WARA Departments – Page 27 – Westcoast Amateur Radio Association

Saltspring Repeater Maintenance

15 May

May 5, 2007 – VE7BEU reporting: Jim ve7gof and I (ve7beu) just got back for 12 hour trip to Saltspring Island va7vic site. There was a problem with the 224 MHz link back from Saltspring Island to ve7vic on 146.84. ... Read more »

New Repeater Call sign

11 May

Westcoast Amateur Radio Association New Call Sign The Westcoast Amateur Radio Association has applied for, and received the call sign VE7DSR for the DSTAR digital repeater to be installed on Saltspring Island. The site is under development ... Read more »

ECT Emergency Communications Team

8 May

The Westcoast Amateur Radio Association (WARA) and the Victoria Branch of the Canadian Red Cross signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July 10, 1996. This memorandum outlines an understanding wherein WARA will provide radio communication for the Red Cross Society ... Read more »

Wednesday Night ECT Net Script

7 May

Section 11 – Weekly Net Script and ECT Contact List 11.1 ECT Wednesday Night Emergency Communications Net Script. The following is the script read each Wednesday evening. Treat it as a guide; it is not cast in stone. Note for ... Read more »

Monday Night Net

6 May

WARA holds a weekly on-air Net every Monday on the VE7VIC Repeater System (146.660, 146.840, 224.140 and 444.875 MHz) and also IRLP Node 9005. The Net starts at 7:00 pm and includes announcements and check-ins. The Monday Night Net, which has ... Read more »