WALMART in Prince George has gifted PGARC again with a $1000 donation. Thank you WALMART for supporting our organization. 30-06-2026
A successful field day held as described below. Ed Hubbell, VE7ESH donated a VHF/UHF hand held transceiver to be given to one of the attending amateur radio operators. Attendees were given one ticket each for the draw. A lady from Huble Homestead pulled the name of the winner out of the box. Congratulations to Lois Frizzie, VE7LEF.
ARRL Field Day – 26/27 June 2026 – Prince George Amateur Radio Club will be joining in on this Nort American wide event from Huble Homestead 40 km north of Prince George. Participants who will be camping (RV, trailers, tents) on site should arrive Friday evening after 5:00 p.m when the park is closed to the public. Day visitors should leave their vehicles in the parking area before the gate. Handicap visitors may drive in. POT LUCK dinner is on Saturday evening 6:00 pm,
PGARC monthly meeting 7:30 June 17, 2026.
PGARC Board meeting in person and EMCR offices or by Zoom at 7:30 p.m June 13, 2026.
PGARC FUSION BEACON ON 442.200/447.200 WAS ACTIVATED. A 9 DB UHF YAGI ANTENNA INSTALLED ON VE7AV’S TOWER AT 75 WITH THE YAGI POINTING TOWARDS PG. SIX MEMBERS PARTICIPATED – JUNE 6, 2026.
SIX METER BEACON WAS RESTORED TO TABOR MTN. EQUIPMENT TESTED OK. ADDED TO POWER SUPPLY CAPACITOR ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED, STRONG SIGNALS ARE REPORTED AGAIN, SUSPECT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE ANTENNA CONNECTOR WAS NOT CONNECTED SNUG ENOUGH AFTER MAINTENANCE – JUNE 4, 2026.
FRASER MTN WORK PARTY HAD 8 MEMBERS PARTICIPATE – MOST OF THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS COMPLETED MAY 30, 2026.PGARC EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAILER SETUP TRAINING – APRIL 18, 2026
SIX METER BEACON REMOVED FROM TABOR MTN TO DETERMINE REASON FOR VERY WEAK SIGNAL. ANTENNA TESTED GOOD – APRIL 14, 2026
ADVANCED QUALIFICATION STUDY SESSION #6 – APRIL 12, 2026
ADVANCED QUALIFICATION STUDY SESSION #5 – APRIL 5, 2026
PGARC BOARD MEETING – ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2026/2027 (NOW POSTED) – March 30, 2026
ADVANCED QUALIFICATION STUDY SESSION #4 – March 29, 2026
ADVANCED QUALIFICATION STUDY SESSION #3 – March 22, 2026
PGARC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – MARCH 18, 2026 – 7:30 PM – EMCR & ZOOM
ADVANCED QUALIFICATION STUDY SESSION #2 – MARCH 15, 2026
SUNDAY – MARCH 8, 2026 – 1 TO 3PM – PGARC OFFICE (OLD VEAVERLY FIRE HALL)
It is expected there will be 4 more sessions on the following Sundays. Your welcome to join in.
PGSAR – TRAINING FOR EMCR REGISTERED COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS
SATURDAY – MARCH 7, 2026 – 1 TO 3 PM – PGARC OFFICE (OLD BEAVERLY FIRE HALL)
PGSAR’s Dave Branco demonstrated how their mapping software is used in searches. This was followed by login’s to a demonstration search profile. He also introduced how PGSAR uses the software “SAR Command Assist” that the communications volunteers will be using to log all radio communications. Dave also explained their requirements to have paper logs in addition to the computer generated log.
PGARC – SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE AND SOME GIVEAWAYS
-SUNDAY FEB 15 2026 – 1PM TO 4PM
PLACE – OLD BEAVERLEY FIRE HALL (PGARC OFFICE)
This event was attended by about 30 amateurs. Some came from distant places and it was great to meet them. The donation box for the club collected $315 from those who attended. (Another $300+ sold in March).
2026-FEB-4 – FOUR CLUB MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN ERTEX 2025 AT THE EMCR OFFICE IN PRINCE GEORGE. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE IN BC. A SIMULATED EMERGENCY WAS BEING HANDLED BY EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS (EOC’s IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROVINCIAL REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS (PREOC’s). WE PARTICIPATED IN TESTING OF COMMUNICATIONS USING WINLINK EXPRESS BY SENDING EMAILS USING HF RADIO EQUIPMENT.
2026-JAN-10 – EQUIPMENT RACKS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE EMCR RADIO SHACK TO HOUSE THE FORMER CARNEY REPEATERS. MORE WORK PARTIES TO ARRANGED.
2025-DEC-6 – PGARC MEMBERS REMOVED THE OUTDOOR ANTENNA INSTALLATION AT THE HOME OF A DECEASED MEMBER
2025-NOV-20 – THE CLUB XMAS SOCIAL EVENT WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF VE7CKZ, TODD & DEBBIE.
2025-NOV-29 – PGARC EQUIPMENT REMOVAL FROM CARNEY HILL. STILL SOME SMALLER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED. REINSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT AT ANOTHER LOCATION TBD.
2025-NOV 28 – PGSAR HALL 1830-2000 – RESTRICTED RADIO TELEPHONE CERTIFICATION -AERONAUTICAL COURSE – Email matt.mclean (at) pgsar.ca to register.
2025-NOV-20 – 5:00 PM – PGARC XMAS DINNER HOSTED AT HOME OF VE7CKZ, TODD & DEBBIE. . $15.00. REGISTER ATTENDANCE WITH VE7CKZ OR VE7AV FOR PAYMENT INFORMATION.
2025-NOV-15 – PGARC HAMCOURSE FOR THE BASIC QUALIFICATION (NOV 15/16 22/23 – REGISTER WITH VE7AV frankvdz@telus.net
2025-NOV-10 – READ BC-HYDRO POWER METER DUE FOR APPLEAL OF A BILLING – MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS MADE.
2025-NOV-9- TABOR MTN TO INVESTIGATE FEED LINE PERFORMANCE OF THE NORTH LINK & MINOR ELECTRICAL WORK
2025-NOV-2 – PGARC WORK PARTY FOR TABOR MTN. MAJOR TECHNICAL UPDATES – DUPLEXERS WERE REPLACED WITH MULTICOUPLERS & BAND PASS FILTER INSTALLED FOR THE NORTH LINK
2025-OCT-29 -= PILOT MTN – MINOR WORK AND ADJUSTMENTS
2025-OCT-25 – PGSAR EXERCISE WILLOW RIVER/HWY 16 AREA. EMCR REGISTER HAMS PARTICIPATED
2025-OCT-21 – PILOT MTN – VHF/UHF MULTI COUPLER & 2 BANDPASS FILTERS INSTALLED & OTHER WORK COMPLETED
2025-OCT-1 – FRASER MTN WORK PARTY – TOWER FENCING AND OTHER WORK COMPLETED
2025-SEP-27 – MCBRIDE-VALEMOUNT-LOOSE WORK PARTY – MULTICOUPLER & FILTERS INSTALLED AT THE LUCILE MTN SITE
2025-SEP-24- VERDUN WORK PARTY – REQUIRES ANOTHER SITE VISIT. WORKS AS A REMOTE BASE STN.
2025-AUG-27- PILOT MTN – UHF ANTENNA WORK