WQGU515 GMRS Repeater

This Repeater is located on Skyline Drive (Bald Eagle Mountain just south of Williamsport) on the frequency of 462.675 with the transmitter at 31 watts. The "input frequency" for you as a GMRS user to program into your radio to transmit on is 467.675 and 462.675 as the receive frequency. The CTCSS/PL tone is 141.3 which is needed to open the squelch to use the repeater and this tone can be programmed for receive and transmit which is recommended to help with something near you that might be making noise like a computer or other electrical noise as it will keep your squelch quiet but at least must be programmed to transmit in order to open the repeaters' receiver. The repeater uses a Diamond X50C2 antenna and is fed with 1/2 inch hard-line (better than coax). The antenna is on the north west side of the tower at 50 feet, and the ground elevation for the tower site is 1,912 feet. This repeater first aired in September 2012 and has been on ever since. The repeater consists of two Kenwood TK-8180H mobile radios, a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ running the Allstarlink/Hamvoip program as the controller. The duplexers are the Wacom WP-678 four cans

and also has a Motorola Preselector cavity on the receive side to give some added selectivity for the receiver. 

Visit the club web page on https://mygmrs.com/ or on my website at https://sites.google.com/site/kb3awq/wqgu515-gmrs-repeater

Repeater Coverage Map eventually you will need to go to https://sites.google.com/site/kb3awq/maps and open the .kml file of the repeater you wish to view with Google Earth.

You must have your GMRS license or be covered under a family member's license to transmit on GMRS frequencies, information on this can be found on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) website along with the rules. As of April 19, 2022, the fee changed to $35 for 10 years and this includes you and your family under this sole license. You will receive an FCC Call sign after you apply for the license, and the GMRS licensed person or their family member that is covered under the license is to say the call sign every 15 minutes while in use and at the end of your conversation when signing off. GMRS users should be familiar with the FCC rules and follow them and know the call sign they are under to be authorized to operate. A GMRS license covers ONLY GMRS frequencies, not Public Safety or Amateur radio frequencies and you should only program the radio to receive on those frequencies if you choose to listen, transmitting is not allowed.

The licensed user should use the call sign and a family member could use a unit number for example WQGU515 (me) and lets say my wife was on she could use WQGU515 unit 1. You can create your own list so everyone can remember who everyone is. Remember the frequencies are shared so you will hear others on them and they will hear you. Things like Politics and Religion are not good topics for on the radio or any other subjects that are debatable.

Click this link to find out more information about GMRS and getting your license https://www.fcc.gov/general/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs GMRS Rules can be found https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-E and FRS rules can be found https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-B

My call sign is WQGU515, which is also what the repeater identifies itself by in voice and or Morse code depending i on the situation. The GMRS user gives their own call sign while using the repeater once every 15 minutes while in use and at the end of the conversation.

Special thanks to the Bald Eagle Repeater Assoc Inc. for the tower facility use. I have been a member and Vice President of the club for several years. Besides the costs of maintaining the repeater, and dues for my annual membership, I also give a donation to help with the electric and and being at the site as per the Bylaws.

I think I covered most important things but if you have any questions etc. feel free to contact me by email mygmrs@WQGU515.com

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