[OFARC] Updated repeater list notes

[MLandress]

All, following up on the repeater list info.  I chatted with Aaron Siller
who maintains the updates on Repeaterbook.com.
https://repeaterbook.com/index.php/en-us/  I'd like correct my statement
about their database which is using the best information available and up to
date.  Repeaterbook is a great product and the guys have done an excellent
job setting up and maintaining this site.   Its integration into CHIRP is a
tremendous benefit making it much easier to find repeaters.  Like any other
database, it needs to be filtered for each individual's location or route.
Repeaters still can be listed as active if the owner continues to maintain
the frequency pair, but be temporarily or permanently off line.   Saltgrass
system is an example.  

 

The list provided by me is focused for the club members and needs to be
filtered by the users.    These are the sites I use to develop frequency
lists.

 

1.       County or city repeater list from Texas VHF FM Society, the
frequency coordinator.  

2.       Club-maintained repeaters listed in websites

3.       Repeaterbook

4.       RF Finder (source for ARRL Repeater Directory)

5.       Radioreference

6.       FCC database

 

Once the list is developed, I keep the long list in the radio and check if
the repeaters are operating making the notations as shown on paper and
eventually updating the labels in memory so I don't have to fumble around
knowing which repeaters are working.  The list is then sorted to the top 10
channels, the rest sorted by frequency. 

 

Good topic for a meeting.  Thanks to Aaron for the corrections.  Mark WB5ANN

 

 

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