Once again we setup our Field Day operation down at Blackie Spit in Crescent Beach. It was an ideal day to be down by the water – a nice warm clear day with a cooling breeze off of the water. You really couldn’t ask for a better day and setup to enjoy being in outdoors. [Working Field]

The

In preparation for the upcoming Field Day exercise in June, the club decided to do a practice day on May 4th. Since we liked the site at Blackie Spit that we used last year for Field Day, we decided to use the same area again this year. We really liked the area as it is located between the car park

It was the last Saturday, March 30, 2008, of the Spring Lites QSO Party sponsored by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society and therefore our last chance to participate in the contest for this year. So despite the questionable weather, club members Ralph (VE7OM) and Eric (VE7EGK) packed up their

Members of the White Rock club gathered together for a pleasant lunch on Saturday December 15th at the ABC restaurant. There were 7 club members and one guest out for the lunch. We had a fun time chatting about radio topics. Eric polled the club as to whether there was any interest in activating the

Simulated Emergency Test

November 2007

Our club participated in the test again this year along with 13 others throughout South Western BC. We were fortunate enough to have access to the Centennial Area this year where we could set up our equipment and operate. The arena is the emergency

It was the afternoon of August 19, 2007 when a group of amateur radio enthusiasts converged on the home of Deme (VE7CRT) to visit him in his radio shack. Deme had offered to show the club his satellite operation complete with a computer driven software that controlled his rig to the home built

It was lovely day for cyclists on the annual triathlon circuit – not too hot and not wet. That made it great for those of helping out with the many volunteer tasks required to make the event a success. This year the White Rock club was able to provide communication assistance to the event. And six

Ralph met with the city on Monday July 9th to see how we could work together for communications. We were immediately invited to observe the Tour de White Rock bicycle race the coming week-end and possibly help with the Friday event. As we want to work with the city we saw this opportunity to meet