Hudson Valley 220 Repeaters
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W2NJS
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There are a ton of websites available that list ham repeaters by geographical area, band, etc.
Highpockets
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I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but wouldn't you check that information out BEFORE you ordered the radio??? Just sayin'.....
Mike
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I don't mean to sound harsh either but why is it when I ask a simple question why can't I get a direct answer to it? But to answer your question Wat, I bought radio to primarily use on my club's 220 repeater and all I want to know is if any one knew if any of the other 220 repeaters in the area had any activity.
Mount Beacon has a good 220 Machine, as does PEARL. PEARL is 224.020, down 1.6, with a PL of 136.5. Beacon is 223.920, down 1.6, PL of 100.0. WECA also has a 220 Machine...224.400 down 1.6 and PL of 114.8.
Have fun!
Have fun!
kc4jgc
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All 220 machines are offset 1.6MHz (or 1600 khz however you want to say it).
As far as activity, you'd have to check with the repeater owners/trustees. I'm sure no matter the activity, you're one more.
I've been playing around with a Kenwood TH-31BT my step father gave me and have 2 qso's on the beacon 220 machine and want to be more active on 220. I'm pretty sure on more user on a 220 machine is always a plus.
Steve, not all 220 machines up here are 1.6 split. I have a few odd split machines over in Connecticut.
IW_RADIO
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The 220 MHz ham band never really caught on in the NYC-Metro area like the 440 MHz ham band did. On Long Island, LIMARC runs the 224.820 MHz repeater but it is seldom used. The 224.240 MHz in Fort Lee NJ used to be fairly active during the late 80's into the 90's however I do not know if it still is. I used to be very active on 220 MHz back then and was thinking about picking up a Jetstream 220 MHz radio just to get back into it. It really is a great band but for whatever reason, it never caught on in the amateur radio community like it did on the west coast.
I could never figure that out. Every QSO I've had on 220 has been nice and laid back, like a normal conversation. And we have some nice machines in the Hudson Valley.
I've been thinking about going to my club and bring up the idea of having a 220 net on the beacon 220 repeater once a week and see if that works out and try to get the 220 machine used a little more, when I'm home I try to listen on the HT I have and only had two conversations on there so far, one was one of the local guys, and the other was a maritime mobile station that came across while working his way up the Hudson River.
IW I was looking at the Jetstreem but I just ended up ordering an alinco, I was just seeing too many mixed reviews on the JTM220 I think the blue display would be more distracting while driving that's just my thought, and I know a few people who have the DR235 and are pretty happy with them. I know we have one in our races radio room at the 911 center.
IW I was looking at the Jetstreem but I just ended up ordering an alinco, I was just seeing too many mixed reviews on the JTM220 I think the blue display would be more distracting while driving that's just my thought, and I know a few people who have the DR235 and are pretty happy with them. I know we have one in our races radio room at the 911 center.
224.280– no tone and temporarily off the air.....K2RVW At route 23 and Taconic Parkway when operating
railtrailbiker
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A primary reason that 220 never caught on was due to the limited availability of discarded/used commercial equipment. There was always plenty of VHF and UHF Motorola, GE, EFJ, etc. mobile, portable and base station equipment to be had. No so for 220.
Last time I was up in Columbia I couldn't bring up their 2 meter machine, either. What's going on with the Rip?
Well my DR235T came in today and so far I am pleased with it, currently have it hooked to a hustler mx220 and its working pretty well. Went to the top of College Hill Park today in Poughkeepsie and was able to bring up Beacon (no surprise), Carmel, Patterson, Harriman, and a Danbury Machine's with no issues. Had a qso with a gentlemen in CT, on the Patterson Repeater, then moved over to carmel and spoke to a guy in Las Vagas via eco link.
What's the Patterson repeater? I can't find that in my travel plus program
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