Dec 06, 2016 a radio repeater is usually a radio tower that receives weak signals from handheld, desktop or other radio, and rebroadcasts the same signal at a higher power over a wide area at a different frequency. Most repeater installations use the same antenna for transmit and receive. Illinois ham radio clubs category is a curation of 50 web resources on, wheaton community radio amateurs, the society of midwest contesters, twin city amateur radio club. I was ready to pull the trigger but put it off a little.
The mrc repeater operates on an output frequency of 146. Building a homemade fm repeater with a raspberry pi, rpitx. We offer the best free resource for amateur radio repeater. As recalled by john maurer wodp exnaos, exwaoygj the ames repeater association was founded in the mid1970s by a group of local hams interested in putting a 2 meter fm repeater on the air in ames, iowa. Output input tone out tone in callsign description county. The amateur cross link repeater association owned several repeaters in the chicagoland area. I found this today at peoria super fest vacuum variable capacitor rated at 35kv yes not a typo 35,000 volts taken of the service from one of the chicagos radio station. The most notable difference is lack of lcd screen and menu inputnavigation buttons. Oso, our repeaters do have battery backup, and should remain. Site offers information on officers, events, frequencies, news, and interests. Repeat by neal pollack is a free netgalley ebook that i read in one morning in early january.
The data represents the repeaters frequency, offset, ctcss, pl and notes such as if it supports irlp, echolink, autopatch, etc. To access the repeater you will need to encode a ctcss pl of 127. This is the companion repeater unit for the mx56 above. Dmrmarc the motorola amateur radio club trbo dmr network. Useful for mobile, handheld and base station amateur ham radio tranceivers, receivers and scanners by kenwood, icom and yaesu. Repeater the university of michigan amateur radio club. The main category is ham radio clubs in illinois that is about illinois ham radio clubs. Repeaterbook the worlds free repeater directory app now includes over 70 countries powered by the popular community database of and software of repeaterbook enables every ham to easily find repeaters across the the world. This chicagoarea field day directory contains maps and directions to arrl field day operations planned by clubsgroups in the chicago area. The repeater is located on the channel 181036 tower where the receive antenna is at the 730foot mark and the transmit antenna at 630 feet. Extend fm radio broadcasting with the maxnet repeater system. I was taken in by this book s summary and thought it would be more of an ominous, scifi, yet liferedeeming read. If you want to look up repeaters in a repeater directory, look for the following counties.
This link is listed in our web site directory since friday jun 19 2009, and till today wa9orc the chicago fm club has been followed for a total of 379 times. Extend fm radio broadcasting with the maxnet repeater. Repeat by neal pollack meet your next favorite book. The recognized amateur radio frequency coordination organization in the state of illinois dedicated to providing fair and consistent coordination in a timely manner for illinois repeater owners. You will also find many members on the repeater during the week too. Owned by the hood county sheriffs office thru ke5wea. The fishfar repeater system has served the amateur radio community in the greater chicago area since 1974. Membership application bylaws repeater directory by frequency repeater directory by city repeater directory by region by frequency. The south branch of the chicago river sanitary ship canal which runs just north of i55 stevenson expressway is the dividing line. As of dec 2017, our repeater is back up on the air after repairs. The club also occaisionally airs a 15 meter hf net on thursday nights at 7. Coverage circle does not account for propagation anomalies. Pure, not funny, slapdash, east coast easyliving ham.
This allows communications to be extended over a much greater area. Its even fullrestart its a wonderful life for selfishbad ham. This link is listed in our web site directory since friday jun 19 2009, and till today wa9orc the chicago fm club has been followed for a total of 379. The chicago fm club chicago, il business information. The 70cm usually has drive time qsos and has a nightly net, the night watch every night at 10pm. The majority of this coverage area is accessible by portable radio. A good on line source is why do repeaters use an offset. Author iz2rlx 10m valid repeaters list in europe from. Amateur and gmrs radio repeaters local to chicago, illinois. This repeater has no courtesy tone, and a short hang time, this is normal. Heres a statebystate directory of just some of the many clubs looking for new members. Are you interested in becoming active with a repeater organization in the chicago 6collar. Our 4 uhf and 1 vhf repeaters are linked to provide coverage from belvidere to kenosha to valparaiso to kankakee to joliet to dekalb and beyond. This repeater will automatically switch to analog fm when it receives an analog signal with the correct 6.
This repeater is use by hood county skywarn and races. Operational name out freq in shift tone country callsign towncity pwr echolink locator web source note to reach the resource on the page n rh. The ames repeater association was created to formalize the organization. About wa9orc the chicago fm club the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Other chicago area radio nets thanks to ben, kc9uns for maintaining this list. To avoid hearing noise on an analog radio when someone is using digital, set your radio for tone squelch 6. Home south suburban chicago ham amateur radio repeater. Illinois scanner frequencies and radio frequency reference.
The last radio club meeting had a local dmr repeater system guru give a presentation and that got me even more interested. Usa, canada, mexico and over 70 other countries, for free and without a network connection using the repeaterbook directory. The repeater is located on the roof of weiser hall, one of the taller buildings on central campus. The future the repeater df0mhr and df0mot will have a link via 70cm. Although the information on this page is believed accurate, errors sometimes creep in, so it would be a good idea to contact any club you intend to visit to verify location and operating times. Letter from the frequency coordinator about the arrl repeater directory 12022015 ms word. Explore the the chicago fm club business page in chicago, il.
The primary purpose is to provide communications in the event of severe weather for skywarn weather spotters to relay their reports from the field, public events, and if necessary emergency. We have coverage into parts of 9 counties in the ne illinois and nw indiana area. Then an even better deal came along and i snatched this guy up. Chicago fire department chicago is divided into 2 dispatch areas. Letter from the frequency coordinator about the arrl repeater directory 12022015 msword. North of the canal main, south of the canal englewood. In order to become a grumpy you had to checkin to the net 5 times within a 30 day period, or 3 consecutive times, a tradition that still. It is an amatuer radio repeater system located south of chicago. Cook county, illinois il scanner frequencies and radio. Frequency, offset, tone in out, location, county, call, use, operational status. Most clubs and groups welcome visitors at field day.
Arrl, the national association for amateur radio 225 main street newington, ct, 061111400 usa tel. Well, im in chicago and there are only a few repeaters that i find often have at least have someone on. Membership is open to all licensed amateurs and is encouraged of those who use the repeaters often. I can use it on the local 144 and 440 repeaters with no problem.
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