Southwest VA HAM repeaters
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JESSERABBIT
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I have access to lists of Ham freqs used for repeaters in SW Va.. Let me know what county (s) you need.
JESSERABBIT
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You're welcome. Will take a while to get it together, so please be patient.
BM82557
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Don't know how accurate it is but someone told me about http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/states/Virginia.asp
JESSERABBIT
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BM82557, you beat me to it. I just found that in the RR WIKI. Looks pretty good to me.
pogobo, if you need anything more please post here. Will try to find it for you.
pogobo, if you need anything more please post here. Will try to find it for you.
gcgrotz
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There are some good ones down there with all of those big ol' mountains. Good luck on the test. BTW, some of the mobile ham rigs make great scanners. I use my Yaesu FT100 a lot for rail and aircraft monitoring in the truck.
JESSERABBIT
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I just had an idea, go to sera.org. That is a frequency co-ordination orginazition for the southern area of Virginia (as well as other states in the southeastern part of the U.S., including West Virgina. They put out a publication called Repeater Journal. Most, if not all repeaters that you are looking for are listed there. The Journal is published four times a year. There is an annual membership fee involved, but it is really worth it. Another source is the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League). When you get your ticket, it is well worth joining. They put out a repeater book (in travel and desk size) that covers the enitire U.S.. You get a discount on items that they offer for sale if you are a member. When I looked at both the SERA and Repeater Journal today, there were just too many entries for the areas that you are looking for to post on this Fourm. If you have any questions, please feel free to post. By the way, good luck on your exam.
gcgrotz
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Last time I looked, which was just recently, SERA didn't publish it's database online. I'll have to go back and look.
I can highly recommend joining SERA, I've been a member since the late 70s. Its a good way to keep up with regional happenings.
I can highly recommend joining SERA, I've been a member since the late 70s. Its a good way to keep up with regional happenings.
I triple the motion on SERA..... Some of the best publication money I spend each year. Great ham listings for all repeaters in southeast and mid-atlantic......
W4UVV
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SW Va. repeaters
The internet repeater listings site by state previously posted is fairly accurate. I assume you're in the Roanoke area. If so, tomorrow listen on the Poor Mountain, Roanoke 444.1750 mhz. Echolink accessable cross linked repeater as I will be driving on 460/I81 to Tennessee. My callsign is W4UVV. The Poor Mtn. repeater is cross linked with approximately 4 other mountaintop 440 mhz. repeaters providing simulcast coverage over a good portion of SW Virginia from Bedford to Pulaski County. Other SW Va. area cross linked repeaters in that group simulcasting and Echolink accessable are 444.275 mhz., 444.375 mhz. and 444.475 mhz. A wide area mountaintop 2 meter repeater is the 147.3300 mhz. at Buena Vista near Lexington in Rockbridge Co. This repeater has good coverage for mobiles probably with a 75 air mile radius if not farther. I'll be monitoring all the aforementioned frequencies for whichever repeater provides the best reception mobile. The 444.175 mhz. provides the best coverage from Bedford Co. to approximately near Christiansburg in Mongomery Co..
Plans are underway to cross link the Brumley Mountain 146.6100 mhz. repeater in Washington Co. to the aforementioned 440 mhz. cross linked repeaters. That repeater has coverage from Bristol to Marion in Smyth Co. Excluding Smyth and Wythe counties solid cross linked repeater coverage soon will be available to 80% of SW Virginia. Hopefully the Wytheville and Marion 2 meter repeaters additionally can be integrated into the cross linked repeater network providing solid repeater coverage from east of Roanoke to Bristol.
Unfortunately Virginia has lagged behind in cross linked repeater operations. North Carolina and West Virginia for years have had this capability.
pogbobo said:
The internet repeater listings site by state previously posted is fairly accurate. I assume you're in the Roanoke area. If so, tomorrow listen on the Poor Mountain, Roanoke 444.1750 mhz. Echolink accessable cross linked repeater as I will be driving on 460/I81 to Tennessee. My callsign is W4UVV. The Poor Mtn. repeater is cross linked with approximately 4 other mountaintop 440 mhz. repeaters providing simulcast coverage over a good portion of SW Virginia from Bedford to Pulaski County. Other SW Va. area cross linked repeaters in that group simulcasting and Echolink accessable are 444.275 mhz., 444.375 mhz. and 444.475 mhz. A wide area mountaintop 2 meter repeater is the 147.3300 mhz. at Buena Vista near Lexington in Rockbridge Co. This repeater has good coverage for mobiles probably with a 75 air mile radius if not farther. I'll be monitoring all the aforementioned frequencies for whichever repeater provides the best reception mobile. The 444.175 mhz. provides the best coverage from Bedford Co. to approximately near Christiansburg in Mongomery Co..
Plans are underway to cross link the Brumley Mountain 146.6100 mhz. repeater in Washington Co. to the aforementioned 440 mhz. cross linked repeaters. That repeater has coverage from Bristol to Marion in Smyth Co. Excluding Smyth and Wythe counties solid cross linked repeater coverage soon will be available to 80% of SW Virginia. Hopefully the Wytheville and Marion 2 meter repeaters additionally can be integrated into the cross linked repeater network providing solid repeater coverage from east of Roanoke to Bristol.
Unfortunately Virginia has lagged behind in cross linked repeater operations. North Carolina and West Virginia for years have had this capability.
W4UVV
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I'll be there
Good luck on the exam. A friend of mine I encouraged(pestered) to get his Tech Class license recently took the exam in Roanoke and passed it. It's opened a new radio world to him. For travelling you can't beat mountaintop repeaters. Also checkout Echolink. It allows you via the internet to access remote repeater and simplex sites worldwide. It is done using a ham radio typically mobile or a handheld accessing an available Echolink repeater via tone access. The target Echolink repeater or simplex radio's unique node address is entered and if not busy, will respond with a connect message. it's like talking locally. For example, 3 years ago I had to do a satellite tv downlink in Salem, Va. and overnight. Using a HT in my motel room via tone access I brought up the 444.175 mhz. Poor Mtn. Echolink repeater and subsequently the 444.275 mhz. repeater in Prince George Co., Va. and called a ham friend back in Prince George on that repeater. He answered and we talked just like being local. You also can contact an individual by entering his node address but he has to have Echolink loaded and opened on his computer. For more information about Echolink go to: <www.echolink.org>. You have to be a licensed ham operator to register.
Tomorrow morning you should hear me on one of the below listed frequencies. I can access the 444.175 mhz. on the northern fringe of Bedford Co. but there are dropouts in the hilly portion on Rt. 460 and access isn't solid until approaching the 460 Roanoke split near the VSP office. I can access the 147.3300 mhz. repeater fairly solid from Dinwiddie Co. so I hang out there until I get to Bedford Co. and monitor both until I lose them in Montgomery Co. I should be in the Roanoke area between 10-12 and cut across to I81, gas up because Roanoke always has cheaper gas prices than any other place in the state and then down to TN. I don't have to chase a calendar or clock so I'll be taking my time. When you get licensed ask the local hams about their 440 mhz. Echolink accessable area mountaintop cross linked repeaters. Go to <www.varepeaters.com> and read about it. Earlier I posted from memory some repeater frequencies in the group that upon checking the website were not correct. Try these: Poor Mtn. 444.175 mhz.; Tinker Mtn. 444.475 mhz.; Dismal Peak 444.675 mhz. and Peaks Mtn. 442.075 mhz. There's more in the group but I won't be in range of any of them. I also have 146.520 mhz. common simplex programed in a scanner in case anybody pops up.
Good luck on your test. My son (KF4CAH) perservered and passed the test at age 12. The reward is worth the struggle and doesn't hurt to have listed on a resume.
pogbobo said:
Good luck on the exam. A friend of mine I encouraged(pestered) to get his Tech Class license recently took the exam in Roanoke and passed it. It's opened a new radio world to him. For travelling you can't beat mountaintop repeaters. Also checkout Echolink. It allows you via the internet to access remote repeater and simplex sites worldwide. It is done using a ham radio typically mobile or a handheld accessing an available Echolink repeater via tone access. The target Echolink repeater or simplex radio's unique node address is entered and if not busy, will respond with a connect message. it's like talking locally. For example, 3 years ago I had to do a satellite tv downlink in Salem, Va. and overnight. Using a HT in my motel room via tone access I brought up the 444.175 mhz. Poor Mtn. Echolink repeater and subsequently the 444.275 mhz. repeater in Prince George Co., Va. and called a ham friend back in Prince George on that repeater. He answered and we talked just like being local. You also can contact an individual by entering his node address but he has to have Echolink loaded and opened on his computer. For more information about Echolink go to: <www.echolink.org>. You have to be a licensed ham operator to register.
Tomorrow morning you should hear me on one of the below listed frequencies. I can access the 444.175 mhz. on the northern fringe of Bedford Co. but there are dropouts in the hilly portion on Rt. 460 and access isn't solid until approaching the 460 Roanoke split near the VSP office. I can access the 147.3300 mhz. repeater fairly solid from Dinwiddie Co. so I hang out there until I get to Bedford Co. and monitor both until I lose them in Montgomery Co. I should be in the Roanoke area between 10-12 and cut across to I81, gas up because Roanoke always has cheaper gas prices than any other place in the state and then down to TN. I don't have to chase a calendar or clock so I'll be taking my time. When you get licensed ask the local hams about their 440 mhz. Echolink accessable area mountaintop cross linked repeaters. Go to <www.varepeaters.com> and read about it. Earlier I posted from memory some repeater frequencies in the group that upon checking the website were not correct. Try these: Poor Mtn. 444.175 mhz.; Tinker Mtn. 444.475 mhz.; Dismal Peak 444.675 mhz. and Peaks Mtn. 442.075 mhz. There's more in the group but I won't be in range of any of them. I also have 146.520 mhz. common simplex programed in a scanner in case anybody pops up.
Good luck on your test. My son (KF4CAH) perservered and passed the test at age 12. The reward is worth the struggle and doesn't hurt to have listed on a resume.
thats awesome! thanks for the good luck, I have been studying and taking the practice exams at QSL and *knock on wood* haven't failed one yet ... I will be listening tomorrow moring on all those frequencies, i'll bring my icom to work with me .... maybe after I get my license we can chat when you pass through again, or on the echolink dealy ... I'm pretty sure I can hit the tower in Roanoke (I live in Radford City by the way, about 20min from VA Tech), and I've picked up 147.1350 in Pearisburg / Dismal Peak I think.... oh well, thanks for the info and drive safe! -Matt
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