Because of the close frequency relationship with the SLSRC repeaters on 146.910 and 146.940, and complaints from that club members about our 2 meter repeater, I would like to make this statement, and explain how the 146.925 repeater came about.

Our club feels there is a need for our 2 meter repeater, so the club has no plans to shut it off.

We are open to suggestions though, and we would change the 2 meter repeater frequency if another repeater pair became available to us.

My suggestion would be for the SLSRC club to swap one of their present repeater frequency pairs for ours. Then they could shut it off if they so desired.

Here is a short history of the origin of the 146.925 repeater frequency.

In 1988 I organized and started the St. Louis Pilots Radio Club, and in 1988 I built the club's 2 meter repeater using some old GE master-Pro radios.

The frequency I got assigned back then was on 145.25-144.65. The repeater worked OK, but we did have some problems with mobile interference from cable TV bleed over.

The St. Louis Pilots Radio Club was dis-banned in 1992 due to our local airport (Wiese 3WE) closing for good.

After the club ended I kept the repeater active though, and KAØRFO wanted to set-up the repeater to link with his Lake repeater, so control was turned over to him, but the repeater remained at my High Ridge radio tower.

Some time around 1993, or so, KAØRFO changed the frequency of the repeater to 146.325-146.925.

I took back control of the 2 meter repeater, some time in the year 2ØØØ and I coordinated it with the Missouri Repeater Council, and listed it as an open repeater.

The new AMARC club was founded in 2ØØ4, and the repeater call sign was changed from KØRWU-R to the AMARC club call sign KØAMC-R.

The AMARC Two Meter-44Ø mhz Dual Band Repeater System was put in service some time in 2ØØ6.

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