Burlington Amateur Radio Club

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Burlington Amateur Radio Club Inc

BARC Repeaters

The Burlington Amateur Radio Club owns and maintains three repeaters. They are located at our site on the Niagara Escarpment, overlooking Burlington, The G.T.A., Hamilton and much of the Niagara Region.

All repeaters are open for use to all licensed amateur radio operator

The site is owned by the Province of Ontario but management duties are the responsibility of the Region of Halton. The BARC has a long term agreement with the Region for the use of the site. The Club is partnered with the Region of Halton, Emergency Planning Committee in conjunction with the BARC ARES group.

The site is also adjacent to the Bruce (hiking) Trail (Bruce Trail Association), along
Ontario's Niagara Escarpment - A World Biosphere Reserve (The Niagara Escarpment Commission).

The site is supplied with commercial hydro and has sufficient battery backup to operate for several days at the normal duty cycle.

BAND

FREQUENCY

CALL SIGN

OFFSET

CTCSS TONE

MODEL

VHF

147.210 MHz

VE3RSB

131.8 Hz

Kenwood

Note: the VHF repeater is linked with the Node 2680 on the IRLP system and Node 417869 on the ECHOLINK system. Both systems are open to all licensed Amateur Radio users. Normal IRLP and ECHOLINK access protocols are in effect.

See Node 2680 IRLP Operating Guidelines for more information.

See ECHOLINK Operating Guidelines for more information

UHF

444.825 MHz

VE3RSB

131.8 Hz

Kenwood

220

224.740 MHz

VE3RSB

131.8 Hz

Modified Commercial

Other Resident Stations

6 m

53.590 MHz

VE3BUO

131.8 Hz

Modified Commercial

The 6m repeater is owned by Club members, Brian Summers, VE3DUO and Dave Gale, VE3DSI. The receiver is located at a site on the west Hamilton mountain and linked to the BARC repeater site where the transmitter and controller are located.

Western New York - Southern Ontario Repeater Council
Providing frequency coordination of analog and digital Amateur Radio Services in all or portions of 10 western counties in the State of New York (USA) and in all or portions of 31 counties/regions in the Province of Ontario (Canada). Click Here for details
	Repeater List
Southern Ontario Repeater Team
S.O.R.T. is located in London, Ontario, Canada, and specializes in VHF & UHF amateur radio communications. They maintain 5 repeaters in southern Ontario, providing links between their repeater system, and others to the east via the Escarpment Repeater Association link system. Click Here for details

Escarpment Repeater Association
The E.R.A., connecting southern Ontario's amateur radio operators to the World! Click Here for details

	Repeater Director
	Herb Teather, VA3HRB

	Repeater Committee
	Norm Freidin, VE3CZI
	Lloyd MacPherson, VA3LYD


	Related Links

	WYNSORC Western New York Southern Ontario Repeater Council

	SORT Southern Ontario Repeater Team

	ERA Escarpment Repeater Association

	Amateur Radio Service

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Web Administrator: Chuck Wilson, VE3IUO
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