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New Orleans VHF
Amateur Radio Club
New Orleans, LA
NO5LA
Updated 4/12/22
Part of the SELCOM Group
N.O. VHF Club utilizes several 2-m and 70-cm voice repeaters and digipeaters in the Greater New Orleans area.
147.03 and 444.55 are the primary NO VHF Club repeaters.
The 444.55 repeater is currently down for maintenance/relocation.
The 147.03 repeater has been assigned to the Plaquemines Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness for use during communications emergencies.
The 147.03 repeater is a Yaesu DR-1X with a connection to the DWARN System on Wires-X
The NO VHF club is also co-sponsoring the Jefferson Parish Office of Emergency Peparedness D-Star repeaters.
The D-star repeaters are on 145.25 and 444.475.
Ohter Repeaters: 146.86, 146.775, 147.12, 147.075, 224.12, 443.950, 444.700, 444.825, 444.800, 443.575
The 146.775, 444.825 and 444.55 are multimode FM/C4FM/D-Star/DMR repeaters. All FM repeaters use PL 114.8.
Morgan City: 147.015
Packet/Winlink Gateway/Digi: 145.01
APRS iGate/Digi: 144.39
Please check back often for updates on the state of our repeaters.
Wednesday Night Net
The Training Wednesday Night Net is held on the 146.86 machine. The Net features announcements and an amateur radio related topic for discussion. Please join us every Wednesday night at 9pm on the 86 machine.
Your net control coordinator is Nick, W4NDF
Email the NOVHF Club at novhf@novhf.org
Email the Webmaster at w5mcc@qsl.net
Club News
4-1-2019
All autopatches have been removed from service due to the proliferation of cell phones. Internet VoIP linking via IRLP, Echolink, Wires-X, D-Star & DMR are available 24X7.
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All repeaters now are on PL 114.8hz
Historical Information below
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Old Stuff
On Saturday, 9/30/00 we did some work on the new 146.85 repeater. We made 2 tower climbs to the antennas at the 580 foot level. We found some problems with the phasing harness. We removed the harness and discarded it, replacing it with a single piece of 1/2" hardline to the north antenna only, eliminating the dual antenna arrangement. There is still a problem with water incursion into the 7/8" hardline at the bottom. That will be dealt with at a later date. The repeater now has a much better pattern on the single antenna.
Thanks to Richard Bagnetto WB5HVV for the 6+ hours he spent on the tower and the 2 climbs it required to complete the work. It was after dark when he finally came down. Thanks also to the ground crew: Andre Lefriant N5SAC, Roy Blanchard N5YHS, Dave Hughes W5PCM and Don Wilbanks AE5DW.
Click here for pics from the work party.
Links
Pictures of the removal of the 146.85 repeater
Pics of the 85 repeater work party on 9/30/00
QSO's since 3/27/00
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