In preparation for the SARA UHF repeater becoming a digital repeater, effective 4/28/2019 the SARA 442.275 repeater will no longer link to the 53.17 repeater at 7:00 PM for the 6m Sunday Evening net. If you would like to join the Sunday Evening 6m net from UHF, you’ll find it on N8XPK’s 444.2 repeater in
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At the 4/18/2019 SARA business meeting the membership approved a proposal to convert the club’s 442.275 repeater to a multi-mode digital repeater. Once the conversion is complete, the repeater will no longer support analog FM, but will support: DMR (on Brandmeister) YSF (Yaesu System Fusion) DSTAR P25 In addition to being inline with many of
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The N8XPK 53.17 MHz 6 meter repeater has 5 receiver sites in Ohio, each with their own PL frequency. The Akron location used a PL of 107.2 Hz, and was located on a tower that is becoming unavailable this spring. On April 6th, Marty moved the 53.17 Akron receiver to a new home in Columbiana
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If you own gear for the upper end of UHF, you’ll want to try out Marty’s 1292.200 MHz repeater (1.2 GHz). It is on the air and working well as of March 30th. You’ll set your radio for 1292.200 MHz FM, with a minus 20MHz transmit offset. With the help of Steve W6VM, Marty N8XPK
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Thanks to Captain Doug Hunter of the Wayne County Sheriff’s office for featuring Amateur Radio in the Daily Update. The Daily Update is always a quick and interesting way to catch up on the events in Wayne County. The March 15th 2019 edition featured information on getting involved in Amateur Radio, complete with a demonstration.
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