Month: September 2018

Who checked in last week to the net? Who checks in the most??? Starting earlier this month, we’ve been logging those checking-in on our Wednesday night 2-meter net. You can

Curious about how and when HAM plates got started? Did you know that the first plates with amateur radio call signs were issued in 1939? Michigan state was the first

The club requires a volunteer that is “FoodSafe” trained to assist with the upcoming swap meet. You would simply need to be on-hand to oversee the food preparation; you aren’t

The club historian took another trip into the archive vault and found some gold… Super sideburns, great old cars, and some classic outfits! The Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club’s annual

Our club president Marty (VE7XX) reported on the evening of Sept 12th that the repeater was back online and might be repaired, but still needs additional testing to confirm. Our

“Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot and “Band on the Run” by Wings were vying for number 1 on the charts and just possibly playing in the background here. Once again, we’ve

The club’s UHF repeater is down for repairs (as of 2018-09-10). It is hoped it will be back online later this week. Further updates will be posted.

We’ve opened the archive vault once again, and this time found the club’s QSO logbook from the early 1970’s. You can view the entire contents of the logbook in the

The repeater was visited on Sept 6th by Marty, Wayne and Dave. No cause was immediately apparent, though Marty suspects the aging duplexer may be to blame. The anntennas themselves

We’ve opened the club’s archive vault and dusted off some of the old albums in order to bring you some blasts from the past. Periodically we’ll be posting interesting morsels