Heart of Dixie Amateur Radio Society - W4HOD

02/25/2019

Congratulations to Paul Batiz, W4END for board voting him Assistant Frequency Coordinator With AFCRAS, Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Society.

afcras.org

08/14/2018

AFCRAS received the following message from N2EMA, concerning the great experience he had with AFCRAS coordinating the repeater located in Flat Rock, Alabama in Jackson County, AL. Questions about coordinating a repeater in Alabama? Please visit afcras.org for more info.

Dan,

You will never know how grateful we are to you and AFCRAS.

You have acted on this much quicker than I ever expected.
Like always, I had many Hams tell me it wouldn’t happen, there wasn’t any pairs available and those that may be, the others didn’t want more 2 meter rigs bc of interference or congestion. I spent hours on research and quit frankly was about to give up when I was getting to 147.045 with only one more pair to go. NC must have had a problem with input as I noticed they were negative offset.

I just thankful I ran across you and the AFCRAS web site first.
After all my research, I mentioned it to KB4BSA and he said Try it and let’s see what the ARC says about it. I didn’t know any difference between the 2 agencies so I searched Ham Frequency Coordination Alabama and AFCRAS popped up and you know the rest of the story. I’m just so thankful it was you, otherwise, I believe I would still be waiting if not denied.

I had 2 or 3 that said I should have licensed it at KK4ICU’s place. He is about 10 mikes SW of me and has an elevation about 200+ feet higher than me. My response was I’m happy just getting a pair coordinated and it should work fine.

I will let you know as we progress and I will take you and Langley out for lunch next time I get to come your way. I’m tempted to make a special trip just to meet you face to face and shake your hand.

Gotta run, as I need to program a Kenwood mobile for Cherokee Co EMA. Later my friend.

Ricky Little, N2EMA
Division Coordinator

08/12/2018

http://www.kk4ice.com/?page_id=20

Homemade 2M/440 J-Pole for $35 2m/70cm Dual Band J-Pole by KK4ICE If you have any questions about this project, contact [email protected]. (Step-by-step instructions with photos can be seen below, following the project description and safety disclaimer.) This is an excellent performing J-Pole type ....

08/12/2018

PDF of repeaters currently being coordinated in ALABAMA by AFCRAS.

06/16/2018

http://www.hfsignals.com/

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06/14/2018

http://www.kk4ice.com/?p=644

Gold Hill 442.175 MHz DMR Repeater Back Online After MOSFET Replacement admin June 10, 2018 DMR, Fusion, Repair, Repeater, Workbench, Yaesu The Gold Hill, AL 442.175(+) KK4ICE DMR Repeater went back online a little around sunrise on Saturday, June 9th, 2018. Following replacement of the burned-out M...

06/08/2018

http://www.kk4ice.com/?p=583

WA4QHN Repeater Is Now Dual-Mode Fusion C4FM and Analog admin May 16, 2018 70 cm, C4FM Digital, Fusion, Repeater, Workbench, Yaesu I recently updated the radio firmware and the DSP firmware to the latest available in a Fusion DR-1 repeater owned by WA4QHN, and installed it in place of the analog Mas...

06/08/2018

http://www.kk4ice.com/?p=640

Gold Hill 442.175 Repeater Down Temporarily and East Central AL DMR Talkgroup Update admin June 4, 2018 70 cm, DMR, Repair, Repeater, Workbench, Yaesu Gold Hill, AL 442.175 Repeater down for a few days due to PA failure Apparently things over on timeslot 1 were really, really busy this past Saturday...

06/05/2018

http://www.kk4ice.com/?p=635

STM32_DVM to Yaesu Fusion DR-1X Interface Instructions and Wiring Diagram admin June 2, 2018 2 Meters, 70 cm, C4FM Digital, DMR, Fusion, Modifications, Repeater, Workbench, Yaesu If you are interested in hooking up one of Scott Zimmerman’s incredible STM32_DVM multi-digital mode controllers to a Y...

05/31/2018

http://www.afcras.org/2018/05/31/dmr-a-live-hands-on-introduction-june-26-2018-opelika-al/

Alabama Amateur / Ham Radio frequency and repeater coordination services the 21st century way, with the ability to apply for coordination and membership and manage changes online.

05/27/2018

Tentative meeting on Tuesday, June 26 at 7 pm in Opelika.

Program will be on DMR repeaters. More details later.

05/24/2018

DMR 70cm Opelika/Auburn area repeater went online this morning! It is fully operational and working well. It is the KK4ICE 442.175(+) machine (DMR ID 310023) located in the Gold Hill Community, just north of Opelika/Auburn, and southwest of LaFayette. The analog FM Mastr II was pulled out of service and replaced with this full-time, dedicated DMR machine. Clear QSO's already being conducted from locations such as Tuskegee and Opelika. The repeater is a Fusion DR-1X converted to DMR using Zimmerman's newest modem board - the STM_32 -- attached to a Raspberry Pi. The repeater antenna is a 16-element Andrews mounted at the very top of a broadcast tower, so it has a nice coverage area. TS:2 CC:1 is "static" linked to Talkgroup # 310023, which serves as the "East Central Alabama DMR TG." There is discussion of making Timeslot 1 a static DMR link to the Columbus area repeater group using TG 311342. Both timeslots will accept dynamic/PTT links; however, it is asked that if you wish to do a dynamic/PTT link to the Columbus group, please program your radio's codeplug to do so on Timeslot 1, using CC:1 (blue.)