Whitby Hams On The Road

WHITBY -- With a radio receiver in one pocket and work gloves in another, members of the Whitby Amateur Radio Club prepared to tidy up the busy corridor of Victoria Street West.
 Six members of the club, which counts 41 members in total, gathered at an area Tim Hortons on Oct. 20 to organize their fall cleanup of Victoria Street, which the group has adopted from Brock Street South west to Seaboard Gate.
"A lot of people just throw stuff out of their cars and think it's fine," said Don King, a member of the club.......

Whitby Hams Clean Up

100 Radio Amateurs To Attend Doha Festival

Qatar will host an international festival for radio amateurs to coincide with the National Day festivities. This is the first time that the event is being held in the Middle East.

Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority and chairman of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS), met general chairman of the US-based Dayton Amateur Radio Association, Michael Kalter, and briefed him on QARS’s plans for hosting the event.

QARS plans to host 100 radio amateurs, representing the five continents of the world.......

Qatar Hams Celebrate