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COVID-19 Crisis

Due to social distancing in this current COVID-19 crisis, all meetings of the Society have been suspended until further notice. 

 

For NWT information on the crisis see

https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/coronavirus-disease-covid-19 .

 

YARS remains operational at this time. 

  • All YARS members are encouraged to maintain a radio watch on the repeater. 
  • VE8PAT is now restricted in terms of availability.  It is available should the emergency communications system be activated either territory-wide or locally in Yellowknife. 
  • Members are encouraged to get their equipment ready. 

While COVID may not be a major issue here, the disruption to supply lines to the North may be an issue especially if things deteriorate in the United States. 

YARS stands ready.

Emergency Plan

The Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society has produced a draft Emergency Plan.  This plan is not final and it is still open for revision.  Please send us any comments or suggestions that you may have.  

Repeaters in Service

There is a new repeater in service in Yellowknife.  It is a UHF repeater with receive at 444.000 MHz and transmit at 449.000 MHz.  It is being operated by the Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society.  Everyone is asked to use it.  It is one of the YAESU Fusion Repeaters and it is undergoing tests but it is in analog mode at the moment...stay tuned to AMS mode...   

Also, effective immediately, the VE8RAE repeater is now fully operational thanks to VE8MT, VE8WD, VE8CB and VE8IR.  You may hear it at 145.150 MHz with a -600 kHz offset and with 100 Hz PL tone.  We now have continuous VHF coverage from Tibbet Lake to 40 km outside of Rae (so the higway between Yellowknife and Rae has continuous coverage in addition to most of the Ingram Trail).  

 

A reminder that the VE8YK repeater is also in service in Yellowknife -146.940 MHz with a -600 kHz offset and with 100 Hz PL tone. This repeater is linked to VE8RAE and it is also linked to the IRLP node 1642. This repeater is the main repeater in town and usually there are stations monitoring it.

Membership Reminder

rs3If you have not already done so, please pay your membership dues ($40 per person).  There is a discount for family members. 

If you are a member of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), please let us know.  This is important as the Society gets a bit of a discount on RAC liability insurance for each member of the Society who is a member of RAC.  

Your membership dues are also a form of revenue for the Society to help pay off costs of events, insurance, food, fuel, repeaters etc. The dues also help to subsidize the rejuvenation of the local amateur radio service by subsidizing the Basic Amateur Qualification course.

The membership form is available for download. Please make your cheque out to:  Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society.

You can fill it out in PDF and send it in.  Alternatively you can just approach VE8WD at coffee or at any meeting or event and submit your dues.