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[–] 26882884? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

OK, if you're sure the frequency is 162.525 (not the more common 162.550, which is WX ch. 1 in US), then the station is CGX-451.

Found both entries for Texada Island weather -- note the latitude/longitudes a bit diferent, so guessing the station was moved at some point, and assigned different frequency:

162.525 CGX-451 BC TEXADA ISLAND EE/FF 49 41 51 -124 26 15

162.55 VBG-969 BC TEXADA ISLAND 49 41 47 -124 26 07

Oh -- is the station back on the air yet, or still silent?

Sauce: https://www.dxinfocentre.com/wx.htm

[–] 26888511? [S] ago 

OK, if you're sure the frequency is 162.525

Yes the channel is 162.525. I actually see the antenna from my place. At the top of the highest elevation on the island north end. So I guess its new location is 49 41 47 -124 26 07. We'll go check it out during a future hike in the area.

then the station is CGX-451.

Thanks for the call letters. I learned something new.

CGX-451 is easy to remember. As it reminds me of one of my favorite book titled "Fahrenheit 451".

162.525 CGX-451 BC TEXADA ISLAND EE/FF 49 41 51 -124 26 15

Oh -- is the station back on the air yet, or still silent?

Yup. My SOS radio is back now. Sunday December 20th, 2020 at 5:30pm PT. So it was down for 24 hours.

Their loop message stop. Now there are back to their normal broadcasting. Just normal stuff. No emergency. No unusual messages. So my guess is that it was just a coincidence of unusual events all at the same time.

[–] 26890252? ago 

Glad to hear it’s back up. Anon above has good point that the audio may be fed to station over internet so an isp issue could account for the temporary outage.