Mercury Amateur Radio Association (BC) Net

Mercury Amateur Radio Association (BC) or MARA (BC) is a group of LDS amateur radio operators banded together by need to communicate during a disaster and the aftermath (cleanup).

We are from all parts of the province and are associated with Mercury NW which exists through Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Many of the Mercury BC members are also members of the Mercury NW nets and check in regularly  8:00 AM PST on HF - 3.937 MHz. A large part of the need for the existance of Mercury is to have ongoing training and also to have radio nets. Radio nets help teach us communications protocals to do with how to talk on the radio and also how to pass messages.

A search of the internet Will find links to:

Mercury NW at:   http://www.mercurynorthwest.org/index.php

Mercury NE:   http://ne.mara.net/

Mercury SE:    http://sky.prohosting.com/n4vsp/marase2004.htm

All of the above mentioned Mercury groups support a variety of nets on HF, VHF and UHF.

Greater Victoria area - southern Vancouver Island

Sunday night net on the WARA repeater network at 8:30PM

     Victoria (Main rptr)          VE7VIC:    146.840  -600KHz   CTCSS  100.0 Hz

     North Point Wa (rptr)     VE7USA    444.875  +5 MHz     CTCSS  107.2 Hz

     North Point Wa (rptr)      N7QDY     146.600   -600KHz  CTCSS  107.2 Hz

     Saltspring Isl (rptr)          VA7VIC     146.660   -600KHz  CTCSS  100.0 Hz

     Sidney (remote)              VE7XMT    146.660  -600 KHz  CTCSS  123.0 Hz

      Oak Bay (remote)           VE7XIC      146.840  -600KHz   CTCSS  107.2 Hz

      Sooke (remote)              VE7XSK     146.840  -600KHz   CTCSS  123.0 Hz

      Colwood/Triangle Mtn (remote) VE7RMT 146.840  -600KHz   CTCSS  131.8 Hz

Sunday night SIMPLEX nets

       Sidney/Saanich Penninsula net - 7PM   146.415 MHz

       Victoria and the Western Communities (Langford, Colwood, Sooke,View Royal)

       8:00 PM  146.550 MHz

The above is a sample of what is being done in the Greater Victoria area. If other Mercury groups wish to be listed in a similar fashion then please contact VA7DH (me) and I will see what can be done.