North Fraser ARC is pleased to announce that we are the 2020 JD Power winners in four categories.  Yes the surveys went out and were returned and to no one's surprise North Fraser ARC has come out as a big winner in the non-existent Amateur Radio category.

Our first award was for INITIAL QUALITY.  Chevy got one too, we really don't know what this means but thank you and we hope it doesn't mean that initially we come across really well until you do further investigation.

Our second award was for BEST AMATEUR RADIO WEB SITE MADE WITH A FREE WEB SITE, yes Weebly is free and included in our domain hosting, enough said.

The third award was for the BEST 900 MHZ REPEATERS being VE7NFR & VE7VDX 

Our final award was for BEST REPEATER SYSTEM NAME : North Fraser Amateur Radio Transmitter Sites (NOFARTS)

Thank you JD Power, none of us here at North Fraser will confuse you with being a pornstar ever again.  Granting us one more award then Chevy really made us happy.  It just goes to show if everyone is a winner then there are no losers and we appreciate that you have brought this philosophy from the automotive awards sector to us here in Amateur Radio.

A New Year and the first chance, since our founding get together, for the tribe to break bread and bask in the glow of accomplishment.  Yes many of the newer attendees had not ever been to one of legendary events, most Presidents were there and a couple potential new Presidents showed as well.  Despite our President of Technical Modification (Motorolla) having an overt disdain for all things from the Sea a fine time was had by all.  As is our tradition no one wore suspenders and no one drank coffee without actually operating a radio.  All were thanked for their contributions over the last year as we celebrated our 9th Lower Mainland repeater covering 220, 440, 900 & 1.2 GHz on D-Star, DMR,  P25, NXDN and Analog FM modes from 6 different sites in North Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, & Aldergove.  President of Linking gave an overview our where we are with the NOFARTS (North Fraser Amateur Radio Transmitter Sites) Network.  Raspberry Pi Beta interface has been created and the ability to connect the entire system via AllStar, Echolink and other networks is coming very soon.  Finally, Don, we promise a non-seafood establishment next time!