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QCARC Winter Flea Market Feb. 7, 2026

Jan 26th

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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Winter social, flea market and Ukrainian lunch

Posted on 12 January 2026 by qcarc

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.

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Cold Lake Airshow

Jan 14th

Posted by VE6CIA in ARES

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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
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New antenna at VE6OLS

Jul 5th

Posted by VE6CIA in General News

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The old fiberglass vertical dual band antenna at VE6OLS (west of Olds) got hit by lightning. Mike VE6MIM, Glenn VE6GC and Garry VE6CIA replaced it this week with a 210-A4. It is at 100′.  Base station coverage in Red Deer and Calgary.

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SARA PICNIC and AGM

May 25th

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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Sara Picnic and AGM
When: June 17, 2023 10:00-16:00
Where: City of Red Deer McKenzie Shelter

Situated beside McKenzie Pond, this is one of the most scenic shelters.

Features: Washrooms (year round), Well water (not suitable to drink), Playground, No electricity, No canoeing in lakes, but there is a canoe launch to the river

Directions: From 55 Street Red Deer, travel north on 45 Avenue until the road ends.
52.295163, -113.791837

Featuring: No charge to attend, free SARA Dogs served at noon, bunny hunt, socializing, tail gate flea market, help your provincial linking club remain alive, attend the AGM (optional) at 13:00, rain or shine.

Talk in: VE6QE 147.150MHz or 146.520MHz simplex

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Picnic prizes

Jun 20th

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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Congratulations to Brad VA6BMK, winner of the $500 raffle draw and Brian VE6CKC winner of the $200 raffle draw at the 46th Annual Red Deer Picnic June 19, 2016.

20160620_113423[1]20160620_113408[1]Pictured here (right) John VA6SJA receives from Garry VE6CIA the Yaesu FTM 3200DR and the Celestron weather station draw prizes donated by Radio World Central which he won from the main draw and the Canwarn training draw.

Other prize winners include: Eric VE6HFF winner of an FTM 3100R donated by CAARC, Darren VA6WNG winner of an FTM 3100R donated by VE6HPY and VE6CIA, Rick VE6RAK winner of a Sangean Weather Alert Radio donated by Radio World Central, Pericles VA6PTA winner of the Raspberry PI2 donated by KoHen, and many others too numerous to mention.

Some of the ladies: Sheila (xyl of VE6HFF), Linda (xyl of VE6DE) and Brenda (xyl of VE6BLL) won the 2 beautiful hooked wall art and knitted blanket created and donated by Sylvia VE6SYL.

Special thanks go out to Greg VA6GMC and Karen VE6LDY for the super tasty pig and all the hard work that comes with preparing, cooking and presenting the wonderful pork that was on our plates. Also thanks to all the other donors of the wonderful food at the pot luck.

Chalk up another successful Ham Radio Pignic thanks to all of you that participated and made it all worth while.

 

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Club General Meeting Draw

Nov 23rd

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Come to the next Club General Meeting November 18, 2015 to qualify for a $1.00 draw ticket for an Icom IC-229H VHF mobile radio.

One ticket per person, must be there to win. Hope to see you all there.

Congratulations to the winner  Rick VE6RAK  Enjoy the radio Rick!

Icom IC-229H

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