Skywide Amateur Radio Club

Where your radio comes to life! Celebrating 70 years of amateur radio in Canada.

An active Toronto amateur radio club — nets, meetings, and events for hams across the GTA.

Coming Up

Club Meeting

Annual General Meeting

Monday, October 19 · 7:00 PM — Civic Centre and Google Meet. This month’s gathering is our AGM (Thanksgiving falls on the usual second Monday).

Weekly Net

Skynet

Fridays at 8:00 PM ET on VE3SKY — club news and a friendly round-table.

Weekly Net

Science Net

Saturdays at 9:00 PM ET — science, tech, and conversation on the air.

Weekly Net

Nostalgia Net

Tuesdays 7:00–9:00 PM on VE3SKY — stories and memories from days gone by.

Signal Boost

Fresh on skywide.ca — meet a member, and revisit Warriors’ Day.

Club Corner

Member Spotlight

Jerry Proc (VE3FAB) — radio historian, Houck Award, and a lifetime on the air.

Events

Warriors’ Day 2026

Candace’s photos and article from the 105th anniversary parade at the CNE.

Who Are We?

Skywide is Toronto’s long-running amateur radio club — on-air nets, social events, and public service for licensed hams and friends of the hobby.

Skywide members posing outdoors at a park field event with antenna and radio gear by the water

Skywide club meeting in a boardroom with members watching a presentation on a projector screen

VA3RSX Playing Radio

Large group of club members poses around a table with photos at a garland-lit holiday party

Operator holding a handheld radio and purple-element Yagi antenna during an outdoor fox hunt

Three club members in a meeting room looking at a smartphone together

Operator wearing headphones speaking into a microphone at a Winter Field Day radio station in a tent

Fox Hunt Group Photo

Snapshot 28-01-2024 21:01

Skywide members posing together at Winter Field Day

Operators under a Bowmanville Amateur Radio Club VE3BER canopy during a field event

Operator outdoors holding a homemade PVC Yagi antenna with a handheld meter attached

Two operators at a Field Day station under a red canopy with radios, laptop, and logging gear

VE3INP ready to go

Man in a Yaesu cap speaks into a mic at a folding table with a mobile radio in the snow

Hex beam amateur radio antenna silhouetted against a twilight sky with a crescent moon

Portable HF transceiver and antenna gear set up on a camping table in a grassy field

Handmade radio hotspot assembly on a meeting table while a member explains the project

Skywide members posing with telescopes at an outdoor astronomy night in a parking lot

Telescope and equipment tent under pink and purple aurora borealis at night

Magnetic loop antenna on a tripod demonstrated at a hybrid Skywide club meeting

Operator with headphones logging contacts inside a Field Day portable tent station

Vintage computers, Game Boy, and SNES consoles displayed on a table at a club meeting

Four club members standing under a white canopy with radios and chairs at a field event

Our Repeater – VE3SKY

The Skywide ARC hosts one VHF machine, VE3SKY situated in the old city of York near Dufferin and Eglinton. This repeater offers reliable coverage across much of the urban GTA & is available via AllStar / Echolink. We are currently working to restore our UHF machine VE3SKI.

On the Air

A glimpse of Skywide in action.

Skywide Celebrates 70 Years