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Welcome to the web site home of the White Rock Amateur Radio Club. Situated on the north shore of Semiahmoo Bay, White Rock is one of the garden cities of Canada. The Radio Club was formed at the request of long term resident and mayor, Hardy Staub, VE7IDY, to provide the city with an Amateur radio communication resource, should the need arise. |
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 Welcome to the website home of the White Rock Amateur Radio Club. Situated on the north shore of Semiahmoo Bay, White Rock is one of the garden cities of Canada.
The Radio Club was formed at the request of long term resident and mayor, Hardy Staub, VE7IDY, to provide the city with an Amateur radio communication resource, should the need arise.
White Rock enjoys a great location for Amateur Radio. Located on the south slope of a bluff running east-west on the Semiahmoo Peninsula, radio communications are almost unrestricted to the south and west with a clear shot over salt water in those directions. HF communications are possible over the North Pole to Europe and the Middle East as the nearest mountains are almost 100 Km to the north.
Feel free to browse thorough these pages and use the links provided. If you live near or are visiting in the area, we’d love to hear you on our VHF repeater, or see you at one of our meetings.
73,
Ralph Webb, VE7OM |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:45 |
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The White Rock Club participated in the international Field Day event from a new location this year. Our site for the previous two years was busy with community events and so we were provided a spot in the soccer field of Peace Arch Elementary School which is on the eastern side of the city bordering Roper Street. The site was wide open and ideal for setting up antennas so we were quite hopeful it would be a good day for us.
Ralph and Deme arrived at 9:30AM and Eric shortly after. The three of us immediately started to carry items out to the field and to organize the mast, tent and dipole wire antenna. Once the tent was up we hoisted the mast and anchored it in place. Ralph stretched out the NW leg of the dipole to a cement wall and then we tied off the SE leg to a tree. By now other club members had arrived so getting the antenna up went very quickly and we were soon trying it out with the IC-7000 radio that is part of Eric’ Go kit.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 June 2012 19:13 |
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