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Tidewater Wireless W4VB News November
2005 Website:
http://www.w4vb.org It
is hard to believe that the website is correct in showing the last newsletter
was in October 2002. Fortunately,
the Internet and repeater has allowed us to keep many in touch with updates
throughout the duration. This
newsletter should serve to bring everyone up to date on the latest news for
W4VB, plus some info from WA4ZUA. Much
has been going on recently. New Call Signs Congratulations
to the following who received new call signs: -
Harley, formerly W7HJ, now AH6HJ. Harley will be experimenting with
his HF remote station in Kailua-Kona on the " Harley says, "the HF
bands (20 meters and above) go out too early in the evening in Virginia,
especially since Daylight Savings Time is no longer with us for the
winter.....but NOT A PROBLEM !! I just "transport"
myself back into the daylight hours and keep logging QSOs !!" -
Larry, formerly KG4YEQ, now W4LSJ. Preparations are ongoing to replace the equipment currently in use
on the W4VB 145.33 (-600 input) with newer and better gear.
The W4VB 442.95 (+5 input) repeater will be co-located with 145.33 and
share the same controller. The same
user functions available on 145.33, including autopatch, will be available on
442.95. The two repeaters will be
able to link with each other as desired as well.
Remote base capabilities will plan to be
continued as well. Service
outages will be experienced as equipment is swapped out during this effort.
Such planned periods will be announced via email to the W4VB listserver.
A working party will soon be needed to move the equipment and possibly do
antenna work as well. 145.17
Repeater We
continue to maintain the WA4ZUA 145.17 (-600 input) repeater; however, a
permanent site has not yet been located. The
system will be relocated if/when a new site is obtained.
CTCSS 131.8 is currently required to access this repeater.
The same tone is also transmitted by the repeater to assist in
eliminating interference. Autopatch
and links/remote bases are not currently available on 145.17. 147.075 Repeater The
AD4ZK 147.075 (+600 input) The Norfolk Amateur Radio Emergency Services (Norfolk ARES) Emergency Coordinator (EC) is Rich, N2NMH, and the Assistant EC (AEC) is Stroh, KO4FR with Official Emergency Station (OES) Bill, WA9B, whom heads up the Digital Operation in Norfolk, VA. The 444.475 (+5 input) (CTCSS 127.3 Tx/Rx) repeater is the Tactical UHF system for Norfolk ARES. All W4VB repeaters are also available for ARES use with the aid of Remote Base Linking and Echo-Link(s). Norfolk ARES members were involved in helping out during Katrina and they closely monitor emergency operations and requests for volunteer deployments locally and when required, from around the country. This is an exciting way to give back to HAM Radio and your community. The Norfolk ARES website is available at http://www.norfolk-ares.org and they also have a listserver for their members. For
additional information about or to join Norfolk ARES please contact Rich, N2NMH (n2nmh@netzero.net)
or Stroh, KO4FR (rstroh2@earthlink.net). A new
club has formed in the area. The
Radio Amateur Society of Norfolk, Inc. (RASON) is now an ARRL affiliated club
and has been very active. They hold
monthly meetings as well as conduct various other special activities and events.
RASON
holds an information net on the W4VB 145.33 repeater at For
more info on RASON, visit the website at http://www.rasonva.com. WA4ZUA/NNN0NHA Information
on WA4ZUA/NNN0NHA is now available on the web at
http://www.w4vb.org/wa4zua.htm Station
archives and photos have been posted on the site.
We are hoping that some of the former members and operators have
additional items to be posted. Historical
photos from the former W4NPT NAS Norfolk club station are also posted on this
site. Email Listserver The W4VB email listserver provides a method for updated news and information to be exchanged between all members of the list. Email can only be sent to the list by members of the list. To be added to the list or to make a change to your email address used by the listserver send a note to k4da@hotmail.com. |