Our members share wide-ranging interests in the history and preservation of antique radio. Through our meetings and newsletters, we discuss the collection, restoration and appreciation of vintage hardware, old wireless communications systems and archaic technologies, their obsolescence notwithstanding.

Next OVRC Meeting

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Meeting Starts - 7:30 PM
This will be a combined LIVE and On-Line ZOOM meeting.
Topic - Inductors - all you needed to know but were afraid to ask
Host - Tom Devey

Members are welcome to join the meeting at our normal venue, or On-Line.
Please attend in-person, on location, only if you are healthy, without Covid symptoms (or any other symptoms for that matter).
The James Bartleman Centre
100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa - Map
If you wish to attend On-Line, review your recent email, or contact ovrcpres@gmail.com for the link, and study How to Zoom for OVRC.

Due to our scheduled visit to the Ingenium, there will be no regular March meeting.

Meetings Calendar - 2024

Next OVRC Live Auction

Sunday, 26 May 2024
Doors Open - 12:00 PM
Auction Starts - 1:00 to 1:30 PM
All lots to be sold must be pre-registered no later than the day before the auction.
Auction Rules and Information
Canterbury Community Centre
2185 Arch Street, Ottawa - Map
Sellers may include one photo (only) and a short (30 characters maximum) description of each lot being submitted.
You can preview early bird items HERE.

NEW - OVRC On-Line Discussion Forum

HERE is a place for members of the Ottawa Vintage Radio Club to discuss radio repair issues, look for parts, trade vintage electronics, and organize meetings and events.
You can request membership on the site or contact ovrcpres@gmail.com

NEW - OVRC Virtual Museum Demo

On-going development of a coming website feature. Click HERE.

We're on YouTube

Featured OVRC video collections include:

OVRC On-Line Silent Auction

The Fall OVRC On-Line Silent Auction has closed.

End of an Era

After a broadcasting presence in Ottawa that lasted 101 years through changes of callsign, frequency, management, ownership, style and audience, AM radio station CIWW, 50,000 watts on 1310Khz went silent on 26 October 2023. See Wikipedia - CIWW
Many of us remember it as CKOY (1949 - 1985). Here's a vintage CKOY Ottawa Picture Album.

Monthly Columns

The monthly Zoom columns are working well. We'd like another columnist or two and a meeting sponsor.
Some ideas:

Recent OVRC Meetings

Topical images and supplemental links from recent meetings can be found on the home page ANNEX.

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