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I want to bring up a couple of issues that have been happening recently about where people are transmitting. You should never transmit on the repeater output unless the repeater is down and there is a declared emergency and your are net control or a net control operator is present. Just because the repeater appears … Read More “Watch Where you are Transmitting” »
We have lots of new Hams on our repeaters which is just Awesome. As new operators they do not always understand repeater etiquette. We have had a page on the website for a few years describing repeater etiquette. This was created between a couple of different radio clubs. I think it is good for everyone … Read More “Repeater Etiquette” »
The 146.73 repeater has been having some issues. Here is some background and the plan going forward. We are using a Vertex repeater that does not expose the PL Tone existence to the controller so there needs to be a small device the encodes and decodes the PL tone in between the repeater and controller. … Read More “146.73 Repeater issues” »
The Three Amigos (Sandy KB3EOF, Steve KC3MAU and Kurt K3KOH) from our local Ham family have designed and built a dual band J-Pole with very low SWR. You can build one too… The video below walks through how it was designed and how to assemble it as well as how it performs. Be sure to … Read More “The Palomino Dual Band J-Pole” »
In our local group recently there has been some confusion and questions about how Fusion, Wires-X, YSF and FCS works. I hope with this post to make it a little clearer. Neither MAWCG or FARG have a fusion repeater but our close partner FARC does. However, we do have a YSF server up and Running. … Read More “How does Fusion, Wires-X, YSF and FCS work?” »
