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 – Allstar

Currently the VARC UHF repeater system is ONLINE

70 CM Repeater 444.700 MHz +5 MHz CTCSS 141.3 Hz – Allstar

70 CM Repeater 444.375 MHz +5 MHz CTCSS 141.3 Hz – Allstar

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

ARRL Ham Radio Open House Events Making Headlines April 21, 2025
ARRL Ham Radio Open House events are garnering press around the country. In Yaphank, New York, on Long Island, an event held by the Suffolk County Radio Club was featured in Newsday (paywall).Reporter Joe Werkmeister profiled the club’s event that drew out a crowd of visitors. ARRL Hudson Division Director Ed Wilson, W2XDD, who serves […]
The ARRL Solar Report April 18, 2025
Spaceweather.com reports a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection on April 15 sparked geomagnetic storms. On April 16, the storm became severe (G4) with Northern Lights sighted as far south as France. The storm is subsiding now to a category G1/G2, which could still produce high-latitude auroras. Although Regions AR4062 and AR4064 have been relatively quiet they […]
Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK April 18, 2025
Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, passed away Saturday April 12, 2025. He was 82 years old. Overbeck held an Amateur Extra-class license and was active in amateur radio for over 68 years. He served four terms as an elected ARRL Vice Director, from 1984 to 1993, and was […]