Amateur radio

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Revision as of 06:57, 9 July 2010

who we are

interlock has a number of licensed ham radio operators including:

• Bill, KC2YPJ
• Ben, N0BDW
• Nick, KC2YTG
• Rowan, KC2KPI (General)
• Steve, KC2YTC
• Brian, KC2VVD (Inactive)
• John, N2PMP (Extra -- almost Superfluous)
• Alvaro, KC2VVE

Also (non-members):

• Chris, KC2YWT

what we do

We generally hang out on the Xerox repeater, KE2MK/R, as it is one of the few repeaters we are able to work on 2M/440 from rubber duck antennas on HTs from inside Interlock. We also occasionally use the Harris repeater.

Xerox ARC Repeater

• Output: 145.29 (you listen on this frequency)
• Input: 144.69 (you transmit on this frequency) - negative offset
• Output: 444.825
• Input: 449.825 - positive offset
• No PL tone required for TX but recommend RX PL 110.9 if you have a lot of RFI
• Echolink node #44856

Harris Repeater

• Output: 444.400
• Input: 449.400 - positive offset
• TX PL 110.9

Interlock Simplex

• Frequency: 442.420 (no PL)
• Note: this frequency is outside the normal step for 70cm, so you make have to do something funky to get your radio to tune it (like change your step for 70cm to 5Hz)

Xerox is Echolink enabled. None of our official unofficial repeaters support IRLP. Some of the other local repeaters do. If you are interested in IRLP, check out this site for a brief introduction on how to use it: http://k3bay.com/html/irlp.php

projects

antenna building

We have ordered the parts needed to build 2-meter j-pole antennas. We will be assembling them next Make Night, Thursday July 8th.

roof antenna

We have permission from Maguire to install an antenna on the roof as long as it is free-standing (ie, we don't bolt it to the roof). Also, the feed line can't whip in the wind or whack up against the building (so it needs to be secured somehow -- conduit?).