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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

For travelling amateur radio operators, functional amateur radio repeaters in neighbouring areas are listed below.

These lists are 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. The goal of these lists is to provide an accurate list of repeaters in operation today, as verified by amateurs who recently visited the area. Please refer to the main website for a list of currently active, confirmed repeaters.

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
VE7???	Mt Kobau (North)	2m	145.130	-0.600	136.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1860m	Oliver/Osoyoos		Crossband to UHF link for 147.340+/146.640- No squelch tail. Link and/or crossband may be down
N7XAY/R	Republic Hill WA	2m	145.190	-0.600		FM	Online On	1180m	Republic WA. Extends to parts of Midway/Greenwood/Grand Forks		Linked to 147.320 Omak via McClure Mtn (Twisp) UHF hub	20200823	Y
VE7OSY	Osoyoos	2m	145.270	-0.600	107.2	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Osoyoos		Not heard while in area on 20200823
K7SRG/R	Chelan WA	2m	145.450	-0.600	136.5	FM	Online On	???m	Chelan. Weak on Hwy3 Osoyoos to Bridesville	SRG	SRG link system. 147.200+ Omak much stronger	20200823
W7ORC/R	Tunk Mtn WA	2m	145.470	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	???m	Omak. Hwy 3 Osoyoos to Bridesville	OkCARC	website and QRZ page claims tone of 173.8	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
????/R	??? WA	2m	146.940	-0.600		FM	Online On	???m	Heard S5 in Midway		Could this be Grand Forks VE7OGF reflecting off a mountain to the south?	20200823
WA7DJ/R	Buckhorn Mtn WA	2m	147.140	+0.600	103.5	FM	Online On	1700m	Oroville WA, Hwy 3 Osoyoos to Greenwood		not heard in Osoyoos. Very weak in Midway. Power problem or new location?	20200823	Y
K7SRG/R	Tunk Mtn WA	2m	147.200	+0.600	127.3	FM	Online On	1830m	Omak WA, Hwy 97 N to Peachland,	SRG	SRG link system covering Eastern Washington and Idaho Panhandle	20200812	Y
WA7MV/R	Tunk Mtn WA	2m	147.320	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1830m	Omak WA, Hwy 97 N to Penticton	MVARC	Linked to 145.190 Republic via McClure Mtn (Twisp) UHF hub. Coverage compared to 147.200+ suggests that this is a lower site	20200812	Y
VE7???	Penticton	70cm	440.600	+5.000	123.0	FM	Online On	???m	Penticton	PARC	Linked to Apex Mtn 146.920	20200812
VE7QE	Penticton IRLP	70cm	442.625	0.000	146.2	FM	Online On	360m	Penticton	VE7QE	IRLP 1040
VE7RPC	Penticton	70cm	444.500	+5.000		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Penticton	PARC	Not heard while in area 2020-03-06. This allocation may be out of date, since this frequency is now in use in Kelowna on Kuiper's Peak
VE7RSO	Mt Kobau (North)	70cm	444.775	+5.000	136.5	FM	Online On	1860m	Osoyoos		Links Mt Kobau South 147.340+ to Penticton 146.640-.	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

NORAC | North Okanagan Radio Amateur Club http://norac.bc.ca/ and https://www.facebook.com/NORAC.BC.CA

KARC | Kamloops Amateur Radio Club https://karc.ca/

SIRG | Southern Interior Repeater Group http://norac.bc.ca/hosted/sirg/index.htm

PARC | Penticton Amateur Radio Club http://ve7prc.ca/

SARC | Shuswap Amateur Radio Club http://sarc.ca/

OARC | Oliver Amateur Radio Club http://ve7olv.ca/ and https://oliverarc.blogspot.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/ve7olv

OkCARC | Okanogan Country Amateur Radio Club https://www.w7orc.com/

SRG | Spokane Repeater Group http://srgclub.org/

MVARC | Methow Valley Amateur Radio Club https://www.mvhams.org/

(IPARN) | InterProvincial Amateur Radio Network (no longer in operation)

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.

Call Sign	Description	Band	Frequency	Offset	Tone Access	Mode	Status	Elevation	Mobile Coverage	Sponsor or Info Source	Notes	Last Update	on WebPage
VE7RMB	Lucille Mtn	2m	146.760	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1350m	McBride (Hwy 16 east and west)	PGARC	Covers to Mt Robson and south to Valemount, Linked (pgarc.org)	20200801
VE7RES	Loos	2m	146.880	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	???m	Loos (Hwy 16 east and west)	PGARC	Linked (pgarc.org)
VE7RNT	Mt Avola	2m	146.900	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1490?m	Clearwater North to Blue River	WGARC		20200801
VE7RWG	Foghorn Mtn	2m	146.920	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	2010m	Clearwater (Hwy 5 north and south), Wells Gray Park	Wells Gray ARC	Covers almost to Clearwater Lake in Park	20200801
VE7YCR	Canoe Mtn	2m	146.940	-0.600		FM	Online On	???m:	Valemount, Hwy 16 McBride to Robson. Hwy 5 south to Avola	Yellowhead ARA	Echolink	20201002
VE7RES	Valemount	2m	147.000	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1510m	Mcbride/Robson/Valemount	PGARC	solar site, Linked (pgarc.org). Link issue at Lucille Mtn	20200801
VE7RLO	Mt Lolo	2m	147.320	+0.600	None	FM	Online On	1765m	Kamloops, Hwy 1 Savona to Monte Creek, Hwy 5 Logan Lake to Barriere, Hwy 97C Aspen Grove (spotty) to Pennask Summit (spotty)	KARC	SIRG. Also on Okanagan Valley List	20200801	Y
VE7???	Barriere	2m	147.380	+0.600		FM	Online On	???m	(North and South of Barriere)	WGARC	Testing in Clearwater at VE7EIN	20200801
VE7RBP	Blackpool Mtn	70cm	444.000	+5.000		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2000m	Clearwater	WGARC	UHF link
VE7FUS	Upper Sahali	70cm	448.525	-5.000		FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	745m	Kamloops City	KARC	WIRES-X node 33826

PGARC | Prince George Amateur Radio Club http://pgarc.org/

WGARC | Wells Gray Amateur Radio Club http://wellsgrayarc.ca/index.html and https://www.facebook.com/WellsGrayARC

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
VA7KLR	Pavilion Mtn?	2m	146.680	-0.600		FM	Online On	2090m?	Clinton			20200925
VE7SCQ	Timothy Mtn	2m	146.740	-0.600	162.2	FM	Online On	1660m	100 Mile House, Hwy 97 Clinton to Williams Lake, Hwy 24 Lone Butte to Bridge Lake, Canim Lake, Horsefly. Spotty coverage at higher elevations near Logan Lake?	CCARS	Linked (ccars.ca)	20200715	Y
VA7TRU	Vedan Mtn	2m	146.800	-0.600	162.2	FM	Online On	2020m	Wilderness S of Alexis Creek and Hanceville including Big Creek Park and Taseko Lake road to Nemaiah Valley	CCARS	Linked (ccars.ca)	20200925
VE7HGR	Botanie Mtn	2m	147.060	+0.600		FM	Online On	2080m	Hwy 1 Boston Bar to Spences Bridge			20200925
VE7LGN	S. Forge Mtn	2m	147.100	+0.600		FM	Online On	1910m	Logan Lake			20200925
VE7WLP	Potato Mtn	2m	147.180	+0.600	162.2	FM	Online On	1290m	Roads from Williams Lake to Likely and Horsefly	CCARS	Linked (ccars.ca)	20200925
VE7AZQ	Lone Butte	2m	147.220	+0.600	88.5	FM	Online On	1240m	South of 100 Mile on Hwy 24	VE7LX		20200925
VE7KDL	Smokey Mtn	2m	147.300	+0.600	162.2	FM	Online On	1140m	Hwy 20 from Williams Lake to east of Hanceville, Hwy 97 Lac La Hache to Alexandria, Horsefly	CCARS	Linked (ccars.ca)	20200715	Y
VE7LMR	Lime Ridge?	2m	147.360	+.6000		FM	Online On	2175m?	Hwy 97 from Clinton to Lone Butte		Linked (ccars.ca)	20200925
VE7RBH	Tyhee Mtn (Telkwa)	2m	146.700	-0.600	100.0	FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1035m	Hazelton to Houston	BVARS	Local, or link to PGARC network 8121on/8120off
VE7RBH	Smithers IRLP	2m	147.330	0.000	100.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	500m	Smithers/Telkwa	BVARS	IRLP 1126 (prefix IRLP code with 0)
VE7RBH	Glentanna Mtn (Smithers)	2m	146.880	-0.600	100.0	FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	810m	Smithers/Telkwa	BVARS	PGARC network
VE7FFU	Terrace IRLP	2m	147.330	0.000	100.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Terrace	BVARS	IRLP 1560
VE7RTK	Copper (Thornhill) Mtn	2m	146.600	-0.600	100.0	FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1200m	Terrace	BVARS	Linked to Smithers. Which repeater?
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
VE6CNP	Crowsnest Pass	2m	145.490	-0.600	103.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2010m	Sparwood BC to Frank AB	FARS	not linked
K7JAR/R	Monumental Mtn WA	2m	146.620	-0.600		FM	Online On	1690m	Colville WA	Panoramaland ARC	heard in BC at higher elevations near border
VE7RDM	Nakusp	2m	146.940	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	low level	Nakusp	Nakusp ARC	IRLP 1811	20201001
VE7BDY	Nelson	2m	147.040	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	low level	Nelson			20200715
VE7BTU	Crawford Bay	2m	147.060	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	???m	Crawford Bay	WKARC	Non-standard offset	20200715
VE6RPC	Grizzly Gondola	2m	147.210	+0.600	110.9	FM	Online On	2400m	Lake Louise. Hwy 1 Field to Castle Junction. Hwy 93 S of Bow Lake	CARA		20200925
VE6HWY	Protection Mtn	2m	147.330	+0.600	110.9	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1764m	Hwy 1 Great Divide to Sunshine exit. Hwy 93 BC border to Bow summit. 4 second carrier then unkey to activate	CARA	Not heard 20200925
K1RR/R	Stensgar Mtn WA	2m	147.360	+0.600		FM	Online On	1764m	Spokane	KBARA	heard in BC at higher elevations near border	20200823
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
VE7CAP	Baker Mtn	70cm	443.625	+5.000		FM	Online On	2210m	Cranbrook/Kimberley	EKARC
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
VE7RCL	Santa Rosa (Cascade)	2m	146.760	-0.600	100?	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	890m	Grand Forks/Christina Lake	GFARC	Not heard 2020-06-06
VE7RIN	Golden	2m	147.160	+0.600	???	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Golden		Listed at www.rac.ca/british-columbiayukon-region/ but not on EKARC site
VE7OGF	Observation Mtn	2m	146.940	-0.600	100?	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	765m	Grand Forks Valley	GFARC	Possibly heard weakly in Midway	20200915
VE7RCT	Slocan Ridge	70cm	444.550	+5.000		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2020m	Castlegar/Nelson	WKARC	UHF hub

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
VE7RHS	Vancouver (UBC)	2m	145.270	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	145m	Metro Vancouver/Eastern Van. Island/(some areas of Squamish and Chilliwack)	VE7UBC	IRLP 1000	20200801
VE7RVA	Sumas Mtn	2m	146.610	-0.600	110.9	FM/C4FM	Online On	700m	Fraser Valley	FVARESS
VE7UVR	Dog Mountain	2m	146.700	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1495m	Hope		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-21
K7SKW	Orcas Island WA	2m	146.740	-0.600	103.5	FM	Online On	740m	Lower Mainland/Gulf Islands/Victoria/North Seattle/Lower Coquihalla (Hwy 5)	MBARC
VE7RMR	Maple Ridge	2m	146.800	-0.600	156.7	FM/C4FM	Online On	700m	Lower Mainland	MRARC	IRLP 1910
VE7PVR	Pemberton	2m	146.980	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Pemberton	SqARC
VE7SQR	Debeck's Hill	2m	147.000	+0.600	77.0	FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	470m	Squamish	SqARC	IRLP 1147
VE7WHR	Whistler	2m	147.060	+0.600	100.0	FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Whistler
VE7RHS	Vancouver (UBC)	70cm	441.975	+5.000		FM	Online On	145m	Metro Vancouver/Eastern Van. Island	VE7UBC	IRLP 1010
VE7RPS	Vancouver (UBC)	70cm	442.225	+5.000	107.2	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	135m	Vancouver	VE7MDT	IRLP 1396
VE7RSI	Saltspring Island	2m	147.320	+0.600	88.5	FM/C4FM	Online On	700m:	Lower Mainland/Gulf Islands/Sunshine Coast/Squamish	SSIARC

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

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
	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
	MSK144	6m	50.260		Digital	Meteor scatter
	FT8	6m	50.313		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
	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 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
Penticton Weekly Net	VHF	146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton	AM 09:00	Sunday	Pentiction Amateur Radio Club http://ve7prc.ca/	01 1700			20210103
Penticton (Informal) Net	VHF	146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton	AM 09:30	Sunday	Follows the weekly net on the same frequency	01 1730			20210103
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 1730			20210103
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 1800			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 1800			20201220
Penticton (Informal) Net	VHF	146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton	PM 07:15	Tuesday		04 0315			20201222
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 0330			20201222
Cross-Canada C4FM Net	VHF	444.500+ Kuipers Peak Kelowna	PM 07:30	Wednesday	Also usually on 145.490- OK Mtn, 145.090+ Blue Grouse, 442.500+ Vernon.	05 0200			20201223
OCARC Weekly Net	VHF	147.000+ Okanagan Mtn Kelowna	PM 07:30	Wednesday	Orchard City Amateur Radio Club (Kelowna) http://ocarc.ca/	05 0330			20201223
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 0330			20201223
Penticton (Informal) Net	VHF	146.920- Apex Mtn Penticton	PM 07:15	Thursday		06 0315			20201201
Trans Canada Net	HF	14.140 USB	AM 10:00	Sunday	http://www.ontars.com/TCN/index.html	01 1800			20210103
Evening Aurora Net	HF	7.100 LSB	PM 06:30	Wednesday?		05 0230
Evening Aurora Net	HF	7.100 LSB	PM 06:30?	Sunday?		02 0230
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 2000			20201223
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 2000			20201222
Afternoon Aurora Net	HF	7.100 LSB	PM 03:00	Daily	Covers Western Canada, and beyond.	99 2300			20201223
Montana Traffic Net	HF	3.910 LSB	PM 04:30	Daily	https://montanatrafficnet.com/	99 0030			20201223
Saskatchewan Public Service Net	HF	3.735 LSB	PM 05:00	Daily		99 0100			20201223
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 05:30	Daily	Takes early check-ins. Alternate 3.704 may be used if qrm on main freq	99 0130			20201223
BC Public Service Net	HF	3.729 LSB	PM 05:30	Daily	http://www.bcpsn.com/index.htm The BC Awareness Net follows on Mondays when propagation allows	99 0130			20201223
Columbia Basin Traffic Net	HF	3.960 LSB	PM 06:00	Daily	https://cbn.homestead.com/index.html	99 0200			20201223
BC/Yukon Section Traffic Net	HF	3.716 LSB	PM 06:30	Daily	National Traffic System (NTS) Affiliate http://www.arrl.org/nts	99 0230			20201223
Northern Net	HF	3.775 LSB	PM 07:00	Sunday	Takes early check-ins up to 1 hour early in winter due to propagation changes	02 0300			20201129
Northern Net	HF	3.775 LSB	PM 07:00	Wednesday	Covers Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Alaska, BC and Alberta	05 0300			20201223
Emergency Management BC (EMBC) Net	HF	3.735 LSB	PM 07:00?	Wednesday	primarily for BC EOC stations and related volunteers	05 0200
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			20201220

(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/

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

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
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

• 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

HF Radio Propagation

SolarHam - Radio propagation forecasts and solar activity reports

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