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February 6th, 2026
There was a good turnout for the club meeting this month with twenty-three members taking part including new member Dan VE1DVB from Westville NS. The club now has sixty-one members.
There was not much new on the comms trailer as we are deciding on storage for the unit and waiting on Carters for the logos on the trailer. We will be heading our soon to talk to the local schools to see if there is interest in bringing the trailer to them.
The SMART committee will meet on February 10th to go over the latest on the event, update the website and send out the registration form.
Kevin VE1KEV & Rob VE1CA went over the clubs new merchandise form and it is now LIVE for members to order items from the store. A reminder if paying by e-transfer use the club address ve1wrcetransfer@gmail.com
https://forms.gle/EhCrj7jcYH435kAV8
Ron VE1BIC would like to have a couple of club members meet at CFTA Community Radio 107.9 on Saturday February 28th 10am to do another on air program talking about the club. If interested in taking part in this, contact Ron at ron.bickle@gmail.com
If you scroll down to the bottom of this page you will be able to listen to the first CFTA interview back in March of 2025.
The next club brunch will be held Saturday February 21st 10:30am at Patterson's in Sackville NB.
Next club meeting will be March 3rd online only beginning at 7pm.
Below is a snapshot of the online meeting.
January 11th, 2026
There was a meeting today online to go over merchandise the club is putting together to sell.
There should be a form coming out very soon to ask what you are interested in buying so we can get an order in.
I will send it out to everyone once I receive the form.
On another matter the first meeting for volunteers of SMART26 will be coming up this Tuesday.
If you want to volunteer at this years event let me know and I will add you to the list.
January 8th, 2026
We had a great club meeting this past week with 25 members taking part and three guests including Jason Tremblay VE3JXT from Radio Amateurs of Canada, Al Cyples VE1CYP and Scott Hawkes VE1SLH both from Nova Scotia Public Safety Field Communications.
After regular club business, Jason gave a presentation on the new Auxiliary Communications Service which has taken over from the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. The session last for an hour and half with a lot of information shared.
Once I received the video from Robert, I will share it will all members.
The monthly brunch will take place January 17th 10:30am at Brittney's in Amherst.
Next club meeting will be February 3rd, 2026.
January 1st, 2026
I have posted a video that was taken at the WARC Field Day 1996. It is located in the navigational bar at the top of the page.
Brings back good memories of a great weekend and also sad as many in this video are now Silent Keys.
December 12th, 2025
Work continues on the new WARC Comms Trailer.
I want to thank everyone who has supported the project with funding and building of the trailer.
Click on the link in the navigational bar above to see all the pictures.
December 12th, 2025
The WestCumb ARC has started preparing for SMART26.
There is a new coordinator for the event with Colleen Orr VE1CEO taking on this important task.
There also is a new website and webmaster for SMART as Rob Mannette VE1CA has taken on this role.
The new website is www.smartevent.ca and will be updated when needed so add it to your favorites and keep checking back for the latest news about the annual event in Springhill NS.
March 14th, 2025
On Saturday morning March 8th, 2025 two members of the WestCumb ARC in Amherst NS Jim Langille VE1JBL & Steve Orr VE1OR were interviewed by Ron Bickle VE1BIC at CFTA Community radio 107.9 about the club, upcoming events and amateur radio in general. Below is the interview thanks to Ron Bickle.
[WARC AT CFTA AMHERST - MAR 08 2025.mp3](https://www.dropbox.com/.../WARC-AT-CFTA-AMHERST-MAR-08...)
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