145.330 MHz & 224.400 MHz & 442.950 MHz Norfolk Repeaters

    The 145.330 MHz (-600 kHz input), 224.400 MHz (-1.6 MHz input), and 442.950 MHz (+5 MHz input) repeaters are co-located at a two-hundred foot site just north of downtown Norfolk, Virginia.  The 3 repeaters share the same controller and are normally linked together. 

    The 145.330 system consists of a Vertex VXR-5000 repeater interfaced to a Link Communications RLC-3 repeater controller.  The 224.400 system is a Maggiore HiPro 'E' repeater connected to the same controller.  The 442.950 system is a Vertex VXR-5000 repeater connected to the same controller.  Simultaneous transmit and receive for these repeaters is accomplished by use of TxRx duplexers.

    An Autopatch is available on all 3 repeaters.  CTCSS 131.8 may be required to access the 145.33, 442.95, and 224.400 repeaters. 

    A remote base system and weather alert are included with these repeaters.

    EchoLink access into 145.33/224.400/442.95 is available by connecting to W4VB-R (Node 311763).

    Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge images from the 145.33/224.400/442.95 repeater site:

    New Antennas/Roof Mounts (16 January 2012):

    Click here to see a repeater map showing KE4URB's test results conducted in November 2012. 

147.375 MHz Norfolk Repeater

    The 147.375 MHz (+600 kHZ input) repeater is located at a one-hundred foot site in Norfolk, Virginia.

    This system consists of a Vertex VXR-5000 repeater interfaced to a Link Communications RLC-Club Deluxe repeater controller.  Simultaneous transmit and receive is accomplished with one antenna by use of a WACOM duplexer.  This repeater system also includes a 440 MHz remote base.

    An Autopatch is available on this repeater.  CTCSS 131.8 may be required to access this repeater.

    Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge images from the 147.375 repeater site:

444.475 MHz Norfolk Repeater

    The 444.475 MHz (+5 MHz input) repeater is located at an eighty foot site in Norfolk, Virginia.

    This system consists of a Vertex VXR-5000 repeater interfaced to a Link Communications RLC-Club Deluxe II repeater controller.  Simultaneous transmit and receive is accomplished with one antenna by use of a TxRx duplexer.  

    A weather alert system and autopatch are available on this repeater.  CTCSS 74.4 is required to access this repeater.

    Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge images from the 444.475 repeater site:

145.170 MHz Hampton Repeater

    W4VB more recently maintained the 145.170 (-600kHz input) repeater for WA4ZUA using borrowed equipment.  This equipment included a Vertex VXR-7000 repeater interfaced to a Link Communications RLC-Club Deluxe II repeater controller.  Information regarding WA4ZUA is available at WA4ZUA Homepage

Last updated: 04 September 2024