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Our History in Kelowna Radio amateurs have had a presence in the Kelowna area since the late twenties and a radio amateur club with half a dozen members existed in 1935.
Amateur radio stations were silent during the second
world war. To the left, is the letter
all amateur radio operators received in 1939.
In the post war period, interest in the hobby
grew by leaps and bounds as affordable surplus
military equipment became available.
In September 1978, the 146.82 autopatch repeater was installed in Kelowna making us the first club in the southern interior of BC, to have a patch. The frequency was changed to 146.62 in 1987. In 1991 we installed the first UHF repeater in the Okanagan. Today, the Central Okanagan Region is home to several hundred amateur radio operators of whom over one hundred are members of the O.C.A.R.C. Many of our members are also registered as volunteers with the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP). Our radio amateurs provide communication facilities for municipal, regional and national sporting events and are ready to respond to any emergency. The most recent emergency event was club involvement in the Okanagan Mountain Fire during the summer of 2003. We provided communications support for Emergency Social Services during this crisis.
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