page_title: Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System
section_title: Frequencies
hierarchical_section_title: Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System / Frequencies
caption_attribution_description: The Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System was established in 1946 to connect deployed soldiers with loved ones at home, as well as providing a means of civil emergency backup communication. CFARS deploys volunteer operators and equipment from the radioamateur service but uses its own callsigns and frequencies. Depicted is CIW 64, a CFARS gateway located at the Military Communications and Electronics Museum at CFB Kingston.
context_page_description: The Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System was established in 1978. The programme enlists amateur radio volunteer operators and equipment but uses neither standard radioamateur frequencies nor callsigns as CFARS is allocated its own specific official frequencies and identifiers.
  During the Cold War, Canadian troops deployed CFARS radio to military outposts in West Germany. In the 1991 Gulf War, CFARS provided a means for Canadian soldiers stationed in Qatar to call home, boosting morale. On October 6, 2011, a malfunction of Telesat's Anik F2 satellite disrupted communications to Canada's high Arctic region for several hours; CFARS operators were called upon to provide emergency backup communication.
  CFARS consists of a mix of military stations, military unit/club amateur radio stations and individual affiliate radio stations. Historically, CFARS stations have also been deployed on Canadian Coast Guard vessels for use during search and rescue deployments.
  Agencies actively served by CFARS include the military, Public Safety Canada, Transport Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
context_section_description: The following frequencies are in use by the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System (CFARS) worldwide:
caption: CFARS station CIW64 at CFB Kingston's signals museum
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