KB3AWQ Repeater

10/07/2025

29.660 has a PL of 131.8 now instead of the 173.8

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09/03/2025

08/31/2025

08/15/2025

Today, K4MTP added his Catawissa/Bloomsburg repeater to Allstarlink and connected into 444.900 also. The courtesy tone you will hear on the 444.900 side will say "cat" when a signal comes from it. The frequency for this repeater is 445.925 -5 offset CTCSS 91.5 and is on Catawissa mountain, just south of Bloomsburg.

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08/13/2025

As Williamsport welcomes the world with Little League Baseball World Series, we are welcoming the K4MTP repeater on 445.3750 CTCSS 91.5 to the linked system through Allstarlink. I have the courtesy tone on 444.900 as "Poco" when someone talks from it. This repeater has great coverage in the Long Pond region of Pennsylvania. I have often been able to get into it from my home here in Williamsport on my base radio, which is really a stretch! Wilkes Barre area is usually about the furthest east. Mike is a good friend and has been doing radio and radio systems for a long time and I consider him a master of! His former boss in the Virgin Islands in the 90s had the 29.660 repeater which was a major 10-meter repeater and Mike had his hands in that as well. Mike is a technical guy who has worked on radio systems his whole life, including the statewide link system in the 90s which was locally on 146.730 in Williamsport and in the commercial world with his day job. Mike is why 53.050 and 29.660 has the signal that it does today, as he is the one who put both antennas up and provided the extra power for them. He was the original one who put 53.050 on here in 2019. I could go on and on!

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07/25/2025

With Ham shack hotline ending its service at the end of August, I have found that Hams Over IP has a similar service. I have just set up an account up with them and also one for the repeater. The extension for the repeater is 15118. To use this from the phone, you use *99 to transmit and # to unkey. Visit https://hamsoverip.com/wiki for more info.

07/23/2025

This Wednesday the Central Pennsylvania Skywarn group will be using (N3FYI) 446.475 for their weekly net at 9pm. Feel free to join in! 444.900 or one of the others that are linked in!

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07/10/2025

Hamshack Hotline Public Announcement

A Fond Farewell

To our valued Hamshack Hotline community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sunset of the Hamshack Hotline project, effective August 29th, 2025. This of course affects the 94105 number to connect in from the repeater. 73 to Ham Shack Hotline.

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06/07/2025

https://epa-arrl.org/governor-josh-shapiro-proclaims-june-amateur-radio-month-in-pennsylvania/

Reported by Lloyd Roach, K3QNT Governor Josh Shapiro recognized the dedication and efforts of Pennsylvania’s Amateur Radio operators in emergency communications and public service by proclaim…

05/26/2025

Some new courtesy tones for the repeater.
"WAN" would be when something is coming from Node 2135 (The WAN system) when connected (mostly just Sundays from 9 PM to 10 PM.)

"link" is set for N3FYI system 446.75 PL 114.8 visit N3FYI.com for more info

These have been on for some time now,
"Higins" which is for Franks repeater in Hegins on 444.160 PL 82.5.

"10" is 10 meters which would be from the 29.660 PL 173.8 side.

"6" is 6 meters which would be from the 53.050 PL 131.8 side, and for anyone who comes from the TGIF DMR Bridge that I have on talk group 29660 it will say DMR.

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05/03/2025

A couple antenna projects that I am looking for a tower climber for.

#1 a 40 ft windmill tower where the 444.900 antenna is on top of. The hardline is moving in the wind which of course is not a good thing as the zip ties apparently broke off so will probably use something else as they never hold up in the outdoors.

#2 At about 45 ft on the Rohn 45 tower there are two vertical dipoles that are there. There is an excess noise floor and was told it was likely the braid possibly not making contact, so looking to redo the connectors and hook them back up.

I do have a newer climbing harness, and it has been used on the tower before. I'm just not a climber.

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