GCVFJ5 Ont. Amateur Radio Repeater Tour #23 - Kincardine (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by VA3GDP

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GCVFJ5 ▼

A cache by VA3GDP Message this owner

Hidden : 4/16/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is part of a series of geocaches that will introduce you to some of the Amateur Radio Repeaters around Ontario.

The active caches in this series (more to follow)

If you are an amateur radio operator, each cache contains the callsign and frequency of a repeater that can be heard from the cache area, so you can chat with some of the local hams on your way back to the car, or on your way to the next cache.

There is a code word and repeater call sign on the first page of the log book. Save this information if you want to go for the final later.

Park at N44° 10.543 / W081° 37.245
When you get out of the car, you will be standing just a few metres from the repeater site. It's up there -- on the water tower right beside you. This repeater even has IRLP, that is - the Internet Radio Linking Project. An Amateur Radio operator that is communicating with this particular repeater can request (using codes from his radio) that the repeater link to another radio repeater somewhere else in the world using the Internet. The radio can be linked to places such as Port Elgin (which also has an IRLP node) or say, Vancouver. This enables a local mobile operator on low power to communicate with other operators around the world without needing a "High Frequency" radio, although that's fun too.

To find the cache, you can use the trailhead by the repeater itself (shorter - but add a terrain star) or walk down Durham to the other trailhead (longer, but easier terrain)

The cache is located in this nice mosquito forest (cedar), and should not take too long to find. It is near a few trails, and you should not need to do anything silly like climbing or swimming to find the cache. Be aware of muggles that may be around in the area and cover the cache properly when you find it. Don't forget the code if you intend to visit the final for this series.

Please visit http://www.rac.ca for more information on Amateur Radio.
Please visit www.brucearc.on.ca for more information about the Bruce Amateur Radio Club.
Please visit www.irlp.net for information about the Internet Radio Linking Project

Other Caches in this series:

#1 - Halton (this cache)
#2 - Milton
#3 - Oakville
#4 - Brampton
#5 - Fonthill by Jiminie Crickets
#6 - Chatham-Kent by Kitten on the Hunt
#7 - Belleville by Micbuck
#9 - Wallaceburg
#11 - Ingersoll by Hamgran and Knitter
#12 - Windsor by Old Sailor
#13 - London by Kitten on the Hunt
#15 - Midland by JDandDD
#17 - McGregor by Othum
(More caches will be placed in the future for this series)

I operate on 2M and 70cm usually in Halton and Peel, and my call sign is VA3GDP.