Repeater System
The W8UPD club maintains two repeaters on site at the W8UPD club room: a 2m repeater, and a 70cm repeater. These repeaters are linked together, audio on one may be heard on the other repeater. The 2m repeater is a split site repeater with receiving antennas on Bulger Residence Hall on campus. Transmit antennas, and actual repeater placement is a little closer to home in Zook Hall 501 with transmit antennas on the towers here at Zook. Fig 1 should help in understanding our current repeater setup.
| Repeater: | 70cm |
| Status: | Operational |
| Frequency: | 443.1125MHz+ |
| Offset: | +5MHz |
| PL Tone: | 131.8Hz |
| Power output: | 50W |
| Latitude: | 41.076131 |
| Longitude: | -81.51153 |
| Height: | |
| Radio: | Motorola |
| Echolink: | Down |
| Repeater: | 2m |
| Status: | Operational |
| Frequency: | 145.170MHz- |
| Offset: | -600kHz |
| PL Tone: | 123Hz |
| Power output: | 50W |
| Latitude: | 41.076131 |
| Longitude: | -81.51153 |
| Height: | |
| Radio: | Motorola |
| Echolink: | Down |
W8UPD Repeater System
The W8UPD repeater system offers several features to the general public:
+EchoLink capability
+Linked repeaters
+Digipeater on APRS
Planed features are:
+Autopatch capability
+Packet BBS
Echolink Functionality
| Repeater: | APRS Digipeater |
| Status: | Operational |
| Frequency: | 144.390MHz |
| Offset: | Simplex |
| PL Tone: | N/A |
| Power output: | 50W |
| Latitude: | 41.076131 |
| Longitude: | -81.51153 |
| Height: | |
| Radio: | TM-D710A |
Echolink provides a way for amateur radio operators who are connected to the internet to access repeaters that are also connected into the echolink system using VoIP. Each repeater on the echolink system is assigned a node number and here at Akron our node is 13335... although a callsign search will also reveal our station.
You can also use echolink through the repeater using the DTMF keypad on your HT! Official documentation may be found on the echolink website but we will provide a quick overview.
To connect to another node in echo link:
Start Transmitting
Press # [nodenumber]
Stop Transmitting
If all has gone correctly you should hear echolink responding to your request to connect. If not try again.
To end a connection to a node:
Start Transmitting
Press # #
Stop Transmitting
You should now hear the echolink system respond to your request to disconnect.
Contributions
Each listed member has made considerable contributions to the operation of our repeater system(s).
- Rick Nemer (N8NOQ)
- Jason Stroll (KC8LIN)