West Kootenay Amateur Radio Club

Mandate

The purpose of the WKARC is to promote and assist in the use of amateur radio communications.

We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of (almost) each month at 7pm in the Provincial Emergency Response Building at the corner of Vernon and Kootenay Street.

Club members also meet at the Cottonwood A&W restaurant Saturday mornings at 10am.

The BVARC Net meets every Monday night, at 20:00 local time, on frequency 146.840 -

For more information, contact

the WKAR Club secretary, VA7 CJK aka chris at kolmel.com

The WKARC presents...

Located in Nelson, BC, Canada, the West Kootenay Amateur Radio Club has been serving the Ham Radio community for over 50 years.

If you are interested in becoming licensed to operate an amateur radio, you'll need to take a test with either Lorne Goodwin (VE7 ADZ) in Nelson or VE7 YN aka Rudi Martini, our other accredited examiner in Castlegar. It's best to study for it first. You can start by learning from the free online course offered by Emergency Radio.

Radio Amateurs of Canada have a wide variety of study aids available for free or not.

News...

There is a new Echolink node in Castlegar ... 147.440 as well as one in Nelson at 146.57 no tone. Node no. 4793

Our Annual Club Banquet Photos are here

Stuff off the internet...

The Second Wireless Revolution is coming

The Holy Grail of Radio Transmissions

Liquid Antenna

Power from thin air

A new kind of antenna

A cheap way of using small radios to see inside buildings

The cookie-sized Concert Hall