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Yukon Amateur Radio Association (YARA)

The Yukon Amateur Radio Association (YARA) is a Yukon registered society with membership throughout the Yukon.

YARA is a member of the Yukon Emergency Measures Organization.

YARA builds and operates radio repeaters for emergency communications, chatting, and providing communications links for visitors travelling along Yukon highways. YARA's network of mountaintop repeaters covers all major highway corridors in the Yukon. Several radio repeaters are above 7000 feet in mountaintop shelters. The repeater system is completely independent of commercial power. In many cases, when disaster strikes, amateur radio is the only form of telecommunications available. Check out the photos of repeater sites on the YARA web site. Some of these sites have been featured in local, national and international publications.

Members are active in the community and often travel to hamfests in other areas. They are involved in real and simulated emergency communications situations. They practice their skills through a daily "emergency preparedness net" as well as through communications in support of community events like the Canada Winter Games, the Klondike International Road Relay and the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay (“KCIBR”). YARA provides support for communications for other community organizations.

YARA meets on the first Monday of each month at the EMO building at 60 Norseman Rd, at the Whitehorse airport, at 7 pm.

The club also has coffee/breakfast discussions every Saturday morning at 9:30 am at the Whitehorse A&W.