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YARS Repeater Frequencies.
The Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society runs two VHF 2 m repeaters in the Northwest Territories:
- VE8YK/R (146.940 MHz with -600 kHz offset with a 100 Hz sub-audible tone) based in Yellowknife (IRLP was verified as functional as of 2023-08-02 by VE8IR and M0XWS and VE8RT); and
- VE8RAE/R (145.150 MHz with -600 kHz offset) based in Behchokǫ̀ (formerly Rae).
There is also a Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society test repeater in operation on the 70 cm band:
- VE8YK/R-2 (440.000 MHz with +5 MHz offset) based in Yellowknife.
YARS Simplex Frequency
The Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society also has traditionally used a simplex frequency to fall back on should any repeaters fail - 146.520 MHz .
Members of the Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society and all amateur radio operators in the area are asked to monitor the VE8YK and VE8RAE repeaters when they can for emergency traffic that needs to be relayed.
Other Amateur Repeaters in Yellowknife
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National HF Emergency Communications Frequencies for the Amateur Radio Service
| Single Sideband | CW | Digital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | Frequency | Tactical | Frequency | Tactical | Frequency | Tactical |
| 80 m | 3.675 MHz LSB | Alfa | 3.535 MHz | Golf | 3.596 MHz | Mike |
| 40 m | 7.135 MHz LSB | Bravo | 7.035 MHz | Hotel | 7.096 MHz | November |
| 20 m | 14.135 MHz USB | Charlie | 14.035 MHz | India | 14.096 MHz | Oscar |
| 17 m | 18.135 MHz USB | Delta | 18.075 MHz | Juliet | 18.096 MHz | Papa |
| 15 m | 21.235 MHz USB | Echo | 21.035 MHz | Kilo | 21.096 MHz | Quebec |
| 10 m | 28.235 MHz USB | Foxtrot | 28.035 MHz | Lima | 28.096 MHz | Romeo |
https://www.rac.ca/national-hf-emergency-communications-frequencies/
For more information see:
- NWT Wildfire Alert page
- Repeaters
- 2017 Images (Images of 2017 Refurbishment of the VE8RAE repeater)
- https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/location_search.php?state_id=CA13&type=city&loc=Yellowknife
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