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These repeaters have coverage in the North Thompson along Highway 5 north of Kamloops, and Highway 16 east of Prince George. | These repeaters have coverage in the North Thompson along Highway 5 north of Kamloops, and Highway 16 east of Prince George. | ||
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Revision as of 21:46, 14 October 2021
OCARC Documentation
Welcome to the Orchard City Amateur Radio Club's documentation system. Here you will find details about various projects that the club is working on, as well as an archive of documentation for club-owned equipment.
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Installations
Repeaters
- VE7ROC Little White Mountain VHF repeater
- VA7DIG Landmark 2 D-Star repeater
- VE7HOL Dilworth Mountain VHF repeater
- VE7ROK Orchard VHF repeater
- VE7RBG Big White VHF repeater
- VA7YLW Big White IRLP node
- VA7OKV Peachland UHF hub
- VA7KEL Blue Grouse
- VE7KEL Kelowna UHF repeater 447.775
- VE7HWY Kuipers Peak
- VE7ROW Okanagan Mountain
- VE7RBJ Okanagan Mountain
IRLP
- Orchard Repeater Location - off air- requires repair.
APRS
- BGWHTE Big White Mountain digipeater
- RODDHU Roderick Dhu Mountain digipeater (removed)
- VA7DIG-1 Kelowna Landmark iGate
- VA7OGO-1 Revelstoke West digipeater
- VA7OGO-2 Revelstoke East digipeater (not yet installed)
- VA7OGO-3 Golden North digipeater (not yet installed)
- VA7OGO-4 Golden Kicking Horse Mountain iGate
- VA7OGO-5 Field Kicking Horse Pass (not yet installed)
- VA7OGO-13 Golden City iGate
- VA7OGO-14 Blue Grouse iGate
- VA7OGO-15 Revelstoke iGate (not yet installed)
- VA7YLW-1 Black Knight Mountain digipeater
- VE7OGO-1 Kelowna Cedar Creek iGate
- VE7ROC Little White Mountain digipeater
Packet Radio (1200 baud AX.25)
- VE7ROW Kelowna Cedar Creek 144.930
A BPQ NET/ROM Compatible Node provides a number of services under different SSIDs VE7ROW-0 Packet BBS Messaging (alias KELBBS) VE7ROW-6 passthrough to AE5E DX Cluster (alias KELDXC) VE7ROW-7 Multiport Network Node (alias KELWNA) Port 1: Kelowna Local Users on 144.930 Port 2: Internet Gateway (tunnel to other Nodes in Vancouver, Castlegar, Ontario, Minnesota) Port 3: Link to Vernon TPARC Node VE7TPO-8 on 144.450 (see also http://www.tparc.org) (path sometimes degraded due to multipath) VE7RBJ-10 Winlink Remote Mail Server (alias KELRMS) VE7ROW-11 passthrough to AE5E Chat Server (alias KELCHT)
- VE7RBJ Little White Mountain 144.930 (path to VE7ROW node sometimes degraded due to multipath)
Kantronics Digipeater and Node VE7RBJ-2 Digipeater VE7RBJ-7 KA Node
TCP/IP
Club Repeaters
This list is no longer up to date. For the most recent status of these repeaters see the main webpage.
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone In/Out | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On WebPage |
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VE7RBJ | Okanagan Mtn | 6m | 53.250 | -1.700 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 1570m | OCARC | Parrot Mode (audio stored for delayed retransmit). Not currently using tone access. Suffers from desense due to high power transmitters in vicinity. | 20200801 | ||
VA7KEL | Blue Grouse Mtn | 2m | 145.090 | +0.600 | 88.5.88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online | 1280m | Vernon to Peachland | OCARC | (WIRES-X node down?) | 20200801 | Y |
VE7HWY | Kuipers Peak | 2m | 145.250 | -0.600 | 88.5/88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online | 660m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | 20200801 | Y | |
VE7RBJ | Okanagan Mtn | 2m | 145.490 | -0.600 | 88.5/88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online | 1570m | Armstrong to OK Falls | OCARC | WIRES-X node 52373 | 20200801 | Y |
VE7ROK | Orchard | 2m | 146.620 | -0.600 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 360m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | Linked to Penticton 147.120. IRLP 1491 (Down). Autopatch (Down) | 20200801 | Y |
VE7HOL | Dilworth Mtn | 2m | 146.680 | -0.600 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 640m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | Main club repeater for OCARC | 20200801 | Y |
VE7ROC | Little White Mtn | 2m | 146.820 | -0.600 | none/88.5 | FM | Online | 2170m | Oyama to Peachland, Hwy 33 north of Beaverdell | OCARC | Solar Powered, Tone 88.5 on output only | 20200801 | Y |
VE7RBG | Big White Mtn | 2m | 146.860 | -0.600 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 2220m | Hwy 33 Kelowna to Beaverdell, West Kelowna, parts of Christian Valley | OCARC | Solar Powered. Possible receive failure when under extended use | 20200801 | Y |
VE7ROW | Okanagan Mtn | 2m | 147.000 | +0.600 | none | FM | Online | 1570m | Armstrong to OK Falls. Accessed with no tone 20200810. | OCARC | 20200801 | Y | |
VE7KEL | Black Knight Mtn | 70cm | 444.400 | +5.000 | 88.5/88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online | 1280m | Oyama to Peachland | OCARC | (WIRES-X node down?) | 20200801 | Y |
VE7HWY | Kuipers Peak | 70cm | 444.500 | +5.000 | 88.5/88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online | 660m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | WIRES-X node 52375 (analog link, not connected) | 20200801 | Y |
VA7KEL | Blue Grouse Mtn | 70cm | 444.825 | +5.000 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 1280m | Vernon to Peachland | OCARC | 20200801 | Y | |
VA7OKV | Peachland UHF Link | 70cm | 447.225 | -5.000 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Online | 490m | OCARC | Peachland Link for 146.620 Kelowna/147.120 Penticton | 20200801 | Y | |
VE7ROW | Okanagan Mtn | 70cm | 449.125 | +5.000 | 88.5/88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | 1570m | OCARC | Hub Repeater. Not yet active. | 20200801 | ||
VA7DIG-C | Landmark 2 D-Star Repeater | 2m | 145.030 | +0.600 | D-STAR | Online | 400m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | 20200801 | Y | ||
VA7DIG-B | Landmark 2 D-Star Repeater | 70cm | 440.950 | +5.000 | D-STAR | Online | 400m | Kelowna Area | OCARC | 20200801 | Y | ||
VA7DIG-A | Landmark 2 D-Star Repeater | 23cm | 1247.000 | +12.000 | D-STAR | Online | 400m | Kelowna City | OCARC | Y | |||
VA7DIG-DD | Landmark 2 D-Star Repeater | 23cm | 1293.150 | SIMPLEX | D-STAR Data | Online | 400m | Kelowna City | OCARC | Y |
Club member operated Repeater information
This list is no longer up to date. For the most recent status of these repeaters see the main webpage.
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On WebPage |
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VE7SFX | Rutland | 2m | 146.780 | -0.600 | 88.5 | FM/C4FM | Online On | 410m | Kelowna Area | Chris Walter VE7EQN | 20200801 | Y | |
VE7KTV | Blue Grouse Mtn. | 2m | 147.300 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Online On | 1280m | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Hub Repeater/ATV | 20200801 | Y |
VE7EQN | Rutland | 70cm | 444.175 | +5.000 | 88.5 | Multi-Mode DVM | Online On | 410m | Kelowna Area | Chris Walter VE7EQN | DMR/C4FM-Fusion(YSF)/P25/D-Star/NXDN. Analog possible in the future. | 20200801 | Y |
VA7NBC | Kuipers Peak | 70cm | 444.800 | +0.600 | 88.5 | Multi-Mode DVM | Online On | 660m | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | DMR/C4FM-Fusion(YSF)/P25/D-Star/NXDN. Analog possible in the future. | 20201108 | |
VA7VTV | Turtle Mtn | 70cm | 449.600 | -0.600 | 88.5 | Multi-Mode DVM | Online On | 810m | Vernon | Fred Schrod VA7UN | DMR/C4FM-Fusion(YSF)/P25/D-Star/NXDN. Analog possible in the future. | 20201108 | |
VA7CNN | Black Mtn | 2m | 146.840 | -0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Down Off | 1280m | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Allstar Win-System Affiliate Repeater | 20200801 | Y |
VA7JPL | Okanagan Mtn DMR | 2m | 146.700 | -0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Down Off | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | DMR. MMDVM in future. Currently testing at temporary low elevation location. | 20200801 | Y | |
VE7EJP | Kault Hill | 2m | 146.720 | -0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Salmon Arm | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Linked to VE7KTV via Enderby | |||
VE7OJP | Mt Kobau | 2m | 147.180 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Osoyoos | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Linked to VE7KTV | |||
VA7NBC | Kuipers Peak | 2m | 147.100 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | MMDVM Multi-Mode U/V Digital Rpt | |||
VE7RJP | Mt Begbie | 2m | 147.200 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Revelstoke | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Linked to VE7KTV | |||
VA7UN | Allstar Link Rptr | 2m | 147.260 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Kelowna | Fred Schrod VA7UN | ||||
VE7VTV | Turtle Mtn | 2M | 147.300 | +0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Vernon | Fred Schrod VA7UN | Linked to VE7KTV | |||
VA7JPL | Enderby Cliff | 70cm | 449.900 | +5.000 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Planned | Enderby | Fred Schrod VA7UN | UHF Hub/Relay |
Neighbouring Repeater information
This list is primarily a work in progress to track repeaters which have not yet been confirmed as still active, or repeaters with uncertain information on location or tone.
Most repeaters previously on this list have been moved to the main repeater list on the OCARC website. http://ocarc.ca/frequencies
Each section contains links to additional sources of information.
Repeaters (Okanagan Valley)
These repeaters either have coverage in parts of the Okanagan Valley, or coverage in areas no more than an hours drive away.
Many repeaters previously on this list have been moved to the main repeater list on the OCARC website.
This includes repeaters on Highway 97 from the Osoyoos to Kamloops, Highway 1 from Lytton to Revelstoke, and the Coquihalla Highway.
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On WebPage |
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VE7OSY | Osoyoos | 2m | 145.270 | -0.600 | 107.2 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | ???m | Osoyoos | Not heard while in area on 20200823 | |||
VA7NBC | Kelowna AllStar | 2m | 146.400 | 0.000 | 88.5 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 450m | Kelowna Area | VA7UN | AllStar 40694 (Testing) Sometimes links to Canada Hub 51730 (+IRLP 9029,+EchoStar | ||
VE7AZG | Revelstoke City | 2m | 146.720 | -0.600 | 88.5 | FM | Online On | 490m | Revelstoke | VA7AZG | Intermittently on. Has noise problem. | 20201008 | |
VE7STA | Osoyoos | 2m | 146.940 | -0.600 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | ???m | Osoyoos | Not heard while in area on 20200823 | ||||
VE7AT | Princeton IRLP | 70cm | 446.875 | 0.000 | 100.0 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 640m | Princeton | VE7AT | IRLP 1864 | ||
VE7KEG | Kamloops | 2m | 147.180 | +0.600 | FM | Down Decommissioned | 745m | Kamloops | KARC | 2m Repeater Decommissioned. C4FM UHF now on site |
Repeaters (North of the Okanagan Valley)
These repeaters have coverage in the North Thompson along Highway 5 north of Kamloops, and Highway 16 east of Prince George.
Many repeaters previously on this list have been moved to the main repeater list on the OCARC website.
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | on WebPage |
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VE7??? | Barriere | 2m | 147.380 | +0.600 | FM | Online On | ???m | (North and South of Barriere) | WGARC | Testing in Clearwater at VE7EIN | 20200801 |
Repeaters (Northwest of the Okanagan Valley)
These selected repeaters have coverage in the southern part of the Central Cariboo from Clinton to Williams Lake, and Highway 20 west of Williams Lake.
A more complete map showing most repeaters in the Cariboo Chilcotin can be found at http://www.ccarc.ca.
A more complete map showing most repeaters in Prince George and northern BC can be found at http://pgarc.org/documents/nbc_map.pdf.
A map showing the Yukon system of linked repeaters can be found at http://yara.ca/repeaters/repeaters.htm and a detailed list of highway coverage at http://www.yara.ca/repeaters/Highway%20Coverage%20Repeater%20List.pdf
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On WebPage |
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VE7RBH | Smithers IRLP | 2m | 147.330 | 0.000 | 100.0 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 500m | Smithers/Telkwa | BVARS | IRLP 1126 (prefix IRLP code with 0) | ||
VE7FFU | Terrace IRLP | 2m | 147.330 | 0.000 | 100.0 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | ???m | Terrace | BVARS | IRLP 1560 | ||
VE7SNO | Kitimat IRLP | 2m | 146.580 | 0.000 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 90m | Kitimat | VA7TF | IRLP 1303 |
CCARS | Cariboo Chilcotin Amateur Radio Society https://www.ccars.ca/
BVARS | Bulkley Valley Amateur Radio Society http://www.bvars.org/
PGARC | Prince George Amateur Radio Club http://pgarc.org/
QAROS | Quesnel Amateur Radio Operators Society https://www.facebook.com/groups/1044735842272403
Repeaters (East of the Okanagan Valley)
These repeaters have coverage in the East and West Kootenays.
This includes repeaters on Highway 3 from Manning Park to the Alberta border, Highway 95 from Cranbrook to Golden, and Highway 1 from Revelstoke to Golden.
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On WebPage |
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VE7EDA | Genelle IRLP | 2m | 147.440 | 0.000 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 475m | Castlegar/Trail | VE7EDA | IRLP 1144. Echolink VE7FL-L 484713 | |||
VE7KNL | Salmo IRLP | 2m | 147.550 | 0.000 | 100.0 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | 685m | Salmo | VE7KNL | IRLP 1634 | ||
VE7KNP | N. Kootenay Nat. Park | 2m | 146.700 | -0.600 | 131.8 | FM | Pending Unconfirmed | ???m | North Kootenay Nat. Park | Not heard 2020-06-06 in park. Heard in Cranbrook area 2021-07-06 |
EKARC | East Kootenay Amateur Radio Club http://www.ekarc.myrac.ca/
WKARC | West Kootenay Amateur Radio Club http://www.kolmel.com/WKARC.html
BVARC | Beaver Valley Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/ve7caq/
GFARC | Grand Forks Amateur Radio Club http://www.gfarc.20m.com/
KBARA | Kamiak Butte Amateur Radio Association https://kbara.org/
WRN | Wild Rose Network http://ve6cpk.com/wildrose/
CARA | Calgary Amateur Radio Association https://www.caraham.org/Repeaters
SARA | Southern Alberta Repeater Association http://saralink.ca/
FARS | Foothills Amateur Radio Society http://fars.ca/repeaters/
Repeaters (Hope and Whistler)
The Vancouver/Victoria/Seattle area has far too many repeaters to list here.
A useful list of BC repeaters in the Lower Mainland can be found at https://bcarcc.org/vancouver.pdf.
A useful list of BC repeaters on Vancouver Island can be found at https://bcarcc.org/vanisland.pdf
A useful list of WA repeaters, many of which cover the Lower Mainland, can be found at https://www.wwara.org/coordinations.
This is a select list of repeaters which have coverage when leaving the Lower Mainland in Hope, and in the Whistler Corridor (Highway 99 North).
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Offset | Tone Access | Mode | Status | Elevation | Mobile Coverage | Sponsor or Info Source | Notes | Last Update | On Webpage |
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VE7WHR | Whistler | 2m | 147.060 | +0.600 | 100.0 | FM/C4FM | Pending Unconfirmed | ???m | Whistler |
SqARC | Squamish ARC https://squamisharc.wordpress.com/
SSIARC | Saltspring Island Amateur Radio Club http://www.ssiarc.ca/
MBARC | Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club https://sites.google.com/site/mtbakerarc/repeater-group-1/repeater-group
VE7UBC | UBC Amateur Radio Society http://ars.ams.ubc.ca/
MRARC | Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club http://mrarc.net/
FVARESS | Fraser Valley Amateur Radio Emergency Service Society http://www.ve7rva.ca/
Simplex Frequencies of interest
This list may be deleted in the future. A more up to date list is on the main webpage.
For a more detailed list, see the RAC bandplan: https://www.rac.ca/proposed-two-metre-2m-band-plan/
or the BCARCC bandplan: https://bcarcc.org/2m%20Plan%20A%202014.pdf
Call Sign | Description | Band | Frequency | Tone Access | Mode | Notes | |||||||
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FM Simplex | 10m | 29.600 | FM | ||||||||||
USB calling | 6m | 50.125 | USB | Users should move up if the band is open beyond normal line of sight | |||||||||
Q65-120E (QRP) | 6m | 50.235 | Digital | Tropo/Rain/Back scatter | |||||||||
MSK144 | 6m | 50.260 | Digital | Meteor scatter | |||||||||
Q65-30A | 6m | 50.275 | Digital | Tropo/Rain/Back scatter | |||||||||
FT8 | 6m | 50.313 | Digital | (within North America) | |||||||||
FT4 | 6m | 50.318 | Digital | (within North America) | |||||||||
FT8 | 6m | 50.323 | Digital | (DX outside North America) | |||||||||
FM Simplex calling | 6m | 52.525 | FM | ||||||||||
CW calling | 2m | 144.100 | CW | ||||||||||
Moonbounce (various modes) | 2m | 144.120-144.140 | Digital | EME | |||||||||
MSK144 | 2m | 144.150 | Digital | Meteor scatter | |||||||||
FT8 | 2m | 144.174 | Digital | ||||||||||
USB calling | 2m | 144.200 | USB | Some net use. Users should move up if the band is open beyond normal line of sight | |||||||||
Amateur TV audio | 2m | 144.340 | FM | talkback and coordination | |||||||||
APRS | 2m | 144.390 | FM | North America wide APRS | |||||||||
Satellite (ISS) | 2m | 144.490 | FM | Voice uplink for open International Space Station contacts | |||||||||
Packet | 2m | 144.910-144.970 | FM | 1200 baud AX.25 packet (20 kHz spacing) | |||||||||
APRS low power | 2m | 144.990 | FM | Alternate APRS for local operations | |||||||||
Satellite | 2m | 145.800-146.000 | FM, SSB, CW, Digital | Multiple modes for satellite work | |||||||||
Satellite (ISS) | 2m | 145.800 | FM | Downlink for International Space Station (SSTV and occasional voice) | |||||||||
Satellite (ISS) | 2m | 145.825 | FM | 1200 baud AX.25 Digipeater on the International Space Station | |||||||||
FM Simplex | 2m | 146.415-146.580 | FM | (15 kHz spacing) | |||||||||
Hang Gliding | 2m | 146.415 | FM | Hams in the air (unfortunately a few unlicensed pirates heard) Most active in the Lumby area | |||||||||
4X4 | 2m | 146.460 | FM | Hams in the backcountry (unfortunately a few unlicensed pirates heard) Much activity in the Okanagan area | |||||||||
FM Simplex calling | 2m | 146.520 | FM | Used when travelling out of range of repeaters or anywhere where only short range communications required | |||||||||
FM Simplex (Internet Links) | 2m | 147.420-147.585 | FM | (15 kHz spacing) EchoLink,IRLP,Hotspots,etc | |||||||||
FM Simplex | 1.25m | 223.490-223.590 | FM | ||||||||||
FM Simplex calling | 1.25m | 223.500 | FM | ||||||||||
USB calling | 70cm | 432.200 | FM | ||||||||||
FM Simplex calling | 70cm | 446.000 | FM | ||||||||||
FM Simplex | 70cm | 446.025-448.975 | FM | (25 kHz spacing) |
International Space Station Info: https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
Selected Nets (receivable in the Okanagan Valley)
This list may be deleted in the future. A more up to date list is on the main webpage.
This is a selected list of nets of interest to those living in the Okanagan Valley area. Only nets which regularly take check-ins from the Okanagan Valley are listed.
All local days and times are for the Pacific Time Zone. Access information for repeaters (tones, links, etc) can be found on the main website (ocarc.ca) or club wiki (wiki.ocarc.ca).
This is a rough worksheet. Information marked with a "?" has not been fully validated.
Description | Band | Frequency | Local Time | Local Day | Notes | UTC Sort | Seasonal Time Shift? | Last Update | |||||
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Penticton Weekly Net | VHF | 146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton | AM 09:00 | Sunday | Pentiction Amateur Radio Club http://ve7prc.ca/ | 01 1600 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Penticton (Informal) Net | VHF | 146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton | AM 09:30 | Sunday | Follows the weekly net on the same frequency | 01 1630 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Kelowna Covid Net | VHF | 146.680- Dilworth Mtn Kelowna | AM 09:30 | Daily | Alex VE7EIS hosts a daily net where the regular Brown Bag coffee group meet in lieu of face to face meetings. Visitors welcome. | 99 1630 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Trans-Canada AllStar Net | VHF | 147.320+ Mt Lolo Kamloops | AM 10:00 | Sunday | Also available on AllStar 51730, IRLP 9029, Echolink 590387 per http://thecanadahub.ca/ | 01 1700 | keeps local time | 20201220 | |||||
NORAC Sunday Net | VHF | 146.880- Silverstar Mtn Vernon | AM 10:00 | Sunday | North Okanagan Radio Amateur Club (Vernon) http://norac.bc.ca/ | 01 1700 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Penticton (Informal) Net | VHF | 146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton | PM 07:15 | Tuesday | 04 0215 | keeps local time | 20210410 | ||||||
Okanagan 2m SSB Net | VHF | 144.200 USB | PM 07:30 | Tuesday | Kevin VE7XY hosts an informal roundtable discussing VHF propagation, antennas and anything else of interest. | 04 0230 | keeps local time | 20210406 | |||||
Cross-Canada C4FM Net | VHF | 145.490+ Okanagan Mtn Kelowna | PM 06:00 | Wednesday | Also usually on 145.090+ Blue Grouse Mtn, 442.500+ Vernon. | 05 0100 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
OCARC Weekly Net | VHF | 147.000+ Okanagan Mtn Kelowna | PM 07:30 | Wednesday | Orchard City Amateur Radio Club (Kelowna) http://ocarc.ca/ | 05 0230 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Southern Interior Preparedness Net | VHF | 147.320+ Mt Lolo Kamloops | PM 07:30 | Wednesday | Also usually on SIRG linked repeaters 146.740- Scaia Mtn and 444.275+ Silverstar. Net lasts approx. 10 minutes, depending upon the number of checkins | 05 0230 | 20201223 | ||||||
Penticton (Informal) Net | VHF | 146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton | PM 07:15 | Thursday | 06 0215 | keeps local time | 20210410 | ||||||
Grand Forks Net | VHF | 147.280- Bald Knob (Phoenix) Grand Forks | PM 07:00 | Monday | 03 0200 | keeps local time | 20210607 |
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Trans Canada Net | HF | 14.140 USB | AM 11:00 | Sunday | http://www.ontars.com/TCN/index.html | 01 1800 | keeps UTC time | 20210410 | |||||
Evening Aurora Net | HF | 7.100 LSB | PM 06:30? | Wednesday? | 05 0230 | ||||||||
Evening Aurora Net | HF | 7.100 LSB | PM 07:30 | Sunday | 02 0230 | keeps UTC time | 20210410 | ||||||
Noontime Net (40m) | HF | 7.2835 LSB | Noon 12:00 | Daily | Covers Western US, BC and AB. Early informal check-ins from 10:00 AM. http://thenoontimenet.org/thenoontimenet/Home.html | 99 1900 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Noontime Net (80m) | HF | 3.970 LSB | Noon 12:00 | Daily | Covers WA and adjacent states, but also heard in BC. Early informal check-ins from 11:30 AM. http://thenoontimenet.org/thenoontimenet/Home.html | 99 1900 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Afternoon Aurora Net | HF | 7.100 LSB | PM 04:00 | Daily | Covers Western Canada, and beyond. | 99 2300 | keeps UTC time | 20210416 | |||||
Montana Traffic Net | HF | 3.910 LSB | PM 05:30 | Daily | https://montanatrafficnet.com/ | 99 0030 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Saskatchewan Public Service Net | HF | 3.735 LSB | PM 06:00 | Daily | 99 0100 | keeps local time | 20210410 | ||||||
Manitoba Evening Net | HF | 3.747 LSB | PM 05:00 | Daily | Sometimes starts 5 min early, and lasts only 10 min. | 99 0100 | 20201223 | ||||||
Alberta Public Service Net | HF | 3.700 LSB | PM 06:30 | Daily | Takes early check-ins. Alternate 3.704 may be used if qrm on main freq | 99 0130 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
BC Public Service Net | HF | 3.729 LSB | PM 06:30 | Daily | http://www.bcpsn.com/index.htm The BC Awareness Net follows on Mondays when propagation allows | 99 0130 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Columbia Basin Traffic Net | HF | 3.960 LSB | PM 06:00 | Daily | https://cbn.homestead.com/index.html | 99 0100 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
BC/Yukon Section Traffic Net | HF | 3.716 LSB | PM 07:30 | Daily | National Traffic System (NTS) Affiliate http://www.arrl.org/nts | 99 0230 | keeps local time | 20210410 | |||||
Northern Net | HF | 3.775 LSB | PM 08:00 | Sunday | Takes early check-ins up to 1 hour early in winter due to propagation changes | 02 0300 | keeps UTC time | 20210410 | |||||
Northern Net | HF | 3.775 LSB | PM 08:00 | Wednesday | Covers Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Alaska, BC and Alberta | 05 0300 | keeps UTC time | 20210410 | |||||
Emergency Management BC (EMBC) Net | HF | 3.735 LSB | PM 07:00 | Wednesday | primarily for BC EOC stations and related volunteers | 05 0200 | 20210330 | ||||||
Maritime Mobile Service Net | HF | 14.300 USB | All Day | Daily | See (Note 1). Covers Atlantic, Caribbean, Pacific as propagation allows. This net and associated nets provide coverage from approx 1200-0400 UTC | 99 0000 | keeps UTC time | 20210410 |
(Note 1) The Maritime Mobile Service Net on 14.300 primarily assists those at sea, out of range of VHF communications. It is included here because the frequency has been designated by the IARU as a "Global Emergency Center of Activity". https://mmsn.org/ http://pmmsn.net/
For travellers to the Lower Mainland, a list of nets can be found courtesy of the Delta Amateur Radio Club:
https://deltaamateurradio.com/wp/?page_id=2122
and VECTOR (Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization): https://vectorradio.ca/ops/local-radio-nets/
Another useful source of net information for hams in British Columbia is maintained by VE7SCC:
https://ve7scc.org/wp-content/uploads/local_area_nets-1.pdf
A fairly recent list of Canadian HF Nets is available from the Parkland Amateur Radio Club: http://nonprofits.accesscomm.ca/parc/HF%20Nets.pdf
The ARRL maintains an extensive list of nets across North America: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-net-directory-search
Specialty Nets (receivable in the Okanagan Valley)
This is a selected list of specialty nets covering specific topics of interest. Only nets which have been heard in the Okanagan Valley are listed.
All local days and times are for the Pacific Time Zone.
This is a rough worksheet. Information marked with a "?" has not been fully validated.
Description | Band | Frequency | Local Time | Local Day | Notes | UTC Sort | Seasonal Time Shift? | Last Update | |||||
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RV Service Net (WBCCI Pacific Coast) | HF | 7.272 LSB | AM 09:00 | M-F | RV Owners and those interested in RVing https://rvsvcnet.wbcci.net/ | 99 1700 | 20201223 | ||||||
FMCA (Family Motor Coach Assoc.) RV Net | HF | 14.3075 USB | AM 09:00 | M,W,F | RV Owners and those interested in RVing https://fmcaarc.com/ | 99 1700 | 20201223 |
Other RV related nets are listed on the RV Radio Network page at: https://rvradionetwork.com/nets.php
Site and System Block Diagrams
Club member operated APRS
(ATV) Amateur Television Repeater System information
- VE7KTV Kelowna ATV 439.25 MHz TX / 2.410 GHz RX & 1.289 GHz (VE7VTV-Vernon) RX Sponsor VA7UN
- VE7VTV Vernon ATV 1.289 GHz FM ATV TX / 1.246 GHz RX & 439.25 MHz (VE7KTV-Kelowna) RX Sponsor VA7VW
Packet Radio and Winlink information
Useful configuration documentation for the BPQ32 BBS
Problems sending email to a winlink address? How to Send Email to a Winlink Address
Digital Traffic Network (DTN) Pages
Winlink Live System Information and Maps
BPQ32 Documentations and Software by G8BPQ
Winlink Documentation and Software
Packet-Radio.net Resource Page
Amateur Satellite and Space Communications
Es’hail-2 Qatar/AMSAT-DL Geostationary Satellite
Canadian Amateur Satellite CanX-1 CanX-2
ECOsat Canadian Amateur Satellite
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Live Streaming VA7UN Satellite Gateway Ground Station
VE3VRW Demo of Satellite Gateway on Toronto Repeater Network
C4FM/DMR/P-25/D-Star MMDVM/Digital Voice - information
Radiodiddy GD-77 Dual Band DMR Radio
Android DMR Smart Phone Outphone Rangerphone S15
SDR and WEB-SDR
(UVIC) University of Victoria Web-SDR
University of Twente - The Netherlands
HF Radio Propagation
SolarHam - Radio propagation forecasts and solar activity reports
Misc technical information
BC Frequency Coordination Council
Saskatchewan Amateur Radio League (Repeaters and Nets)
Maritimes (MARCAN) Frequency Coordination
Western New York Southern Ontario Repeater Council (covers SW Ontario)
Saint Lawrence Valley Repeater Council (covers East and North Ontario)
Western Washington Amateur Relay Association
Inland Amateur Coordination Council (Eastern Washington)
Interesting Amateur Radio Links:
International Space Station
How you can Talk to a Astronaut from Home - All about Ham Radio
People you may have heard of
The Story of Sergei Krikalev U5MIR
Sergio And Sergei - a 2017 fictional movie based on actual events (IMDB summary)
In 1991, the USSR is falling apart and Cuba enters its hardest economic crisis. Sergio, a professor of Marxism who can't provide for his family, and Sergei, a Soviet cosmonaut stranded in the Mir space station, share a common passion: amateur radio. Through this hobby, both men will be able to help each other in facing the dramatic changes of their countries.
Although the movie is fictional, it is based on a real story, where the real Sergei Krikalev depended upon Margaret Iaquinto, in Ballat, Victoria, Australia for over a year to get timely updates from home during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Another interview with VK3CFI on the same topic (Cosmic Frequency on Paper Radio)
Margaret Iaquinto VK3CFI Biography
Sergei Krikalev U5MIR Birography
Province Wide linked repeater systems in Canada
New Brunswick International Repeater Group
Nova Scotia and PEI Maritime Amateur Voice Communications System
Provincial Repeater Maps and Directories
Maritime Provinces Repeater Map
Newfoundland and Labrador Repeater Directory
Amateur Radio and Public Service
A few miscellaneous links of interest.
Mid Island Radio Association (Vancouver Island) - Introduction to Emergency Communications
http://midislandamateurradioassociation.ca/emergency-communication/
ARRL (US) - Amateur Radio Emergency Communications First Level Training (US focus)
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Instructor%20resources/EmComm/Emcomm%20I%20-%20%20rev%203%201.pdf
Documents for Club Resources:
Tips for Accessing System Fusion Rooms using the Yaesu FT70DR or FTM400XDR