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).

Annual Labour Day Weekend Camp-out is Just Around the Corner !!

The Annual Northern Net ham camp-out is next weekend (Labour Day weekend) at Riverside Municipal Campground! All are welcome to come by. People can join us anytime starting Friday afternoon, but official activities begin Saturday night with a hotdog roast.  The main day to be there is Sunday.  Breakfast will be at 9am and is sponsored by the BVARS, a VHF net and swap meet will follow.  Eyeball
QSO's, swapping gear and playing radio all day until a potluck dinner at about 1700.  Hopefully some HF nets in the afternoon/evening! 

For more info contact Matt, ve7mhw, at ve7mhw@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!