[TriLUG] OT: area ham repeaters

[Kevin Otte via TriLUG]

Most repeaters are fairly quiet during the day. There's usually bursts
of traffic during commute times.

Around UNC:
442.150+PL131 is "The Blowtorch", sitting 1000' up the WUNC-TV tower
just inside Chatham County. This is run by the Orange County Radio
Amateurs (OCRA).

147.225+ (no PL) is the Durham FM Association (DFMA) repeater on a tower
on I-40 near Hillsborough. There is also a DMR and 220 repeater on that
tower.

There were a couple repeaters on UNC campus also run by OCRA, but the
building they were in is being renovated so they got the boot. They may
return some day.

I recommend repeaterbook.com for finding more repeaters as it has a
proximity search and it seems to get updated fairly often.

We also have the Linux ham mailing list at
http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ham , though it doesn't get
much traffic. If you're into IRC, see also #trilug-ham on Freenode.

73 de Kevin N8VNR

On 09/19/2016 10:22 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:
> Off topic question, that may still be of interest.  
> I'm currently in the UNC region and have been tuning into a few local
> ones that are close, but there doesn't seem to be any traffic.  I'm
> picking up the occasional repeater ID, but that is about it. 
> 
> I am curious as to what, if any, are the popular ham radio repeaters in
> the area?  
>