Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.ovrc.org
Review previous OVRC meetings 2014-2021, 2002-2013
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2021
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Wed, January 13
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ONLINE meeting
Show us your workshop |
Members
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Wed, February 10
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ONLINE meeting
Show us your GE (or CGE) radio |
Members
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Wed, March 10
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ONLINE meeting
Brag about your (or you hero's) Canadian career |
Members
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Wed, April 14
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ONLINE meeting
Canadian Radios of Unusual Brands |
Members
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Wed, May 12
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ONLINE meeting
Advertising/Novelty Radios |
Members
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Wed, June 9
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ONLINE meeting
Quick and easy wood refinishing tips |
Members
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 8
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ONLINE meeting
Spark Transmitters, part 2 |
Rick Patch
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Wed, October 13
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No Meeting
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Wed, November 10
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ONLINE meeting
Vintage Test Equipment |
Members
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Wed, December 8
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ONLINE meeting
Annual General Meeting / Elections |
OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2020
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Wed, January 8
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Addison Radios
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Wed, February 12
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Brand & Millen Radios - Toronto
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Wed, March 11
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Flea Market, radios, tubes, parts, etc
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Wed, April 8
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ONLINE meeting, Impromptu
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Sat, May 2
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Spring Auction CANCELLED
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Wed, May 13
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ONLINE meeting
100 years of Canadian Broadcasting and the "build-a-one-tube-radio" challenge! |
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Wed, June 10
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ONLINE meeting
Stewart-Warner Radios |
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 9
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ONLINE meeting
The Dawning of Wireless: Spark Technology |
Rick Patch
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Wed, October 14
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ONLINE meeting
Collins Radio |
Ralph Cameron, John Gilbert, Gord Rabjohn
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Sat, October 17
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Fall Auction CANCELLED
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Wed, November 11
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ONLINE meeting
Lets share our radio books and literature |
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Wed, December 9
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ONLINE meeting
Annual General Meeting / Elections |
OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2019
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Wed, January 9
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Printed Circuit Boards
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Paul Guibord
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Wed, February 13
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Meeting Cancelled (Snow storm)
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Wed, March 13
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Flea market, Radios, parts, tubes, etc
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Wed, April 10
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Movie theatre sound
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Don Judd
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Sat, May 25
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Spring Auction
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Wed, June 12
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Show us your Atwater Kent radios
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 11
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Show us your Electrohome radios
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Sat, October 26
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Fall Auction
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Wed, November 13
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Bring in your antique or unusual loudspeakers
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Members
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Wed, December 11
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Annual General Meeting / Elections / Movies
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OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2018
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Wed, January 17
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Free stuff exchange -
bring in things you wish to give away |
OVRC members
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Wed, February 14
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Show your oldest piece of radio equipment
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Wed, March 14
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Short Wave propagation
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Doug Reid
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Wed, April 11
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Communications services in remote
and under-serviced areas |
John Gilbert
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Sat, May 26
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Spring Auction
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Wed, June 13
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Tube Night
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Gord Rabjohn
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 12
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Show us your best Rogers radios
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Sun, October 28
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Fall Auction
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Wed, November 14
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SoundMaster Amplifiers and Equipment
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Wed, December 12
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Annual General Meeting / Elections / Movies
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OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2017
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Wed, January 11
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Early radio repair and broadcasting in Western Canada
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Jack Scrimgeour
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Wed, February 8
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Vibrator Powered Radios (farm & auto)
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Gord Hamilton, Paul Guibord
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Wed, March 8
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My weirdest radio - Bring in your most unusual set
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Wed, April 12
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Dollar Sale - Bring in those small items
that are just taking up space. |
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Sun, May 28
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Spring Auction
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Wed, June 14
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Video of the 2012 OVRC Radio Plays
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Lea Barker
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 13
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TBD
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Sun, October 29
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Fall Auction
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Wed, November 8
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Reminiscences of the CBC, and
Farm Radio International |
Doug Ward
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Wed, December 13
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Annual General Meeting / Elections / Movies
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OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2016
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Wed, January 13
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Homebuilt Instruments...Show Your Projects
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OVRC Members
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Wed, February 10
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Radio Communications at the Diefenbunker
during the Cold War |
Ralph Cameron
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Wed, March 9
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All about Capacitors
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Gord Rabjohn
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Wed, April 13
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Working at Northern Electric
in Belleville |
Allan Gardiner
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Sun, May 29
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Spring Auction
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Wed, June 8
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Restoration Clinic
Consult the group on your restoration problems |
OVRC members
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July and August
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Summer Break - No Meetings
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Wed, September 14
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Early Radio Navigation Aids
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Greg Heppenstall
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Sun, October 30
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Fall Auction
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Wed, November 9
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Radio Trivia Night
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Lea Barker
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Wed, December 14
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Annual General Meeting / Elections / Movies
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OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2015
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Wed, January 14
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Automobile radios (includes CVRS video)
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Paul Guibord
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Wed, February 11
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Powering early battery sets, bring in your solutions
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All
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Wed, March 11
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Restoration clinic / Troubleshooting workshop
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OVRC members
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Wed, April 8
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AC/DC Radios
Bring in your sets, especially the early or unusual types |
Paul Guibord
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Sun, May 31
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General Auction
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Wed, June 10
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Tube night. Modern tube testers
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Gord Rabjohn, Mike Parent
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-- July--- August --
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Summer Break - No Meeting
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Wed, September 9
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Software-defined radio
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TBD
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Sun, October 18
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General Auction
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Wed, November 18
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Radio Quiz - Photo version
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Lea Barker
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Wed, December 9
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Annual General Meeting / Elections / Video
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OVRC Executive
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Meeting Date |
Planned Event |
Presenter / Host |
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2014
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Wednesday Jan 9
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An ABC of amplifier classes |
Ian Gorman
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Wednesday
February 12 |
The DEW Line
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Brian Jeffrey
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Wednesday |
Early National Radio and Rural Canada
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Sean Graham |
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Wednesday
April 9 |
SoundMaster amplifiers
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Hy Bloom & Alan Ferguson
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Sunday
May 25 |
General Auction |
Gordon
Rabjohn
Barry Paulson (Auctioneer) |
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Wednesday |
Tube’s Last Frontier: Power and Frequency & Update on our Tube Club, bring in those strange tubes |
Gord Rabjohn
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July / August
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Summer
Break - No Meeting
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Wednesday
September 10 |
Stimulating youth interest in radio electronics
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Jim Eadie
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Sunday
October 26 |
General Auction
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Gordon
Rabjohn
Barry Paulson |
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Wednesday
November 12 |
Radio Quiz - Be a spectator or a contestant who could win actual prizes
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Lea Barker
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Wednesday
December 10 |
Annual
General Meeting / Elections /
Video
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OVRC
Executive
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