Ralph Dow VE7DMZ Silent Key

Club President Ted Howard had the privilege of presenting a club Life Time Achievement Award to long time member Ralph, with this wife Barb and son Bruce in attendance.

Ralph Dow was a life member & major contributor to Penticton’s Amateur Radio history. Ralph VE7DMZ’s name shows up in the minutes of three Penticton radio clubs of the past and is a life member of our Penticton Amateur radio club. During the 1950’s the clubs name was Penticton Civil Defence Radio Club. Followed by the South Okanagan Amateur Radio Society then registered as the Penticton Amateur Radio Club.

During the 1990’s “Seniors” of our club decided to register their own club called Penticton Seniors Amateur Radio Club. They applied for and received a Seniors Grant to establish a Seniors station at the Seniors residence located at the corner of Wade and Winnipeg. Our current Winnipeg site. Ralph was an important member of the establishment of that club and station while being a member of our club at the same time. Around 2015 The “Seniors” ran out of steam and asked the Penticton Amateur Radio Club to take over the assets of their club which was then deregistered with the Provincial Government.

Ralph, now well into his 90’s, has recently taken residence in the Westview Extended Care Facility in Penticton. Our club has presented him with a “Life Time Achievement Award” certificate for his wall. If conditions allowed it, it would be no surprise that Ralph would be involved with a new local club located at Westview.

Formal Sunday Net

The club holds a net every Sunday morning, 9:00 am on the Apex Mountain 146.92-MHz repeater with a minus 600 kHz offset and 123 Hz tone repeater. UHF Link 440.600 MHz with a 123 Hz tone. Visitor check-ins are always welcome!

Informal Chat and Nets

We have two informal nets. One on Tuesday and another on Thursday. Tuesdays on our IRLP repeater at 7:00PM. The Penticton IRLP frequency is 147.120 MHz with a plus 600 kHz offset and 123 Hz tone, use node 9002. The Thursday net will be held at 7:00PM on WIRES-X room 40678. There’s also an in-person meeting on Sunday at 10:00AM at Wendy’s in Penticton.

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Club Jackets

You too can have a Penticton Amateur Radio Club Jacket. Complete with embroidered club emblem and your own call sign. A warm all season tough jacket good for all occasions. Just place your order with Sherwood Trophies
(250-492 4949), specify Jacket Canada Sportswear # L00907.