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CARC September 2024 Newsletter

The CARC September 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


CARC August 2024 Newsletter

The CARC August 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


Field Day 2024 Photos

These photos are courtesy of Alan Beck of the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club Field Day 2024


Congrats to Students of Spring 2024 Class!

We congratulate the following new hams on their success in our Spring 2024 Amateur Radio class! Mike LaFortune VY2ML Rod Gallant VY2UA Courtney Lawson VY2ON Ryan Townshend VY2YZ Sam Alhakeem VY2IT Chris Van Horne VY2HC Richard Greaves VY2TO David Wood VY2VA   Well done students!


CARC June 2024 Newsletter

The CARC June 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


CARC May 2024 Newsletter

The CARC May 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


CARC April 2024 Newsletter

The CARC April 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


Field Day 2024 – BE RADIO ACTIVE

The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is “Be Radio Active.” The event will run on June 22 – 23, and it will be one-part contest, one-part emergency communications exercise, and one-part open house — and a great time. The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which …


CARC March 2024 Newsletter

The CARC March 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


CARC February 2024 Newsletter

The CARC February 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


ANNOUNCING – Spring 2024 Amateur Radio Basic and Honours Class

We will be starting a Spring 2024 class near the end of March this year, exact, the exact date is to be determined. To sign up for the course and get your name on our list, please visit our sign up page here When we have more information, we will contact you via the email …


HAPPY NEW YEAR – Our January 2024 Newsletter is out!

The CARC January 2024 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!


CARC December 2023 Newsletter – Read it here!

The CARC December 2023 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!  


CARC November 2023 Newsletter – Read it here!

The CARC November 2023 Newsletter is out! Read or download it below: The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club puts out a monthly newsletter detailing the clubs activities, upcoming events and interesting things for club members. Be sure to check back for the monthly newsletters!  


Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club Flea Market will be held Saturday, October 21, 2023

Hello Everyone, This is just a reminder that the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club Flea Market will be held Saturday, October 21, 2023.  It will be held at the Sherwood Recreation Hall, 56 Maple Avenue in Charlottetown.  It is located beside the Cody Banks Arena. Those wishing to sell items can buy a table for $10 and …


Powerpole Install At The Flea Market – Oct 21st

If you come out to our flea market on October 21st, Brent VY2HF will be helping to install Anderson Powerpole on equipment and leads in an effort to standardize power connectors. Read the below image for details Event link here


Hurricane Lee and CARCs Communication Plan

With power outages, Nor’Easters and Hurricanes part of life on the East Coast, the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club has codified protocols to be used in case of communications failure, emergencies or otherwise. We’ve created a PDF which can be found here  which details how the club will react, how we will organize and what to expect …


NEW HAMS – Congrats to the Spring 2023 Class!

Congratulations to our new hams, the class of Spring 2023 from the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club! Interested in becoming a ham? Our March course is full but please join us for our fall course: Fall 2023 course sign up


Interview with Richard Hews – New to the hobby – January 2023

Richard Hews of the club is interviewed  January 23, 2023 about Amateur Radio on the Island, click here to hear it “Amateur radio fascinates a good number of fans in the country and several clubs exist to allow them to meet and exchange with them. This is the case in Charlottetown, where Amateurs like Richard …


CBC Interview with Brent Taylor about Ham Radio – December 2022

The club was interviewed on CBC in December 2022, check out the article by clicking here “The amateur radio community on P.E.I. is growing, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and post-tropical storm Fiona. Stratford resident Brent Taylor has been a ham radio operator for 38 years, in New Brunswick and P.E.I. He goes …