, view their trajectory among stars on an interactive sky chart, predict satellite flares and transits (across the Sun and the Moon), find out the best location to see these events on a detailed Google map. You can also follow satellite re-entries and other special events, join the observer community, post messages and share your comments and observations. Currently in our database we have more than 9000 observation reports!. You won’t find any other tracker that provides all these functions!
www.amsat.org The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially known) Undoubtedly, the work now being done by AMSAT volunteers throughout the world will continue to have far-reaching, positive effects on the very future of both Amateur Radio, as well as other governmental, scientific and commercial activities in the final frontier. Rarely have a group of “amateur” volunteers managed to do so much…for so many…with so little.
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