Estes Valley Amateur Radio Club
Estes Park, CO
Meetings EVERY Saturday Morning:
8:00 a.m. at the Olympus Lodge, 2365 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517.
Breakfast and ragchewing -- Everyone is Welcome
Visitors, Locals, Hams, Prospective Hams
See our member (Doug, N6UA) set up his portable operation. Link
Amateur Radio License Class
Our club held a class on obtaining an Amateur Radio License which concluded in December 2011. If you are interested in the club doing another class, please be in touch with our president (address below).
New licensees in the last eight months are KD0PDW (David; TECH), KD0OEP (Mike; TECH), WU0X (David; EXTRA), KD0QBO (Charles; TECH), KD0QBQ (Robert: TECH), AC0YH (Jim; EXTRA), KD0QJE (Victoria; EXTRA), KD0QOX (Greg; TECH), and KD0QOY (Lee; TECH). Congratulations!
Class on Operating a Ham Radio Station will be held on Saturdays April 21st and April 28th at 9:00a.m. at the Olympus Lodge after breakfast. The focus will be on new hams who have received their licenses in the last year or two. For more information contact one of the officers listed below.
Here are two links for class #1 & #2 materials: Reference and Operations Slides Must have PDF Reader to view.
WinLink 2000
Our Global Radio E-Mail System is "on air" as of September 2, 2011. We are running Radio Mail Server (RMS) packet software on VHF, 145.0100 MHz. The call sign is N0FH-10. For more information see, http://winlink.org .
Battery Backup
Our two voice repeaters have a new DC (battery) backup system as of September 7, 2011. It is more efficient than our previous inverter system. We can now provide about 20 hours of emergency power before we need to start the generator.
IRLP
Our IRLP connection is "on air" as of March 14, 2010. The node is 7268. Our thanks to Rocky Mountain Ham Radio Club for their technical assistance, hardware, and installation of the system. See RM HAM link for information on their club. Since our VHF and UHF repeaters are normally linked, the IRLP node connects to both machines. The node is open (no passwords; touch tone only the four digit node number where you wish to connect). The disconnect is '73'.
EchoLink
Our EchoLink connection is "on air" as of January 17, 2012. The node is 625757. The call sign is N0FH-R. Since our VHF and UHF repeaters are normally linked, the EchoLink node connects to both machines. The node is open (no passwords; touch tone only the the ' * ' character followed by a four, five, or six digit node number where you wish to connect). The disconnect is ' # '.
Simplex Frequency
The club at its April 21, 2012 meeting adopted 146.550 MHz as the club VHF simplex frequency. After initiating a contact on the National Calling Frequency (146.520 MHz), please QSY to 146.550 MHz when practical.
Dayton Hamvention Presentations
See Radio Propagation from 2011 or Antennas from 2010 by Frank Beafore. Must have PDF reader to view.
Visiting Our City:
If you are planning a visit, please see our Convention and Visitor Bureau website
See http://www.estesparkcvb.com/
Repeaters:
Location Output Input Call Notes Sponsor
Estes Park 449.8000 - N0FH ol 123 EVARC
Estes Park 146.6850 - N0FH ol 123 EVARC IRLP 7268; EchoLink 625757
- = minus 600 KHZ input (2 meters) or minus 5 MHZ (3/4 meter)
o = open system
l = linked system [two repeaters]
123 = sub-audible tone
Election of Officers:
The election of officers was held on February 4, 2012:
President Douglas B Tabor, N6UA President@evarc.org
Vice President Milton Sebelik, N0FHS VP@evarc.org
Secretary/Treasurer David J. O'Farrell, WB0IXV SecTreas@evarc.org
Club Station Trustee Larry A. Olson, W9INE Trustee@evarc.org
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