THE Saint Lucia Amateur Radio Club SLARC has been awarded grant funding from the Government of Canada of Can. $ 25,000.00 for the purchase a VHF repeater system for Saint Lucia.
A release from the Club said this repeater system will provide back-up communications to existing systems in the event of a major disaster when all else fails.
Historically, amateur radio has been the backbone to all other forms of radio communications including modern telephone systems such as cellular phones, and will serve all towns and villages of our island, as the first part of a comprehensive plan designed by the club.
Said SLARC President Lionel Ellis: āThis plan also includes training of at least five persons from each constituency and the supply of equipment to any one who wishes to support the objectives and operations of the clubā.
All interested individuals are asked to write the SLARC at P.O. Box CCP 5464, Castries St. Lucia.
This project is intended to be completed before the official start of the up-coming 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season which begins on June 1.