Maybe they're supporting the Emergency Program. Other emerg pgms have done something similar with the local radio clubs in the event their primary comms fail. Greg Statistics: Posted by VA7TD — Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:03 am ..read more

Langford Ham radio ? is setting up a new simplex fx business band at # 1 FireHall in Langford not sure why Statistics: Posted by BCSCAN — Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:41 pm ..read more

ok edit I found what IC has allocated for simplex use in 700 band 6.25 spacing or 12.5 kz spacing all 775.000 to 776.00 simplex does that mean its whats in ecomm radio ?? its a starting point it does correspond with what we know 770 -773 at least are repeater out Statistics: Posted by BCSCAN — Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:03 pm ..read more

its good to see new blood in the hobby sure has changed since many of us started with our odessy of radio its very rewarding hobby Statistics: Posted by BCSCAN — Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:11 pm ..read more

yes for the simplx no confirmned , the unfortunate reality is there are like 5 people I can count on my fingers that are rabid freq seekers including myself , but I avoided that area last summer like the plague in the previous Harris/Aegis Ge Comm radios the FD's had 800 mhz simplex in them I found a bunch of the FD's Vanc,Richmond Delta, New West etc id imagine that the ENC radios do but they will all be ENC simplex (fuk you Ecomm) i have found CBSA on 700 simplex but its ENC IC has set aside a plan for repeaters and simplex use , unfortunately the licenses have never seen the light of day so ..read more

I've been wanting to get into ham radio for awhile and now I've got my dad and a few friends interested as well. We are all studying for our test now. I picked up a couple cheap Radios so we can listen to our local repeaters and catch a couple nets. Local traffic and the like. Found a local club that does coffee every Sunday so we plan to drop in there and meet some of the voices from the radio! And now I'm noticing some antennas on houses near mine which is pretty awesome! Statistics: Posted by hammyoutwest — Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:30 pm ..read more

Nice, and good luck with the test! Greg Statistics: Posted by VA7TD — Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:06 pm ..read more

Hello everyone! I am just getting started in my journey of ham radio. Reading the documentation now. Hoping to do my test in the next couple of weeks. I wanted to share a little app/webpage I built to help practice for the exam. I made it for myself but I figured why not share it. Pulls questions and callsigns directly from the government of canada's web page. The webpage is: https://canham.ca If this type of post is not allowed please let me know and I'll happily remove. hammyoutwest Statistics: Posted by hammyoutwest — Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:08 am ..read more

I vaguely remember seeing ECOMM's APX6000XE (7/800mhz) portables with stubby 700/800 antenna being used during West Kelowna wildfire last year by couple of lower mainland fire departments that were sent up (Coquitlam Fire, etc). Can't seem to find any photos of it now, but they had it on their chest packs. Do ECOMM radios have simplex/conventional repeater channels for cases like these? West Kelowna is obviously out of ECOMM's NGRP range. Are there any identified frequencies as of right now? Statistics: Posted by XVCham — Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:18 pm ..read more

i looked into I thought i saw something that said digital raster acceptable (certain channels) on IC website Statistics: Posted by BCSCAN — Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:12 pm ..read more