Category: Club News

The Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club held it’s annual general meeting this week. The Tuesday evening meeting included the election of club executive officers. All were elected by acclamation. President:

This Saturday (June 1st) the club will be assisting with security at the Pitt Meadows Days fireworks. Any club member with a portable that would like to assist, please contact

Field Day 2019 is Moving! We traditionally have used the Maple Ridge Fairgrounds, however due to a scheduling conflict, we were unable to secure that venue so a new location

Those at last night’s business meeting got to meet and welcome the club’s newest member, Jim (VE7XZW). Jim also made his first net check-in tonight with his recently purchased Icom

Repairs were made in the last week on the club’s BCWARN network. New outdoor CAT5 ethernet cable was run between the clubroom and the 5 GHz dish on 50 feet

MRARC would like to thank Rod Mantel and RPM Electrical Installations for the generous donation of some much needed Cat5 cable to the club. Thanks very much, Rod! You can

A new page has been added to the website devoted to contesting. You can access it here: https://mrarc.net/contesting/ Thanks to club member Paul English for the suggestion and links. If

Club members interested in learning CW are invited to a training session on the evening of Wednesday, January 16th at 1930 hours. Club members of any skill level are invited.

The club’s yagi antenna atop the clubhouse is now functional again. The antenna was damaged in the late December windstorm that hit southwestern BC. Club member Keith (VA7YBU) volunteered to

Club members are reminded that January’s regular monthly business meeting will be held on Tuesday the 8th at 7:30 p.m. The meeting, normally held on the first Tuesday, was postponed