Mission Statement
The Mission of the Burnaby Amateur Radio Club (BARC) is to use our network of technical resources for recruiting, training and assisting Amateur Radio Operators as well as providing community service in the form of radio communication support.
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About The Club
The Burnaby Amateur Radio Club, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, provides an outlet for radio amateurs to gather and share their experiences in the hobby. Our meetings are open to the public. We invite all to attend and learn about the hobby of amateur radio.
Saturdays we meet in the basement of the Salvation Army Hall at 6125 Nelson Ave. in Burnaby Map Salvation Army Hall Coffee is available, bring your own mug, and we often have cookies and muffins.
On sunny (no rain!) warm days we ‘may’ meet in Cariboo Park on the corner of 10th Ave and Cariboo Rd in Burnaby. Map Cariboo Park . Any change to the meeting place will be mentioned on the Rainbow Country Net on the VE7RPT repeater at 9am.
We usually chat on technical issues, following up on the Thursday night net and whatever is on people’s mind. If you need help with programming a radio or have a question or just want to socialize feel free to drop by. We are usually there from about 10am to around noon.
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The Executive
Don Poaps (VA7QU) President
Don originally tried to get his license at the age of 15. Forty one years later he finally received it in 2008. Since then he’s been involved with the Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Service in BC, eventually becoming Radio Manager.
Dave Kennett (VE7BBV) Vice President
Dave has been a licensed Ham with his Advanced 12wpm since the early 90s. He was active in BARC throughout the 90s but had to leave do to work commitments in 2003. Since his retirement in 2018 he’s been busy catching up with the hobby and the club.
Cole Harvey (VA7APZ)
Treasurer
Cole has been a radio amateur and club member for two years and been involved in all forms of digital communications. He is currently working on his CW.
Shannon Carnegie-Preston (VA7SKX)
Secretary
Shannon has been a Canadian radio amateur and club member for a couple years. She was originally licensed in the U.S.A. She’s currently getting involved in HF.
Repeaters
The club’s repeater VE7RBY is located on Seymour mountain.
The VHF repeater is on 145.350 MHz with an offset of -600 kHz
The UHF repeater is on 442.850 MHz with an offset of +5 MHz
Both of our repeaters use a tone of 127.3 Hz.
Our repeaters are not currently linked together at this time.
The club also operates a DMR repeater (VA7DIZ) on 145.0225 Mhz. Currently slot one is set to BC1 and slot 2 is set to BC2.