March 7, 2003

other repeater sites

skywarn repeater systems
One of ham radio's best uses is for public service, and nothing seems to fill that role as well as assisting in SKYWARN operations with the National Weather Service. Here is a partial listing of systems that are on SKYWARN. If you have infomation on more SKYWARN systems, email me.

Oklahoma SKYWARN System for StormWarn reports to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman.
Central Iowa SKYWARN Systems from Des Moines, Iowa, includes several different systems used to cover various parts of north central, central, south central, and southeast Iowa.

linked repeater systems
Here is a list of sites for linked repeater systems. If you have a site you would like to have added to this list, email me.

Alabama Inter-City Network uses 29 repeater pairs and remote bases to cover a large portion of Alabama. Interesting to note that the "repeaters" are operating half/duplex on repeater pairs. *OPEN*
Arizona Repeater Assoc. owns and operates 22 repeaters on 2, 1.25, and .70 meters in Arizona. Along with the East County Repeater Association comprise the CalZona Link. *OPEN*
Armadillo Intertie - Texas state-wide system with connections to the Cactus Intertie. **CLOSED** (available to members only).
Big Bend Amateur Radio Club site by Douglas S. Otoupal, N5HYD. They run a large coverage linked repeater system in the Davis Mountain region of West Texas. *OPEN*
Cactus Intertie covers large portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Texas. Additional coverage is now available in the Washington D.C and the surrounding area of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware, however it is not linked to the rest of the system on a full time basis yet. **CLOSED** (available to members only).
Colorado Connection employs fifteen repeaters to cover a large area of Colorado. *OPEN*.
Colorado Repeater Association is an amateur radio group providing voice and data services from 6-meters thru 1.2-gig for hams in the Colorado Front Range. *OPEN*
Columbia Amateur Radio Club operates a wide coverage linked repeater system. The repeater system consists four repeaters in South Carolina. *OPEN*
The Condor Connection is a group of privately-owned, linked repeaters with coverage extending from below the Mexican border on the south to beyond Las Vegas and Phoenix on the east and to just below the Oregon state line in the North. *OPEN*
East County Repeater Association owns and operates 11 VHF and UHF repeaters in the Southern California area, with locations on most of Southern California's highest mountains, and coverage in both San Diego and Imperial Counties. Along with the Arizona Repeater Assoc comprise the CalZona Link. *OPEN*
Electronics Applications Radio Service (EARS) covers eastern Illinois and central Indiana. *OPEN*
Evergreen Intertie is a network of interconnected Amateur Radio repeaters though out the Pacific Northwest States. There are about 30 repeaters in the VHF and UHF bands. Each repeater is connected to a backbone made up of radio links. There are currently two main parts of the backbone. The first connects Northwest Oregon to Seattle (the North/South Trunk), and the second connects Seattle to parts East (the East/West Trunk). *OPEN*
Graham Repeater Association serves the region of Guilford, Alamance, Orange, Durham and Wake Counties, North Carolina. *OPEN*
Green Mountain Repeater System is composed of two repeater sites located on a mountain chain east of the city of Huntsville, AL. that runs in a roughly North-South direction. The sites are about 10 miles apart. *OPEN*
Hams for Emergency Radio Communications (HERC)The HERC system is a network of interlinked repeaters across the state of Wyoming. This system is useful from many areas and provides very important emergency communications capability throughout the state as well as a great way to keep in touch for travelers or folks living in different communities.
KF4TNP Repeater Group covers Marshall, Maury, and Giles Counties in Tennessee. *OPEN*
MegaLink is a wide coverage system of 21 repeaters owned and maintained by Paul Choc, WA5IHL, in New Mexico. The Mega-link, together with the repeaters of the Upper Rio FM Society and the other affiliated repeaters comprise the Upper Rio Linking System. *OPEN*
Rocky Mountain Radio League owns and operates eight repeaters at four sites along the Front Range of Colorado. *OPEN*
SEITS Linked Repeater System. Yes, I know I said other systems, but I can't pass up a chance to plug our own, especially in a list of linked repeaters!! Covers eastern Iowa, western Illinois, and northeastern Missouri. *OPEN*
The Tennessee Linked Repeater System covers a large part of Tennessee. **OPEN**
The Target Link System operates over parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia including parts of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. *OPEN*
Upper Rio FM Society operates 8 linked repeaters in New Mexico. At one time I listed this as a CLOSED system, however I believe this is changed. URFMSI appears to connected also to Mega-Link, which includes many of the repeaters from the now defunct ZIA Link. **OPEN??**
WR6AAC Repeater page with photos of equipment and sites, on 5,000 and 8,000 ft. mountain tops in California. Basically a 220 system using converted GE MVP's to 220. *OPEN*
Western Amateur Link Assoc. operates in California. Use of the system is provided for free, however access codes are limited to those who make a yearly donation of $50.00 US or more. There are links on their website to mods, manufacturers, and a truck load of URL's to outstanding sites! *OPEN*
West Texas Connection is a linked repeater system covering more than 20,000 square miles of West Texas. The system provides continuous coverage along Interstate 20 from the Fort Davis/ Big Bend area to Colorado City and from the Andrews/Seminole area south to McCamey. Coverage also includes Interstate 10 from the Davis Mountains past Fort Stockton. *OPEN*
Wisconsin Interstate System W.I.S. covers a large part of (what else) Wisconsin's Interstate system. Coverage also includes the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, area. *OPEN*
VE2RM The Western Quebec VHF/UHF Amatuer Radio Club.
Short Mountain Repeater Club (W4YXA) is on the frequency pair 146.31/91 located approximately 60 miles SSE of Nashville, Tennessee at an elevation of about 2200 feet. *OPEN*
SuperLink is an "on demand" system covering North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. *OPEN*

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