[MCARC] Using/Monitoring the New Seneca FUSION Repeater

[Kenneth Herring]

Bruce,

My name is Ken Herring, W0HLK and although I'm from Marysville originally,
I reside in Independence and use Echolink to participate in the Sunday
NIght ARES net which has been working great. My question is, since you now
have a YSF C4FM repeater, I was wondering if by chance you have a room
number that I could access via my HRI-200 that I have connected through
Wires-X?



On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 7:15 AM WCØAA Bruce Stanley <wc0aa at arrl.net> wrote:

> I've been getting a few questions from area hams about the new Seneca
> repeater and so I wanted to pass this along to anyone who might have an
> interest and doesn't already use/monitor a YSF repeater.  Two NE Kansas
> repeaters (and others nearby) are now YSF equipped and if you have them in
> your scan, you might have been wondering what you can do to maximize the
> experience.
> The new Nemaha County Amateur Radio Organization's repeater is the second
> generation’ System Fusion repeater and will operate in AMS, or Auto Mode
> Select. This allows the repeater to auto select FM or Digital (C4FM) and
> then re-transmit the same mode, depending on the received signal.  When a
> user is using their digital C4FM radio, no matter how far from the repeater
> you may be if you are able to hit the repeater, your communications will be
> absolutely clear.  We haven't had extensive testing yet, but it appears
> that the digital function of the repeater is a great addition.
>
> This repeater is open to *all users*, Analog FM or C4FM Digital on a
> co-shared basis.
>
> *Current Analog FM users will not be affected and can use 146.715 as
> before as long as you have PL tone of 88.5 programmed*
>
> If analog only users don't wish to hear the digital data stream over their
> rigs speaker, the FM user may wish to program their radios with full CTCSS
> 88.5  (encode and decode) to help alleviate unwanted noise. Employing full
> CTCSS will allow any analog user to mask the digital data as is passes over
> your receiver.
>
> If you don't program your rig to full CTCSS and you happen to turn on your
> rigs scanning function, any digital traffic that comes across 146.715 will
> lock on the channel and all you will hear is a very loud white noise, which
> can be annoying. The actual C4FM signal sounds like like a starts/stop
> tones, followed by a very loud white noise hiss until the digital user
> unkeys.   With full decode on, your rigs scan feature should fly right past
> 146.715, unless there's a FM conversation occurring.
>
> It should be noted that both the analog FM and Digital user will be
> *co-sharing* on the repeater, but only *one* conversation can exist on
> the repeater at one time. If you hear a digital noise on the channel, and
> your S meter is showing a strong, yet unintelligible signal AND you wish to
> break in or make an emergency call, keying up in between their
> transmissions with any analog transmission will automatically force
> everyone's Digital radios (including the repeater) back to Analog FM mode.
>
> *The NCARO System Fusion repeater will **always** favor any incoming FM
> analog signal.*
> No matter what mode you are using to access our new System Fusion
> repeater, as long as you have TX CTCSS set to 88.5, you should be good to
> go.
> Let us know your experiences with our new repeater so that we may
> hopefully tweak things as necessary.
>
>
> *Bruce, WCØAA *
> *"I can use a phone to call a friend but, I can use Amateur Radio to make
> a new friend"*
>
>
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-- 
Kenneth Herring - W0HLK
kherring7383 at gmail.com

Independence Amateur Radio Club
Independence, KS
www.n0id.org
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