Area Amateur Radio Info and other useful links

Black River Valley Amateur Radio Club
Lowville, NY   -  Lewis County
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Area Repeaters
  Location Frequency Sponsor
Lowville 146.955-  Black River Valley ARC
Boonville 146.655- Boonville ARC
  Remsen, linked to 147.000 145.330- PL 71.9 KB2AUJ
  Remsen, linked 449.925- PL 151.4 KB2AUJ
 

Copenhagen 

147.255+ PL 151.4  CANAMARA
Watertown 146.760- PL 151.4 AC2GE
Watertown 146.700- PL 151.4
Watertown 443.225+ PL 151.4
Fine 147.135+ OVARC

Mohawk Valley-Central-Northern New York State Linked Repeater System
See link list below for additional repeater directory information.

Area Nets
Lewis County Roundtable meets nightly at 8:00 PM on 146.955.
Black River Valley Service Net meets nightly at 9:00 PM on 146.655.
The Rooster Roster meets every morning at 7:30 AM on 147.255.
OCTEN (Oneida Co. Traffic & Emergency Net) 6:30 PM on 145.45,
      (A liaison station will also call for check-ins on Boonville 146.655 at about 6:35 PM)

Radiogram (formal message) form in MS Word format with expanded message block.

ICS 213 Simplified Message Form MS Word  pdf

Packet Radio
 

Lowville Flexnet User Port:  WA2OFV  (currently off the air)
Boonville Flexnet User Port: KC2WI (currently off the air)
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio TAPR  
National APRS frequency = 144.39 (there are no local APRs digis)

Links to Amateur Radio-related sites      If you find any bad links, please let KC2WI know.
see the Lewis County Emergency Communicators Group web site for more links to news articles

All About Circuits - excellent on-line textbook on electricity and electronics, reference material, and tech forums
Amateur Electronic Supply - new equipment vendor
AmateurLogic.TV - amateur radio videos
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
    Lewis County ARES
ARRL (National Organization for Ham Radio)
  ARRL NNY Section    related: Northern New York Amateur Radio Association
Basic Electronics as presented by the U.S.Navy NEETS program (N0PU)
Battery sources: EH Yost/Batteries America   WW Associates   The NiCad Lady
Battery Guidebook (Radio Shack)
Battery Technical information from PowerStream
Black River Stages Road Rally
Boonville Amateur Radio Club
Civil Air Patrol - Central New York Group  
Clubs (see listing on main page)
DigiKey - parts
DX Zone - info, news,, resources, radio web site index
East Coast Amateur Radio Service (net on 7255)
EchoLink
eHam.net -info, news, equipment reviews by owners
eserviceinfo.com manuals, schematics, datasheets
FCC- Amateur Radio Services
FCC- Part 97 Amateur Radio Regulations (on ARRL web site)
Great Outdoors Trail Awards
Hamfest Schedules & Info (ARRL)
Ham Radio Outlet - new equipment vendor
HF Propagation Primer (AE4RV)
Hurricane Frequencies
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
  "IEEE Spectrum Radio Podcast: Amateur Radio Operators Provide a Vital Link"
Jamboree On The Air   info at ARRL.org    info at scouting.org
Marine HF Frequencies
Marine VHF Frequencies
Maritime Mobile Service Network (14.300)
Military Auxiliary Radio System: USAF MARS Region 1  /  NY Army MARS  /  NNY Navy-Marine MARS
Morse Code- programs to learn CW
  Koch Method CW trainer by G4FON
  Morse Academy by AH0A
Mouser Electronics - parts
National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station
NASA Satellite Tracker
Northern New York Amateur Radio Association
New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO)
New York State Federation of Search & Rescue Teams
New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 397 (receivers in vehicles)
QSL.net - free web space and e-mail for hams
QRZ.com - Callsign lookup, etc.
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES):
    National RACES web site
    New York State RACES
    
Lewis County RACES
    Herkimer County RACES
    St. Lawrence County RACES

Repeater Database
Radio Shack Help and How-To (general info)
Radio Shack Product Info Site (manuals and product info)
Repeater Directory at usrepeaters.com
Scanner Frequencies
Scanner Laws (general references)
Skywarn .... National Weather Service Buffalo
   Skywarn Nets VHF: 7:00 PM, 147.255 repeater. HF: 9:30 AM Sunday on 7.234 MHz
Upstate New York Repeater Council [Repeater listings]  (UNYREPCO)
Voice of Victory 1944 part 1
Voice of Victory 1944 part 2
If you have a high-speed Internet connection, check out this old promotional film about the Halicrafters HT-4 amateur transmitter which was adapted for service in WWII as the BC-610.   Excellent !!
VacuumTubes.net (source for tubes)
WorldRadio Magazine On Line
Lewis County Area information:
 

www.LewisFirst.com
Chamber of Commerce

 

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