Repeater Systems Status – Valdosta Amateur Radio Club

W4VLD/R – ANALOG Repeaters- STATUS

Currently the VARC VHF repeater system is ONLINE

2 Meter Repeater 146.760 MHz -600 KHz CTCSS 141.3 Hz

Currently the VARC UHF repeater system is ONLINE and is linked worldwide with All Star network.

70 CM Repeater 444.700 MHz +5 MHz CTCSS 141.3 Hz Linked worldwide with All Star network.

W4VLD/R – DIGITAL Repeaters- STATUS

The D-Star repeater systems are ONLINE

Module C (145.140 MHz -.600) is currently ONLINE.

Module B (443.71250 MHz +5) is currently ONLINE.

W4VLD-1 – APRS Digi-peater – STATUS

The APRS is ONLINE – APRS.FI

Active Hurricane Season Predicted for 2024 April 13, 2024
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers predict an active Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) in their initial 2024 forecast.ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, attended the National Hurricane Conference in Florida in late March, where the CSU prediction was issued. "The common discussion at the National Hurricane Conference this year […]
Amateur Radio Saves Family in Death Valley National Park April 12, 2024
Death Valley National Park is in a remote desert in southern California, where mobile phone networks are spotty at best. On Saturday, April 6, a radio amateur and his family were enjoying the park when their vehicle became stuck in mud in a dangerous area. Without access to a cell network, the ham called for […]
Ham Radio Active During Eclipse April 12, 2024
Millions of people across the United States got to see a rare solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.The path of totality -- the line of darkness where the moon fully occluded the sun -- stretched through the South Pacific, Mexico, central Texas, the Ozarks, the Midwest, the Rust Belt area, and to New England […]