I have heard a lot of comments from Amateurs over the last few months about distracted driving and the conversations, held and stated as fact in many cases, concerned me deeply as I drive around with a microphone on my lap daily.  So after a quick review of the BC driving regulations and the sourcing of a current, PDF handout from the Province, here is the Spring 2019 lay of the land for Radio Amateurs:

Posted above is the PDF file from the Province of British Columbia with the exceptions, and ladies and gentlemen we as Radio Amateurs, CBers, Truckers, etc are excepted with these small technicalities:

• Microphone has to be permanently attached to the radio which must be securely mounted.
• Must operate in 1/2 Duplex mode only which is what we do while operating through repeaters.
• Must not operate keypads or buttons on the microphone other then the push to talk while driving.

I have heard a lot of Hams suggest we are not even allowed to have DTMF microphones,  this is completely untrue, the PDF document even has a picture of a radio with a DTMF microphone so let's please put that one to rest boys and girls.  I suggest that everyone print out this PDF and keep it in your glove compartment in case a zealous, yet ignorant of the exemption, officer pulls you over.

British Columbia's First Open P25 Mode Repeater is on the air!
North Fraser ARC is proud to announce the latest addition to our repeater family VE7PTF (Pappa Twenty Five) operating on the rock steady and crystal clear P25 mode used by law enforcement and government agencies through out North America for years.

440.425 MHz
+5 MHz input 445.425, NAC 293$
100W from 120M elevation 
Thornhill, Maple Ridge
Coverage Western Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver,
South to Bellingham, Washington.

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