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CARA Repeaters

Unless otherwise noted all repeaters are currently operational

Voice Repeaters

Call Sign	Receive	Offset	CTCSS	Mode	Notes/Status/Location
VE6AQA	147.12	+600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Fortress Mountain, Kananaskis Country. Located on a promontory in the Fortress Ski Resort the repeater covers Highway 40 (about 60 km west of Calgary) from Highway 1 south about 60 km down to Highwood Pass. APRS is active.
VE6AUY	147.06	-600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Wildcat Hills, NW of Cochrane on Hwy. 1A. Good coverage on Highway 1 from Calgary west into Canmore. Note: Auto offset will give this frequency a "+".
VE6EHX	444.35	+5 MHz	110.9 ENC	FM/C4FM	Calgary downtown, Suncor Energy building. Excellent for downtown where intermodulation is a problem. C4FM Repeater in auto mode. Use CTCSS tone 110.9 for analog FM.
VE6HWY	147.33	+600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Currently Off Line. Protection Mountain. Covers Highways 1, 1A, and 93 in the Lake Louise area. Located at 9700 ft. on Protection Mountain, it is serviced by helicopter. Snow can cover the site in the winter. APRS active. Voice operation-key 4 secs.,release, key again to operate.
VE6IPG	147.285	+600 kHz	None	DStr	Calgary, Southland Plaza Icom DStar VHF repeater.
VE6IPG	444.9625	+5 MHz	None	FM	Calgary Southland Plaza. FM UHF repeater (TEMPORARY).
VE6IPG	1275.95	+12 MHz	None	DStr	Calgary Southland Plaza. 23cm DStar Voice & Data.
VE6IPG	1248.05	simplex	None	DStr-D	D-Star high speed data module. Currently not working. Used by Icom ID-1 radios.
VE6RCB	146.715	-600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Carbon, 75 km north-east of Calgary, 35 km west of Drumheller. This is a Fusion Dual mode repeater. APRS active.
VE6REC	147.18	+600 kHz	None	FM	Calgary, located at the Shaganappi Golf Course. Good coverage in the central, western and south-central areas of the city.
VE6RMT	147.36	+600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Harvie Heights, just west of Canmore, 80 km west of Calgary. Covers as far west as Banff. This is a Fusion Dual mode repeater.
VE6RNQ	146.64	-600 kHz	None	FM	Portable repeater. Deployed to support public service events.
VE6RPC	147.21	+600 kHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Ski Louise. Located at top of Grizzly Gondola.
VE6RYC	53.03	-1 MHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Calgary, Nose Hill Park in the north central area of the city.
VE6RYC	146.85	-600 kHz	110.9 ENC/DEC	FM	Calgary, Nose Hill Park. Excellent long range coverage as far west as the Banff Park gates, east to Strathmore, south to Nanton, north to Crossfield. The RF path to the NW is shadowed by Nose Hill. 110.9 Hz tone on both the input and output is required for access to this Fusion repeater. APRS iGATE active.
VE6RYC	224.85	-1.6 MHz	110.9 ENC	FM	Calgary, Nose Hill Park. Coverage similar to that of the 2 meter repeater.
VE6RYC	444	+5 MHz	None	DMR	Calgary, Nose Hill Park. This is a DMR repeater.

APRS (144.390 MHz) Digipeaters and Telemetry

Site	APRS Identifier	Comments
VE6RYC	CALGRY	Digipeater, Igate
Pigeon Mountain	PIGEON	Digipeater, Igate, Weather Station
VE6AQA	FORTRS	Digipeater, Weather Station
VE6RCB	VE6RCB	Digipeater
VE6HWY		Digipeater - Offline

CARANet backbone digital links

First Endpoint	Second Endpoint	Frequency/Band	Comments
CSCC	VE6RYC	5.8GHz unlicensed band	Internet connection at CSCC for APRS I-gate information, camera images (front page of this site), and network redundancy
VE6RYC	PIGEON	5.8GHz unlicensed band
PIGEON	VE6RMT	5.8GHz unlicensed band	Internet connection at VE6RMT serves as a redundant link
VE6RYC	VE6AUY	920MHz unlicensed band
VE6AUY	VE6AQA	906MHz unlicensed band

Last Updated in February, 2021

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