RIVER TO RIVER RELAY - HAM VOLUNTEERS

RIVER TO RIVER RELAY

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

HAM VOLUNTEERS

Our Mission: To provide communications support for the River to River Relay utilizing Licensed Amateur Radio Volunteers.

Next Race Date: APRIL 16, 2005

OFFICIAL RIVER TO RIVER HOMEPAGE
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COURSE MAP
AVAILABLE ABOVE

Coordinator of Volunteer Hams:
Bob Giacomo, N9VKO
e-mail: drham2m@midwest.net

Repeaters Used:

146.850 (no PL, - offset) courtesy Mount Ava Repeater Association, K9GOX,
..... .......... ............. .......... .......... ...located at AltoPass, Illinois. [main repeater for operations]
.... .......... ............. .......... .......... ...this repeater has great coverage on the west side of the course.

147.345 (no PL, + offset) courtesy W9WG, located at Tunnel Hill, Illinois

146.880 (88.5 PL, - offset) courtesy SCAN, located at Williams Hill, Herod, Illinois
145.190 (88.5 PL, - offset) courtesy SCAN, located at Marion, Illinois
............................................** These repeaters are linked **

146.520 Simplex - Use in place of repeater failure. Monitor for short range communications
. .......... ............. ........ ....that don't need to go thru the repeater.

Communications will begin using the 146.850 repeater. At some point in the race we will switch from 146.85 to one of the other repeaters. Announcement will be made on the air, and coordinated by N9VKO.

Time coordination is verified thru WWV and WWVB, using the "Atomic Clock" run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

More Frequencies for Southern Illinois Here.

Where to get detailed maps of the area.

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LAST UPDATED: 4/5/05