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Delete 53.19, 53.75, 145.15 (Elm City), 442.025, 442.4, 442.55, 444.3, 444.575. Update 145.17, 145.37, 146.73. Add 444.025 to the KD4RAA/K4JDR link, and tweak lots of theri entries. And a bunch of minor updates.
If you have a comment or correction on the information
presented, or you can provide an e-mail address or link that should be
included, drop me a line. Gary
KN4AQ Click HERE to download the Band Plan Chart PDF file (only 85kB). |
Triangle Area Two Meter Repeaters
click
here for UHF Repeaters
and here for 6 Meter Repeaters
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| 145.11 - | Youngsville
KD4MYE 88.5 PL Nag's Head |
Good coverage of the Raleigh area and eastern
Triangle. Spotty in the west.
This is a vacation repeater, one of the Outer Banks Repeater Association
machines, located at Nag's Head/Kill Devil Hills. |
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| 145.13 - | Raleigh W4RNC 82.5 PL |
This
RARS repeater returned to the air from it's old home
on the DH Hill Library on the NCSU campus. Local coverage around
the city. No phone patch on this machine. It does have the
RARS "Calling Tone" feature. For "silent monitoring," monitor and
call with 203.5 Hz tone. Switch back to 82.5 Hz for a
conversation. Band openings bring in the Ahoskie NC and Galax VA
co-channel repeaters. |
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| 145.15 - | Greensboro W4GSO 100.0 |
I seem to be able to hit this repeater consistantly from by base station in Cary, and it gets into the western Triangle pretty well. It's run by the Greensboro Amateur Radio Association . | ||||||||||||
| 145.17 - | Bullock?
W4BAD 82.5 PL uncoordinated |
This repeater/frequency changed hands and moved, but did not
get SERA coordination. Bullock is near the Virginia line in
northern Granville County. |
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| 145.19 - | Raleigh K4GWH 156.7 PL Mt. Mitchell |
Operated by the Graham
Repeater Assn ., it's located at about 290' on a tower near
Strickland and Six Forks in Raleigh. You'll need 156.7 Hz PL. There is
a co-located UHF repeater as well (444.825/146.2 PL). 145.19 is not
linked to the Graham repeater network.
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| 145.21- | Trenton WB4TQD 82.5 PL |
This wide area PCRN
repeater just touches the southeastern fringe of the Triangle.
From it's perch at 1200', it one of the big machines "down-east,"
although a tower null makes coastal coverage a little spotty. |
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| 145.23 - | Chapel Hill
W4UNC 107.2 PL |
Sponsored by OCRA (Orange Co. Radio Amateurs) , this local coverage machine is located on the UNC Hospital. Requires 107.2 PL. It has an IRLP node attatched for OCRA club members. | ||||||||||||
| 145.25 - | Greensboro W4GG 88.5 PL |
It's not in the Triangle, but this wide coverage repeater can
be heard in the western Triangle area from its 1400 foot perch
on the WFMY TV2 tower, near Level Cross NC.. You may need 88.5 PL. It's
sponsored by the Guilford
Amateur Society (GAS).
Note that 145.25 is the video carrier frequency for cable channel 18, and in many areas you may hear some cable leakage that will appear as a dead carrier on 145.25. |
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| 145.27- | Farmville K4ROK 131.8 PL |
I can usually just barely key this one up from home in Cary, but it does better in the southeastern fringe of the Triangle. It is part of the Coastal Emergency Linking Net. | ||||||||||||
| 145.29- | Rocky Mount WA4WPD 107.2 PL |
Sponsored by the Stony Creek Repeater Association . Not audible here in Cary, but reaches the eastern fringes of the Triangle and "Triangle-East". Full-time link with other Stony Creek R.A. repeaters. Reported by Bert WA4TLI. | ||||||||||||
| 145.33- |
Goldsboro KI4RK 100.0 PL |
Thanks to Dean N4TXF for pointing out this
repeater, which hits the southeastern corner of the Triangle from
Goldsboro.
Operated by the Goldsboro
Amateur
Repeater Club . |
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| 145.37 - | Durham? W4BAD 100.0 PL (uncoordinated) |
This repeater/frequency changed hands and moved from Oxford
to somewhere closer to Durham, but did not recoordinate through SERA
(and, due to the proximity to the 145.39 repeater, probably would not
receive coordination for Durham). |
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| 145.39- | Raleigh WB4TQD 82.5
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This is one of Raleigh's wider-coverage repeaters, from about
1000 feet up the WBBB-FM tower near Lake Wheeler, south of
Raleigh. Owned by PCRN , it
is not regularly on the network, but members can use the
autopatch. The side mounted antennas have a deep notch right down
US. 1 toward Sanford. This is one of the few repeaters in the
area that does not use a duplexer. A separate transmit antenna is
at the 800 foot level of the tower.
145.39 is the primay Wake County ARES Repeater, although the Wake ARES Weekly Net is on the 146.88 machine for greater visibility, and a tie-in with the Piedmont Coastal Traffic Net (Wake ARES net is Thursday, following the PCTN. |
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| 145.45 - | Durham WR4AGC |
Sponsored by the Durham FM Assn. (DFMA) , this machine provides local coverage from atop the VA Hospital in Durham. Open autopatch. You can hit it mobile from the higher spots in Raleigh. | ||||||||||||
| 145.49 - | Raleigh W4BWC 82.5 PL |
One of two Capital Amateur Repeater Society machines, this is located on the tower at Capitol Blvd. and Wake Forest Rd. (inside the Beltline). The other repeater is 146.73 in Knightdale. Contact Bill K4BWC . | ||||||||||||
| 146.52 | National Simplex | 146.52 is the National Simplex frequency. Everyone
should have it programmed in their radios.
When you're driving down the highway and spot a car with an antenna and call letter plates, catch the driver's attention, and give the universal sign to go to 52 - hold up your hand with five fingers, then change to two fingers. Be careful flashing those fingers - you may end up with a case of road rage rather than a pleasant contact as you mobile down the road! |
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| 146.61 | Raleigh WB4TOP 131.8 PL |
This repeater is sponsored by the Wake Tech ARC, and is on the air with limited coverage in southern Wake County. | ||||||||||||
| 146.64 - | Raleigh W4DW
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"Six-Four" is the flagship repeater of the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society . The
repeater is located at the 250' level of a tower owned by the state,
near the NC State Fairgrounds. The antenna pattern favors the
southeast, with a deep null to the northwest. Open autopatch (ID,
drop
carrier briefly, dial, converse. Kill patch with # and ID at
end).
RARS requests that stations in the western null area do not use high power to reach the repeater when the band is open enough to allow them to hit our co-channel neighbor, the Winston-Salem 146.64 repeater. The Winston-Salem machine may be switched to 100 Hz PL during
band openings. The Raleigh machine is holding 88.5 Hz PL in
reserve in case it's needed, but is currently carrier access. A
new machine is in the works, and the reserve PL will change to 82.5,
with 203.5 as the secondary "monitoring tone." |
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| 146.670 - | Burlington K4EG |
The Alamance Amateur Radio Club runs this repeater, located just south of Graham, off of NC 54 on the county tower at Swepsonville. Open autipatch for local calls. | ||||||||||||
| 146.685 - | Grifton W4NBR 88.5 PL |
This wide coverage machine covers the eastern Triangle area from its 1800' elevation on a TV tower near Grifton. It's part of the PCRN network. Minor band openings bring this repeater to the entire Triangle. During interference conditions it may require 88.5 Hz PL. | ||||||||||||
| 146.700 - | Dunn W4PEQ Danville, Va. |
This machine covers the southern Triangle, and can be
worked mobile into Raleigh.
The Dunn repeater shares the channel with a machine just across the Virginia line. Be careful from Raleigh that you're not keying up both of them. |
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| 146.730 - | Knightdale W4BWC 82.5 PL |
Fall 2005, off the air – the repeater lost it's site when the water tower it was on was torn down. The repeater is off the air while they are looking for a new site. (This Capital Amateur Radio Society repeater covers the eastern Triangle pretty well from atop a water tower in Knightdale. Club autopatch. Contact Billy K4BWC ._ | ||||||||||||
| 146.76 - | Wilson WB4THL Greensboro (off air?) |
This medium/local repeater covers the eastern fringe of the
Triangle. This is a medium to wide coverage repeater, sponsored by the Graham Repeater Assn . It covers the western Triangle. (As of Oct. 2005, it's been off the air for four years.) Please note that Raleigh is in regular overlap coverage for both the Wilson and Greensboro repeaters. You may key up both machines. You might also hear some splatter from the 146.775 machine in Raleigh when it's on the air. This is normal. 15 kHz channels are actually too narrow for narrow-band FM. The band plan relies on distance to reduce signal strength on adjacent channel neighbors to avoid spatter. |
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| 146.775 - | Raleigh KD4RAA 88.5 PL |
Part of the KD4RAA Repeater
Group . It's on the air from about
350' up a tower west of the fairgrounds and requires 88.5 Hz tone.
The repeater is part of the IRLP ,
which allows users worldwide to link repeaters via the internet.
In the past it was usually connected to one of the more widely used
reflectors, but in 2005 the group changed it to an "on demand" system
for members. For more information
on IRLP operation see the KD4RAA
Repeater Group home page.
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| 146.805- | Rocky Mount/ Louisburg W4DCG 118.8PL |
The Tar River ARC
operates this repeater from the Channel 47 TV Tower near
Louisburg. It has pretty good coverage into the Triangle from up
there, and I'm told it works well up I-95 to Roanoke Rapids. |
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| 146.82 - | Wilmington N4ILM 88.5 PL |
OK, this is pretty far from the Triangle, but it's a favorite repeater during band openings and trips to the beach. Operated by the Wilmington VHF Association , it's about 1800 feet up a TV tower in Winnabow, just southwest of Wilmington. And it's part of the Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network . You'll need 88.5 Hz PL to use this machine. It shares .82 with another wide coverage machine in Roaring Gap out in the mountains. | ||||||||||||
| 146.835- | Columbia KB4TOH 131.8 PL |
At 1200' up the UNC-TV tower in Columbia, the Columbia Emergency Repeater Association machine doesn't cover the Triangle, but it's wide coverage will serve you well on your trip to the Outer Banks. You'll start hitting it just east of Rocky Mount. | ||||||||||||
| 146.85 - | Goldsboro K4CYP 85.4 PL |
This is a medium coverage repeater operated by the Wayne County Amateur Radio Association that just tickles the southeastern fringe of the Triangle. It's one of the Possum Trot net repeaters. | ||||||||||||
146.88 -
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Raleigh WB4TQD  |
At the 1400 foot level of the WRAL-TV tower, this is the widest coverage two meter machine in Raleigh. You could say it's the "flagship" repeater of the Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network , which links repeaters across North Carolina and parts of Virginia, West Virginia and a bit of South Carolina. The .88 machine is the primary SKYWARN repeater in the Raleigh area, and is frequently used by ARES. It is also the home of the Piedmont Coastal Traffic Network (PCTN) , a local outlet for NTS traffic. | ||||||||||||
| 146.91 - | Fayetteville WB4YZF 100 PL |
The Cape Fear ARS machine has medium coverage of Fayetteville, and fringe coverage of the southwest Triangle area (some people say Fayetteville is one corner of the Triangle). It's another Possum Trot net repeater. | ||||||||||||
| 146.94 - | Butner WA4IZG Outer Banks |
David WA4IZG sent me a note saying that the repeater is
indeed in Butner, is carrier access, and is open to ARES use whenever
needed. It's been used by ARES and SKYWARN from time to time,
and fills important territory.
94 is also one of the main repeaters on the Outer Banks. These repeaters rarely reach the Triangle area. But if you travel to the Outer Banks beaches, you will want to follow this link to the Outer Banks Repeater Association and checkout the extensive repeater network in the northeastern part of North Carolina. |
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| 146.97 - | Benson KD4BJD |
This is a local coverage JARS machine in Benson, operating with an antenna atop the Mule City Feed Company's grain elevator, right down the street from the JARS Benson Hamfest Site... | ||||||||||||
| 146.985 - |
Durham K4JPE 250.3 PL |
Owner
James Hicks K4JPE had been
running a remote base that grew into a repeater with a remoted HF
station
attached. |
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| 147.015 + | Raleigh W4BAD 100.0 PL |
This machine sits on top of the Progress Energy building
downtown at about 300 feet. It's the only
two-meter repeater actually in downtown Raleigh. It
has an Echolink connection. W4BAD has had it linked to some of
his other repeaters. During 2004/05 he's had machines up and down
too fast to document, so keep an ear out. |
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| 147.06 - | South Boston, VA KF4AGO |
This one's for those heading for Kerr Lake. It's on the PCRN , and has coverage almost all the way down to the Triangle. Note it's "minus" offset - one of the few repeaters above 147 MHz to slide that way. The input is 146.46, so you don't want to use "46" as a simplex channel in this area. | ||||||||||||
| 147.075 + | Pittsboro KD4JFN |
Good coverage of the western Triangle, and the higher spots in Raleigh. It hosts a later version of the Possum Trot net at 7:15 a.m. for the sleepyheads. | ||||||||||||
| 147.105 + | Lillington K4ITL 82.5 |
After the 1700' WKFT "Broadway" tower was toppled by an airplane in early 2002, this PCRN repeater was relocated to a much shorer (350') tower north of Lillington. Coverage is good, but obviously reduced from its days at 1600'. | ||||||||||||
| 147.135+ | Chapel Hill K4ITL 82.5 |
A PCRN repeater serving the western Triangle and far beyond from 1000 feet up the WUNC tower (right next to OCRA's 442.15 and 53.45 repeaters). | ||||||||||||
| 147.15 + | Roanoke Rapids 82.5 PL |
147.15 is now on the air from Brinkleyville, about 15 miles southeast of Roanoke Rapids. It is on the PCRN link. | ||||||||||||
| 147.18 + | Efland WA1YYN 156.7 PL |
This Graham Repeater Assn.
machine is just a little west of the DFMA's 147.225
repeater. Good coverage of the western Triangle. Mobiles
can work it from the higher spots of Cary and Raleigh.
Some spatter is possible from the 147.195 machine if you're using 147.18 in its fringe signal area in Raleigh. |
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| 147.195 + | Raleigh KO4CW 88.5 PL |
I'm told that the WARS (Wake Amateur Repeater Society) supports this repeater, located at the 1200 foot level of the WRAL-TV tower, but don't go looking for a real club. If WARS still exists, it's just a shell for repeater support. Autopatch and other repeater functions are available to members. Transmit power is low (around 12 watts) and there's a deep null in coverage to the east (it's gone by Wilson). E-mail Ken KO4CW for more info. | ||||||||||||
| 147.225 + | Hillsboro WR4AGC |
Have you seen that crowded tower just south of I-40, a mile
or so east of I-85? The Durham
FM Assn. (DFMA) machine acts like a wide-area repeater
from this site, reaching from Raleigh to Greensboro, with the help of
multiple receiver sites and a voting system. Open autopatch.
This is the Triangle's home for the Possum Trot net . Check in from "a little after six until little after seven" weekday mornings. |
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| 147.24+ | Carthage NC4ML Boydton, VA |
You can hit this Moore County machine from the southern end
of the Triangle area (near Sanford) most of the time. Another weekender, covering Kerr Lake (but not the Triangle). |
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| 147.255+ |
Level Cross K4ITL |
The
old Asheboro 147.255+ repeater has been completely replaced and
relocated to Level Cross. It's now at 1550 feet AGL and offers
solid mobile coverage from Apex to Statesville, and can reach into
Raleigh and Clayton (as well as Morganton, Charlotte, and Mt. Airy)
with some
combination of higher power and elevation. Danny K4ITL has
built
an incredible PCRN machine
here. Triad SKYWARN
has moved their operation to this repeater. KN4AQ (ever curmudgeonly) adds a note of caution: there is a significant potential for adjacent channel interference between the Level Cross repeater and the JARS' Raleigh/Benson 147.27 repeater, just 15 kHz above it. In Cary and west Raleigh,, the Level Cross repeater may be easy to hear and talk through, but when the JARS repeater comes on, it will probably tear up the Level Cross signal in your receiver. And you may cause interference to the JARS repeater when you try to talk back to Level Cross. There's nothing wrong with your radio, and nothing wrong with the repeaters - this is a fact of life with 15 kHz channel separation ( hint: tune 5 kHz low - 147.250 - for a cleaner signal when 27 is hitting your receiver hard). The repeaters are well beyond the 50 mile recommended spacing for 15 kHz adjacent channel repeaters, but they both have wide coverage. With proper consideration by users, the awsome coverage of the 147.255 repeater will be a major asset to Amateur Radio in central North Carolina. |
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| 147.27 + | Johnston County AK4H |
The JARS repeater is actually a few feet inside Wake Co. (at the 850 foot level of the WRAL-TV tower, making it one of five ham machines on the WRAL towers). With antennas oriented to the southeast, the JARS blowtorch still covers the rest of the Triangle quite well. Could by the busiest repeater in the Triangle. (see the note in the box above regarding the potential for adjacent channel interference to and from the 147.255 Level Cross repeater). | ||||||||||||
| 147.30 + | Wilson WA4UQC 88.5 PL |
Part of the Triangle
East network, this local machine covers the eastern Triangle
fringe. It's linked to 147.39 in Clayton, and the 442.40 in
Wendell. I understand that as of January 2004 it's been off the
air for nearly a year. |
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| 147.315 + | Rolesville KF4HFQ |
From 390 feet, this repeater has excellent coverage of the eastern Triangle all the way into the RTP. Operated by the Franklin County Amateur Radio Club . The Repeater Journal lists 88.5 tone, but it's been carrier access since it came on the air. | ||||||||||||
| 147.36 + | Durham W4REG 136.5 PL |
This quiet machine has medium coverage from downtown Durham, workable from the high spots in Raleigh. Open autopatch. | ||||||||||||
| 147.375 + | Graham K4GWH 114.8 PL |
This Graham Repeater Assn . machine covers the western Triangle and the high spots in Raleigh. You'll need 114.8 PL. | ||||||||||||
| 147.39 + | Clayton WB4IUY 88.5 PL |
The Triangle
East ARA repeater covers the southeastern Triangle and the high
spots of Raleigh and Cary. |
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| 147.42 | RARS Simplex
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RARS purchased 147.42 in one of the recent spectrum auctions... OK, I'm lying. We don't own it. But lots of RARS members have been discovering the joys, advantages and surprising range of simplex on the "official" RARS Simplex channel. Next time a little repeater is too much, try simplex! | ||||||||||||
| 147.45 |
Wake County ARES Primary Simplex | Wake County ARES has designated
147.45 and 147.57 as primary and secondary simplex
frequencies. It's a good idea to program them in your
radio. Maybe program ALL the Wake ARES frequencies side-by-side.
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| 147.57 | Wake County ARES Secondary Simplex |
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| 441.725 | Raleigh
K4JDR 100.0 PL |
This is the "hub" repeater for the KD4RAA/K4JDR linking
system which has extended its reach well beyond the Triangle now,
primarly to the southeast (as far as Wilmington). The hub machine
is located on a tower just
west of the fairgrounds in Raleigh. Users are welcome to use
this frequency if it provides the best coverage for their
location. Autopatch and IRLP access for members. Most
repeaters use 100
Hz tone. The chart below lists the the Triangle area linked
repeaters. For the entire list, go to their web site.
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| 442.05 | Efland WA1YYN 107.2 PL |
On the Graham Repeater Assn .
full-time link, this machine covers the western Triangle pretty well,
but hits only the high spots in Raleigh.
From west to east, the GRA link looks like this:
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| 442.075 | Apex KD4PBS 114.8 PL |
On the Ch. 22 TV tower along 1010 Rd. in Apex, and up a few hundred feet.. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.125 | Henderson KG4IWI 88.5 PL |
Sponsored by the Stony Creek Repeater Association . Not audible here in Cary, but likely reaches the northern fringes of the Triangle. Full-time link with other Stony Creek R.A. repeaters. Reported by Bert WA4TLI. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.15 | Chapel Hill
W4UNC 131.8 PL |
OCRA’s mighty machine is the wide coverage UHF for the area, from the kilofoot level of the WUNC-TV tower west of Chapel Hill. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.175 | Roxboro KE4GYN 156.7 PL |
Donnie KE4GYN reports that Roxboro's first repeater is about 150' up on the EMS tower in the center of town. They plan to add autopatch in the future. Coverage is local (northern Triangle "fringe" coverage), but he's hit it from some high spots in north Raleigh (I couldn't key it up from the "big base station" in Cary, but that's not too surprising). It's an open machine, and everyone up there is excited to have it on the air. Please check in if you can hit it. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.275 | Auburn N4ZCM |
A private repeater (there are a few of these on UHF). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.45 | Raleigh N4LMR |
A private machine with limited coverage. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.575 | Raleigh W4MLU 94.8 PL |
The Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society claims this repeater, 400 feet above average terrain at the WRAL-TV Studios on Western Blvd. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442.675 | Raleigh W4ATC 100.0 PL |
The NCSU
StARS machine, on the DH Hill Library. It's been off
the air since 2004. |
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| 443.00 |
Goldsboro KI4RK 100.0 PL |
Thanks to Dean N4TXF for pointing out this
repeater, which should hit the southeastern corner of the Triangle from
Goldsboro.
Operated by the Goldsboro
Amateur
Repeater Club . Echolink Node # 46370 connection via KD4FV
link. |
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| 443.125 |
Raleigh WA4NNA 88.5 PL |
Gene
KG4ENL e-mailed me that he can hit this one just fine with his HT in
north
Raleigh (Litchford Rd. area). So I kerchunked.... nothing in
north
Cary. Then I opened my squelch, and there it was, just above the
noise.
It's there, but fairly local. It's linked to 224.78 near
Eden (NC, not Garden of...). |
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| 443.20 | Youngsville KC4WDI 88.5 PL |
Covers best northeast, but I can hit it from the high spots in Cary. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 443.225 | Raleigh N4ZCM |
Another local, private machine. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 443.275 | Rougemont WA4WTX 100.0 PL |
This machine fills a gap in northern Durham County. Pretty good coverage to mobiles in northwest Raleigh from WA4WTX’s machine on Red Mountain. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 443.425 | RTP K4GWH 156.7 PL |
The Graham Repeater Assn
. RTP machine has good coverage from near I-40 and Davis
Drive. Part of their full-time link.
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| 443.475 | Chapel Hill W4UNC 131.8 PL |
OCRA ’s “local” UHF machine has good coverage from the top of the UNC Hospital, usable into Cary, and on hilltops in Raleigh. I’ve heard this on the GRA link from time to time. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 443.60 | Burlington K4EG 123.0 PL |
John
Webb WE4BB tells me that this is a new repeater "intended for ARES
use in times of crisis and emergency. It is an OPEN machine and
we are currently testing coverage, which westwardly, extends into
Guilford County to about the I-85 & I-40 split. It seems to be
covering Alamance County very well and overlapping into surrounding
counties. It's location is downtown Burlington near FIsher Street
and Webb Avenue." Operated by the Alamance Amateur
Radio Club. Should cover the western edge of the Triangle,
but I'm not keying it from north Cary. |
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| 443.625 | RTP W4EUS |
The Ericsson club machine with local coverage in RTP. |
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| 443.725 | Graham K4GWH 156.7 PL |
The machine that gives the
Graham Repeater Assn .
its name. Covers the western Triangle area, and hilltops in Cary
once in a while.
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| 443.80 | Burlington
KD4RAA 100.0 PL |
Another
machine in the KD4RAA/K4JDR
network expands their coverage considerably to the west. This one
is up on Cane Creek Mountain, south of Burlington. I'm into it
with just 3 watts from my base station in Cary. (not part of the network as of September
2004)
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| 443.950 | Hillsborough WA1YYN 114.8 PL |
This one's been listed for a while in the SERA Repeater Journal. I can't key it up from home in Cary, so I don't know what its status is. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.00 | Selma KI4RK |
One of the few UHF’s covering the southeast Triangle. Reaches into Raleigh, but strictly hilltop in north Cary. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.025 |
Smithfield WX4NC 100 PL |
Linked to the KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system
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| 444.10 | Durham WR4AGC |
DFMA ’s local machine covers pretty well from the VA Hospital (right across the street from Duke University Medical Center). Open autopatch, and a VHF remote base. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.15 | Clayton K4JDR 100.0 PL |
Linked to the KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system
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| 444.225 | Greensboro K4GWH 146.2 PL |
The western end of the
Graham Repeater Assn .
linking system isn’t heard direct in Raleigh much. I have all the
GRA machines side-by-side in memories, with the Greensboro machine
first
and the Raleigh machine last. When the system is in use, I’ll
click
around to see how far west I can hear. When I'm heading across
I-40,
it's an easy click to move from one repeater to another.
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| 444.325 |
Holly Springs
KF4AUF 100.0 PL |
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| 444.375 | Henderson KB4WGA 100.0 PL |
John KB4WGA reports this machine is up about 250', with its
antenna favoring northeast toward Kerr Lake. It should cover the
northern fringe of the Triangle, and you might hit it from the higher
spots in north Raleigh. Alas, I can't kerchunk it from the big
base station in Cary. Part of the KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system , with autopatch and IRLP dial-up access on
all
repeaters. All repeaters use 100 Hz Tone.
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| 444.450 | Hillsborough WR4AGC 100.0 PL |
This DFMA repeater is on the same tower as the DFMA's 147.225 repeater, just south of I-40, east of the I-85 merge. Open autopatch. It's listed as 100 Hz tone, but I've keyed it up carrier access. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.50 | Tarboro N4JEH 100.0 PL |
Sponsored by the Stony Creek Repeater Association . Not audible here in Cary, but likely reaches the eastern fringes of the Triangle and "Triangle-East". Full-time link with other Stony Creek R.A. repeaters. Reported by Bert WA4TLI. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.525 | Raleigh W4RNC 82.5 PL  |
RARS’ UHF near Strickland and Six-Forks in north
Raleigh.
It's up about 250 feet on an Alltel Cellular tower (now owned by
American Tower). Open autopatch. Changed from 88.5 to 82.5
Hz tone in 2004. (88.5 will still work for about a minute, then
that tone will disable). This repeater uses the RARS "Secondary
Tone System" with 203.5 Hz as a "calling tone." |
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| 444.55 | Benson K4JDR 100.0 PL |
Member
of the
KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system, installed especially for NC4BJ. On
it's 300 foot home as of late Sept. 2004.
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| 444.60 | Oxford KC4WXA |
Chris KC4WXA reports his repeater is on the air from Oxford. I can't hit it from my home in north Cary, but I did hear it ID. Chris says a good mobile can reach it from Durham. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.650 | Middlesex NE4J 179.9 PL |
Pretty wide coverage from 800 feet up the WRDU tower near the eastern edge of Wake County. Mobiles can hit it in Cary, and east past Tarboro. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.675 | Raleigh KD4RAA 100.0 PL |
A stand-alone repeater in west Raleigh near the Fairgrounds. Not part of the K4JDR-KD4RAA link system, but does have an IRLP connection. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.70 | Rocky Mount N4JEH |
Sponsored by the Stony Creek Repeater Association . Not audible here in Cary, but likely reaches the eastern fringes of the Triangle and "Triangle-East". Full-time link with other Stony Creek R.A. repeaters. Reported by Bert WA4TLI. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 444.75 | Pittsboro KD4JFN 146.2 PL |
Very quiet. The SERA
directory says 146.2 PL, but I've always found it carrier access.
In 2003 I didn't find it on the air much, and when I did it didn't seem
very close to Pittsboro! |
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| 444.775 | Cary K4JDR 100.0 PL |
K4JDR's repeater
is located on a water tower at the north end of Kildare Farm Rd.
in Cary, one of the highest spots in Wake County. Part of the KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system , with autopatch and IRLP dial-up access on
all repeaters. All repeaters use 100 Hz tone.
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| 444.825 | Raleigh K4GWH 146.2 PL |
The eastern terminus of the Graham Repeater Assn .
linked system, on the tower at Strickland and Old Lead Mine (everybody
thinks that’s where the RARS repeaters were, but it isn't). It's
up about 250
feet, but the Three Inch Diamater Hardline puts the
repeater virtually at the top of the tower with the antenna.
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| 444.850 |
Raleigh W4BAD 100.0 PL |
On the Raleigh Community Hospital building, near
the beltline at Wake Forest Rd. Up and down in 2004/05, but
mostly down. |
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| 444.875 | Wendell KD4RAA 100.0 PL |
This
peripatetic KD4RAA Repeater Group
machine
is now in Wendell.
Prepare to be assimilated. Resistance is useless.
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| 444.925 | Durham KB4WGA 100 PL |
KB4WGA's machine is at I-85 and Hwy 70 east of Durham.
The antenna is located at the top of a 500' tower favoring southeast to
Raleigh. Part of the KD4RAA/K4JDR
full-time link system , with autopatch and IRLP dial-up access on
all
repeaters.
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| 444.950 | Rolesville KG4HFQ 88.5 PL |
Franklin County ARC
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| 444.975 | Castalia N4JEH 107.2 PL |
Sponsored by the Stony Creek Repeater Association . Not audible here in Cary, but likely reaches the northeast Triangle. Full-time link with other Stony Creek R.A. repeaters. Reported by Bert WA4TLI. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 446.0 | National Simplex | This is the "146.52" of UHF, but it's not nearly as busy as its two-meter counterpart. Sometimes I think this must be the "National Crossband Repeat" channel... the rest of the UHF bandplan remains a mystery to most UHF operators (hint: download my bandplan chart !) |
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| Frequency | Location Callsign PL Tone |
Notes - all repeaters listed have minus 1 MHz offsets |
| 52.525 |
Nationwide |
The six-meter national simplex channel.
Band openings on six can make this frequency come alive.The odd
choice of frequency is a legacy from the distant past - the rest of six
meters uses 20 kHz channel spacing on the odd number frequencies. |
| 53.03 | Raleigh K4ITL |
Located near Lake Wheeler in south Raleigh. Pretty good coverage, but doesn't match Danny's 2 Meter machines (yet). |
| 53.37 | Youngsville KD4MYE 88.5 PL |
Co-located on Roger's tower near Youngsville with his other repeaters. Pretty good coverage of the eastern Triangle, and I've worked it with spotty mobile coverage from Chapel Hill and west of Durham. |
| 53.41 | Efland WA1YYN 107.2 PL |
Part of the Graham
Repeater Assn ., but not part of their linking system.
I can hit it mobile from the higher spots around Cary. I've found
it off the air in late summer 2004. |
| 53.45 | Chapel Hill W4UNC 107.2 PL |
OCRA ’s Six Meter machine has had trouble since it went on the air. It's at the 1000 foot level of the WUNC-TV tower southwest of Chapel Hill. Can be heard everywhere, but the strong RF field from the Channel 4 transmitter on the same tower hurts receive sensitivity. Improved some in spring 2001. |
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| Frequency | Location Callsign PL Tone |
Notes - When Danny K4ITL announced that a new PCRN 220 repeater was on the air from way up in the air in Raleigh, I figured it was time to add 220 to this web page. I was surprised at how many repeaters there really are in the Triangle area. |
| 224.12 | Chapel Hill K4ITL |
proposed, but not on the air yet. |
| 224.16 | Raleigh K4ITL |
Raleigh's first (and only) wide coverage 220 machine is now on the air from "a very high location on the Auburn towers" says a slightly circumspect K4ITL. A null to the east, but otherwise coverage is excellent, rivaling or bettering that of 146.88 in most directions. |
| 224.22 | Rocky Mount NF4C |
Co-located with Tar River's 146.805 machine on the Channel 47 TV Tower near Louisburg. Good coverage into north Raleigh, and the higher spots into Cary. |
| 224.26 | Hillsborough WA4WTX |
Co-located with the DFMA 147.225 repeater, just off I-40 a few miles east of I-85. |
| 224.54 | Mt. Mitchell WA4BVW |
Well, gee... I put the two meter Mt. Mitchell in the chart, but not the six meter or 70 cm repeaters. I guess I just want to encourage 220 operation. This repeater provides the same incredible coverage the Mt. Mitchell 145.19 machine does. |
| 224.58 | Rocky Mount KR4AA |
Also on the Channel 47 TV Tower near Louisburg, but a little lower than 224.22. Similar coverage. |
| 224.64 | Raleigh W4RNC |
off air. RARS' 220 machine (currently off air, to return in 2003 or 04... or 05. Hmmm, maybe 06) co-located with 444.525 at 250' in north Raleigh. Open autopatch. |
| 224.66 | Efland WA1YYN 107.2 PL |
Part of the Graham Repeater Assn ., but not part of the linking system. I can hit it mobile from the higher spots all around Cary and Raleigh. |
| 224.70 | Benson K4JDR 88.5 PL |
K4JDR
reports that this machine is running 18 watts from 315 feet in the
Benson/Coats area, sponsored
by the Tri-County Repeater Group. Coverage is good in the
southern Triangle area and far to the south and east. Downtown
Raleigh to Cary is on the fringe
of mobile coverage. Ron says the antenna is shadowed to the
northwest and northeast by some big microwave horns. |
| 224.72 | Trenton WA4DAN |
Eastern NC has had wide-coverage 220 for years, between this repeater (at 1000 feet on the same tower as the 145.21 PCRN machine) and the Grifton and Rocky Mt. repeaters. Like it's two meter sibling, it tickles the southeast Triangle unless the band is open a bit. |
| 224.84 | Grifton WA4DAN |
Another wide-coverage repeater, co-located with the 146.685 machine. This also covers the eastern Triangle under normal band conditions. |
| 224.88 | Cary W4JYV 88.5 PL |
Good
area coverage from a 180 foot tower in north
Cary. |
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| Frequency | Location Callsign PL Tone |
Notes - KB4WGA announced a new 900 MHz repeater. I guess I better add this column. I've got a few receivers that go up there, but no transmitters. |
| 927.5125 902.5125 in |
Raleigh KD4RAA 100 PL |
new,
summer 2005. A 900 MHz repeater is actually on the
air! Details at http://kd4raa.net/902_mhz_project.htm |
| 927.6125 902.6125 in |
Durham KB4WGA 100.0 PL |
John says this machine is proposed for TV Hill in Durham at 375' HAAT. |
| 927.6625 | Raleigh W4FAL 156.7 PL |
Frank Lynch lists this one in the Repeater Journal.
I don't think it's on the air yet. |
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The tables below list the VHF and UHF
repeaters
that
can generally be worked from somewhere around the Triangle (Raleigh/
Durham/ Cary/ Chapel Hill) area, and my comments about their coverage.
I've
thrown in a few fringe machines, and a few more distant, wide-area
repeaters
or vacation-destination machines as well. 