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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.

Sites Cedar Creek (Club Station) Ellison (Club Station) Kuipers Peak Landmark 2 Little White Mtn Dilworth Black Knight Mtn Blue Grouse Mtn Turtle Mtn Okanagan Mtn

Projects IGate using a Raspberry Pi BC Interior HamWAN Kuipers Peak New Kelowna Repeater Project Okanagan Mountain Repeater Project Broadcastify Streaming Live audio of local repeaters OCARC Website

Club Resources Meeting Minutes Standard Operating Procedures OCARC Bylaws OCARC Constitution Directors List Club Email System

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
• VA7DIG-1 Kelowna Landmark iGate
• VA7OGO-1 Revelstoke West digipeater
• VA7OGO-2 Revelstoke East digipeater
• VA7OGO-3 Golden North digipeater (not yet installed)
• VA7OGO-4 Golden Kicking Horse Mountain digipeater (not yet installed)
• VA7OGO-5 Begbie (pending)
• VA7OGO-13 Golden digipeater (not yet installed)
• VA7OGO-14 Blue Grouse iGate
• VA7OGO-15 Revelstoke iGate (not yet installed)
• VA7YLW-1 Black Knight Mountain digipeater
• VE7OGO-1 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)
   VE7RBJ-10 Winlink Remote Mail Server (alias KELRMS)
   VE7ROW-11 passthrough to AE5E Chat Server (alias KELCHT)

• VE7RBJ Little White Mountain 144.930

 Kantronics Digipeater and Node
   VE7RBJ-2  Digipeater
   VE7RBJ-7  KA Node

TCP/IP

• Club Network

Club Repeaters

Call Sign	Description	Band	Frequency	Offset	Tone In/Out	Mode	Status	Elevation	Mobile Coverage	Sponsor or Info Source	Notes	Last Update	On WebPage
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

Call Sign	Description	Band	Frequency	Offset	Tone Access	Mode	Status	Elevation	Mobile Coverage	Sponsor or Info Source	Notes	Last Update	On WebPage
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. Please refer to the main website for a list of confirmed repeaters.

For the most part, these repeaters either have coverage in parts of the Okanagan Valley, or coverage in areas no more than a couple hours away.

Call Sign	Description	Band	Frequency	Offset	Tone	Type	Status	Notes	Sponsor or Info Source
VE7RVN	Silverstar Mountain	70CM	444.275	+5.000	110.9	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 1890m; SIRG Hub (no squelch tail); IRLP 1050	# NORAC
VE7OKN	Silverstar Mountain	2M	147.060	+0.600		Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation 1850m: SIRG Vernon	# Site visit pending
VE7RIP	Vernon City	2M	147.040	+0.600		Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation 400m; site decommissioned	# NORAC
VE7CDN	Peachland	70CM	440.800	+5.000		Analog FM/C4FM	Online On	Elevation 540m: Kelowna	# Tone access on analog?
VE7KEG	Kamloops	2M	147.180	+0.600		Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation 745m: Kamloops	Repeater Decommissioned. C4FM UHF now on site
VE7AZG	Revelstoke City	2M	146.720	-0.600	88.5	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 490m: Revelstoke	VA7AZG
VE7HGR	Botanie Mountain	2M	147.060	+0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2080m: Lytton	Site reported as online
VE7MPR	Blackwall Mountain	2M	147.060	+0.600		Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation 2010m: Manning Park	IPARN Repeater Decommissioned
VE7LGN	South Forge Mountain	2M	147.100	+0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 1910m: Logan Lake	Believed to be down
VE7LMR	Lime Ridge	2M	147.360	+0.600		Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation 2175m: Clinton	Site Decommissioned
VE7RBP	Blackpool Mountain	2M	145.350	-0.600	100.0	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 1700m: Clearwater	Wells Gray ARC
VE7SCQ	Timothy Mountain	2M	146.740	-0.600	162.2	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 1660m: 100 Mile House	VE7PW
VE7KDL	Smokey Mountain	2M	147.300	+0.600	162.2	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 1140m: Williams Lake	CCARS
VE7RDM	Saddle Mountain	2M	146.940	-0.600	100.0	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2270m: Nakusp; IRLP 1811	Nakusp ARC
VE7PNR	Radium	2M	146.880	-0.600	131.8	Analog FM	Down Off	Elevation ???m: Radium	Believed to be down
VE7OSY	Osoyoos	2M	145.270	-0.600	107.2	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Osoyoos	Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7EHF	Osoyoos	2M	145.290	-0.600	136.5	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Osoyoos	Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7STA	Osoyoos	2M	146.940	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Osoyoos	Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7???	North Mount Kobau	2M	145.130	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Osoyoos	Crossband to UHF link for 147.340+/146.640-
VE7PSC	Penticton	2M	145.350	-0.600	123.0	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Penticton	Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7AT	Princeton IRLP	70CM	446.875	0.000	100.0	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 640m: Princeton; IRLP 1864
VE7QE	Penticton IRLP	70CM	442.625	0.000	146.2	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 360m: Penticton; IRLP 1040	#
VE7???	Penticton	70CM	440.600	+5.000	123.0	Analog FM	Online On	Elevation ???m: Penticton	Linked to Apex Mtn 146.920
VE7RPS	Vancouver IRLP	70CM	442.225	+5.000	107.2	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 132m: Point Grey; IRLP 1396	VE7MDT
VE7RCP	Penticton	70CM	444.775	+5.000	136.5	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Penticton	Not heard while in area 2020-03-06. Roy not aware of this repeater
VE7RPC	Penticton	70CM	444.500	+5.000		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Penticton	Not heard while in area 2020-03-06. Roy not aware of this repeater
VE7RCL	Santa Rosa	2M	146.760	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Christina Lake
VE7BDY	Nelson	2M	147.040	+0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Nelson
VE7RCT	Slocan Ridge	70CM	444.550	+5.000		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2020m: Nelson	BVARC listed as Slocan Ridge UHF hub
VE7UVR	Dog Mountain	2M	146.700	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 1495m: Hope	Not heard while in area on 2020-02-21
VE7OGF	Observation Mountain	2M	146.940	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Grand Forks
VE7RKL	Pavilion Mountain?	2M	146.680	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2090m?: Clinton
VE7OGF	Foghorn Mountain	2M	146.920	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2000m: Clearwater
VE7RNT	Avola	2M	146.900	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Clearwater North	Believed to be down
VE7RIN	Lyttle Mountain	2M	146.850	-0.600	110.9	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 970m: Fairmont/Invermere	EKARC
VE7RCA	Mount Thompson	2M	146.800	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2130m: Creston	EKARC
VE7RSQ	Sparwood Ridge	2M	147.300	+0.600	100.0	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 1795m: Sparwood/Crowsnest	EKARC
VE7CAP	Baker Mountain	2M	146.940	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2210m: Cranbrook/Kimberley; IRLP 1660	EKARC
VE7CAP	Baker Mountain	2M	443.625	+5.000		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2210m: Cranbrook/Kimberley	EKARC
VE7CAQ	Granite Mountain	2M	146.840	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 2010m: Trail
VE7BTU	Crawford Bay	2M	147.060	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Crawford Bay	www.qsl.net/ve7caq/repeaters.html
K7JAR	Colville WA	2M	146.620	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Colville WA	www.qsl.net/ve7caq/repeaters.html
K1RR	Stranger Mountain WA	2M	147.360	+0.600		Analog FM	Online On	Elevation 1764m: Spokane	KBARA
VE7SQR	Debeck's Hill	2M	147.000	+0.600	77.0	Analog FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation 470m: Squamish; IRLP 1147	Squamish ARC
VE7PVR	Pemberton	2M	146.980	-0.600		Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Pemberton	Squamish ARC
VE7WHR	Whistler	2M	147.060	+0.600	100.0	Analog FM	Pending Unconfirmed	Elevation ???m: Whistler

Site and System Block Diagrams

• VE7KTV Repeater System Block Diagram

• Blue Grouse Mountain Block Diagram

• Black Mountain Block Diagram

• AllStar Link Node Numbers

Club member operated APRS

• VE7RJP-1 Revelstoke digipeater Sponsor VE7EQN
• VE7OJP-1 Osoyoos digipeater Sponsor VE7EQN

(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

BPQ Live Network Map

BPQ32 Documentations and Software by G8BPQ

Winlink Documentation and Software

Packet-Radio.net Resource Page

Amateur Satellite and Space Communications

AMSAT

Amsat Twitter

AMSAT Wiki

AMSAT UK

AMSAT Germany

AMSAT-DL P3E

Es’hail-2 Qatar/AMSAT-DL Geostationary Satellite

AMSAT India

Canadian Amateur Satellite CanX-1 CanX-2

UVIC ECOsat

ECOsat Canadian Amateur Satellite

Gunter's Space Page

DD1US Satellite Page

KA7FVV Satelite Page

Real time Satelite Tracking

ISS Fan Club

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

Explanation of ARISS

Ham Radio on the ISS

Ham Radio contact with ISS

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

Brandmeister MMDVM Wiki

Multi Mode Digital MMDVM Demo

TYT MD-2017 Dual Band DMR HT

DMR QSO

Fusion C4FM QSO

System Fusion C4FM info

P25 vs FM 900 MHz

FM vs C4FM

FM vs C4FM marginal path

Radiodiddy GD-77 Dual Band DMR Radio

How DMR works

Android DMR Smart Phone Outphone Rangerphone S15

RangeFinder M1

Sure DMR Smart Phone S8

SDR and WEB-SDR

(UVIC) University of Victoria Web-SDR

University of Twente - The Netherlands

Live Map of SDR Receivers

Misc technical information

BC Frequency Coordination Council

Western Washington Amateur Relay Association

Inland Amateur Coordination Council (Eastern Washington)

Interesting Amateur Radio Links:

How you can Talk to a Astronaut from Home - All about Ham Radio

Famous Ham's

More Famous Ham's

Sam from Space

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.

Margaret Iaquinto VK3CFI, Musa Manarov U2MIR and Sergei Krikalev U5MIR - the real story (Verbatim on ABC Radio Australia)

Another interview with VK3CFI on the same topic (Cosmic Frequency on Paper Radio)

Margaret Iaquinto VK3CFI Biography

Sergei Krikalev U5MIR Birography

Documents for Club Resources:

Using the Club Remote Radio

Tips for Accessing System Fusion Rooms using the Yaesu FT70DR or FTM400XDR