Manotick Amateur Radio Group & VE3RIX

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Introduction

Welcome to the website of The Manotick Amateur Radio Group. This site is open to all current and future radio amateurs. Please browse our site to find local amateur radio news & events, Information on our repeater (VE3RIX), our Eastern Ontario repeater list and maps, as well as Ottawa & Eastern Ontario APRS maps, and much more.

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A Brief History...

The Rideau Township village of Manotick, Ontario was founded in 1854 by Moss Dickinson and is located about 20 KMs south of Ottawa along the picturesque Rideau waterway.

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 that day, 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, later 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 area on 145.450Mhz (-600hz).

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