Coastal Ham Radio

Date and Time Saturday, July 11, 2026 throughSunday, July 12, 2026 (UTC+00:00) UTC Location (more…)

Thursday July 9 – Monthly coffee at Fresgo on King George Blvd. 10am everyone is welcome, come join us for a brew. Thursday July 9 – No daily net today because of our coffee meetup. The net will return on Friday. The Coastal Ham Radio BC DStar net at approximately 9:35 – 9:40 following the daily 2 meter net. We can be found on VA7ICM B, VE7SUN B and Reflector 16 B. Monday July 13 CHR 220 net.…

ISED Proposes Changes to Tower Policy ISED Proposes Changes to Tower Policy For immediate release | June 30, 2026 (more…)

Venezuela Earthquake – Frequency clearance requestedFor immediate release: June 26, 2026 –The following news post was issued by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on June 25, 2026:“Following the fatal earthquake in Venezuela on Wednesday at 5:04 PM local time (10:04 PM UTC), local Radio Amateurs have asked that that all Amateur Radio colleagues in the Americas and the rest of the world…

Not sure I totally agree with some of the things he says but in times of need the amateur radio community is there to help out. https://hey.cafe/conversation/worf4oap21icu9p

From VE9CF https://youtu.be/_cyhgOS8ROw?si=BjLYIQbq7DB1Em_t/

Good conversation and swapping of tall tales took place this morning at our monthly Coastal Ham Radio coffee gathering. Our next get to together will be Thursday June 18 at Fresgo on King George Blvd at 10am. Everyone is welcome. VE7FKY, VA7ISI, VA7TNY, VA7ZEB and VE7IF pictured above.

Date and Time Saturday, May 9, 2026 throughSunday, May 10, 2026 (UTC+00:00) UTC Location All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHFView In Google Maps Continue reading JS8 QSO Party – Saturday, May 9, 2026

For immediate release | April 22, 2026 Le texte français suit  – On Tuesday April 21, 2026, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) informed Radio Amateurs of Canada that they have cleared the backlog of Amateur Radio certificates.  Due to problems with a supplier, ISED has been unable to print and send Amateur Radio Operator certificates since approximately the beginning of…

For immediate release | April 15, 2026 John Scott, VE1JSRAC Representative on DX Advisory [email protected] The DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) is a group of DXers appointed by the American Radio Relay League’s Divisions in the United States and by the Board of Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada here in Canada. As the RAC representative, I have been meeting with the DXAC…

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Coastal Ham Radio’s monthly coffee will take place this coming Thursday (April 16). The location is Fresgo on King George BLVD. 10:00am is the meeting time and everyone is welcome. We’re a friendly bunch, come and join us for a brew.

Every Friday morning at approximately 9:35-9:40 am the BC DStar net is held. A brand new dashboard has been put together by Pierre VE6PTE in which you can see which stations are on the net. The cool thing about this dashboard it also shows the transmitting station at the time highlighted in yellow with a blinking red light to the left of the call sign. If you wish to check it out the link is:…

The April CHR monthly coffee date has been moved to Thursday April 16 at 10am. We meet at Fresgo on King George Blvd. Everyone is welcome. Come and have a brew with us, we are a friendly group.

15 meters FT8 late this morning good opening into Europe. Made contacts into Italy, Poland, France and the Netherlands. Saw Northern Ireland, England, Germany, Belgium and Wales showing up also. Did also make a contact into Angola in Africa. A couple of VE and US contacts to round out the morning. Started out on 20 meters as it didn’t look to hopeful as I wasn’t getting anything outside of North…