Net Summary (on WARA 146.84 Repeater System unless otherwise noted)

• Monday Night Net 7 pm, All welcome
• Trans-Canada IRLP Net Wednesday 8 am
• ECT Net Wednesday 7 pm
• YL Net Thursday 7 pm
• DStar Trans-Canada Net on C-Module Friday 6 pm (starts east, then goes west)

Monday Night Net

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

• Monday Night Net Info and Script (rev June 2019) 
• Monday Night Net Control Roster

Wednesday Night ECT Net

Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm, the Emergency Communication Team holds an Emergency Communication Net on the VE7VIC repeater system 146.840 MHz (-600 kHz) t100.0 followed by a simplex net on 146.580 MHz.

• ECT Net Control Roster
• 2018 ECT Script

WARA Emergency Communications Team

Historically, WARA’s emergency communication role has been associated with the Canadian Red Cross. Over the past several years, Red Cross related activities have diminished as the Red Cross adopts alternative emergency communications protocols. We maintain a backup radio shack including VHF, UHF and HF capabilities at Red Cross House, Victoria.

More recently, we have been working on cooperating and integrating with Emergency Management BC (EMBC) and the local municipalities within the Capital Regional District (CRD). In the event there is a local emergency incident (snow storm, tsunami warning, power outages etc.) ham radio operators will instinctively tune to the WARA repeater system to gather and share information. The role of WARA is to run a community NET focused on providing information to listeners, taking situation reports, and putting radio operators in touch with their local emergency operations center (EOC, if activated). In the fall of 2019, this concept was explored with the highly successful “hams in the community” exercise with EMBC.

Every week, WARA runs a community net on Wednesday evenings coinciding with emergency nets conducted by the CRD and its Local Municipalities and Local Authorities.

For more information on becoming involved with the WARA ECT, contact Chris VE7ALB by using the Contact Form