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The Lakeshore Repeater Association
What is a Repeater?
A repeater is an electronic device that receives a weaker signal and retransmits it at a higher level, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. The term "repeater" originated with morse code telegraphy and referred to an electromechanical device used to regenerate telegraph signals. Use of the term has continued in telephony and data communications.
Today, The Lakeshore Repeaters operate in the VHF and UHF spectrum and retransmit FM voice signals. The repeaters cover a large area in South Eastern Wisconsin and also parts of North Eastern Illinois. These repeaters help the Ham Radio community keep in contact over long distances that would otherwise not be possible in the Very-High and Ultra-High Frequency spectrum.
The Lakeshore Repeater Association operates the VHF 2 Meter KR9RK repeater on 147.270 MHz (+600 kHz) wth no CTCSS and the 70 centimeter KR9RK repeater on 442.00 MHz (+ 5.0 MHz) with a CTCSS tone of 127.3 Hz.
The Lakeshore Repeater Asssociation meets quarterly on the last Tuesday of the month at the American Red Cross Building, 4521 Taylor Avenue in Racine, WI. Annual dues for 2005 are $20.00. Retiree and family rates are also available.
Meeting Notice
The next quarterly business meeting for the Lakeshore Repeater Association will be held on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Volunteer center of Racine. The address is 6216 Washington Ave suite G. All current and prospective members are encouraged to attend.
Fox Hunt
The next Fox Hunt will be Friday June 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end parking lot at Regency Mall in Racine, WI.
Second Annual Freefest
The Racine Megacycle Club's 2009 Freefest will be held Saturday August 15th 7AM-1PM. Free Admission for buyers and sellers. The event will be held at Fireman's Park, 9600 Charles Street, Sturtevant, WI 53177. GPS Coordinates are 42.703639, -87.899849.
Donations
The Lakeshore Repeater Association, a non-profit 501c3 organization is now accepting donations via paypal.
2009 Lakeshore Repeater Association Board of Directors
- President KA9KJE- Tom Burger
- Vice-President KC9EOW - Cathy Markstrom
- Secretary -AB9KI- Ron Painter
- Treasurer KB9MMA - Jim Markstrom
- Trustee N9RGX - Alex Voss
- Technical Committee Chair WB9ZKY- Gene Haney
George Wamsley, KB9ZPV - SK
George Wamsley, KB9ZPV 55, was driving home from Waukesha with his wife, Nancy, 47, when he lost control and slid off the road near Oakdale Road in Vernon about 6:13pm on December 17, 2008, she said. The Wamsleys called 911 and waited in the car. George Wamsley eventually got out of the vehicle and waited on the side of the road so the tow truck and police would find him, Ruff said.
He was waiting on the side of the road for about 15 minutes when an East Troy man, 46, lost control and slid off the road, striking Wamsley, Ruff said.
Wamsley was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash is under investigation, Ruff said.
George Wamsley was actively involved in the Lakeshore Repeater Association. He also was active in the Racine County ARES. Our prayers go out to his family. -
2 tower legs bent, caused collapse that killed Prelog
When Larry Prelog suffered a fatal fall from a radio tower Saturday at a ham radio demonstration in Watervliet, he was doing the routine task of installing an antenna. It was something the 57-year-old Niles man had done time and time again as a professional installer of radio equipment and radio towers, said Matt Severin, spokesman for the Blossomland Amateur Radio Association (BARA). Severin said Prelog was at the top of the radio tower, attached by a safety belt, when it fell down sideways, crashing him to the ground.
[More]TWIAR News FeedHam radio expert Phillips dies (Ohio)
Joseph J. Phillips Jr., former Enquirer education reporter and amateur radio columnist, died June 20 of a pulmonary embolism at his home here. He was 68. Mr. Phillips retired from a 28-year career as an English teacher for the Princeton Schools in 1999. He reported on education for The Enquirer in 1970-1971. During the 1980s, he wrote a twice-monthly column for the paper called "Ham call."
[More]TWIAR News FeedNiles man dies after falling from ham radio tower
An experienced installer of ham radio equipment has died after a 60-foot-high radio tower he was scaling during an antenna-installation competition collapsed beneath him. Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey says 57-year-old Larry Prelog of Niles died Sunday, a day after falling during the event in Watervliet Township, about 60 miles south-southwest of Grand Rapids.
[More]TWIAR News FeedTuning in Tokyo: Dozens of ham radio operators meet, compete at Stub Stewart
Visitors to Buxton's L.L. Stub Stewart State Park were greeted with a forest of a different kind Saturday and Sunday, as amateur radio operators from around the Northwest set up a tall stand of antennas to try to tune in as many friends as possible from around the world, part of a 24-hour "DX contest."
[More]TWIAR News FeedKodiak tunes into Amateur Radio Week (Alaska)
The Kodiak Island Amateur Radio Club had its annual field day of emergency ham radio demonstrations, Saturday afternoon, at the Kodiak Military History Museum at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park's Miller Point.
[More]TWIAR News FeedTennessee Teen Ham Responds to Emergency, Performs CPR
It was just another day, helping out at another event. It was the third year in a row that 16 year old Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, of Harriman, Tennessee, had volunteered to help out the Roane County Amateur Radio Club (RARC) with the Run for the Child event. But it was the first time that he would help save a life.
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