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Amateur Radio[1] in Kansas[2]
The official list of coordinated repeaters in Kansas[3] from the Kansas Repeater Council.
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* Coverage maps: 2m[4] and 440 MHz[5]
4: http://ks0lnk.wavedsl.net/maps/K-link_VHF.jpg
5: http://ks0lnk.wavedsl.net/maps/k-link_uhf.jpg
K0HAM/NEKSUN Repeater Builder's Group: NE KS Linked repeater system along I-35 from Eldorado to KC and on I-70 from Manhattan to Aullville, MO[6] totaling 38 repeaters throughout the midwest. It covers 5m through 70cm frequencies. Matfield Green, 147.045 PL88.5 is closest to Wichita, followed by Emporia 146.985 PL88.5.
Ham radio in Wichita[7] list
7: http://ksguy.com/ham/ICT-ham.html
The Kan-Okla Intertie, from Stateline Skywarn, has a linked system. See the coverage map[8] for details. Farthest north repeaters are 146.76 KI0NN PL103.5 (Great Bend) and 146.82/444.65 W0UUS PL103.5 (Hutchinson.)
See a list of Kansas City metro repeaters
Other good-coverage repeaters:
KC Area
146.82- 151.4 Downtown (Metro Skywarn)
145.29- 151.4 Shawnee
145.47- 151.4 Olathe (JOCO Skywarn)
442.55+ 186.2 BYRG K0HAM Linked:
147.315 88.5 Louisburg
53.130 88.5 Louisburg
145.12 D-Star[9] Louisburg
9: http://www.jfindu.net/DStarRepeaters.aspx?gw=K0HAM
442.125 D-Star[10] Louisburg
10: http://www.jfindu.net/DStarRepeaters.aspx?gw=K0HAM
146.94- 88.5 Downtown
145.39- 88.5 Basehor
224.54- 88.5 Basehor
Topeka Area
145.27- 88.5 Hoyt
444.900 88.5 Lawrence (K0HAM Linked)
146.955 88.5 St. Mary's
442.025 D-Star[11] Topeka
11: http://www.jfindu.net/DStarRepeaters.aspx?gw=W0SIK
Wichita Area
Most (but not all) repeaters in central Kansas are untoned. A major exception is K-LINK and NEKSUN/K0HAM.
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Source of this information: WARC Grounded Grid plus other smaller lists
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | **Location** | **Frequency** | **Day** | **Time** | **Description** | +===============+===================+===========+==========+===================+ | Wichita | 146.940 | Sun | 6:30p | Sedgwick Co. | | | | | | RACES | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | Tec-Ni-Chat | | Wichita | 146.940 | Sun | 6:45p | (general | | | | | | discussion) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Wichita | 146.940 | Sun | 7:00p | ICUC (ATV | | | | | | discussion) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | Wichita ARC[12] | | Wichita | 146.850 | Sun | 8:00p | (Part of Kan-Okla | | | | | | network) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Wichita | 146.850 | Sun | 9:00p | Kan-Okla Intertie | | | | | | Net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Wichita | 146.895 | Tue | 8:00p | BEARS (Boeing | | | | | | employee) net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Wichita | 145.270 | Thu | 7:00p | VFW Veteran's net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | Amateur Radio | | | | | | Newsline | | Newton | 146.610 | Sun | 7:00p | (discussion | | | | | | happens after at | | | | | | 7:30) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | Newton ARC[13] | | Newton | 146.610 | Sun | 7:30p | (participation | | | | | | from anyone) - | | | | | | follows Newsline | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Hutchinson | 147.120 | Tue | 8:00p | Reno Co. ARA Net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | McPherson | 147.330 | Sun | 8:00p | McPherson ARES | | | | | | Net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | McPherson | 28.330 | Sun | 8:30p | | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | McPherson | 147.330 | Tue | 9:00p | McPherson ARC[14] | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | El Dorado | 147.150 | Tue | 6:45p | Butler Co Skywarn | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | General | | K-Link Area | K-Link (see | Wed | 9:00p | discussion | | | above) | | | (hosted from | | | | | | Russell) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | | | | | General | | K-Link Area | K-Link (see | Sat | 9:00p | discussion | | | above) | | | (hosted from | | | | | | Concordia) | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | Kan-Okla Area | Kan-Okla (see | Sun | 9:00p | | | | above) | | | | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 3.940 | Thu (1st) | 7:00p | Kansas RACES net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 7.253 | Mon-Sat | 12:30p | Central States | | | | | | Traffic Net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 3.920 | Daily | 7:00a | Kansas Morning WX | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 3.920 | Daily | 6:00p | Kansas WX | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 3.920 | Daily | 5:30p | Kansas Sideband | | | | | | Net | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | HF | 3.547 | Daily | 7:00p | Kansas CW Traffic | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+ | ? | 145.190 | Mon | 8:30p | Cowley Co. ARC | +---------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+
For more:
14: http://members.cox.net/w0twu1
Grounded Grids at http://warc1.org/
Kansas City repeater net schedule
+---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | **City** | **Date** | **Time** | **Location** | **Description** | +===============+===========+==========+===================+===================+ | | | | Public Library | | | Newton | 3rd Tue | 7:00p | basement | Newton ARC | | | | | boardroom, 720 | meeting | | | | | Oak | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | Perkins, 2111 E. | Breakfast get- | | McPherson | Every Sat | 10:00a | Kansas Ave - but | together | | | | | location varies | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | | Get-together - | | McPherson | Every Sun | 6:30p | Braum's, 2106 E. | always at | | | | | Kansas Ave | Braum's, rain or | | | | | | shine | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | McPherson Law | | | McPherson | 3rd Sat | 1:00p | Enforcement Ctr | Get-together | | | | | Basement, 117 W. | | | | | | Woodside | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | Calvary Baptist | | | Valley Center | 2nd Mon | 7:00p | Church - 320 N. | Get-Together | | | | | Sheridan - Use | | | | | | South Door | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | Neighbors Bar and | | | | | | Grill - Twin | Breakfast Get- | | Wichita | Every Sat | 7:00a | Lakes Shopping | Together | | | | | Center - Upper | | | | | | Level | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | | | American Red | | | Wichita | 1st Wed | 6:00p | Cross - 1900 E. | Wichita ARC | | | | | Douglas Ave. | meeting | | | | | Wichita | | +---------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
For more details on what packet radio is, see the Packet Radio[15] page.
General packet radio for discussion, store-and-forward BBSs, nodes, etc. is discussed in this section.
Information on this is a bit scarce, and more details would be much appreciated.
There are two known areas of activity of non-APRS packet in Kansas:
See Central Kansas Packet Radio[16] for lots of detail on this system.
16: /central-kansas-packet-radio/
There is a network out in Western Kansas operating on 145.010. They are running nodes with X1J firmward in Garden City, Scott City, Hugoton, and Colby. They have a HF gateway as well at 7086.5 USB. There is a regional network on 40m into Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Iowa, and Ontario. They also have VHF links into Oklahoma and Texas.
Thanks do Dale N0KQX for this information.
K0HAM[17] has an APRS[18] digipeater link system on the air covering much of the state, from the northeast over to Garden City.
Other APRS systems exist, which may be Internet-linked but not necessarily RF-linked.
* Kansas ARES[19] (Amateur Radio Emergency Service)
Kansas QSO Party[20] (contest)
ARES for Harvey and Segwick Co
21: http://newtonarc.net/weather/hesston.html
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22: /central-kansas-packet-radio/
For an introduction, take a look at the
Packet Radio[23] and Kansas Amateur Radio[24] pages.
Amateur radio is a radio service in which people are allowed and encouraged to build their own radios, antennas, and so forth. It can be used to communicate all around the globe without any intervening infrastructure such as satellites or cables.
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