AUSRLY-1 W3MRC-10 AUSKA (Retired)

Before 2019, W3MRC was the primary wide area Digipeater AUSRLY-1 to help cover Travis and Williamson Counties for the the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in the NW Austin area.  Connecting to W3MRC would automatically send you to W3MRC-1 the PBBS. (CMSG was set to PBBS)

CALL - W3MRC

WINLINK - W3MRC-10
PBBS - W3MRC-1
ALIAS - AUSRLY-1
NODE - AUSKA
BEACON - Once per Hour (60 Minutes)

• KPC-3 Settings text file
• Kantronics KPC-3 TNC picture
• GE Delta 80 watts.

Collinear antenna ~ 1200 feet elevation 180 feet above ground

TCARES Packet radio check-ins were done every Sunday evening at 8:00 PM on the TCARES frequency 145.730 MHz. in the unproto mode.
Everyone had their UNPROTO command set to "yourname via AUSRLY-1" so everyone would see your packets.
Most of the nets have been recorded and arcived in the link below.

Access Packet Net Archives Here

AEA PK-900 Manual pdf 4MB

W3MRC Amateur Radio Club of Austin Texas
Last up-dated January, 2025