Content tagged with Repeaters

Education • Outreach

Repeaters - the Sounds of Silence

On All Bands

Get on the Air and Make Some Noise—Advice on Increasing Local Repeater Activity

Why are VHF and UHF repeaters so quiet much of the time? Where is everybody? When you tune in on the local 2-meter repeater, more often than not it’s nothing but cricketsand they’re not chirping PL tones.

Oldtimers would tell you someone on the repeater was always willing to talk during the day. Many were retirees with time on their hands or hams operating mobile while running errands or traveling to and from work.

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Technical

SUPERLINK Repeater Linking System

SuperLINK was an Amateur Radio repeater linking system connecting together 2 meter repeaters located along Interstate 94 from the Western Border of North Dakota, through Minnesota, and into Wisconsin. It also had links extending north to Winnipeg, Canada.

SuperLINK is reportedly no longer operational.

Amateur Radio Operators interested in internet linked analog VHF/UHF radios may wish to consider IRLP.

Technical

IRLP

What is IRLP?

The Internet Radio Linking Project, also called IRLP, is a closed-source project that links amateur radio stations around the world by using Voice over IP (VoIP). Each gateway consists of a dedicated computer running custom software that is connected to both a radio and the Internet. This arrangement forms what is known as an IRLP Node. Since all end users communicate using a radio as opposed to using a computer directly, IRLP has adopted the motto “Keeping the Radio in Amateur Radio”.1

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Technical

W0ILO Wheatland Repeater Out Of Service

The W0ILO Wheatland Repeater (formerly operating at 147.255) has been removed from service for relocation.

Please refer to KD0IOE’s announcement on the Club Announcement and Discussion mailing lists for more information.

Please contact the RRRA President, , if you can assist with a new location for this repeater.