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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.

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		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Osoyoos		Crossband to UHF link for 147.340+/146.640-
N7XAY	Republic Hill	2m	145.190	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1180m	Republic WA		Extends to parts of Midway/Greenwood/Grand Forks		Y
VE7QMR	Queest Mtn	2m	145.470	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	2080m	Hwy 1 Sorrento to Three Valley Gap, Hwy 97A to Vernon			20200801	Y
VE7PEN	Penticton IRLP	2m	146.580	0.000	123.0	FM	Online On	380m	KPenticton Area		IRLP 1164
VE7RCP	Penticton City	2m	146.640	-0.600	131.8	FM	Online On	380m	Penticton	PARC	Linked to Mt Kobau 147.340		Y
VE7IRN	Iron Mtn	2m	146.660	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	1695m	Merritt, Hwy 5 Larsen Hill to Helmer, Hwy 97C Logan Lake to Pennask Summit		AllStar 435454	20200801	Y
VE7SMT	Scaia Mtn	2m	146.740	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	2225m	Edgewood and Lower Arrow Lake, Hwy 6 Monashee summit to Burton	SIRG	Linked to Silverstar Hub 444.275		Y
VE7RNH	Granite Peak/Fly Hills	2m	146.760	-0.600		FM	Online On	1725m	Salmon Arm/Shuswap	SARC			Y
VE7RSS	Silverstar Mtn	2m	146.880	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	1890m	North Okanagan/Shuswap/Kelowna	NORAC		20200801	Y
VA7OKN	East Vernon	2m	146.900	-0.600	123.0	FM	Online On	640m	Vernon	VE7OHM	Linked to UHF	20200801	Y
VE7OKN	Apex Mtn	2m	146.920	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	2240m	South Okanagan, Hwy 3 Manning Park East to Rock Creek, Hwy 97 Osoyoos to Vernon, Hwy 97C Aspen Grove (spotty) to Kelowna	PARC		20200801	Y
VE7RKA	Greenstone Mtn	2m	146.960	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	1790m	Kamloops, Hwy 5 Merritt to Barriere, Hwy 97C Aspen Grove to Pennask Summit, Hwy 1 Cache Creek to Monte Creek	KARC	Also on "North Of" List	20200801	Y
VE7RSA	Kault Hill	2m	147.020	+0.600		FM	Online On	1525m	Salmon Arm/Shuswap	SARC			Y
VE7HGR	Botanie Mountain	2m	147.060	+0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2080m	Hwy 1 Boston Bar to Spences Bridge	VA7DRM?	Site reported as online
VE7LGN	South Forge Mtn	2m	147.100	+0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1910m	Logan Lake		Believed to be down
VE7RPC	Campbell Mtn	2m	147.120	+0.600	???	FM	Online On	830m	Penticton	PARC		20200801	Y
WA7DJ	Buckhorn Mtn	2m	147.140	+0.600		FM	Online On	1700m	Oroville WA, Hwy 3 Osoyoos to Greenwood				Y
VE7AHR	Adams Hill	2m	147.140	+0.600		FM	Online On	1045m	Chase/Sorrento				Y
VE7RBD	Mt Baldy	2m	147.160	+0.600	None	FM	Online On	2285m	Oliver, South Okanagan			20200801	Y
VE7RIM	Carrot Mtn	2m	147.240	+0.600	None	FM	Online On	1300m	West Kelowna, Hwy 97 Armstrong to Okanagan Falls	VE7JX		20200801	Y
WA7MV	Tunk Mtn	2m	147.320	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1830m	Omak, Hwy 97 N to Peachland				Y
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 "North Of" List	20200801	Y
VE7STA	Mt Kobau	2m	147.340	+0.600	136.5	FM	Online On	1525m	Oliver/Osoyoos		linked to Penticton 146.640	20200601	Y
VE7ROR	Osoyoos	2m	147.380	+0.600	None	FM	Online On	300m	Oliver, Hwy 97 Osoyoos to Vaseaux Lake	OARC	Linked to 147.160 Mt Baldy		Y
VE7EGO	Vernon Commonage	2m	147.380	+0.600		FM/C4FM	Online On	800m	Hwy 97 Armstrong to Kelowna	NORAC		20200801	Y
VA7FLH	West Kelowna IRLP	2m	147.480	0.000	123.0	FM	Down Off	550m	Kelowna Area		IRLP 1547 under repair after voltage spike
VE7EGO	Vernon Commonage	70cm	442.500	+5.000		FM/C4FM	Online On	800m	Hwy 97 Armstrong to Kelowna	NORAC		20200801	Y
VE7???	Penticton	70cm	440.600	+5.000	123.0	FM	Online On	???m	Penticton	PARC	Linked to Apex Mtn 146.920
VE7CDN	Peachland	70cm	440.800	+5.000	???	FM/C4FM	Online On	540m	Kelowna	VE7FU	Tone access on analog?	20200801	Y
VE7QE	Penticton IRLP	70cm	442.625	0.000	146.2	FM	Online On	360m	Penticton	VE7QE	IRLP 1040
VE7RVN	Silverstar Mtn	70cm	444.275	+5.000	110.9	FM	Online On	1890m	North Okanagan	NORAC	SIRG Hub (no squelch tail), IRLP 1050	20200801	Y
VA7OKN	East Vernon	70cm	449.525	-5.000	100.0	FM/NXDN	Online On	640m	Vernon	VE7OHM	Linked to VHF
VE7OSY	Osoyoos	2m	145.270	-0.600	107.2	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Osoyoos		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7EHF	Osoyoos	2m	145.290	-0.600	136.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Osoyoos		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7PSC	Penticton	2m	145.350	-0.600	123.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Penticton		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7STA	Osoyoos	2m	146.940	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Osoyoos		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-29
VE7AZG	Revelstoke City	2m	146.720	-0.600	88.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	490m	Revelstoke	VA7AZG	Not heard 2020-06-06
VE7RPC	Penticton	70cm	444.500	+5.000		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Penticton	PARC	Not heard while in area 2020-03-06. Same call as Campbell Mtn. Roy not aware of this repeater
VE7RCP	Penticton	70cm	444.775	+5.000	136.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	Penticton		Not heard while in area 2020-03-06. Same call as Penticton City. Roy not aware of this repeater. Maybe the link to Kobau?
VE7WS	Kelowna IRLP	70cm	446.300	0.000	100.0	FM	Online On	470m	Kelowna Area	VE7JWS	IRLP 1508
VE7AT	Princeton IRLP	70cm	446.875	0.000	100.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	640m	Princeton	VE7AT	IRLP 1864
VE7RIP	Vernon City	2m	147.040	+0.600		FM	Down Decommissioned	400m	Vernon	NORAC	Site Decommissioned
VE7RNR	Vernon	2m	147.060	+0.600		FM	Down Off	1850m	North Okanagan	SIRG	Site visit pending	20200801
VE7MPR	Blackwall Mountain	2m	147.060	+0.600		FM	Down Decommissioned	2010m	Manning Park	(IPARN)	Repeater Decommissioned
VE7KEG	Kamloops	2m	147.180	+0.600		FM	Down Decommissioned	745m	Kamloops	KARC	2m Repeater Decommissioned. C4FM UHF now on site
VE7LMR	Lime Ridge	2m	147.360	+0.600		FM	Down Off	2175m	Clinton		Site Decommissioned

NORAC | North Okanagan Radio Amateur Club http://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/

(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
VE7RBP	Blackpool Mtn	2m	145.350	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	2000m	Clearwater South to Barriere	WGARC	Linked via Timothy Mtn (ccars.ca)	20200801	Y
VE7RMB	Lucille Mtn	2m	146.760	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1900?m	McBride (Hwy 16 east and west)	PGARC	Covers to Mt Robson, Linked (pgarc.org)	20200801
VE7RES	Loos	2m	146.880	-0.600	100.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???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
VE7RKA	Greenstone Mtn	2m	146.960	-0.600	None	FM	Online On	1790m	Kamloops, Hwy 5 Merritt to Barriere, Hwy 97C Aspen Grove to Pennask Summit, Hwy 1 Cache Creek to Monte Creek	KARC	IRLP 1080, Also on Okanagan Valley List	20200801	Y
VE7RES	Valemount	2m	147.000	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1510?m	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
VE7KEG	Upper Sahali	70cm	448.525	-5.000		FM/C4FM	Pending Unconfirmed	745m	Kamloops City	KARC
VE7YCR	Valemount	2m	146.600	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m:	Valemount	WGARC	Not heard 2020-07-18

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

WGARC | Wells Gray Amateur Radio Club

Repeaters (Northwest of the Okanagan Valley)

These 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 comprehensive map showing repeaters in the Cariboo Chilcotin can be found at http://www.ccarc.ca.

A more comprehensive map showing 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
VE7RKL	Pavilion Mtn?	2m	146.680	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2090m?	Clinton	(IPARN)	Callsign reassigned to ham in Vancouver. Probably Decommissioned.
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	Pending Unconfirmed	2020m	Wilderness S of Alexis Creek and Hanceville including Big Creek Park and Taseko Lake road to Nemaiah Valley	CCARS	Linked (ccars.ca)
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)
VE7AZQ	Lone Butte	2m	147.220	+0.600	88.5	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	???m	South of 100 Mile on Hwy 24	VE7LX
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

CCARS | Cariboo Chilcotin Amateur Radio Society https://www.ccars.ca/

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

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
K7JAR	Monumental Mtn WA	2m	146.620	-0.600		FM	Online On	1690m	Colville WA	Panoramaland ARC	heard in BC at higher elevations near border
VE7RCT	Slocan Ridge	2m	146.640	-0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	2020m	Castlegar/Nelson	WKARC		20200715	Y
VE7RCA	Mt Thompson	2m	146.800	-0.600		FM	Online On	2130m	Creston	EKARC		20200715	Y
VE7CAQ	Granite Mtn	2m	146.840	-0.600		FM	Online On	2010m	Trail	BVARC www.qsl.net/ve7caq/repeaters.html		20200715	Y
VE7RIN	Lyttle Mtn	2m	146.850	-0.600	110.9	FM	Online On	970m	Fairmont/Invermere	EKARC		20200715	Y
VE7PNR	Mt Sinclair	2m	146.880	-0.600	131.8	FM	Online On	2655m?	Radium/South Kootenay Nat. Park	WRN	(not linked) ve6cpk.com/wildrose/	20200715	Y
VE7CAP	Baker Mtn	2m	146.940	-0.600		FM	Online On	2210m	Cranbrook/Kimberley	EKARC	IRLP 1660	20200715	Y
VE7RDM	Saddle Mountain	2m	146.940	-0.600	100.0	FM	Pending Unconfirmed	2270m	Nakusp	Nakusp ARC	IRLP 1811
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	BVARC www.qsl.net/ve7caq/repeaters.html	Non-standard offset	20200715
VE7RGF	Bald Knob (Phoenix)	2m	147.280	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1580m	Grand Forks/Midway/Rock Creek	GFARC		20200715	Y
VE7RSQ	Sparwood Ridge	2m	147.300	+0.600	100.0	FM	Online On	1795m	Sparwood/Crowsnest	EKARC		20200715	Y
K1RR	Stranger Mtn WA	2m	147.360	+0.600		FM	Online On	1764m	Spokane	KBARA	heard in BC at higher elevations near border
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		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		Not heard 2020-06-06
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/

WRN | Wild Rose Network http://ve6cpk.com/wildrose/

KBARA | Kamiak Butte Amateur Radio Association https://kbara.org/

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
VE7UVR	Dog Mountain	2m	146.700	-0.600		FM	Pending Unconfirmed	1495m: Hope		Not heard while in area on 2020-02-21
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)	2m	145.270	-0.600		FM	Online On	145m	Metro Vancouver/Eastern Van. Island/(some areas of Squamish and Chilliwack)	VE7UBC	IRLP 1000	20200801
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
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

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/

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