[PPRAANet] D-STAR repeater is now in our area

[Dan Scott]

New D-STAR repeater in our area!!!

The Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association W0TLM in conjunction with 
the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District is pleased to announce 
that they have installed a new D-STAR repeater located in eastern Monument.


The  (-)448.8875 W0TLM**B now available.  They are currently working out 
some coverage issues and working to setup the gateway server. There may 
be some intermittent periods of down time still as fine tuning  the 
system dictates.

The goal is to cover northern and central El Paso county and southern 
Douglas county.  Coverage reports from the eastern and southern areas to 
include Elbert, Colorado Springs, Ellicott, Falcon, Calhan, Peyton, 
Fountain, Black Forest Larkspur and Monument would be greatly appreciated.

The purpose of this repeater is to enhance and support emergency 
communications for ARES and RACES within the southern Colorado 
community, serve as a test bed for cultivating experience in D-Star 
operation and maintenance as well as providing a low-level local fill in 
repeater.

448.8875 is an open repeater.

The tri-Lakes Fire district auxiliary team is looking forward to sharing 
their installation, maintenance, and other operational experiences with 
the higher altitude, wide area repeater expected to be placed on 
Cheyenne Mountain.

If you can provide coverage reports, or have other comments about the 
operation of this repeater, please contact Elliot Linke (KB0RFC) 
[ehlinke at comcast net], Mike Skinner (KC0LNM) [kc0lno at comcast net], 
or any member of the Tri-Lakes Fire Communications Auxiliary.

This is a great addition to the repeater system in our area. 

*Other items:*
I hope to hear everyone on during the Colorado QSO Party, Sep 20th!  
(http://www.ppraa.org/coqp/)

Please join us Thursday evenings at 7:00PM local for the PPRAA 10-meter 
AM (and other modes from there) get together.  We meet on 28.4 AM, then 
we may switch to other modes (like FM).  We have found that mode 
experimentation is a great way to become more proficient with our rigs. 
Different modes may require slight changes.  A 2-mtr AM net follows at 
8:00PM local - 145.550.

Thanks and 73!
Dan - W0RO

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Hamcon Colorado, the 2009 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, is 
May 29-31, 2009 in Estes Park, CO. Visit http://www.hamconcolorado.org 
for details.
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Elliot Linke* <ehlinke at comcast.net <mailto:ehlinke at comcast.net>>
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Subject: Please forward to ARES and RACES
To: k0hbz at msn.com <mailto:k0hbz at msn.com>, robert.roller at l-3com.com 
<mailto:robert.roller at l-3com.com>
Cc: sidwhite at att.net <mailto:sidwhite at att.net>, jim voige 
<jimvoige at comcast.net <mailto:jimvoige at comcast.net>>, Jeff Petersma 
<jpetersma at falconfirepd.org <mailto:jpetersma at falconfirepd.org>>, 
brandon.payne at bffire.org <mailto:brandon.payne at bffire.org>, "Bradley J. 
Dorris" <bdorris at comsgov.com <mailto:bdorris at comsgov.com>>, "Vincent, 
John; Captain" <JVincent at tri-lakesfire.com 
<mailto:JVincent at tri-lakesfire.com>>, mhall at frontier-radio.com 
<mailto:mhall at frontier-radio.com>, nate at natetech.com 
<mailto:nate at natetech.com>, Dan Scott <w0ro.dan at gmail.com 
<mailto:w0ro.dan at gmail.com>>


The goal is to cover
northern and central El Paso county and southern Douglas county.
Anyone that would like to help explore the coverage should contact
Elliot (KB0RFC) at kb0rfc at arrl.net <mailto:kb0rfc at arrl.net>  Coverage 
reports from the eastern
and southern areas to include Elbert, Colorado Springs, Ellicott,
Falcon, Calhan, Peyton, Fountain, Black Forest Larkspur and Monument
would be greatly appreciated.
 We
look forward to helping CMRG as they pursue a higher altitude more
wide area repeater system. This is an open repeater we request that
you forward any comments or experiences to enhance the capabilities.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing you on the air!

Elliot Linke (KB0RFC) and the entire Tri-Lakes Fire Communications
Auxiliary team.

 

 

 



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Hamcon Colorado, the 2009 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, is May 29-31, 2009 in Estes Park, CO. Visit http://www.hamconcolorado.org for details.