Manotick Amateur Radio Group & VE3RIX

Introduction

Welcome to the website of The Manotick Amateur Radio Group. The group was formed in June 1984 after several local radio amateurs set up a special event station to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the village of Manotick. The idea of forming some sort of local radio club came up often during the event, and only 3 months later, our inaugural meeting took place. We decided on the name Manotick Amateur Radio Group (M.A.R.G.), and elected our first leader, Dave (VE3GEA & VE3TS).

In 1986 M.A.R.G. installed an open VHF repeater southwest of the village of Manotick. This repeater now proudly serves Ottawa and the surrounding Eastern Ontario & Gatineau area on 145.450Mhz (-600hz). Visit our "About Us" page to read the full story.

This site is open to all current and future radio amateurs. Please visit our forums, where you can participate in or start your own discussions on the various topics of our great hobby. Also browse our site to find information on our VHF repeater, a great interactive Ottawa & Eastern Ontario repeater list and map, APRS maps of Eastern Ontario, amateur radio news & events, and much, much more.

Club News, Current Events & Articles

Notice: VE3RIX.COM does not represent the Manotick Amateur Radio Group (Posted Apr 27 2012 @ 14:05 EDT)
It has been brought to my attention that there exists a website with the address www.ve3rix.com that gives the impression that it represents that Manotick Amateur Radio Group. As president of MARG, I wish to inform people that MARG is not responsible for any content that appears on the site and that we regret any inconvenience that its existence...

Amateur Radio celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812 (Posted Apr 17 2012 @ 15:48 EDT)
The Manotick Amateur Radio Group will be operating special event station VX3W from Fort Wellington National Historic Site in Prescott, Ontario on Saturday, May 19th from 1000 to 1600 EDT (1400Z-2000Z). For more information, visit http://www.ve3rix.ca/vx3w.php and also check out the VX3W forum.

Ontario CANWARN Training (Posted Mar 13 2012 @ 14:13 EDT)
Those of you who made it to our January meeting will recall the presentation on CANWARN. The local CANWARN training session is scheduled for Saturday, April 29th starting at 9am at the Nepean Sailing Club (3259 Carling Avenue). If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to Geoff Coulson via email at geoff.coulson@ec.gc.ca so they have a good...

Event Reminders (Posted May 19 2008 @ 15:10 EDT)
Tired of getting event reminders as mass-mailings from the club? Did you know that you can set up the event calendar on this web site to give you those reminders you're interested in? The attached file tells you how to view the on-line event calendar and how to set up reminders. Enjoy!