Towers, racks and the people behind them.

Every one of these sites was built by members: on weekends, in the snow, with a lot of coax and a lot of coffee.

Ballantrae Central Ontario Club events

The main lattice tower at the Ballantrae site seen from below, antennas against a winter sky

01 · Main tower site, Ballantrae

The site every link comes home to.

Repeaters, racks and cavity filters, plus the towers that carry the network from Newmarket to Haliburton and Bancroft.

Panoramic view of the Ballantrae repeater room with cavity filters and equipment racks — VA3BAL · Repeater room

Looking up the main lattice tower at Ballantrae — VA3BAL · Main tower

Equipment racks and cabling inside the Ballantrae repeater building — VA3BAL · Equipment racks

COARC repeater coverage across Central Ontario · Approximate · Drag to pan, +/- to zoom

02 · Outlying sites

Beyond Ballantrae.

From Eagle Lake near Haliburton (VA3HAL) to McCrae southeast of Bancroft (VE3ZFM): inside the equipment rooms and up the McCrae tower.

Radio racks, a desktop computer and network equipment in the Eagle Lake repeater room — VA3HAL · Repeater racks

Rows of silver cavity filters and coaxial cable in the Eagle Lake equipment room — VA3HAL · Cavity filters

FM broadcast transmitter racks and a Canoe 100.9 FM label in the Eagle Lake equipment room — VA3HAL · FM broadcast equipment

Cavity filters, Kenwood radios and power equipment in the McCrae repeater room — VE3ZFM · Repeater room

The McCrae lattice tower with dish antennas and the site building at its base — VE3ZFM · McCrae tower

Looking up the McCrae lattice tower and its dish antennas against blue sky and clouds — VE3ZFM · Looking up the tower

03 · Club moments

When someone goes above and beyond, the club notices.

An appreciation gift to Doug for his contributions to the Club from the Members, and the people and print that carry the club’s history.

04 · The membership

“All of our members contribute in some way or another. Each gifted in their own unique way, working together to make the hobby better for everyone involved.”
The COARC membership

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