REPEATER CHANGES 2002-2008
MARCH 2008, The
147.210 repeater was found to have a damaged antenna, and has been temporarily
moved till the new antenna is installed. the repeater
is located on Hwy 70 east at the THP tower untill the
tower climbing crews can replace the antenna.
NEW
Lobelville rpts
The 146.685 repeater is back on and should be up to par. Please let me
know how it is holding up. I also worked a little
on the 433.8 and it should be working well also.
73, David
WA4VVX 1/27/07
Friday, November
10, 2006
146.700 repeater
HI HAM Friends
I was just
monitoring the Union City Repeater they say there is a tone 100.0 on it.
Just
wanted to pass this along.
KD5EZM Glenn
Just letting you
know that we have gotten the ke4ntl 145.230 repeater in better shape. We put a 4 bay antenna up this week and 1/2 hard line. The range is a lot better & we have gotten good
reports so far on it. We do have a 100 tone on input
and output of repeater. The input is off now and then
if we have a power failure. Our next step is to put a
battery backup on site. Also we are planning a 440
repeater in future are looking for site to install it now.
kf4cmj
Randy Bryan 11-12-06
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Date: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:30 am ((PST))
Some things happening with
The Bellevue Baptist Church Ham
group in
We welcome them.
KI4EXG has revived an old 2 meter
pair in
A newer repeater and repeater
controller have been installed at
Remember that any member of the TN repeater user group can submit
messages and questions to the user group at any time. The
group is here for the repeater users and owners of
73,
Alan McClain -KA4BNI
ka4bni@ka4bni.com
www.ka4bni.com
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The 146.775 2m PA is not working. 5/27/2006
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The 147.210 is again transmitting a pl
tone after repairs and upgrades. Please adjust your
receiver accordingly if needed.
The 442.9 PA is now working. 5/26/2006
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The 145.310- now has full CTCSS tone of
107.2. Also the 444.550+ 114.8 tone is now operating
in test mode from the Madison County EOC. 3/27/06
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443.825+107.2 KE4OVN repeater is on the
air. Located in Jackson TN. 3/17/06
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The 147.210 repeater now has full CTCSS
(encode & decode) tone of 107.2. You can now set
your 2 meter radio to decode and block out the interference from distant
repeaters or intermod. 1/28/06
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The
repeater's node is 4364. For more information on the
repeater you can visit:
www.ka4bni.com/wa4ygm.htm
1/22/06
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145.170-107.2 Huntingdon repeater is now
operating on another antenna. The old 2m antenna has been damaged (
possibly by wind) and is showing high SWR. The antenna
for HUN59 packet node is now on the voice repeater. The Huntingdon
repeater is not currently linked to 442.9, but will be soon. Enjoy this
open repeater and offer audio & signal reports over the next couple of
weeks to wf4q@arrl.net
10/30/05
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147.075+ pl107.2
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The 442.9 repeater is working correctly
again. The PL board malfunctioned. 6/15/05
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After 2 years and 11 days, the 147.210+
(pl 107.2) repeater is back to wide area coverage. It
was connected to the new antenna today. Thanks for all
your patience while we worked on getting the machine back to "normal". Thank you also to everyone that helped with this endeavor,
( painting, digging trenches, covering trenches, etc.). Special
thanks to Randy, KD4RIP. Randy maintains all the
repeaters for WTARS and does a great job. Thanks again
Randy. Please enjoy the repeater. 5/15/05
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We have electricity at the new repeater
building!! All that is left to do is install hardline into building and move the 147.210 equipment. 4/21/05
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The 145.170- (107.2) repeater is on the
air in
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The antenna for the 147.210 was installed
today. We are now waiting for installation of
electrical lines to the repeater building, which should be in the next 2 weeks. 3/23/05
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442.900 has been repaired and operating at
full power once again. Thanks for your patience while
it was being repaired. 3/14/05
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The echolink pc
has been upgraded to Windows 2000 to prevent lockups. Enjoy. AF4ZR 3/5/05
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The repeater on 145.170 ( previously
Bruceton) will be off the air for a while. A
demolition team will begin work next week to cut the guy wires, let it fall,
and remove the tower. Charter Communications informed the officers that a
final decision had been made this last week. Many
thanks to Charter for allowing use of the tower and building for many years.
Special thanks to Colby Gilliam, KE4FVU, who helped move the repeater
today. The repeater will be relocated to Huntingdon. This
is possible due to the kindness of Robin Wood, WA4YGM, of
Please bear with us as we get SERA
coordination paperwork arranged and work on antennas. We intend to keep
the packet node HUN59 on the air, but may temporarily use its 2m antenna, if it
is needed. AF4ZR 2/26/05
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The West Link System, KA4BNI, repeaters
all now have a pl tone 131.8. Please make note of this
change. Many thanks go to Alan McClain, KA4BNI, for
providing and maintaining this system. 2/01/05
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442.9 is
operating on low power due to a Tx Final Power
Amplifier failure. Soon to be repaired. 12/23/04
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EchoLink is back on the WTARS Link Repeater System. Click here for basic operating instructions. The node number is 45777, AF4ZR, L. Thanks to Ken, AF4ZR,
for setting up the link. 12/12/04
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The McNairy link repeater, 147.075, has
been removed from service. The repeater will be
serviced and returned to operation in
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442.9's Rx is repaired. Enjoy.
The 442.9 repeater's receiver is working again. We had a glitch in the
controller. Plans are to build a separate 12V power supply with battery
backup. If anyone wants to volunteer for this project, send me a
note. I'll get you the details. Probably the nearby lightening last
week was the cause for the failure. 10/22/04
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442.9 Jackson, & 147.075 McNairy, had
some damage to their receivers on 10/19/04. They will
be repaired as soon as possible.
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From: Alan
McClain (Please read message above
concerning new PL tones)
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:50 PM
Subject: 440 link system
Hello Ken,
Just wanted to let you know I
completed the last link, in the 440 linked repeater system, this weekend. Now all of the following repeaters are linked together:
442.150 mhz.
107.2 tone
442.675 mhz. 107.2
tone
442.425 mhz. 107.2
tone
442.075 mhz. 107.2
tone Natchez Trace
Everyone is welcomed to use the
linked system, and there will also be severe weather paging, via the WX-1000
weather receiver, on the system. I will also be
monitoring the linked system, during severe weather, to pass storm information
on to the National Weather Service -
Thanks,
Alan McClain - KA4BNI
ka4bni@arrl.net
www.ka4bni.com
- 1/29/2003
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Some of you know that I have been working on hooking up IRLP to the repeater
here in Bolivar. See www.irlp.net for more
information. It is now operational and should be open
for use unless I am out of town or have the repeater unhooked for TStorms. The node number is
8760. All licensed hams are welcome to use this system following good
amateur practices. 73, Chuck, AF4O. -
10/19/2002
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AUBURY PARNELL, KE4OVN, <ke4ovn@juno.com> has a 6 Meter repeater
on the air. 53.710 output, 51.200 input, no PL.
Try out your 6M equipment. - 10/5/2002
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Hello to All, I have installed a 10 meter FM radio link to the Natchez Trace
442.075 mhz. repeater. This 10 meter radio is set to
29.400 mhz. (FM) but is only set to receive mode. This
means that you can use a 10 meter radio to transmit, into the repeater system
on 29.400 mhz. and use a scanner set to 442.075 to listen. This
can be useful for people who do not have a 440 radio. I'm
using a 42 mhz. loop dipole for receive on 10 meters, for now. I can get
into the repeater, on the 10 meter link, from my home QTH (in
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