BCWARN Update - North Shore Amateur Radio Club

Network Background
Recent Progress
Future Plans
Ian Procyk, VE7HHS
For NSARC – Feb 17th 2011
Kelowna Firestorm 2003
BCWARN - the BC Wireless Amateur Radio Network
Grew out of discussions amongst the Coquitlam, Burnaby and
New Westminster Amateur Radio Clubs…
How to provide a resilient and dependable, non-profit and amateur radio
driven communications capability in the event of a major disaster?
BCWARN initially conceived as high speed IP backbone to provide EOC’s
and fix/portable users with telnet access to Winlink
As more sites came online service grew to include all the typical things one
does with a LAN:
File sharing, VOIP, video, APRS i-gates, D-STAR, and of course internet access…
Future Uses: Radio-over-IP (maybe used first in Island Trunk System)
VOIP????
The first BCWARN test link was 75km. Proving out the path to Victoria (PEP)
Temporary equipment setup on Salt Spring Island
It worked!
Sumas Mtn 2007
Vancouver General Hospital
(in prep for freshet flooding)
(in support of high speed access
for Sun Run command)
BCWARN is a collection of non-profit amateur radio groups that are working together to build and
operate communications links which can help enhance public safety when used at the municipal
and regional level by our served agencies . Shown above, the TELUS Telephone Pioneers
Amateur Radio club is one of our most valuable team members, with access to
hardened mountaintop sites that help span the distance between communities.
Salt Spring Island (Bruce Peak)
Smith Hill (Victoria)
Dog Mountain (Hope)
Ryder Lake (Chilliwack)
Some of the team:
Matt, VE7DUI -- Bob, VE7WNK -- Ian, VE7HHS – Jeremy, VA7NSA – Kevin, VE7ZZT – Geoff, VE7KA
Mike, VE7KED -- Lee, VE7FET, Don, VA7LNX
The following groups now have BCWARN access
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UBC ARC – Network Hub
Burnaby ARC (SFU) – Network
Hub
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Port Coquitlam ARC
Nanaimo Amateur Radio Assn.
Burnaby RCMP (command trailer)
New West ARC
New West EOC
Coquitlam ARC (trailer)
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BCIT
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VECTOR
•TPARC (TELUS) Microwave sites
Victoria
Salt Spring Island
Bowen Island
“Boot” / Burnaby
Maple Ridge
Chilliwack
Hope
•BCFMCA
(Seymour Site)
The following groups have expressed interest, are currently
investigating requirements or waiting for grant funding for equipment:
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KP2X Mt Sumas Washington repeater site–, interested in a Wi-Fi node
for Whatcom County and a link to SFU/Seymour Wi-Fi repeater site
for redundancy, investigating.
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Blaine, WA Police Department – interested in 1.2g D-star data and a
potential BCWARN node, investigating.
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Fraser Valley ARC - Sumas Mtn repeater site.
NSARC – interested, investigating
Delta Club - interested, investigating
Squamish ARC & SAR
VCH and Fraser Health
CVARS
Various Clubs in the BC Interior
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•Backup WAN connectivity to BCWARN
•Ku-band Satellite access with IP-Access International as provider
•Idirect modem capable of up to 30Mbps
Short Term
•Increase coverage of the Lower Mainland BCWARN network
•Increase the core technical team size
•Bring Nanaimo Amateur Radio Assn onto the network
•Bring SEPAR (Surrey) onto the network
•Testing integration of Satellite Trailer into BCWARN as last resort
internet backbone
Medium Term
•Encourage clubs to implement additional nodes in the Upper
Fraser Valley, Whatcom County and Southern Vancouver Island.
•Complete path to Squamish/Whistler
•Research and integrate additional technologies
Long Term
•Link to interior & interior ring