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Our
club works very closely with RACES, ARES and SKYWARN. They are
the service foundation for our repeater. Our coordinated
repeater is on 147.195 (+600 KHz input) using CTCSS of 100.0 Hz on the
transmitter full time and the receiver from 11:00 PM to 9:00 AM or when
conditions demand it. This is a very high profile open repeater with
available autopatch, remote base, and DVR. The remote base
allows users to link to any VHF or UHF repeater from Richmond, the
eastern shore, and well in to North Carolina. Here is a map
of the popular repeaters we link through via our remote base. The IRLP
system (node 8373) allows for linking world-wide.The repeater system is
comprised of a Maggiore R1VHF35 repeater with the
narrow band filter controlled by a CAT-1000 and the
RLS-1000B and Doug Hall RB-1. It drives a commercial 130 watt Henry
Radio amplifier feeding a Wacom Products WP-643 six cavity
BpBr duplexer with a pair of co-phased Cushcraft exposed dipole
antennas (8 dipoles total) at 324 feet located at the Isle of Wight
County courthouse just 5 miles south of Smithfield. The repeater's ERP
is 460 watts. The repeater covers the south east Virginia region from
Richmond to North Carolina and the shore. The remote base antenna is a
Diamond VHF/UHF at 150 feet. Click here for a repeater coverage
map.
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