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Next Meeting:
Next
Meeting: Wednesday, Feb. 24th
7:00 at Marcus Communications
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PVRA Gets YOU on the
Air!!!
Program for new Hams
PVRA will Loan a VHF or UHF mobile
transceiver to members that are new Hams.
If you are a new Ham that has not been on
the air yet due to lack of equipment, PVRA
will have some surplus mobile radios
available to be loaned out. All that
will be needed is an antenna.
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Is
your membership up to date?
Your
dues support over 15 reliable repeaters
including IRLP
The
linked repeaters provide continuous
coverage on I-84 from the
New York border to the Massachusetts
border.
PVRA
is at the leading edge of Digital Voice
with D-STAR repeaters and a gateway. friends
to join.
You
can renew on-line or
by mail.
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Digital
Amateur Radio available at PVRA Vernon
Site
The
D-STAR Digital Voice Radio system is now
supported at the PVRA Box Mountain site in
Vernon.
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The
NEW
Naugatuck Valley Repeater is up and
running.
Due
to problems with the former Naugatuck repeater
site, the repeater was shut down and removed
last month. The repeater has found a new
home in Prospect with a similar coverage
pattern. Unlike the old site,
the new site is easily accessible for
maintenance. So once again 147.18 is back on
the Western Connecticut link with Torrington,
Danbury, and Vernon.
Click
Here for Photos |
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PVRA
now provides APRS capability.
The
Vernon & Torrington Sites now have
Packet Digipeaters on 144.39 MHz that will
relay APRS information to the internet:
http://www.findu.com |
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Northern
Connecticut Weather Net
Spring/Summer
Schedule: Will meet weekly Thursdays
on the Vernon
146.79 repeater - offset PL 82.5 , except
for Second Thursday when Net will be on
the alternate repeater: Soapstone
147.00 + offset, PL 127.3
more
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The
Danbury Link is UP!!! New
Repeater Equipment has been installed in
Danbury and the Danbury site is now part
of the PVRA Western Link System:
Danbury:
147.12, PL 141.3
Waterbury: 147.18, PL 141.3
Torrington: 146.85, PL 141.3
Torrington: 223.78, PL 82.5
Torrington: 443.600, PL 82.5
Vernon: 145.41, PL 141.3
When you
talk on any one of these repeaters you can
talk to hams on 6 repeaters. Now
you can start a conversation from I-84 on the
New York border and stay in contact all the
way to I-84 on the Massachusetts border. Thanks
to all who helped with this project.
Note:
When talking on a linked system, pause a
second after pressing the PTT, to give all the
repeaters time to react.
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New
Repeater UP! PVRA has installed a new
repeater in West Warwick, RI on 147.045, PL
141.3 It
is presently running exciter power until the
amplifier is received. Plans are to link
this repeater to 146.79, Vernon |
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Torrington
Link is UP!
Naugatuck,
Torrington and Vernon 145.41 are Linked!!!
New
Linking Capabilities Coming!
The Club
will be using 900 Mhz equipment to provide the
capability to link all of the repeater sites
in various configurations. A temporary
440Mhz link has been added to the Naugatuck
147.18, Vernon 145.41 repeaters and the
Torrington site will be
available for the nightly net and at various
times during the day.
More
info... |
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New
Club Call! W1HDN
The
new call will be used on all PVRA
repeaters.
W1HDN stands for: Homeland Defense
Network PVRA
is the Amateur Auxiliary of the Homeland
Defense Network™
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The
Club is using IRLP (Internet
Radio Linking Project) to link our
repeaters with other repeaters throughout the
world.
 | Status:
PVRA IRLP node 4159 is up and running on
146.79 and is available to all
members. |
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