About the OARC

The Ottawa Amateur Radio Club Inc. (OARC) is an association of radio amateurs devoted to the promotion of interest in amateur radio communications in the National Capital Area and to the advancement and achievement of club members.

The OARC can trace its origins to the early 1930's when the Ottawa Radio Transmitting Association was spun off from a radio listening club. During the war the club met at Rockliffe Air Base, then during the '50s it moved to St. Patrick's College and later to the National Research Council building at 100 Sussex Drive. It was incorporated in 1979 and in 1990 it began holding its meetings in what was then the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) Headquarters building, 111 Lisgar St., at Elgin, in downtown Ottawa. The meetings continue in this building, however the building was renamed as the new Ottawa City Hall in 2000.

The club holds Amateur call sign VE3RC. This call is used at many community events and on field day.

The club runs a 10 metre beacon just south of the city. VE3TEN 28.175 Mhz

We sponsor both the Joe Norton award and the National Capital award.

The OARC sponsor the Capital City FM Net on the club repeater VE2CRA (146.940- 100hz CTCSS), Mondays at 20:00L to pass traffic, make announcements of interest to amateurs in the National Capital Region and to communicate with it's members.