Page Updated
Jaly 2009
147.10 W4VM
VHF Repeater
The
Repeater is located on Madkin Mountain RSA.
It uses a 103.5 Hz PL tone and has an autopatch and agile remote
base. There are some equipment
improvements pending which should improve the sensitivity of the machine
however, at current, the coverage favors south Huntsville and RSA. There are some dead spots in Madison which
we home to brighten up.
Autopatch:
The
147.10 Phone line is compliments of the Marshal Amateur Radio Club (MARC). With the CAT-1000 controller’s
capabilities, we are now able to make this an open patch serving the Huntsville
area. It is a normal * up, # down
patch with user speed dials
provided
upon request. – Just e-mail Ron – [email protected] In addition, most of the
NARA speed dial slot numbers should work here on 147.10.
Shuttle
Mission Audio:
The
shuttle mission audio is no longer available as a dedicated function on
147.10. Most of the equipment and lines
to accomplish it have been removed. We
do however still enjoy NASA audio via IRLP node 9877 which can be easily
accessed on the 147.18 (100 Hz PL) NARA system in Huntsville. This uses the W4VM IRLP node 4950 which
could also be configured on the remote base of this machine.
W4VM IRLP
Node: 4950
IRLP
Node 4950 is linked to the 147.18 repeater on 446.200 simplex from my house in
south Huntsville. 446.200 is a coordinated link frequency but you should use
the 147.18 input to control the node for better coverage. It is an unprefixed node which means it is
full and open for all to enjoy. The
147.18 repeater link port commands are announced from the machine : currently
70 off, 71 Transmit, 72 receive and 73 IRLP disconnect and repeater link
receive. You can e-mail me for a 2 page
quick start guide if needed. Always use
the IRLP guidelines at www.irlp.net If
you’re a frequent user through the repeater system, please consider supporting
NARA: www.qsl.net/nara
W4VM UHF Machine: 443.250
This
machine uses a 103.5 PL and has a Remote base which I hope one day to have set
up with an very capable (including HF)
remote base it’s normal home is Green mountain but at current, it’s
antenna is on loan to NARA for the 146.94 remote receiver. Stay tuned for updates
KE4LRX UHF
Machine: 443.475
We
operate this machine from our home in South Huntsville where all of our family
can communicate via Ham radio:
Ron
W4VM
Sandie:
KE4LRX
Emily:
KF4SUV
Kelley:
KI4IAW
It
also serves as a test bed repeater for my frequent experimentation with
repeater projects since it lives right next my test bench ! From the very top of my 60 ft tower, it
actually does have some pretty decent coverage of south Huntsville.
Mentone Ed. W4WBC D-Star system
This
system serves as an experimental system for Mentone Ed D-Star projects. It was the first system in Alabama to join
the D-Star national network. The system
has aided in the validation of several other D-Star system in preparation for
their joining the D-Star network.
Plans are to deploy it on Brindlee Mtn In Huntsville.
The
system is also one of Mentone Ed’s Portable / Tactical D-Star units. It will likely be deployed in Southern
Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) efforts where needed.
The
coordinated frequencies are as follows:
VHF: 145.36 DV
UHF: 443.425 DV
D-STAR DITTO is a collection of Ruby scripts I have written to organize D-Star Radio ICF Files from one repeater system to another – A PowerPoint description of it is contained here
It is very much work in progress but please drop me a line if you are interested My Goal is to have a collection of ICF files for Alabama and other Southeastern cities for several radios available for download here. As D-STAR Ditto matures, that should be an easy task ! Until then, please e-mail me and I’ll send you an ICF file for your city if I have created one for your radio.