• BCWARN

BCWARN is the British Columbia Wireless Amateur Radio Network. We are currently constructing a wireless data network to link amateur radio groups, EOC's and ESS organizations in communities around British Columbia. The network ultimately connects these groups by way of vhf/uhf packet radio and high speed microwave data links.

The BCWARN infrastructure is primarily being used for:

• Electronic Mail via WinLink (over 2.4ghz microwave & AX.25 packet radio)

• VoiceOverIP using Asterisk private branch exchange (PBX) open source telephony switching technology

• File sharing
• Remote printing and facsimile

• Video conferencing & instant messaging

• General commodity internet access (just like at home or work...)

BCWARN currently has affiliation with a number amateur radio organizations in the lower mainland including but not limited to:

• Coquitlam Amateur Radio Club - http://www.ve7scc.com

• Burnaby Amateur Radio Club - http://www.ve7bar.org

• New Westminster Amateur Radio Club - http://www.nwarc.org

• British Columbia Frequency Modulation Association (BCFMCA) - http://www.bcfmca.bc.ca

• Port Coquitlam EPCOM - http://epcom.goober.ca/

BCWARN Components

• Mailing lists at BCWARN

• Index of Wiki Pages

• What is BCWARN?

• Hardware used on the network

• Pricing of hardware used on the network

• Software used on the network

• Network Topology

• Network Security Implementations

Voice-over-IP Telephony

• What is Voice-over-IP (VOIP)?

• BCWARN Telephone Directory

• BCWARN Dialing Instructions

Recent Activities

• SFUtoSSI Our latest long path test from Mount Bruce on Salt Spring Island to Burnaby Mountain was a success.

• SFUtoSeymour From SFU (the root node) to the Wi-Lan repeater on Seymour Mtn and beyond. -- In this case V. Island