W3AHS Dot Com - Millionaire Amateur Radio Club - Williamsport, PA Amateur Radio Repeater 147.300
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- WELCOME TO THE W3AHS and KB3AWQ REPEATER LINK SYSTEM WEBSITE -
W3AHS's 147.300 + PL 151.4 hz
has a RF link to
KB3AWQ's 444.900 + PL 173.8 hz
has a RF link to
51.520 FM Simplex PL 173.8
Echolink Node # 277377 or W3AHS-R
ALL LINKED FULL-TIME
Williamsport, PA - Lycoming County - FN11lf58
NOTE: To Access the 147.300 Repeater you need to set your PL to encode 151.4 hertz. If you want to use "Tone Squelch" you must set the Decoder to 167.9 hertz (so PL 151.4 to get into the repeater and PL decode 167.9 to listen as the repeater transmits 167.9 for those radios that can accept 2 different PL tones)- 11/30/04
Club Mailing Address
Millionaire Amateur Radio Club
672 Cemetery Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
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443.050 PL 167.9 Williamsport, PA
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147.300 Repeater Coverage |
444.900 & 462.675 coverage map |
440 MHZ from WAHS |
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WX3N 443.200 PL 77.0 Williamsport, PA (Map not working)
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N3XXH 224.280 PL 85.4 Williamsport, PA (Map not working)
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KB3HLL 147.090 PL 167.9 Williamsport, PA |
KB3HLL 145.490 167.9 Montoursville, PA (Map not working)
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KB3DXU 145.450 PL 167.9 Huntersville, PA |
KB3DXU 145.350 PL 167.9 Waterville, PA (Map Not working)
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KB3DXU 145.330 PL 167.9 Williamsport, PA (Map not working)
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KB3DXU 145.150 PL 167.9 Trout Run, PA (Map not working)
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W3AVK 146.730 Williamsport, PA (Map not working)
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Q and A... Question:
You May Ask Why We Chose W3AHS For A Club Callsign... Answer: Since the repeater is located at the Williamsport Area High School we thought that would be neat! (Williamsport Three Area High School). The club was named Millionaire Amateur Radio Club (Millionaire being the schools nickname as well as in past history the city had the most Millionaires per capita in the World in the Lumbering days as Williamsport was known as the Lumber Capital of the World. The Little League World Series is also held here each year in August and Little League itself was originated in Williamsport near Bowman Field/Memorial Park on West Fourth Street by the late Carl E. Stotz who was a city native. Another neat fact is the 147.300 repeater is the only Amateur Repeater to date as of November 12, 2012 that is physically located in the City of Williamsport (for those who may not be familiar with its location we are located in Williamsport's West End / Newberry). Most other repeaters including commercial listed for Williamsport are located on the Bald Eagle Mountain/Skyline Drive which is South of Williamsport and they are in multiple townships depending on their boundaries.
W3AHS membership: It would be great to have students and employees, like how it works at some schools and colleges throughout the country. The current bylaws were made to allow for the club to obtain the W3AHS callsign. Other than that membership is pretty much anyone who has helped or who is or has been a student or faculty who has interest in Amateur Radio. Over the years there have been several students and staff that have been hams and even currently there are some.
This repeater was put on the air in 2001 to get some different coverage and just to have a good time with and experiment. With a good deal of the equipment was received by donation which is what made this repeater system happen. Special Thanks to The Williamsport Area School District, Bill's Electronics and the several hams who have helped make this happen and allowing this public service to grow and serve the communities of the Williamsport area.
You can Test your Key Pad and have it read back to you by keying up, identifying your Technician class or higher amateur radio callsign followed by "testing keypad" and entering 375 followed by whatever DTMF's you wish to test on your radio and it will read it back to you in voice (ex. 375123 it will read back "keypad test 123"). Of course you have to have a good enough signal into the repeater in order for any DTMF commands to work.
W3AHS WorldWide via Echolink (Node # 277377). The KB3AWQ Repeater
444.900 + PL 173.8 repeater is linked full-time to the W3AHS Repeater
147.300 using a /\/\ GM-300 UHF Link radio at the 147.300 site.
Echolink comes from KB3AWQ's home and goes through the repeater as an RF link. Since all the frequencies are linked, they are also linked to Echolink. Be aware (if
your in UHF range to the 147.300 site) by using the upside UHF repeater pair, in other words if you transmit on 444.900 PL 173.8 Simplex and listen on 449.900 you will also come out on 147.300 "only" if you are within UHF range of the 147.300 site. Preferably though you would just use the regular pair and come out on all the frequencies as the person who comes back to you on 147.300 will be coming over all frequencies which would create problems being one way communications.
Even though there are no dues if something would happen to break down, donations are welcome and depending on what the issue is, it may depend on the future of this system. Donating gives no special privileges other than you will feel like you have contributed to the hobby for all to use. It is encouraged to support your local ham clubs.
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2001-present
Last Updated 7/10/16
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