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 repeater system is comprised of a
Maggiore
R1VHF35 repeater with the narrow band filter controlled by a CAT-1000. 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.
