Technical Briefings from the IRALocal Laws and Ordinances
**NEW
SYSTEM CONTROLLER PLANNED**
Donations are being sought to replace the decades-old main controller for
the linked system. The selected controller will be announced shortly, once
evaluations are completed. If you are willing to contribute, please submit
your donation to the address at right, marked "Controller Fund."
Thank
you for your continued support.
Our new mailing
address:
Independent Repeater Association
PO Box 8122
Kentwood MI 49518
Please
note that the Independent Repeater Association, Inc. is a 501C(3) Charitable
Organization.
Contributions made to the IRA are tax deductible.
Mark your calendars now for the 2012
Annual Hamfest to be held on Saturday, June 2 from 8 AM to Noon. The full
announcement can be found HERE.
Hope to see you there!
The Independent Repeater
Association maintains a network of 2-meter repeaters covering western
Michigan from the Indiana border to the upper peninsula. Everyone is welcome
to use and enjoy the linked-repeater system.
(Click on map for a
larger image.)
CURRENT LINK STATUS
12/17/2011
Frequency
Location
Status
145.15
BATTLE CREEK
Being
repaired
(94.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.15
PLEASANT VALLEY (MT. PLEASANT)
Operational (103.5 Hz CTCSS)
145.15
TRAVERSE CITY
Operational
(114.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.29
WHITE CLOUD/BIG RAPIDS
Operational (94.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.29
VANDERBILT/GAYLORD
Operational
(103.5 Hz CTCSS)
145.31
SCOTTVILLE
Operational
(94.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.33
MUSKEGON
Intermittent (94.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.47
ST. JOSEPH / BENTON HARBOR
Intermittent (94.8 Hz CTCSS)
145.47
Jackson/Lansing
Operational (114.8 Hz CTCSS)
*When in Lansing, you can access the Lansing receiver using an HT and a
100.0 or 107.2 Hz tone.
146.84
Mackinaw City
Operational
(103.5 Hz CTCSS)
147.16
GRAND RAPIDS
Operational
(94.8 Hz CTCSS)
*When in the Kalamazoo area you can access the Oshtemo
receiver using a 107.2 Hz tone while listening to Grand Rapids 147.16.
*When in the Holland area, you can access the 147.16 link using a 118.8
Hz
tone.
147.16
CADILLAC
Operational
( 103.5 Hz CTCSS)
The
West Michigan Traffic
Net is now on the link system on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights
at 9 p.m. Listen in and participate!
Pass messages,
sharpen your net skills and help out!
THE SAME PEOPLE RAG-CHEWING FOR HOURS ON THE LINK SYSTEM IS DISCOURAGED. PLEASE
BE CONSIDERATE AND COURTEOUS!
Please
use, enjoy, communicate and make friends on the link-system, but try to refrain
from rag-chewing longer than 10 or 15 minutes. There are potentially 2,600 hams
in the available coverage area of the link-system and everyone deserves a turn.
Courtesy is contagious.
W8IRA/R
