Club members met together in a grassy section of Ruth Johnston Park which still has all the large evergreens standing throughout it. This area is to the south -west of the main buildings in the park. Jim arrived early and was able to launch his G5RV high into the tall evergreens. The location

Club members Brett Garrett (VE7GM), Eric Kehler (VA7NX), Ralph Webb (VE7OM) and Jim Wilkins (VE7UVL) hiked the grueling start of the Diez Vistas trail from Buntzen Lake to the summit of Farrer Peak. Our adventure took place on March 7, 2015 and once at the designated coordinates of the summit, we

Club members once again setup a station and participated in the annual BC Event. This year we were able to use the newly installed Carolina Windom antenna at the arena. It worked well on its christening event. For the day we used a combination of Jim's old Icom radio that he has in his go kit, and

Club members gathered together to operate in this year's RAC Winter Contest. We met in the lounge room of the Centennial Arena around 9am and began the task of setting up an HF antenna. We had hoped that a new permanently sited antenna would have been available but it was just received earlier this

As part of our commitment to the emergency programs for the city of White Rock, club members spent time today learning about the digital message passing system called Winlink and the software called RMS-Express. We were instructed by our own club member, Don Hamilton, who has given training and

Members of the club and their partners enjoyed a lovely dinner at Kiki's Restaurant this evening. The food was enjoyed by all and even the conversation was interesting. Here are a few photos from the evening.

This morning club members joined with other stations across the south-western region of the province to practice emergency communication. The stations used three main modes of transmission - VHF, HF and digital messaging. Our station was hosted by club member Deme, and we were able to use all three

The day was forecast to be hot when Eric, VA7NX and Ralph, VE7OM set off for the north shore from south Surrey on Saturday, August 9, 2014.  They set off to activate Hollyburn Mountain, for Summits on the Air.  This mountain, adjacent to the Cypress Bowl ski resort is a popular hike for casual

Club members once again assisted the city with the annual cycling race. This is a three day event and the club provded assistance for two of the days. The Friday hill-climb uses two members to pass timing data between officials during the race. On Sunday we provide technical assistance with the

The White Rock Club once again participated in the annual North American Field day event. We setup our site in the grassy field area on the north-west corner of Centennial Park in White Rock. This year we decided to use Eric Kehler's (VA7NX) go-kit comprising an Icom 7000 radio and his home built