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The purpose of the Society is to promote Amateur Radio technology, provide education in its operation and use and support local networks, emergency communications, community events and member activities. Our goal is to foster and promote amateur radio and encourage "radio activity" and be ready to provide communications in time of need. It requires a tone of For more details on other frequencies used after the opening session, see our " nets " page.

Please select one of the menu buttons on the left to find out more about us. We gladly accept charitable donations of estates from "silent-key" amateurs. Please see the "How to Reach Us" button on the left menu to get in touch with our Executive. If you notice that the Power Status is "On Battery", please refrain from using the repeaters unless you have emergency or priority traffic. This is one, of many, steps in upgrading our analog repeaters to some new technology. While the new repeater is currently still connected to the RLC-3 Controller, at some point in the new year it will get a new controller and also get upgraded to support receiver voting. The Glenayre W PA lets us boost the output of the new Motorola repeater up to W, putting about 65W up the coax, after the duplexer.

Our primary purpose is to support amateur radio by maintaining repeater sites at the northern end of the Island Trunk System. These in turn provide access to Tahsis, the Alberni Valley and much of the back country around and in between those communities. We also provide the back ties to the repeaters at Campbell River and on Mount Washington near Courtenay. Our main site on Newcastle Ridge shown above provides the primary link down island to Nanaimo which ties together the northern and southern parts of the ITS. The system is used for emergency, hobby and recreational radio communications at the north end of Vancouver Island.

Mid Island Radio Association. Skip to content. Repeaters What Is a Repeater? An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and re-transmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation.