Virginia Beach Emergency Amateur Repeater Society
VBEARS 

VBEARS is an organization dedicated to the operation and upkeep of several voice and data amateur repeaters.  It is not affiliated with VBARC.  For more information, contact Linda Crawford  KI4LO 497-1235.  The suggested donation to become a member is $12 annually, however, these are open repeaters and you do not need to be a member to access these repeaters.  Members receive the benefit of autopatch and voice mail.  And they receive the satisfaction of financially supporting the repeaters they are using.  All users may access the police and fire emergency phone numbers.
 

           Voice:                             Packet:
           146.970    WA4KXV                  145.010
           146.895    WA4KXV                  145.610
           444.950    WA4KXV                  222.010

       *0    Virginia Beach Police
       *1    Chesapeake Police
       *2    Norfolk Police
       *3    Portsmouth Police
       *4    Suffolk Police
       *5    ODU Police
       *6    NOB Police
       *7    Bay Bridge Police
       *8    US Coast Guard
       *9    Virginia State Police

To report an emergency, press the PTT switch on the microphone or radio, announce that you are accessing the autopatch to report an emergency, press the * (asterisk) key, then press the appropriate number key.  Release the PTT, and listen for the phone to dial.  When it is answered, state that you are an Amateur Radio operator reporting an emergency.  Give your call sign, name, type of emergency, location, and whether there are any injuries.  Follow any instructions and give any further information the dispatcher needs.

When the call is complete, press the # (pound sign) key to hang up.  Then announce your call sign, and that emergency third party traffic with the police department is complete.

Area repeaters using the same emergency codes are:

           146.610    N4GSP    Chesapeake
           146.700    NE4D     Norfolk
           146.790    N4SD     Chesapeake
           146.970    WA4KXV   Virginia Beach
           443.900    N4EVG    Chesapeake
           444.950    WA4KXV   Virginia Beach

Outer Banks Amateur Radio Repeater and Packet Frequencies: current through October 17, 2000

Packet:
 145.710 South Nags Head DARE Node K4OBX-2
 145.710 Buxton HAT Node K4OBX-3
 145.710 Elizabeth City ECLAN,DXVTX,ETC.
 144.390 Buxton HAT APRS Weather WX4OBX
 144.390 Elizabeth City APRS Digi (temp) NO4Y

FM Voice:
 145.110 Kill Devil Hills (131.8) Outer Banks Repeater Club
 145.150 Buxton (131.8) Fessenden Club primary rpt. K4OBX
 145.290 Coinjock (131.8) Fessenden / Currituck EM   WN3X
 146.625 Buxton (131.8) OBRA/K4USB
 146.655 Elizabeth City (131.8) TAARS
 146.835 Columbia (131.8) CERA wide range repeater
 146.940 Roanoke Island (no tone) Outer Banks Repeater Club

 443.300 Columbia (131.8) Columbia backbone system
 444.225 Rodanthe (131.8,low power) linked to 145.150
 444.325 Ocracoke (131.8,low power) linked to 145.150
 444.300 Elizabeth City (131.8) TARRS
 444.625 Buxton Fessenden remote base Rpt.(normally 146.835)
 444.725 Hatteras Village(131.8,low power) linked-145.150
 444.825 South Nags Head (131.8,low power) linked-145.150
 444.925 Buxton (131.8) Fessenden Amateur Radio Club K4OBX