Nestled across the many mountain peaks of Vancouver Island, an amateur radio system serves as a crucial communication link from Victoria all the way to Port Hardy.
For over 30 years, the Island Trunk System has served as a lifeline for those out of cell service and as a network for emergency communications in the event of a calamity.
It’s a series of radio repeaters that can carry the signal from a low-powered handheld device all the way across Vancouver Island.
Most might not see the benefit of such a system, especially when in this day and age everyone has a cell phone that can dial anyone, anywhere.
However, there’s a group of impassioned hobbyists who stand by the technology and boast its capabilities.
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