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SARC is the 120+ member Amateur Radio group located in Surrey, BC Canada. We are probably the most active group in the region with classes, workshops and an active meeting schedule. https://ve7sar.net
Our 30 student RF Communications high school class will be on the bands as part of the ARRL School Roundup, Monday - Friday 0800-0915, next week from Surrey, BC Canada. Please listen for VE7KPE (Kwantlen Park Electronics) and say hello.
07.02.2026 00:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The end of HamClock: Elwood Downey WB0OEW SK
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If it isn't revived, you might consider DX Look www.dxlook.com?view=voacap&...
I thought it was a bit warmer today π
03.01.2026 19:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Communicator First Issue of 2026
Happy New Year! This issue spans 110 pages and offers our diverse mix of content, including technical projects, the latest operating news, and engaging historical perspectives. Are you an Amateur Radio chameleon? ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The New Year's Ham Baby
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#hamradio #amateurradio #Surrey
01.09.2025 18:03 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Check out KJ6ER's PERFormer, an easy build for $50 and works better than any commercial antenna we've ever used. archive.org/details/SARC...
02.12.2025 19:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The November-December 2025 edition of the SARC Communicator, your go-to guide for all things amateur radio in our vibrant RF neighborhood. This 122 page edition is a journey across the history, innovation, and fascinating activities of amateur radio. View or download it at tinyurl.com/SARC25Nov-Dec
31.10.2025 20:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The SARC net 8 pm (PST) Tuesday, 7 Oct, on 147.360 MHz (+), T=110.9 Hz commemorates our 50th anniversary. Β You're all invited to check in.Β On IRLP reflector 9005 you can connect a repeater or your personal device.Β
You can read about SARC's history at ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
We'll miss you!
30.09.2025 21:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Guess he should have listened the first time
07.09.2025 04:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here is the Sep-Oct SARC Communicator Journal. Lots of Amateur Radio articles and build projects, reviews and much more. Download it at tinyurl.com/SARC25Sep-Oct or read it online bit.ly/SARC25Sept-Oct. The experimental AI version is at notebooklm.google.com/notebook/5cd.... Enjoy!
01.09.2025 01:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1Have been using it with good success, especially with my inexpensive 15-year old SDR dongle.
13.08.2025 01:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Donβt forget you can listen to NWAG on your Alexa device.
Just enable the NW Allstar skill from the Amazon Skill Store and ask Alexa to βplay North West Allstarβ
A great way to listen in and keep up with the conversation when away from your radio.
#hamradio #hamr #alexa
The SARC Communicator July - August 2025
Another big issue, great articles, along with our regular columnists: ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
Past Communicator issues ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label...
Searchable index back to 2007 by subject, author, or issue search.communicator.ve7sar.net
Thank you Jim, and thanks for contributing an article to the next Communicator... should be out tomorrow. - 73, VE7TI
01.07.2025 19:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The bands are much better than Field Day. We are working the RAC Canada Day Contest. Happy 158th birthday Canada!
01.07.2025 17:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The SARC Communicator May-June 2025
Its a big issue, and great articles, along with our regular columnists.
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Past Communicator issues ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label...
Searchable index back to 2007 by subject, author, or issue search.communicator.ve7sar.net
MANNA@89 weekend almost over. We did quite well in BC so far despite horribly noisy QRN. We even managed to separate Stan VA7NF from his key long enough to make a rare phone contact. Worked all except two MANNA/ChowHound stations but W4C and VK80MANM we're still hunting for you.
27.04.2025 22:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We will be joined in our commemoration of Operations MANNA and CHOWHOUND by a very special team.
Dr. Maurice Brook was a Navigator on Lancasters with 625 squadron, and flew the Operation MANNA missions. Dr. Brook is now 100 years old, but will be on the air.
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Who said kids are not into Amateur Radio. We just graduated this mom and her two kids from our last on-line course. The kids are age 11 and 13 and passed the written exam AND a CW endorsement! Congratulations and see you on the bands. Our next course starts April 7th
02.04.2025 03:47 β π 20 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0VB7MAN QSL Card
Planning for commemorating the life-saving food drops to NW Netherlands near the end of World War II is now in full swing. 62 nationalities were part of Bomber Command in WW2.
Please visit manna80.radio/the-stations/ and ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... for our latest update.
The March-April SARC Communicator Journal is hot off the virtual press with 116 pages of amateur radio news, projects and views. Read in 165+ countries with πfeedback. Read it at ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
28.02.2025 22:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Our special event callsign for MANNA @ 80 is confirmed as VB7MAN. Don't know about MANNA? It is the 80th anniversary of a lifesaving food drop to the starving residents of NW Holland in WW2. See www.qrz.com/db/VB7MAN and ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/02/oper...
07.02.2025 17:57 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Our last Basic Amateur Radio course before the question bank changes starts Monday, April 7, 7-9pm, on-line for 7 weeks. There are over 200 new questions and the exam will be more technical. You may wish to take the course before changes take effect. Information:
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Local park activation using Xeigu-g90 with 9ahr battery and a Chelegance jpc-7 as a vertical with ground spike.
03.02.2025 19:43 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Love my G90
04.02.2025 03:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Jan. 19, 1925: Genevieve Emerson, a 15-year-old high school student in Oakland, is believed to be the first girl to obtain an amateur radio operator's license. She transmits under the call sign 6APL.
19.01.2025 18:10 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0