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RAC Advanced Qualification Course for Maple Leaf Operators
Mar 25th
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QCARC Flea Market and AGM
Mar 24th
AGM, spring social and flea market: April 25, 2026
The Annual General Meeting of the Quarter Century Amateur Radio Club will be held at the High Park Community League Hall at 11032 154 Street NW in Edmonton.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT OUR REGULAR FLEA MARKET OR MEETING LOCATION. Our regular location is under renovation and is not available to us. The AGM will be held from 11:00 AM to noon. The meeting, as in past years, will be held after the flea market.
A reminder that memberships expire on April 30 so we will be accepting memberships at this event.
The schedule for the day is a bit different than usual due to the change in venue:
- 0900 – 1100: Doors open for vendor set up, flea market and social
- 1100 – 1200: AGM
Radio World has generously provided two gift certificates in the amounts of $100 and $50 that will be door prizes for this event. We are fortunate and grateful to have such generous sponsorship of our club events. A big thank you to Radio World and all their staff!
If you want a table at the flea market please contact Neil, VE6TCK/VE6JW, at 780-818-1975 or VE6TCK@gmail.com to reserve one. Tables will be limited at this location.
Please contact any member of executive with any questions you may have.
Radio install workshop
Mar 16th
The mobile radio installation workshop will be at Tiny VE6TIP’s place Saturday March 21, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
We will be demonstrating how to install a mobile radio in different vehicles. If you are interested in putting a radio in your car but need a few pointers, this is the event for you!
Please park over by Tiny’s workshop (the south driveway) and bring a lawn chair. There will be coffee and treats.
Contact any club member on VE6QE for location details.
VE6HPY downsizing sale
Feb 5th
| Item | price estimate |
| Yeasu FT-2400 | 200 |
| Kenwood TS-850s | SOLD |
| Kenwood PS-52 | SOLD |
| Samlex SEC-1223 | 100 |
| Pyramid 3a P/S | 25 |
| Genius GB70 booster | 125 |
| Garmin GPSMap 62s | SOLD |
| Garmin GPSMap 60cx | 50 |
| Garmin GPS ll plus | SOLD |
| Armaco SWR meter | 10 |
| Micronta SWR meter | 10 |
| Micronta SWR meter | 10 |
| Micronta 22-204 VOM | SOLD |
| Micronta 22-201B VOM | 10 |
| Equus DVM | 20 |
| 12v test light | 5 |
| power bar | 5 |
| power bar | 2 |
| speaker | SOLD |
| speaker | SOLD |
| speaker | 3 |
| dual band mag mount | SOLD |
| vhf mag mount | SOLD |
| vhf mag mount | SOLD |
| mag mount | SOLD |
QCARC Winter Flea Market Feb. 7, 2026
Jan 26th
Winter social, flea market and Ukrainian lunch
Where: Canora Hall: 10425 152 Street NW, Edmonton, AB
When: Saturday, February 7th, 2026
- 8:00 – 9:00: Vendor set up
- 9:00 – 11:00: Flea market
- 11:00 – 12:00 Social
- 12:00 – 1:00 Ukrainian meal (details below)
The QCARC will be hosting our annual winter flea market and social event featuring free admission, beverages and snacks. Door prizes will be drawn and you will find the usual amazing range and variety of items in the flea market.
A Ukrainian meal will be served at noon which will consist of four perogies, four cabbage rolls, two nalysnyky, one sausage, one scoop of coleslaw, one roll and dessert. The price is $25 per plate as per usual.
To reserve a plate please email or phone Neil at VE6TCK@gmail.com or 780-818-1975. Or give Neil a call on VE6QCR or the APSN most nights. There will be fifty meals available so please book early as they do go fast! Payment can be made on the day of the event.
We will be accepting membership renewals at the AGM in April to simplify accounting.
Cold Lake Airshow
Jan 14th
Note from VE6CIA: All input, ideas or suggestions from Alberta amateurs is welcome, to save this event from extinction, whether it be ARES/ACS related or not.
Gentlemen,
I’m writing today in hopes of getting long term ARES/ACS training in place for Alberta.
Cold Lake Amateur Radio Society (CLARS) has been supporting the Cold Lake air show for a little over 20 years. We support this event with assistance from amateurs all over Alberta, and it has become a very well supported and anticipated event. Cold Lake holds airshows every two years, and we support this event by spreading amateurs throughout the crowd and looking for issues. If issues are discovered we report through our net control, who then forwards the issue to the Military Command Post for resolution.
Our assistance is highly valued by the airshow organizing committee, who in turn supports us with free admission, lunches on both days, as well as free airshow T shirts and ball caps.
This event perfectly mirrors the work that ARES/ACS would be called on to support in a real life event.
Our Club is aging, and our membership has dwindled. In the past our club could support the event on our own (albeit with reduced effectiveness)- that is no longer the case. As a result our club is reluctant to proceed as hosts, in that if support from other amateurs doesn’t happen we’re unable to do what we promised- and that’s a risk we cannot take. In addition, I’ve been doing the bulk of the work organizing the event, and I too am aging out of being able to continue.
I suggested that Alberta ARES/ACS take this event over from CLARS, and to date no one has been willing to step up. I understand the reluctance- however I believe that I may have a more palatable option- have ARES/ACS take ownership of the airshow and use it as our Alberta SET.
If the ARES/ACS leadership owns the event, they could allow a different radio club (or clubs) the opportunity to run the event every second year. This would provide tremendous training for both the ARES/ACS team lead, as well as ARES/ACS support personnel throughout the province.
Note that Cold Lake and Edmonton International Airport are both on a two year opposing cycle for airshows- the SET could be a yearly event if we included the Edmonton show.
We are at a critical junction with ARES/ACS- our relevance as “last chance” long haul communications is at an end (internet, satellite phones and Starlink have pretty much ended our usefulness). However, we have a huge potential for use in emergencies as observers- be it fire, floods, or whatever, a self led, self supporting group of people is a huge bonus for any emergency manager. This airshow is an exemplary example of that, and one I’d hate to see lost.
I have one more go left in me, and would be very happy to assist in getting the airshow scheduled for this summer organized. I have the routine down pretty well, and the bulk of the difficulties have been identified and overcome. However, if I do not have someone to pass the torch to then I’m done- and more importantly we’ll have lost a tremendous training opportunity.
Please note that CLARS will happily provide full access to the local VE6ADI repeater, as well as free camping at Mike’s and my farms.
Thanks for your time- and I’m available anytime to amplify this email and discuss options.
Cheers- Garry
FG Naylor
VE6FGN
ARES/ACS rep, CLARS







