My name is Geoff Hill; I am the volunteer coordinator for the Big White Winter Rally 2021, final round of the Canadian National Rally Championship, to be held on December 11-12, 2021. I would like to tell you more about this event, in the hopes that you or some members of your club would be interested in volunteering as Radio Operators.
The following map shows the coverage of the repeaters listed on the OCARC repeater lists. The brighter the green, the more repeater choices you have for coverage. This map would be very usefull when house hunting and repeater coverage is important.
IRLP
IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Protocol) allows you to use your radio to talk to amature radio operators all over the world by sending your audio over the Internet. You can think of it as an "Internet phone patch" - just like a traditional phone patch allows you to make a phone call with your amature radio, IRLP allows you to make an "Internet phone call" to other amature radio/hams.
This radio is programmed with most repeaters in the BC Interior.
Select repeaters in Calgary and Vancouver are in bank 13.
See the OCARC frequency lists at ocarc.ca for further details.
Latest version available is: (version V.20220517a)
Previous versions (V.20191025a and earlier) will have only Okanagan frequencies, and will be missing the newer repeaters in the area. Check the label on channel 14-8 to determine the version you currently have.
One of our members Doug VE7VZ has put together a great resource for those of us wanting to use the clubs Yaesu Fusion (C4FM) repeaters that are equipped with Wires-X Functionality.
It is primarily targeted at users of the FT70DR or FTM400XDR but contains a ton of general Wires-X information as well.
SETTING DG-ID (Once set this does not normally need to be changed.)
This is a selected list of nets of interest to those living in the central Okanagan Valley area. Only nets which regularly take check-ins from the Okanagan Valley are listed.
Nets run by local clubs in the Okanagan area have their city in Bold font.
Nets requiring a digital radio (DStar, DMR, or C4FM(System Fusion)) are indicated as VHF-D.
For a more detailed list, see the RAC bandplan: rac.ca/proposed-two-metre-2m-band-plan/
or the BCARCC bandplan: bcarcc.org/2m%20Plan%20A%202014.pdf
Did you know that when you sign into your membership account and click on Member Resources there'e a quick link to the HamWAN portal web cams.
Is it sunny or snowy up in the moutains? Today it was snowy.
One of our life members, Carl Berthlolm VE7CLC has generously donated a number of pieces of radio equipment for sale by the Club with all proceeds to go to OCARC. Click on the link: following equipment to view the auction items and make a bid.
One of our life members, Carl Bertholm VE7CLC has generously donated the following equipment for sale with all proceeds to the Club.
All purchases for these items are subject to the following Terms and Conditions:
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