Westcoast Amateur Radio Association – Page 43 – Website of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association, Victoria BC

Friends of WARA Tower Fund

15 May

During the violent wind storm on the night of December 13/14, 2006, WARA’s repeater tower on Mount McDonald was badly damaged. Because of the tower’s precarious nature, and because another wind-storm was immanent, the tower had to be cut down ... Read more »

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 »