49 degrees 06 minutes 19.29 seconds North --- 122 degrees 08 minutes 34.62 seconds West

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BEGINNINGS

In 1994 the Abbotsford Amateur Radio Club  moved their repeater (VE7RVA) to Sumas Mountain.  During the same year club members formed the Fraser Valley Amateur Radio Emergency Service Society (FVARESS) with volunteers who specialize in the maintenance and development of this unique radio repeater site.  The Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) has designated the repeater for inter-municipal and region wide communications during a major emergency.  This repeater is the only VHF/UHF repeater giving communications to the entire Lower Mainland.   

The repeater site source of  power is provided by solar and a diesel generator.  The equipment is run remotely via radio and a wireless Internet link.