The three pictures above.l. to r. The collinear antenna is at the top of the 180’ tower. The view to the north east from the tower base. Horizon is about 40 miles away. Repeater is situated in a farm yard on a high rise of land.
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Large photo shows a typical amateur radio station, with integrated computer equipment, VHF, UHF, and HF radios. Not all hams choose to use computers in their stations, rather preferring the traditional communication modes of voice and Morse Code.
The other two photos show some of our members operating HF (high frequency) stations during a contest. One ham operates the radio, the other records the contact for contest purposes.
A rich variety of communications modes are available to “hams” to use: Morse Code, voice (both AM, FM and Single Sideband), slow scan TV, digital (computer-based) modes such as packet, PSK31, and a host of others. We can communicate through “ham” owned and operated orbiting satellites, we can bounce our signals off the moon to be received by “hams” far away.
People of both sexes, all ages and occupations are part of this world wide fraternity.
The Wolseley Repeater Group
What We Do
Our Club was formed in the late 1970’s to provide an official license-holding body to operate our VHF repeater which at the time was located south of Grenfell, Saskatchewan, 25 km east of the present repeater site.
Amateur radio is a very social activity and many friendships develop world-wide through our conversations. Nothing, however, can replace face-to-face sociability and our members capitalized on our ability to easily assemble on a regular basis to talk of our common interest, share knowledge, and when needed, give physical assistance to a member needing that “third hand.”
As the years passed, a pattern of meeting developed whereby we meet monthly for a combination breakfast and business meeting, with the meeting site varying throughout the membership area.
Another enjoyable part of our Club activity is getting together each June to participate in the North America-wide emergency preparedness exercise, ARRL Field Day. At this time the club meets in a remote area to participate in the contest, away from commercial power sources. antennas are erected and all radio equipment is operated from battery power. The contest period is a day and a half with the object of contacting as many other participating stations in North america as we can. The exercises sharpens operating techniques and works to instill a sense of confidence in our ability to handle emergency communication should the need arise. Our club has consistently placed high in the contest.
The Wolseley Repeater Group Amateur Radio Club is a group of Amateur (Ham) Radio Operators (and their spouses) who own and operate a VHF radio repeater on a height of land South and West of Wolseley, Saskatchewan, Canada. Due to the site’s elevation, this repeater provides reliable radio relay communications over a wide area. The repeater operates on a radio frequency of 146.070 Mhz (input), and 146.670 Mhz. (output).
