There's a lot going on with VE7SCK at the moment and we'll use this post to keep you up-to-date. First of all, recall that:

• Last year, we installed the VE7SCK at the Fire Hall in Roberts Creek. Because the antenna is so low, the coverage is very minimal, but we simply wanted to get a foot in the door for when the new tower is installed.
• A few weeks later, we changed to tone to match VE7RXZ and updated the coordination information.
• Here are some pictures of the current install.

Update from Nov 21:

• Recently, the new TELUS tower was approved, and
• We started working with the engineer to submit a proposal to TELUS to have our antenna moved to the up-coming tower.
• Today, our club approved the purchase of a Comprod 4-bay colinear folded dipole antenna (contingent on TELUS approval), and the immediate purchase of equipment to link VE7SCK to VE7RXZ.
• Members can look at the full details in the minutes.

Update from Nov 27:

• Good news! TELUS has approved the antennas on the tower. The plan changed a little bit (for the better) and it's to have the UHF repeater antenna at 35m (115ft) and VHF yagi at 25m (82ft).
• No news yet on when this will all happen.
• In the meantime, Robert and Patrick will start working on linking VE7SCK to VE7RXZ (which we can do with the existing setup).

Update from Jan 3:

• I haven't heard any official news but it looks like they're starting to clear up the area around the existing tower.

Update from Jan 31:

• Looks like they've poured the concrete foundation for the new tower.

Update from Feb 09:

• Looks like the Telus radio room is on the foundation.

Update from Mar 05:

• Tower is up!

Update from Mar 25:

• Looks like they started installing Firehall antennas. There's two VHF antennas and one 800MHz Yagi.
• Ours are not up yet.

Update from April 18:

• Our antennas are up and the coax is run to the radio room, but not terminated. Don from Island Communications will come over in a month or so to do the connection. We can't do it ourselves because it's LMR600.