Radio silenced: Ransacked shed has Cambridge Amateur Radio Club off-air (Ontario)

The Cambridge Amateur Radio Club is off the air, for now.

The group noticed an issue sometime around Sept. 3 and at first they thought it could be the heat or a technology malfunction. The reality was much worse.

“The shed was ransacked for lack of a better word. We found quite a bit of our equipment was damaged, our duplexer was chucked across the room,” said Scott Mitchell, president of the Cambridge Amateur Radio Club.

The shed just off Eagle Street has been the home of the club’s vital technology for over twenty years. According to Mitchell, this is the first time they’ve had an issue like this.

He added that there is evidence that someone was living behind the shed and had gained access to use the electricity.

Part of the shed appears to have caught fire.

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