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Skywide
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Radio
Club
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Skywide
Amateur
Radio
Club
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Serving Etobicoke/ Toronto and Vicinity Welcome to the Skywide Amateur Radio Club . The Club was originally established in 1952, but declining membership due to the passage of time had reduced the club to several members on a mailing list by 2021. As of August 2022, the club has been resurrected.
Club History
REPEATER INFO
VE3SKY (VHF)
Downlink: 146.985 MHz Uplink: 146.385 MHz
Offset: -0.6 MHz
Uplink Tone: 103.5 Hz
Downlink Tone: 103.5 Hz
Coverage: 70 km radius.
Repeater model: Yaesu DR-2X
Power level: 20 watts (input to final stage) feeding a quad, stacked folded dipole array. Provides excellent coverage of Metro Toronto.
Antenna : Sinclair SRL224 in the "offset" configuration. Peak gain is ~9dBd in the direction the dipoles are pointing (3.8dBd off the back). dBd refers to the antenna gain with respect to a reference dipole antenna.
Antenna co-ax: Times Microwave LMR400
Antenna Height: 160 feet AGL; 730 to 8 ft. above sea level
Lighting Arrestor: None
Club call sign sponsor: VE3HBG, Gord Dewdney
Analog Bandwidth: 25.0 kHz
Remote access for maintenance: Disabled due to hacking.
Phone patch: Not available.
Repeater location: Located near Eglinton and Dufferin.
Primary support: Repeater Committee. See Executive Link.
If a power outage at the repeater site is suspected, you can call Toronto Hydro at (416) 542-8000 and see if they are providing a status for any power outage in the Eglinton Ave and Dufferin Street area.
VE3SKI (UHF, 70cm)
Downlink: 443.100 MHz
Uplink: 448.100 MHz
Offset: +5.0 MHz
Uplink/downlink tones: None used on this repeater.
Repeater make and model: Home brew.
Antenna type: Unknown
Owned by: Paul Buchan
Repeater location: Near Dundas and Bloor, Etobicoke (Toronto) .
Support: Being maintained on a best effort basis by Paul Buchan VE3IFY. E-mail: piccybuchan(at)yahoo.caCOORDINATION
WNYSRC (Western NY and Southern Ontario Repeater Council) has been around since the 1970’s and is tasked with coordinating repeater pairs. The custodians of each repeater are supposed to stay in contact regularly with the council and support its work. If there is some requirement to raise repeater power, the custodian needs to contact the council in order to see who else is on the channel. As of March 2022, Rich Poczkalski, WB2DSS is our contact. He is the WNYSORC Frequency Coordinator. E-mail: wnysorc@verizon.net
GENERAL INFO
* VE3SKY and VE3SKI are callsigns registered to the club and are used for weekly nets and special events like Field Day . The club membership can be contacted by using the mail list.
* Should this web site ever become inoperative, a copy of it can be found on the Wayback Machine web page archive site.
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This web page is maintained by Jerry Proc, VE3FAB. E-mail : jerry.proc@sympatico.ca
