VE4BDN HISTORY

Brandon Amateur Radio Club Inc.
VE4QD VE4BDN VE4TED VE4HS VE4CTY
71 Queens Crescent, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, R7B 1G1

TX 146.94 RX 146.34

1972 – Ten founders of the club repeater VE4BDN: Murray Ronald VE4RE, Dave Snydal VE4XN, Mike Mudry VE4OM, Doug Bowles VE4QZ, Leon Hauk VE4HA, Humphrey Davies VE4AO, Gordon Lidster VE4LN, Dunc Emerson VE4OD, Bill Graham VE4QG, Bob Pettitt VE4OP. All contributed $20.00 each.
1972 March 8 – Original duplexers FREE, cost the club $400.00 to have them tuned.
1972 April 7 – model 722 HY-Gain stacked J pole omni directional antenna.
1974 – Repeater moved to Men’s Residence, Brandon University.
1977 June 8 – VHF Engineering repeater kit purchased $665.00
1979 November 21 – Coupler and filters purchased for VE4BDN repeater location at CKX tower, Hayfield, MB, $1088.91. Sinclair radio by pass filter 146.94. Reject 148.25 multicoupler 148.525, 3.2 DB 143.524 3.2 DB, mounting bracket.
2006 January – VE4BDN Repeater History By Dave Snydal VE4XN
2020 October 14 – License Sponsor: Kevin Munson – VE4MR (Advanced Basic Morse Code)
2020 November 17 – Kevin Munson – VE4MR, installed a refurbished Kenwood TKR-750K1 repeater to replace the existing repeater.