The Opequon Radio Society
P.O Box 499
Kearneysville, WV
25430 
 

The Opequon Radio Society meets the last Thursday Of each
month at 7:30 PM EST in the Fred Schlichting Amateur Radio
Clubhouse, Located next to the Post Theatre at the

VA Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV.
Visitors and anyone interested in Amateur Radio are Welcome. 

The Opequon Radio Society holds its ARES net every Monday

at 8:00 PM EST on the Club Repeater.

all Amateurs are welcome and encouraged to Check-In,

 

The Club owns and Maintains the K8SDG Repeater located
on North Mountain 5 miles west of Martinsburg, WV,
145.150 Mhz PL 179.9

The K8SDG Repeater System is also linked 24 hrs a day 7 days
a week to the N3EJT Repeater located in Thurmont, MD,
147.195 Mhz PL 179.9

The Following are Temporarily Unavailable due to system upgrades:
 

The Opequon Radio Society also owns and operates three packet
nodes located at the North Mountain repeater site.
MRB (K8SDG-5) 145.690 MHz

MRB2 (K8SDG-2) 223.540 MHz
MRB4 (K8SDG-4) 446.075 MHz

The Club packet BBS has a Primary and a Secondary.

The Primary BBS is owned and operated by Jimmie K8SDG

located in Martinsburg, WV, Designated as the ORSBBS - K8SDG-1

it implements the F6FBB software and G8BPQ Nodeware.

The Secondary BBS is owned and operated by Justin KE4PCX
located in Vanvil, WV, Designated as the VANBBS - KE4PCX-1
this system also implements the F6FBB Software and G8BPQ Nodeware.
This system is capable of handling the full capacity as well as any Overload
in the event of a true Emergency or should the K8SDG-1 System fail.


The 2004 - 2005 Opequon Radio Society Officers

President - Mark Arnold KB8YJV

Vice President - Robert Mills W8WV

Treasurer - George Roberts KB3GN
Secretary - Tom Freeland W8GSN
Activities - Fred Winters