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

[Bob K0NR]

The frequency was listed incorrectly in the original email. The correct 
frequency is 446.8875 MHz

Dan Scott wrote:
> New D-STAR repeater in our area!!!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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> 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>>
>
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> 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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