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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 April 29th, 2008 at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the American Red Cross Building 4521 Taylor Avenue, Racine, WI. All current and prospective members are encouraged to attend.
Lakeshore Repeater Association Board
The Lakeshore Repeater Association board of directors for 2008.
Repeater Activated for Disaster
"We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't be more proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding agencies as long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this time and use it to improve our response in the future." Voss said. More
Ray Wolfe, K9RI SK
Ray Wolfe, K9RI past president of the Lakeshore Repeater Association became a Silent Key at home on January 2, 2008 about 5:30 PM.
CTCSS on Two Meters
Over the next few months the Lakeshore Repeater on 2 meters will be conducting an experiment. The repeater will begin to transmitting the Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System at 141.3 Hz (Motorola PL 4A). The subaudible tone will not be required to key the repeater, but will be encoded on the output. Due to the way the links sites operate, there were many technical reasons why 127.3 Hz (3A) was not chosen. Users of the repeater are encouraged to comment on the system as the tests are run.
Non Profit
After Much work, the 501c3 committee was proud to announce that the 501c3 status of the Association has been reinstated.
Shelby Hamfest may return to Cleveland County -- in 2009
Hamfest may be coming home to Cleveland County in 2009. County Manager David Dear said county, fairgrounds and Hamfest representatives met Thursday to talk about bringing the popular amateur radio festival back to the Cleveland County Fairgrounds and, although no decision was made, the county hopes to get the event back next year.
[More]This Week in Amateur RadioNewspaper Reports "BPL plan is dead in Dallas"
The Dallas Morning News has reported that "an ambitious plan for using power lines to deliver fast Internet service to 2 million Dallas-area homes collapsed Thursday." Current Group, LLC has announced plans to sell its Dallas BPL network to Oncor, a regulated electric distribution and transmission business, for $90 million. Oncor reportedly has no plans to offer Internet service but will use the network to detect distribution network issues. While Current originally touted the network as a way to offer Internet service to consumers and had entered into a marketing arrangement with DirecTV, the Houston Chronicle quotes Oncor spokesman Chris Schein as confirming that Oncor will use the network only for monitoring the power grid: "Our business is delivering electricity, not being an Internet provider or a television provider."Newspaper Reports "BPL plan is dead in Dallas"
[More]This Week in Amateur RadioVeteran Wireless Operators Association Honors Two Hams
At their annual awards banquet on April 26 in New York City, the Veteran Wireless Operators Association (VWOA) honored two Amateur Radio operators with two of the association's top awards: Fritz Raab, W1FR, and John Curtis, K6KU. Raab gave the keynote address at the banquet. "The dinner speech was a wonderful presentation of the Amateur Radio Experiment domestically and that which is happening internationally. He explored what may happen, if things go well for the museum stations on 500 kHz and for radio amateurs," said VWOA Chairman Francis Cassidy. "Ever since the emergence of the Global Marine Distress and Safety System, professional radio officers have discussed the prior use of 500 kHz. They know the attributes in the oceans of the world where ground wave transmissions on the oceans provided their primary informational experience of these transmissions."
[More]This Week in Amateur RadioLoud and Clear (New York)
Sometimes, especially on certain Saturday afternoons, you can still hear Gugliemlo Marconi's voice carrying around the world. The enthusiasm and love shown Saturday by the Centereach-based Radio Central Amateur Radio Club would have made Marconi proud. Radio operators and Morse code enthusiasts gathered at the Marconi Shack in Rocky Point - one of the oldest functioning radio-communications sites in the nation - to celebrate the 134th birthday of a man often recognized as the leading pioneer of wireless communication.
[More]This Week in Amateur RadioSt Lucia HAMs back in action
After a long period of dormancy and disorganization, during which even their club house was lost, amateur radio operators in St Lucia are re-grouping and getting their act together again.
[More]This Week in Amateur RadioCOMMENT: Ham radio not to blame for clash (Ireland)
In the article 'Tensions rise in the Gulf as US fires at Iran boat' (Irish Independent, April 26), the person blamed for the incident is described as a ham or amateur radio operator.
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