Sun Coast Amateur <br>Radio Club Society - club_infohttps://scarcs.ca/2026-05-21T01:19:39+00:00FeedCreator 1.8home2026-01-19T16:31:10+00:002026-01-19T16:31:10+00:002026-01-19T16:31:10+00:00https://scarcs.ca/club_info/homeAnonymous
<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="repeaters_and_nodes">Repeaters and Nodes</h1>
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The Club operates a <abbr title="Very High Frequency">VHF</abbr> repeater located in Nanaimo and a <abbr title="Ultra High Frequency">UHF</abbr> repeater in Roberts Creek.
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<h2 class="sectionedit2" id="ve7rxz">VE7RXZ</h2>
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<th class="col0 leftalign">Frequency </th><td class="col1">147.220 <abbr title="Megahertz">MHz</abbr> +0.600 <abbr title="Megahertz">MHz</abbr> </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign">Tone </th><td class="col1">T100.0 <abbr title="Hertz">Hz</abbr> </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign">Location </th><td class="col1">Cottle Hill in Nanaimo (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/49.2215/-124.0035&layers=C" class="urlextern" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/49.2215/-124.0035&layers=C" rel="ugc nofollow">49.2215 N, 124.0035 W</a>) </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign" rowspan="2">Antennas </th><td class="col1">Rx is a 210C4 at the top </td>
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<td class="col0">Tx is a 4-element Yagi down lower pointing North-North-East towards the Sunshine Coast </td>
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<th class="col0"><a href="http://echolink.org/" class="urlextern" title="http://echolink.org/" rel="ugc nofollow">Echolink</a> </th><td class="col1"><a href="http://echolink.org/links.jsp?d=2&gs=CN89ek&sel=gridsq" class="urlextern" title="http://echolink.org/links.jsp?d=2&gs=CN89ek&sel=gridsq" rel="ugc nofollow">VE7RXZ-R</a> is hosted at VA7FI's home in Roberts Creek. <a href="https://scarcs.ca/links/echolink" class="wikilink1" title="links:echolink" data-wiki-id="links:echolink">See here</a> for more details. </td>
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<th class="col0"><a href="http://irlp.net" class="urlextern" title="http://irlp.net" rel="ugc nofollow"> IRLP</a> </th><td class="col1"><a href="http://status.irlp.net/index.php?PSTART=11&nodeid=1722" class="urlextern" title="http://status.irlp.net/index.php?PSTART=11&nodeid=1722" rel="ugc nofollow">#1722</a> is hosted at VE7TBP's home in Gibsons.</td>
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<th class="col0">Range<sup><a href="#fn__1" id="fnt__1" class="fn_top">1)</a></sup> </th><td class="col1">Good signal from top of the hill in Langdale to top of the hill in Pender. </td>
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<h2 class="sectionedit4" id="ve7sck">VE7SCK</h2>
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<th class="col0 leftalign"> Frequency </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> 442.650 <abbr title="Megahertz">MHz</abbr> +5.000 <abbr title="Megahertz">MHz</abbr> </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign"> Tone </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> T100.0 <abbr title="Hertz">Hz</abbr> </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign"> Location </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> Roberts Creek Fire Hall (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/49.42963/-123.64952&layers=C" class="urlextern" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/49.42963/-123.64952&layers=C" rel="ugc nofollow">49.4296 N, 123.6495 W</a>) </td>
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<th class="col0 leftalign"> Range </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> Good signal from Oceanview Dr. to Wharf avenue in Sechelt. A bit scratchy in Davis bay by the water. </td>
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<h1 class="sectionedit6" id="saturday_morning_coffee">Saturday Morning Coffee</h1>
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The club meets for coffee every Saturday morning at 9:30. The location varies from week to week and are listed on the calendar on our <a href="https://scarcs.ca/home#calendar" class="wikilink1" title="home" data-wiki-id="home">home</a> page. All are welcome.
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Once a month, we replace our coffee meeting with a formal monthly meeting over <a href="https://meet.jit.si/SCARCS" class="urlextern" title="https://meet.jit.si/SCARCS" rel="ugc nofollow">Jisti</a>.
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<h1 class="sectionedit7" id="executive">Executive</h1>
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Questions about our club can be directed to our executive: <a href="mailto:scarcs-execs@framalistes.org" class="mail" title="scarcs-execs@framalistes.org">scarcs-execs@framalistes.org</a>
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<th class="col0 leftalign"> Position </th><th class="col1 leftalign"> Term </th><th class="col2 leftalign"> Name </th><th class="col3 leftalign"> Callsign </th>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> President </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2024-26 </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> Patrick Truchon </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> VA7FI </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Past President </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2024-26 </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> Robert Beaupre </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> VE7RBE </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Vice-President </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2025-27 </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> Darryl Hodgins </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> VE7ZDH </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Secretary </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2024-26 </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> Gord Milne </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> VE7JGZ </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Treasurer </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2025-27 </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> Steve Smith </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> VA7SMI </td>
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<h1 class="sectionedit9" id="become_a_member">Become a Member</h1>
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By becoming a member, you help maintain our repeater system and give the club a stronger voice in regional and provincial amateur radio affairs. Members also get <code>write</code> access to this website and <code>read/write</code> access to the <a href="https://scarcs.ca/memberscorner/home" class="wikilink1" title="memberscorner:home" data-wiki-id="memberscorner:home">Members</a> area. Here's a quick <a href="https://scarcs.ca/links/newmembers" class="wikilink1" title="links:newmembers" data-wiki-id="links:newmembers">how-to page for new members</a>.
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The membership fee is $25.00 for individuals (or $35.00 for a family membership) and is due by April 1st.<sup><a href="#fn__2" id="fnt__2" class="fn_top">2)</a></sup> But new members can join at any time.
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Cheques are payable to <em><span class="wrap_hi ">Sun Coast Amateur Radio Club Society</span></em> and should be sent to Steve, VA7SMI. Steve also accepts etransfers via va7smi@pm.me. Contact him by phone (604-724-6364) as required.
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<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__1" id="fn__1" class="fn_bot">1)</a></sup>
<div class="content">Repeater range is given using a 20 W radio with mobile antenna</div></div>
<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__2" id="fn__2" class="fn_bot">2)</a></sup>
<div class="content">As per section 1.04 of the Bylaws: “Members whose fees are delinquent after April will be reminded in May of this fact. Any members that have still not paid their dues after the monthly meeting in June will cease to be in good standing and their membership will be terminated without any further notice.”</div></div>
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