Thank you to all our supporters! Especially: the Province of British Columbia (Community Gaming Grants); CN Railroaders (grants); Houston-Smithers and Skeena Rebroadcast Societies (access to repeater sites); Town of Smithers and Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue (EOC station facilities and internet access); VE7EPT (hosting IRLP/EchoLink nodes).
2019 Field Day! June 22-23
The BVARS will be participating in the North America wide Field Day exercise/contest June 22-23 at the group campsite at Tyhee Lake Provincial Park. The goal of Field Day is to practice setting up an emergency field station and running it for 24 hours contacting as many other Field Day stations as we can on as many modes and bands as we can, do some PR with the public and emergency officials, and most importantly just have some fun radio time and get together with fellow hams! Note that all interested folks are welcome! Those without a licence can still participate and get on the air.
Info on Field Day event and the contest rules are at http://www.arrl.org/field-day
Official setup will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday June 22nd with antenna raising etc. We will then run for 24 consecutive hours (may take a few hours off in wee hours of the morning....) starting anytime between the 11:00 and 13:00. Sunday afternoon will be tear down, relaxing, etc.
The event will also be run as an EMBC Emergency Communications exercise.
Contact: ve7rbh@rac.ca
Serving the Public and the Hobby of Amateur Radio
Welcome to the home page of the Bulkley Valley Amateur Radio Society. We are a group of people that share the hobby of amateur radio (also called "ham radio") and provide emergency communications in times of need. On this website, you can find information regarding our Facebook page, Twitter feed, repeater information, and more!
Listen Live to local amateur frequencies:
146.88 MHz and 146.72 MHz (repeaters), 146.52 MHz (simplex), and 147.33 MHz (IRLP)
Audio is squelched (muted) when no signals present.
We offer:
Yearly membership purchases on-line
Licensing courses and self-study support
Northern BC Repeater Information
Feel free to email us if you have any questions regarding this website.
Current events and member postings can be found on our Facebook page and Blog on this web site.
VE7RBH operates an HF WinLink RMS radio email Gateway. Click here to learn more....
BC Nets:
BC Public Service Net 3.729 MHz 18:30 PDT daily
Northern Net 3.775 20:00 PDT Wednesday and Sunday
EMBC Net 3.735/7.060 MHz Wednesday
Northern VHF net on repeater system 09:30 local
Want to make Donation?
We are a non-profit society under the BC Societies Act, but not a CRA registered charity and cannot issue tax receipts.
If you wish to donate in support of our public service efforts, please purchase one or more ´memberships´ and make an appropriate note upon checkout. Thanks!