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Check out the details for the upcoming Flea Market on Sept 19
Monthly Meetings are an opportunity for current and prospective members to come out and meet fellow amateur radio operators. It is a great opportunity to network, put a face to people you talk to on the radio and to approve business decisions and conduct technical presentations for the benefit of members. For new or prospective members, it is a great opportunity to ask questions and see what the club is all about. All are welcome!
We hold a weekly drop-in at the club house every Wednesday at 9:00 am that everyone is welcome to attend at the clubhouse, 279 Halifax Street in Moncton. We also host the club social net on VE9TCR 147.345+ and VE9SHM 449.325- tone 100.0 hz at the same time. Drop in to one, or both as your time allows. Lola is always looking for more pets at the clubhouse especially.
We hold a Monthly Members Meeting every third Saturday of the Month. Our next meeting is posted on the front page of this site. The September meeting is designated as the Annual General Meeting at which Members serving on the Executive are elected.
We also host Events such as Field Day, a Flea Market, a Christmas Party and others through out the year. Verified dates are posted as they become available.
Hope to see you there!
MAARC Meeting Minutes
August 15, 2026
The August MAARC Meeting was held on Saturday, August 15 in Riverview at the Riverview Fire Station. There were 18 members in attendance. We thank the Riverview Fire Department for their support.
Call to order by President Oscar, VE9OSK was followed by a moment of silence for Silent Key Leonard Bourque, VE1CKW.
Introductions by all present was followed by a motion to approve the agenda made by Kenny, VO1KJM and seconded by Peter, VE1QEH. The motion carried.
A motion to approve the minutes of the June meeting with two corrections was made by Mike, VE9MTV and seconded by Marcia, VE9MMG. The motion carried.
With only one vacant spot remaining of the MAARC Silent Key plaque, a motion was made by Gordon, VE9GC and seconded by Misha, VE9GIS to purchase a new SK plaque from the same vendor as before. The motion carried.
Mike, VE9MTV met with the Chief of the Shediac Fire Department regarding amateur radio in their EOC. . The Chief was very much interested and will see about funding for such a station.
Brett Peterson is now with AMSAT Canada.
An in depth financial report was delivered by Gordon, VE9GC. A motion to approve the report was made by Gordon, VE9GC and seconded by Gord, VE1AJF. The motion carried. MAARC Flea Market is next month and all is going well with the raffle prizes and the
door prizes all in place. There will be three raffle prizes this year. Ticket Sales will end at 11:30 and then Keith, VE9ELA and Dave, VE9PTT will then draw the winning tickets. The Westcumberland ARC communications trailer will he on display at the flea market.
There will be a sign up sheet at the flea market for MAARC T-Shirts. If there is enough interest, an order will be placed.
There was no Field Day report.
The summer BBQ was well attended and there were five POTA stations set up and a fox hunt.
CARG will be involved in an exercise in October, a table top exercise on evacuations in case of wildfires. The REAC meeting was attended by Mike, VE9MTV and JP, VE9BK.
Ross, VE9GCS read an email from Rod, VE9HV regarding the MAARC Packet BBS being off the air due to the computer letting the magic smoke out. It will be relocated to the MAARC clubhouse from Stephen, VE9SC's QTH. He has been overseeing the BBS for years and we thank him for supporting it. Rod, VE9HV also has news about his P-25:digital repeater and another soon to be on line repeater.
An in depth discussion on new batteries for the VE9MCD repeater trailer. Gord, VE1AJF feels standard truck batteries would be best as the solar panels are not constant and the newer lithium ion batteries need a constant charge. There was no 50/50 raffle as there was a clerical error made by Ross, VE9GCS. A motion to adjourn was made by Gilles, VE9NW.
Mike, VE9MTV had two videos for the Tek-Talk-Talk presentation. One was on the RCMP and forced evacuations in an emergency and their authority under the Emergency Measures Act and the second was on why the marine and flight world,still use knots vs. mph or kmh.
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