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We have just learned that previous long time SARA member, Walt Moore AB8GO, has passed away at his retirement residence in Florida. For those of us who knew Walt, he will be missed. Our heartfelt prayers and condolences go out to his wife Barb and his family. His obituary follows:…
From John Wagner N8CD of the Technical Committee: A few people this morning noticed that SARA’s 147.39 repeater had a weaker transmitted signal than normal. After some troubleshooting this afternoon, the power amplifier was found to be defective and was attenuating the signal rather than amplifying it. The amp was…
SARA’s minimalist codeplug for the Alinco DJ-MD5 HT has been updated to include the new Wooster multi-mode digital repeater, Mansfield’s DMR machine, and various other improvements. As always, please read the page to see what you MUST change before loading the codeplug onto your radio.
At the April meeting, SARA voted to confirm the Technical Committee plan to convert W8WKY 442.275 MHz to a multi-mode digital repeater, replacing the current analog FM system. This conversion will happen the morning of Saturday, May 4th. Beginning at noon on Saturday, May 4th, 442.275 MHz will operate only…
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…
A new addition to the N8CD HT family prompted me to write another review. I wasn't planning on doing another review in the series after #8, but the radio manufacturers keep producing products that I ...
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs ...
Check out SARA's area-focused, minimalist codeplug for the newly released Anytone AT-578UV radio here. Anytone AT-578UV Mobile The codeplug has most of the local Medina/Wayne/Summit/Stark county Ohio DMR systems included in it, along with most local ...
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 ...
The SARA-Wayne County codeplug for the Alinco DJ-MD5 and Anytone AT-868 radios have been updated with some recent info. Changes include: Added Wayne Events zone with channels commonly used by Wayne County ARES events (courtesy of ...
